Rachna Singh

Rachna Singh is a Canadian politician and trade unionist, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election^[1] and was re-elected in 2020 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Surrey-Green Timbers as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus.^[1]

The Honourable Rachna Singh MLA
Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office November 26, 2020
Preceded by	Position Created
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Surrey-Green Timbers
Incumbent
Assumed office May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Sue Hammell
Personal details
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse	Gurpreet Singh
Children	2
Alma mater	Panjab University (MA, Clinical Psychology)

Prior to her election to the legislature, Singh worked as a drug and alcohol counsellor. She became active in her labour union local, and eventually became a National Representative (staff) for the Canadian Union of Public Employees^[2] representing workers through advocacy in grievance handling, labour arbitrations, organizing, community and political activism and helping advise local unions on matters of internal administration.

Singh is married to Gurpreet Singh, a journalist for the Georgia Straight and publisher of the Radical Desi magazine. Both descend from families with a history of activism for various social and economic causes in their native India.

Singh is a secular Sikh and lives in Surrey.

Electoral history

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rachna Singh	8,171	59.59	+1.40	$31,108.56
	Liberal	Dilraj Atwal	5,540	40.41	+7.46	$34,751.00
Total valid votes			13,711	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			224	1.61	+0.56
Turnout			13,935	47.20	–7.41
Registered voters			29,526
Source: Elections BC^[3]^[4]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rachna Singh	8,945	58.29	+0.23	$58,322
	Liberal	Brenda Locke	5,056	32.95	−1.57	$20,975
	Green	Saira Aujla	1,112	7.25	+3.2	$7,739
	No affiliation	Vikram Bajwa	163	1.06	–	$7,980
	Your Political Party	Kanwaljit Singh Moti	69	0.44	–	$3,612
Total valid votes			15,345	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			163	1.05	−0.14
Turnout			15,508	54.61	+2.29
Registered voters			28,400
Source: Elections BC^[5]^[6]

References

1. "Surrey: NDP takes six of nine ridings". The Province, May 9, 2017.
2. "B.C. NDP nominates Rachna Singh in Surrey–Green Timbers". The Georgia Straight, January 9, 2017.
3. "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 20, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
5. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
6. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved September 13, 2020.