# Prabmeet Sarkaria

Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria KC MPP is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been the Ontario minister of transportation since 2023. He has sat as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Brampton South since 2018, representing the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party.
Sarkaria was previously the associate minister of red tape reduction from 2019 to 2021 and president of the Treasury Board of Ontario from 2021 to 2023. Sarkaria is the first turban-wearing Sikh to be appointed to cabinet.

## Early and personal life

Sarkaria was born in Orangeville, Ontario. Sarkaria’s parents immigrated from Punjab, India in the 1980s. His father drove a taxi and mother worked in a factory until they later became small business owners, after purchasing an inn outside of Orangeville.
Sarkaria attended Wilfrid Laurier University, where he completed a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, majoring in finance. He worked in at TD Securities, before attending law school at the University of Windsor. He worked at Miller Thomson as an associate corporate lawyer until his election.

## Political positions

Sarkaria was nominated to be the PC Party candidate for Brampton South on December 8, 2016.Sarkaria is the first turban-wearing Sikh to be appointed to cabinet.
Prior to his appointment as a minister, Sarkaria was the chair of the Select Committee on Financial Transparency and also served on the Standing Committee on Justice Policy. He also previously served as the parliamentary assistant to the solicitor general (formerly known as the minister of community safety and correctional services).
He stepped down as the parliamentary assistant to the solicitor general on June 20, 2019 when he was appointed to the Executive Council of Ontario as the associate minister of small business and red tape reduction.

## Electoral results

vte2025 Ontario general election: Brampton South :
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Green | Rajinder Boyal | | | |
| | New Blue | Johnny Nolan | | | |
| | Liberal | Bhavik Parikh | | | |
| | Progressive Conservative | Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria | | | |
| | New Democratic | Rajni Sharma | | | |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | |
vte2022 Ontario general election: Brampton South :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Prabmeet Sarkaria | 12,980 | 45.38 | +4.37 |
| | Liberal | Marilyn Raphael | 7,957 | 27.82 | +8.92 |
| | New Democratic | Andria Barrett | 5,475 | 19.14 | −14.70 |
| | Green | Ines Espinoza | 1,028 | 3.59 | −0.26 |
| | New Blue | Mike Mol | 974 | 3.41 | |
| | None of the Above | Mehdi Pakzad | 188 | 0.66 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,602 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 112 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,714 | 35.81 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 79,835 |
| | Progressive Conservative hold | Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | −2.28 |
| Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023."Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. |||||||
2018 Ontario general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Prabmeet Sarkaria | 15,652 | 41.01% | |
| | New Democratic | Paramjit Gill | 12,919 | 33.85% | |
| | Liberal | Sukhwant Thethi | 7,212 | 18.89% | |
| | Green | Lindsay Falt | 1,472 | 3.86% | |
| | Libertarian | Brian Watson | 363 | 0.95% | |
| | Trillium | John Grant | 337 | 0.88% | |
| | Freedom | Ted Harlson | 214 | 0.56% | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | | 100.0 |
| Source: Elections Ontario ||||||
| | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | Progressive Conservative pickup new district. |

## Cabinet posts

Ontario provincial government of Doug Ford :
| Cabinet posts (2) |||
| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Peter Bethlenfalvy | President of the Treasury Board of Ontario June 19, 2021–Present | Incumbent |
| Position established | Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction June 20, 2019 – June 18, 2021 | Nina Tangri |