Vancouver:Eight Indo-Canadians were elected to the 87-member Assembly of Canada's British Columbia province. There were 27 Indian-origin candidates in the fray in the elections held on Saturday.
All eight winners belong to the ruling New Democratic Party which secured an absolute majority with 55 seats in the 87-member House.
Three of the Indo-Canadian winners are women.
Noted human rights lawyer Aman Singh created history by becoming the first turbaned Sikh MLA in British Columbia even though the province was the first to elect a Punjabi (Moe Sihota) as an MLA in 1986 and a Sikh (Ujjal Dosanjh) as Premier in 2001.
Singh caused a major upset by beating former journalist Jas Johal of the opposition Liberal Party in Richmond-Queensborough.
Most the Indo-Canadian victories came in the Indian-dominated city of Surrey on the outskirts of Vancouver.
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Prominent winners include Labour Minister Harry Bains, Deputy Speaker Raj Chouhan, former minister Jinny Sims and parliamentary secretaries Jagrup Brar and Ravi Kahlon.
Bains retained his seat of Surrey-Newton by beating fellow Punjabi Paul Boparai of the Liberal Party.
Bains, who comes from Hardaspur village near Jalandhar, has won this seat since 2005.