Rohini "Reah" Arora is a Canadian labour organizer and politician who was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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in the
2024 general election
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. She represents the electoral district of
Burnaby East
Burnaby East is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada.
The district was established under the name Burnaby-Lougheed by the ''Electoral Districts Act, 2008''. It was first contested in the 2009 general election in which ...
as a member of the
British Columbia New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a social democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum and is one of the two major parties in British Columbia; since ...
.
Early life and career
Arora was raised in the
Westridge neighbourhood of
Burnaby
Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard In ...
, British Columbia.
Her parents owned and operated an independent pizza shop in the area, where she worked in her youth.
Arora previously worked in Alberta's Premier's Office.
Prior to entering provincial politics, Arora was the director of organizing and campaigns at the
BC Federation of Labour.
Political career
Arora previously ran unsuccessfully for a seat on Burnaby's city council in the 2022 municipal election as a member of the
Burnaby Citizens Association.
She was just short of being elected: she came in 9th place, receiving 10,513 votes or 4.9 per cent of the popular vote, while the top 8 candidates were elected
On June 9, 2024, Arora was nominated as the BC NDP candidate for the riding of Burnaby East,
following an announcement in November 2023 that incumbent Katrina Chan would not seek re-election.
She successfully contested the seat, beating Conservative candidate Simon Chandler by more than 2,000 votes.
Electoral record
References
Living people
British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Women MLAs in British Columbia
Canadian people of Punjabi descent
Year of birth missing (living people)
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