Rachna Singh
Rachna Singh is a Canadian politician and trade unionist, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Surrey-Green Timbers as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus. Prior to her election to the legislature, Singh worked as a drug and alcohol counsellor. She became active in her labour union local, and eventually became a National Representative (staff) for the Canadian Union of Public Employees representing workers through advocacy in grievance handling, labour arbitrations, organizing, community and political activism and helping advise  local unions on matters of internal administration. Singh is married to Gurpreet Singh, a journalist for the Georgia Straight and publisher of the Radical Desi magazine. Both descend from families with a history of activism for various social and economic causes in their native India. Singh is a secular Sikh and lives in Surrey.