Peter Singh

Peter Singh is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-East in the 30th Alberta Legislature as a member of the United Conservative Party (UCP).^[1] Singh was re-elected in the 2023 Alberta general election.^[2]

Peter Singh MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-East
Incumbent
Assumed office April 16, 2019
Preceded by	Robyn Luff
Personal details
Born	Fiji
Political party	United Conservative Party
Residence(s)	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Businessman

Singh was born in the Fiji Islands and has previously owned and operated an automotive repair business.^[3][4]

As an MLA, Singh has advocated that more resources be put into seniors facilities. He has also been opposed to the carbon tax and pushed for a reduction in corporate tax.^[5]

Singh currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship, the Standing Committee on Private Bills as well as the Select Special Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee. Previously he served on the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund as well as the Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills.^[6]

In May 2019, an investigation was launched by Alberta's election commissioner into Singh's conduct during his 2018 UCP nomination campaign in Calgary-East.^[7] Singh was accused by four of his former opponents in November 2018 of using "fraud, forgery, improper inducement and bribery" to gain votes during the nomination campaign.^[7] However, an internal UCP investigation had previously cleared Singh of any wrongdoing.^[8] Singh has also maintained his innocence throughout the investigation.^[9]

Electoral history

v t e 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Peter Singh	7,123	50.23	+0.51
	New Democratic	Rosman Valencia	6,425	45.31	+13.13
	Green	Jayden Baldonado	403	2.84	+0.52
	Solidarity Movement	Garry Dirk	166	1.17	–
	Communist	Jonathan Trautman	64	0.45	-0.00
Total			14,181	99.02	–
Rejected and declined			141	0.98
Turnout			14,322	44.41
Eligible electors			32,250
	United Conservative hold		Swing		-6.31
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[10]

v t e 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	United Conservative	Peter Singh	7,520	49.72	-4.54	$33,681
	New Democratic	Cesar Cala	4,867	32.18	-8.31	$50,555
	Alberta Party	Gar Gar	1,879	12.42	+11.20	$16,933
	Liberal	Michelle Robinson	439	2.90	-0.70	$3,792
	Green	William Carnegie	351	2.32	–	$3,515
	Communist	Jonathan Trautman	69	0.46	+0.03	$500
Total			15,125	99.12	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			135	0.88
Turnout			15,260	47.92
Eligible voters			31,843
	United Conservative notional hold		Swing		+1.89
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[11][12][13] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

References

1. "Alberta Election: Calgary-East results". Global News. April 16, 2019 [March 17, 2019]. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
2. "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-East". Global News. May 30, 2023 [April 28, 2023]. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
3. "PETER SINGH WINS UNITED CONSERVATIVE NOMINATION IN CALGARY-EAST". United Conservative Association. November 3, 2018.
4. "Peter Singh". United Conservative Caucus. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
5. Maiden Speech - Peter Singh -Calgary-East. Retrieved October 20, 2023 – via YouTube.
6. "Member Information". www.assembly.ab.ca. Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
7. "MLA Peter Singh under investigation for alleged bribery, fraud in UCP nomination contest". CBC News. May 31, 2019 [May 30, 2019]. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
8. Leavitt, Kieran (May 31, 2019). "UCP MLA Peter Singh won't be removed from caucus pending investigation, says Kenney". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
9. Leavitt, Kieran (May 30, 2019). "UCP MLA Peter Singh under investigation by election commissioner for alleged bribery". Toronto Star. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
10. "07 - Calgary-East". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
11. "07 - Calgary-East, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
12. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 27–30. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
13. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.