Prabmeet Sarkaria

Prabmeet Sarkaria
ਪ੍ਰਭਮੀਤ ਸਰਕਾਰੀਆ
Minister of Transportation
Assumed office
September 4, 2023
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byCaroline Mulroney
President of the Treasury Board of Ontario
In office
June 18, 2021 – September 4, 2023
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byPeter Bethlenfalvy
Succeeded byCaroline Mulroney
Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction
In office
June 20, 2019 – June 18, 2021
PremierDoug Ford
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNina Tangri
Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General
In office
April 4, 2019 – June 20, 2019
PremierDoug Ford
Succeeded byChristine Hogarth and Belinda Karahalios
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
In office
June 7, 2018 – April 4, 2019
PremierDoug Ford
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Brampton South
Assumed office
June 7, 2018
Preceded byConstituency established
Personal details
Born (1988-08-02) August 2, 1988 (age 35)
Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Residence(s)Brampton, Ontario
Alma materWilfrid Laurier University (BA)
University of Windsor (J.D.)
OccupationCorporate lawyer

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]

Sarkaria is the first turban-wearing Sikh Cabinet minister in Ontario.[3]

  1. ^ "Progressive Conservative Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria takes provincial victory in Brampton South". BramptonGuardian.com. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  2. ^ "NDP Sara Singh beats PCs rival by 89 votes in Brampton Centre". The Star. 7 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  3. ^ Service, Tribune News. "Canada's Ontario gets first turban-wearing Sikh minister". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

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