Randeep Sarai | |
Riding: | Surrey Centre |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Term Start: | October 19, 2015 |
Predecessor: | Riding established |
Birth Date: | [1] |
Birth Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
Residence: | Surrey, British Columbia |
Randeep Singh Sarai (born April 15, 1975) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district Surrey Centre during the 2015 Canadian federal election.[2]
Sarai was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia to Sikh parents who had immigrated from Sarai Khas, Punjab, India. As a youth he developed a strong background in real estate development and urban planning. After graduating from Burnaby South Secondary School in 1993 Sarai earned his bachelors of arts at the University of British Columbia with a major in political science in 1998. He then attended law school at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 2001. Sarai was called to the bar in 2002, and practiced at a local law firm in Surrey before pursuing a career in politics.
On October 19, 2015, Sarai was elected Member of Parliament for Surrey- Centre. He formerly sat on the Citizenship and Immigration Committee as well as the Canada- U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Association. Sarai had been the chair of the Liberal Party Pacific caucus, but has since resigned.[3] and the co-chair of the Canada-Singapore Parliamentary Friendship Group.