Introduction
Satinderpal "Sonia" Sidhu is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district of Brampton South during the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Biography
Sonia Sidhu is the Member of Parliament for Brampton South. She was elected on October 19, 2015 as the Liberal candidate. Before politics, she worked for over 18 years in the healthcare field as a diabetes educator and research coordinator. Sonia has worked as a volunteer on political campaigns at all three levels of government, and she also volunteered with numerous organisations.
In Parliament, she sits on the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Health, and also was appointed to sit as a member of the Special Committee on Pay Equity. She is also a co-chair and the Liberal caucus champion for the All-Party Diabetes Caucus. MP Sidhu is also the General-Secretary of the Canada-India Parliamentary Friendship Group and an executive member of both the Canada-Poland and Canada-Portugal Parliamentary Friendship Groups. She further sits as a member of the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group, and the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
She lives in her riding of Brampton South with her husband, Gurjit. She has twin daughters, Arshia and Amrit, and a son Akash
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sonia Sidhu | 23,681 | 52.1 | – | – | |||
| Conservative | Kyle Seeback | 15,929 | 35.0 | – | – | |||
| New Democratic | Amarjit Sangha | 4,843 | 10.7 | – | – | |||
| Green | Shaun Hatton | 1,011 | 2.2 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,464 | 100.0 | $203,710.69 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 270 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,734 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,111 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||