Jinny Sims

In the 2024 British Columbia general election, she was unseated by Bryan Tepper from the BC Conservative Party.

[2] Born to a Sikh family, Sims emigrated to England from Punjab, India, at the age of nine.

[9][10][11] The strike ended when the membership voted to accept a $150-million mediated settlement which both the government and the BCTF executive had endorsed.

[13] In October, 2019 allegations of misconduct were made against Sims, resulting in her resignation as Minister of Citizens Services.

In April, 2020 the special prosecutor reported that he and the RCMP had found no evidence to support the charges against her and had cleared her of any wrongdoing.