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Jagmeet Singh

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Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal ( jəg-MEET SING; born January 2, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) since 2017, and served as a member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby South 2019 to 2025. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 2011, representing Bramalea—Gore—Malton until his entry into federal politics. A practicing Sikh of Punjabi descent, Singh is an Indo-Canadian, and the first Sikh to be elected to lead a major federal political party in Canada. After graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School, Singh became a criminal defence lawyer, starting a law firm with his brother Gurratan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jagmeet Singh has received more than 5,966,660 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jagmeet Singh is the 16,471st most popular politician (down from 16,342nd in 2019), the 569th most popular biography from Canada (up from 729th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Canadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jagmeet Singh ranks 16,471 out of 19,576. Before him are Richard Shelby, Clemente Yerovi, Christine Kangaloo, Vít Jedlička, Štefan Füle, and Jacques Cheminade. After him are Claude Bartolone, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, Tenskwatawa, Charles Colson, Nuno Gomes Nabiam, and Monique Ohsan Bellepeau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Jagmeet Singh ranks 179. Before him are Stiliyan Petrov, Jaime King, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Chris Klein, Sean Parker, and Gabri García. After him are Nick Stahl, Flo Rida, Mariya Gabriel, Mohamed Kallon, Lee Na-young, and Sébastien Bourdais.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jagmeet Singh ranks 569 out of 1,622. Before him are Wilfred Lucas (1871), Michael Cera (1988), Gus Dillon (1881), Thomas Middleditch (1982), Ken Kirzinger (1959), and Mac DeMarco (1990). After him are Herb Drury (1896), Francisco Fernández (null), Hilarion Kapral (1948), Yvonne Brill (1924), Teryl Rothery (1962), and Helen Shaver (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Jagmeet Singh ranks 49. Before him are Gaétan Boucher (1958), Marc Garneau (1949), Scotty Bowman (1933), Jeanne Sauvé (1922), Nellie McClung (1873), and Gus Dillon (1881). After him are Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849), Patrick Roy (1965), Charles Tupper (1821), Gilles Duceppe (1947), Stéphane Dion (1955), and William Cockburn (1902).

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