Kuldip Singh Kular (born December 12, 1948) is an Indian-born Canadian politician and former Member of Provincial Parliament in
Ontario
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, Canada. He was a
Liberal
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member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 2003 to 2011 representing the riding of
Bramalea—Gore—Malton
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Background
Kular was born and raised in a
Sikh
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family in
Ludhiana, Punjab
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, India and received a medical degree from
Guru Nanak Dev University
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in
Amritsar, Punjab
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, India. He moved to Canada in 1974, and completed two years of residency training in
paediatric
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s at the
IWK Health Centre
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at
Dalhousie University
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in
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native Eng ...
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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before starting a family practice in
Campbellton, New Brunswick
Campbellton is a city in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Situated on the south bank of the Restigouche River opposite Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec, Campbellton was officially incorporated in 1889 and achieved city status in 1958.
Fores ...
in 1978.
In 1986, Kular founded a family and sports medicine clinic in
Brampton, Ontario
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In the 2003 election, Kular ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Bramalea-Gore-Malton-Springdale. During the campaign, it came to light that Kular had previously been disciplined by the Physician's Board. Despite the news, he defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative
Raminder Singh Gill
Raminder Singh Gill (born 1950 or 1951) is an Indian-born Canadian politician in Ontario. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2003, and has unsuccessfully sought election to the House of Commons of Canada on three ...
by 3,765 votes. In June 2005, he was a member of the
Speaker of the Ontario Legislature
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’s multi-party delegation in to the 43rd Canadian Regional Conference for the
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
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In 1989 the patron of the CPA was the Head of ...
Newfoundland
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In the 2007 election, Kular was re-elected in the redistributed riding of
Bramalea—Gore—Malton
Bramalea—Gore—Malton (formerly known as Brampton—Malton and Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale) was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada. In 2015, it was dissolved into ...
, defeating the closest candidate, Progressive Conservative Pam Hundal, by about 6,000 votes.
In January, 2009, Kular was a member of the Premier's delegation of government and business leaders who went on a trade mission to India to develop stronger ties with this emerging market.
In October 2009, Kular was involved in an incident where he allegedly hit a pedestrian while driving in Brampton. He was charged with leaving the scene of the accident. A month later Kular resigned as parliamentary assistant to the minister of Health and Long-Term Care. In June 2010, Kular was acquitted due to contradictory evidence from witnesses. Kular was subsequently reappointed to his old post as parliamentary assistant.
In the 2011 election, he was defeated by
New Democratic Party
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Jagmeet Singh
Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal ( ; born January 2, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) since 2017. Singh has sat as the member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby South since 2019. He ran again in the 2014 election, again losing to Singh.
During his tenure, he served as
parliamentary assistant
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to several ministers including
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
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