{{Short description|Canadian politician (1969–2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Patty Sahota | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1969|10|26}} | birth_place = Jagpalpur, Punjab, India | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|2|12|1969|10|26}} | death_place = Merritt, British Columbia, Canada | assembly = British Columbia Legislative | constituency_AM = Burnaby-Edmonds | term_start = May 16, 2001 | term_end = May 17, 2005 | predecessor = Fred Randall | successor = Raj Chouhan | office3 = Minister of State for Resort Development of British Columbia | premier3 = Gordon Campbell | term_start3 = February 1, 2005 | term_end3 = June 16, 2005 | predecessor3 = Sandy Santori | successor3 = | party = BC Liberal | occupation = }}

'''Patty Sahota''' (October 26, 1969 – February 12, 2024) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Burnaby-Edmonds in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005. She sat as a member of the BC Liberal Party and served for several months in 2005 as the Minister of State for Resort Development. She was born in Jagpalpur, Punjab, India and immigrated to Canada with her parents in 1979.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/patty-sahota-1089403513 | title=Remembering the life of Patty SAHOTA }}</ref>

Sahota was defeated in her 2005 bid for re-election by Raj Chouhan of the NDP.

Sahota died suddenly and unexpectedly while visiting her parents in Merritt, British Columbia on February 12, 2024, at the age of 54.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Naylor |first1=Cornelia |title=Former Burnaby MLA Patty Sahota, 54, mourned after sudden passing in Merritt |url=https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/former-burnaby-mla-patty-sahota-54-mourned-after-sudden-passing-in-merritt-8312447 |access-date=18 February 2024 |publisher=Burnaby Now |date=15 February 2024}}</ref>

==Electoral record== {{Election box begin | title=B.C. General Election 2005: Burnaby-Edmonds}} |- {{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} |NDP |Raj Chouhan |align="right"|10,337 |align="right"|46.71% |align="right"| {{CANelec |BC |Liberal |'''Patty Sahota''' |9,599 |43.38% |}} |- {{CANelec |BC |Green |Suzanne Deveau |2,192 |9.91% |&ndash;}} |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|22,128 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| {{end}}

{{British Columbia provincial election, 2001/Burnaby-Edmonds}}

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==External links== * [http://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/37thparl/sahota.htm Profile at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110706182911/http://ilovepattysahota.ca/ Collection of pictures and information about Patty Sahota] * [https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/former-burnaby-mla-patty-sahota-54-mourned-after-sudden-passing-in-merritt-8312447 Former Burnaby MLA Patty Sahota, 54, mourned after sudden passing in Merritt]

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