Prabmeet Sarkaria
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Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria, KC, MPP (Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਭਮੀਤ ਸਰਕਾਰੀਆ) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who is the Ontario Minister of Transportation. He has sat as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the riding of Brampton South since the 2018 Ontario provincial election, representing the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. He was the associate minister of small business and red tape reduction from 2019 to 2021.[1][2]
Quick Facts Minister of Transportation, Premier ...
Prabmeet Sarkaria | |
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ਪ੍ਰਭਮੀਤ ਸਰਕਾਰੀਆ | |
Minister of Transportation | |
Assumed office September 4, 2023 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Preceded by | Caroline Mulroney |
President of the Treasury Board of Ontario | |
In office June 18, 2021 – September 4, 2023 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Preceded by | Peter Bethlenfalvy |
Succeeded by | Caroline Mulroney |
Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction | |
In office June 20, 2019 – June 18, 2021 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Nina Tangri |
Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General | |
In office April 4, 2019 – June 20, 2019 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Succeeded by | Christine Hogarth and Belinda Karahalios |
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services | |
In office June 7, 2018 – April 4, 2019 | |
Premier | Doug Ford |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Brampton South | |
Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Personal details | |
Born | (1988-08-02) August 2, 1988 (age 35) Canada |
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Residence(s) | Brampton, Ontario |
Alma mater | Wilfrid Laurier University (BA) University of Windsor (J.D.) |
Occupation | Corporate lawyer |
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Sarkaria is the first turban-wearing Sikh Cabinet minister in Ontario.[3]