Jessie Sunner
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Jessie Sunner, BC NDP candidate for Surrey-Newton.jpg
| caption = Sunner in 2024
| party = New Democratic Party of British Columbia
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MLA|size=100%}}
| office = Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives of British Columbia
| term_start = November 18, 2024
| term_end =
| premier = David Eby
| predecessor = Mable Elmore
| successor =
| office1 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Surrey-Newton
| termstart1 = October 19, 2024
| termend1 =
| predecessor1 = Harry Bains
| successor1 =
| occupation = Trade unionist, lawyer
| residence = Surrey
}}
Jessie Sunner is a Canadian lawyer and politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 general election. She represents the electoral district of Surrey-Newton as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.{{cite news |last1=Brockman |first1=Charles |title=BC Conservatives make near sweep of 10 Surrey ridings |url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/10/19/surrey-near-sweep-bc-conservatives/ |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=CityNews Vancouver |date=20 October 2024 |language=en}}{{cite news |last=Zytaruk |first=Tom |date=19 October 2024 |title=Newcomer Sunner wins Surrey-Newton for NDP |url=https://www.peacearchnews.com/local-news/bc-election-2024-will-ndp-first-timer-sunner-hold-surrey-newton-7594251 |access-date=20 October 2024 |work=Peace Arch News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=October 20, 2024 |title=Election Night recap: B.C. NDP loses major ground in Surrey |url=https://www.surreynowleader.com/local-news/bc-votes-2024-election-night-in-surrey-live-7593995 |access-date=October 22, 2024 |website=Surrey Now-Leader |language=en}}
Early life and career
Sunner grew up in Surrey, British Columbia.{{Cite web |last=Zytaruk |first=Tom |date=October 8, 2024 |title=Meet the candidates: Surrey-Newton |url=https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/meet-the-candidates-surrey-newton-7571189 |access-date=October 22, 2024 |website=Surrey Now-Leader |language=en}} Her parents are Punjabi immigrants.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=August 2, 2024 |title=Jessie Sunner to run as BC NDP candidate in Surrey-Newton in place of Harry Bains |url=https://thelinkpaper.ca/jessie-sunner-to-run-as-bc-ndp-candidate-in-surrey-newton-in-place-of-harry-bains/ |access-date=October 23, 2024 |website=Link Newspaper |language=en-US}}
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.
Electoral record
{{2024 British Columbia general election/Surrey-Newton}}
References
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See also
{{British Columbia MLAs}}
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Category:British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
Category:Women MLAs in British Columbia
Category:Trade unionists from British Columbia
Category:Canadian people of Punjabi descent
Category:People from Surrey, British Columbia
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