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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1948)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kuldip Kular
| image =
| office1 = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario|Ontario Provincial Parliament]] for<br>[[Bramalea—Gore—Malton (provincial electoral district)|Bramalea—Gore—Malton]]<br>{{small|([[Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale (provincial electoral district)|Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale]] 2003—2007)}}
| term_start1 = 2003
| term_end1 = 2011
| predecessor1 = [[Raminder Gill]]
| successor1 = [[Jagmeet Singh]]
| party = [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| birth_name = Kuldip Singh Kular
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|12|12}}
| birth_place = [[Ludhiana, Punjab]], India
| education = [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] <br/> [[Dalhousie University]]
| profession = [[Physician|Doctor]]
| residence = [[Brampton, Ontario]], Canada
| spouse = Jaswant Kular
}}
'''Kuldip Singh Kular''' (born December 12, 1948) is a Indian-born Canadian politician and former [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]] in [[Ontario]], Canada. He was a [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 2003 to 2011 representing the riding of [[Bramalea—Gore—Malton (provincial electoral district)|Bramalea—Gore—Malton]].

==Background==
Kular was born and raised in a [[Sikh]] family in [[Ludhiana, Punjab]], India and received a medical degree from [[Guru Nanak Dev University]] in [[Amritsar, Punjab]], India. He moved to Canada in 1974, and completed two years of residency training in [[paediatric]]s at the [[IWK Health Centre]] at [[Dalhousie University]] in [[Nova Scotia]]. He then worked for two years at the [[CFB Halifax|Canadian Armed Forces Hospital]] in [[City of Halifax|Halifax, Nova Scotia]] before starting a family practice in [[Campbellton, New Brunswick]] in 1978.

In 1986, Kular founded a family and sports medicine clinic in [[Brampton, Ontario]], 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 Ontario general election|2003 election]], Kular ran as the Liberal candidate in the riding of [[Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale (provincial electoral district)|Bramalea-Gore-Malton-Springdale]]. During the campaign, it came to light that Kular had previously been disciplined by the Physician's Board.<ref>{{cite news |title=Candidate once disciplined by physician board |last=Douglas |first=Pam |publisher=The Brampton Guardian |date=21 September 2003 |page=1}}</ref> Despite the news, he defeated incumbent [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Progressive Conservative]] [[Raminder Singh Gill]] by 3,765 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ontario election results by riding |publisher=The Record |date=3 October 2003 |page=A6}}</ref><ref name="2003 results">{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=bramalea-gore-malton-springdale&flag=E&layout=G |title=Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 2, 2003 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040658/http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=38&rec=0&district=bramalea-gore-malton-springdale&flag=E&layout=G |archivedate=August 8, 2014 }}</ref> In June 2005, he was a member of the [[Speaker of the Ontario Legislature]]’s multi-party delegation in to the 43rd Canadian Regional Conference for the [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]] in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]].

In the [[2007 Ontario general election|2007 election]], Kular was re-elected in the redistributed riding of [[Bramalea—Gore—Malton (provincial electoral district)|Bramalea—Gore—Malton]], defeating the closest candidate, Progressive Conservative Pam Hundal, by about 6,000 votes.<ref name="2007 results">{{cite web |url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf |format=PDF |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 10, 2007 |page=2 (xi) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007160233/http://www.elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/AB409CCD-84F3-46FA-B3BD-39AB659EFC2D/0/SummaryofValidBallotsCastforEachCandidate.pdf |archivedate=October 7, 2009 }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.ontario.ca/archive/en/2007/01/19/Ontario-business-mission-arrives-in-the-Punjab.html |title=Ontario Business Mission arrives in the Punjab |publisher=Province of Ontario Newsroom |date=19 January 2007}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2009/10/26/liberal_mpp_to_face_charges.html |title=Liberal MPP to face charges |publisher=Toronto Star |date=26 October 2009}}</ref> A month later Kular resigned as parliamentary assistant to the minister of Health and Long-Term Care.<ref>{{cite news |title=Brampton MPP steps down from post as legal troubles heat up |last=Criscione |first=Peter |publisher=The Brampton Guardian |date=24 November 2009 |page=1}}</ref> In June 2010, Kular was acquitted due to contradictory evidence from witnesses.<ref>{{cite news |title=MPP acquitted of hit-and-run |last=Douglas |first=Pam |publisher=The Brampton Guardian |date=22 July 2010 |page=1}}</ref> Kular was subsequently reappointed to his old post as parliamentary assistant.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kular named parliamentary assistant |publisher=The Brampton Guardian |date=4 September 2010 |page=1}}</ref>

In the [[2011 Ontario general election|2011 election]], he was defeated by [[Ontario New Democratic Party|New Democratic Party]] candidate [[Jagmeet Singh]] by 2,120 votes.<ref name="2011 results">{{cite web |url=http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |format=PDF |title=Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate |publisher=Elections Ontario |date=October 6, 2011 |accessdate=2014-03-02 |page=2 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330163815/http://elections.on.ca/NR/rdonlyres/7849B894-4C4F-490E-9E8C-271BCF0C0D4D/5712/SummaryofvalidvotescastforeacndGE2011.pdf |archivedate=March 30, 2013 }}</ref> He ran again in the [[2014 Ontario general election|2014 election]], again losing to Singh.<ref>{{cite web |title=General Elections by District: Brampton-Gore-Malton |publisher=Elections Ontario |url=http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=006 |date=June 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702085804/http://wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/general-election-district-results.aspx?d=006 |archivedate=July 2, 2014 }}</ref>

During his tenure, he served as [[parliamentary assistant]] to several ministers including [[Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration|Minister of Citizenship and Immigration]], [[Democratic Renewal Secretariat|Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal]], and to the [[Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care|Minister of Health and Long-Term Care]].

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{OntarioMPPbio|id=kuldip-kular}}

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[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Canadian politicians of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Canadian politicians of Punjabi descent]]
[[Category:Physicians from Ontario]]
[[Category:Canadian Sikhs]]
[[Category:Guru Nanak Dev University alumni]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs]]
[[Category:People from Brampton]]
[[Category:Politicians from Ludhiana]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian politicians]]
[[Category:Canadian general practitioners]]

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