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Canadian city gets first Sikh woman councillor
The Free Press Journal|October 27, 2022
Indo-Canadian healthcare worker Navjit Kaur Brar has become the first turban-wearing Sikh woman to be elected as Brampton City Councillor in the recent Municipal council polls.
Canadian city gets first Sikh woman councillor

Brar, a respiratory therapist and a mother of three, won the race for City Councillor in Wards 2 and 6, beating Jermaine Chambers, a former Conservative MP candidate for Brampton West.

Brar had 28.85 percent of the votes cast on Monday with Chambers as the nearest contender with 22.59 percent, and Carmen Wilson coming in third at 15.41 percent, the Brampton Guardian reported.

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