Sara Singh (born 1985) is a

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politician. She was one of the two Deputy Leaders of the

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, alongside

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, and also Opposition Critic for Attorney General from 2018 until 2022. Singh was elected to the

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in the 2018 provincial election at the age of 33. She represented the riding of

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as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party until her defeat in the

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. Singh was born in Brampton where her parents met in the early 1980s. Her mother is from Guyana and her father is from Punjab, India. She is the first Indo-Caribbean female to be elected to the Ontario legislature. She is the founding director of Broadening Horizons, a not-for-profit organization that educates youth about social justice issues and the arts, was Vice-President of Brampton Caledon Community Living Singh has a master's degree in international development studies from St. Mary's University and a B.A. in

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from

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's Glendon Campus, and has recently earned a

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specializing in

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from

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Election results

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