Patty Sahota

Patty Sahota
Patty Sahota
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly; for Burnaby-Edmonds
	In office; May 16, 2001 – May 17, 2005
Preceded by	Fred Randall
Succeeded by	Raj Chouhan
Minister of State for Resort Development of British Columbia
	In office; February 1, 2005 – June 16, 2005
Premier	Gordon Campbell
Preceded by	Sandy Santori
Personal details
Born	October 26, 1969; Jagpalpur, Punjab, India
Died	February 12, 2024 (aged 54); Merritt, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	BC Liberal

Patty Sahota (October 26, 1969 – February 12, 2024) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Burnaby-Edmonds in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. She sat as a member of the BC Liberal Party and served for several months in 2005 as the Minister of State for Resort Development. She was born in Jagpalpur, Punjab, India and immigrated to Canada with her parents in 1979.^[1]

Sahota was defeated in her 2005 bid for re-election by Raj Chouhan of the NDP.

Sahota died suddenly and unexpectedly while visiting her parents in Merritt, British Columbia on February 12, 2024, at the age of 54.^[2]

Electoral record

B.C. General Election 2005: Burnaby-Edmonds
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Raj Chouhan	10,337	46.71%
	Liberal	Patty Sahota	9,599	43.38%
	Green	Suzanne Deveau	2,192	9.91%	–
Total			22,128	100.00%

v t e 2001 British Columbia general election: Burnaby-Edmonds
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Patty Sahota	9,607	51.09	$34,249
	New Democratic	Sav Dhaliwal	4,924	26.19	$48,520
	Green	Eric Hawthorne	2,599	13.82	$2,231
	Unity	Grant Murray	1,111	5.91	$7,646
	Marijuana	Roy Arjun	456	2.43	$394
	Citizens	Gordon S. Watson	105	0.56	$1,150
Total valid votes			18,802	100.00
Total rejected ballots			120	0.64
Turnout			18,922	69.90