| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Termstart: | January 8, 2024 Interim: January 8, 2024 – July 9, 2024 |
| Primeminister: | Justin Trudeau |
| Predecessor: | Steven MacKinnon |
| Riding1: | Brampton North |
| Parliament1: | Canadian |
| Term Start1: | October 19, 2015 |
| Predecessor1: | Riding established |
| Birth Date: | June 22, 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Profession: | Attorney |
| Alma Mater: | McMaster University (BA) Western Michigan University (JD) |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Residence: | Brampton[1] |
| Spouse: | Tejinder Sahota |
| Children: | 1 |
| Website: | rsahota.liberal.ca |
Ruby Sahota[2] (born June 22, 1979)[3] [4] is a Canadian Liberal politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal riding Brampton North during the 2015 Canadian federal election.[5] [6]
Sahota was born in Toronto after her parents arrived in Canada from Punjab, India in the late 1970s,[7] and was raised in Brampton. Her father previously was the Chairman of the Ontario Sikhs and Gurdwara Council.[8]
Sahota attended Brampton's Central Peel Secondary School from 1993 to 1998, and then graduated with an Honours bachelor's degree in Political Science and Peace Studies at McMaster University in 2003.[9] She then attended Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, graduating in 2007.
From 2007 to 2012, Sahota practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio, focusing on commercial litigation.[10] [11] She became a lawyer after.
Sahota sought the Liberal nomination for the newly created riding of Brampton North, winning it on March 1, 2015.[12]
The general election campaign involved some controversy, as Sahota's campaign criticized leaflets circulated by her opponent, Conservative incumbent Parm Gill, which it was alleged were deliberately aimed at confusing Sahota with previous Liberal Party MP Ruby Dhalla.[13] Sahota defeated Gill to win the election.
Once elected, Sahota was appointed to both the Standing Committee on the Status of Women and the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. She was subsequently named to the Special Committee on Electoral Reform. On February 1, 2017, she was elected Chair of the Federal Liberal Ontario Caucus by her peers. As Caucus Chair, she presides over meetings, leads discussions, and is an important link between Ontario Liberal MPs and the Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet.
Sahota was appointed interim Chief Government Whip on January 8, 2024, replacing Steven MacKinnon while he was appointed interim Government House Leader while Karina Gould was on maternity leave. MacKinnon was promoted to Minister of Labour on July 9, 2024 making Sahota's appointment as whip permanent.[14]
She is married to podiatrist Dr. Tejinder Sahota and has a son named Nihal.