About Harwinder

Harwinder Sandhu was elected the MLA for Vernon-Monashee in 2020. She is the Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors’ Services.

Prior to being elected, Harwinder was a registered nurse at Vernon Jubilee Hospital, community nursing and worked as a patient care coordinator. An active member of the BC Nurses’ Union, she served as Provincial Chair of the Mosaic of Colour caucus and as a lobby coordinator. As part of the BC Nurses’ Union and as an individual she worked on many charitable initiatives.

Harwinder worked with Northern Health at Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace for over seven years before moving to Vernon with her two young daughters, after losing her first husband, Sammy, to cancer.

Harwinder is now proudly serving people in Vernon-Monashee and raising her three children.

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