Randeep Sarai

The Honourable Randeep Sarai PC MP
Randeep Sarai in 2021.
Secretary of State (International Development)
Incumbent
Assumed office May 13, 2025
Prime Minister	Mark Carney
Preceded by	Mélanie Joly
Member of Parliament for Surrey Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Riding established
Personal details
Born	1974 or 1975 (age 49–50)[1] Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Surrey, British Columbia

Randeep Singh Sarai PC MP (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]

Early life

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.

Federal 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.

On May 13, 2025, Sarai was named Secretary of State (International Development) in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mark Carney.^[4]

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Surrey Centre
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Randeep Sarai	21,103	47.89	+3.26
	Conservative	Rajvir Dhillon	19,071	43.27	+22.61
	New Democratic	Dominic Denofrio	3,009	6.83	–20.74
	Green	Krishan Khurana	422	0.96	–1.25
	People's	Beverly Tanchak	275	0.62	–3.24
	Communist	Ryan Abbott	190	0.43	+0.03
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			44,070	62.10
Eligible voters			70,970
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		–9.68
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Surrey Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Randeep Sarai	16,862	44.4	+7.0	$88,830.88
	New Democratic	Sonia Andhi	10,268	27.0	-0.5	$48,702.94
	Conservative	Tina Bains	8,075	21.2	-4.2	$16,911.31
	People's	Joe Kennedy	1,539	4.0	+2.3	$2,301.17
	Green	Felix Kongyuy	838	2.2	-4.0	$0.00
	Christian Heritage	Kevin Pielak	289	0.8	-0.1	$3,869.07
	Communist	Ryan Abbott	137	0.4	+0.1	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,386	98.7	–	$108,719.22
Total rejected ballots			510	1.3
Turnout			38,896	51.7
Eligible voters			75,297
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.8
Source: Elections Canada[7]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Surrey Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Randeep Sarai	15,453	37.40	-7.62	$83,457.32
	New Democratic	Sarjit Singh Saran	11,353	27.48	-2.60	$50,584.88
	Conservative	Tina Bains	10,505	25.42	+5.62	$45,184.43
	Green	John Werring	2,558	6.19	+2.73	$2,721.98
	People's	Jaswinder Singh Dilawari	709	1.72		$5,821.65
	Christian Heritage	Kevin Pielak	378	0.91	-0.37	none listed
	Independent	Jeffrey Breti	243	0.59		none listed
	Communist	George Gidora	120	0.29	-0.02	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,319	98.87
Total rejected ballots			471	1.13	+0.32
Turnout			41,790	54.46	-6.05
Eligible voters			76,731
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.54
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Surrey Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Randeep Sarai	19,471	45.07	+27.31	$106,885.13
	New Democratic	Jasbir Sandhu	12,992	30.08	-9.95	$128,114.24
	Conservative	Sucha Thind	8,556	19.81	-15.85	$93,713.10
	Green	Jeremiah Deneault	1,493	3.46	-0.18	–
	Christian Heritage	Kevin Pielak	553	1.28	–	$5,295.88
	Communist	Iqbal Kahlon	133	0.31	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			43,198	99.19		$203,771.47
Total rejected ballots			352	0.81	–
Turnout			43,550	60.51	–
Eligible voters			71,966
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+18.63
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

References

1. http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=f8e9889c-d79e-4d99-a6fc-51f774790fa7^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "Liberal Randeep Sarai elected in Surrey Centre". Jon Azpiri. Global News. October 20, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
3. "MP Randeep Sarai new Chair of Liberal Party's Pacific Caucus | Indo-Canadian Voice Newspaper". www.voiceonline.com. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
4. "Carney's new cabinet moves Anand to foreign affairs, McGuinty into defence portfolio, Joly to industry". CBC News. May 13, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
5. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
6. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
7. "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
8. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
9. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
10. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Surrey Centre, 30 September 2015
11. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

• Randeep Sarai – Parliament of Canada biography