Jagmeet Singh

Jagmeet Singh Dhaliwal  (born January 2, 1979) is a Canadian politician and lawyer. He has been the leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada since 2017. He used to be a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2011 to 2017. He represented the electoral district of Bramalea—Gore—Malton.

After the leadership election, he became the first person of a visible minority to be the permanent leader of a major federal political party. He lost his re-election as member of Parliament during the 2025 federal election and announced his plans to resign as New Democratic Party leader.

Biography 
Jagmeet Singh was born on January 2, 1979 in Scarborough, Ontario. His parents were Harmeet Kaur and Jagtaran Singh, who both came from the state of Punjab in India. He started his career as a criminal defense lawyer.

Singh was first elected in the 2011 Ontario provincial election. He represented the ONDP. In 2015, he became the Deputy Leader of the Ontario New Democrats under Andrea Horwath until 2017.

Singh announced he would run for leadership of the federal New Democratic Party of Canada to replace Tom Mulcair which he won. He did not have a seat in the House of Commons until March 2019. This was when he won a seat in Burnaby South, British Columbia in a by-election.

During the 2025 federal election, with the NDP expected to lose official party status and having lost his seat in parliament, Singh announced that he would resign as party leader once an interim leader was chosen in advance of the next party leadership election.

Political views
Singh has branded himself a progressive and a social democrat. Singh supports LGBTQ rights. 

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