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.

The Honourable Prabmeet Sarkaria KC MPP
Sarkaria in 2019
Ontario Minister of Transportation
Incumbent
Assumed office September 4, 2023
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Caroline Mulroney
President of the Treasury Board of Ontario
In office June 18, 2021 – September 4, 2023
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Peter Bethlenfalvy
Succeeded by	Caroline Mulroney
Ontario Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction
In office June 20, 2019 – June 18, 2021
Premier	Doug Ford
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Nina Tangri
Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General
In office April 4, 2019 – June 20, 2019
Premier	Doug Ford
Succeeded by	Christine Hogarth and Belinda Karahalios
Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
In office June 7, 2018 – April 4, 2019
Premier	Doug Ford
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Brampton South
Incumbent
Assumed office June 7, 2018
Preceded by	Constituency established
Personal details
Born	(1988-08-02) August 2, 1988 (age 36) Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Residence(s)	Brampton, Ontario
Alma mater	Wilfrid Laurier University (BBA) University of Windsor (JD)
Occupation	Lawyer politician
Website	prabmeetsarkariampp.ca

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.^[3] He worked at Miller Thomson as an associate corporate lawyer until his election.^[4][5]

Political positions

Sarkaria was nominated to be the PC Party candidate for Brampton South on December 8, 2016.^[6]Sarkaria is the first turban-wearing Sikh to be appointed to cabinet.^[7]

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).^[8]

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

v t e 2025 Ontario general election: Brampton South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria	15,379	52.53	+7.15
	Liberal	Bhavik Parikh	9,530	32.55	+4.73
	New Democratic	Rajni Sharma	2,413	8.24	–10.90
	New Blue	Johnny Nolan	1,042	3.56	+0.15
	Green	Rajinder Boyal	911	3.11	–0.48
Total valid votes/expense limit			29,275	99.40	–0.21
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			176	0.60	+0.21
Turnout			29,451	36.32	+0.51
Eligible voters			81,099
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+1.21
Source: Elections Ontario[9]

v t e 2022 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			28,602	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			112
Turnout			28,714	35.81
Eligible voters			79,835
	Progressive Conservative hold		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		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				100.0
Source: Elections Ontario[10]
	Progressive Conservative pickup new district.

Cabinet posts

Ontario provincial government of Doug Ford