Jessie Sunner is a Canadian lawyer and politician who was elected to the

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in the

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. She represents the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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Early life and career

Sunner grew up in

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, British Columbia. Her parents are Punjabi immigrants. Sunner is a human rights and labour lawyer for the Hospital Employees' Union. She is the vice-president of the Surrey Women's Centre, and has sat on the boards of several other organizations, including the South Asian Bar Association and the BC College of Social Workers.

Early life and career

Electoral record

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