Kuldip Singh Kular (born December 12, 1948) is an Indian-born Canadian politician and former Member of Provincial Parliament in

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, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the

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from 2003 to 2011 representing the riding of Bramalea—Gore—Malton.

Background

Kular was born and raised in a

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family in Ludhiana, Punjab, India and received a medical degree from

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, India. He moved to Canada in 1974, and completed two years of residency training in

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s at the

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. He then worked for two years at the Canadian Armed Forces Hospital in

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before starting a family practice in

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in 1978. In 1986, Kular founded a family and sports medicine clinic in

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, a city which has a large number of recent Indian immigrants. He was also a founding member of the Northern Indian Medical and Dental Association of Canada.

Politics

In the 2003 election, Kular ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Bramalea-Gore-Malton-Springdale. During the campaign, it came to light that Kular had previously been disciplined by the Physician's Board. Despite the news, he defeated incumbent Progressive Conservative Raminder Singh Gill by 3,765 votes. In June 2005, he was a member of the

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’s multi-party delegation in to the 43rd Canadian Regional Conference for the

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in St. John's,

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. In the 2007 election, Kular was re-elected in the redistributed riding of Bramalea—Gore—Malton, defeating the closest candidate, Progressive Conservative Pam Hundal, by about 6,000 votes. In January, 2009, Kular was a member of the Premier's delegation of government and business leaders who went on a trade mission to India to develop stronger ties with this emerging market. In October 2009, Kular was involved in an incident where he allegedly hit a pedestrian while driving in Brampton. He was charged with leaving the scene of the accident. A month later Kular resigned as parliamentary assistant to the minister of Health and Long-Term Care. In June 2010, Kular was acquitted due to contradictory evidence from witnesses. Kular was subsequently reappointed to his old post as parliamentary assistant. In the 2011 election, he was defeated by

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by 2,120 votes. He ran again in the 2014 election, again losing to Singh. During his tenure, he served as

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to several ministers including

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, Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal, and to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kular, Kuldip 1948 births Canadian people of Punjabi descent Physicians from Ontario Canadian Sikhs Guru Nanak Dev University alumni Indian emigrants to Canada Living people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Politicians from Brampton Politicians from Ludhiana 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Canadian general practitioners