Editing Moe Sihota

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'''Munmohan Singh "Moe" Sihota''' (born 1955) is a former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian Canadian] broadcaster and politician.

He was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan,_British_Columbia Duncan, British Columbia] and attended St. George's Boys School, Vancouver, on scholarship. He obtained a bachelor of social work from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia University of British Columbia] in 1977, was awarded a scholarship to Warwick School of Economics, London, 1981 and a bachelor of laws from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Victoria University of Victoria] in 1982. He was a social worker in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rock,_British_Columbia White Rock] in 1978-79 and practised law in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquimalt,_British_Columbia Esquimalt] in 1984.

His political career began during his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/undergraduate undergraduate] years at UBC:

* Ombudsman, UBC (1975).
* Vice president, UBC, Board of Governors (1977).
* President, Young New Democrats (1978).
* President, Federal Riding of Cowichan/Malahat/The Islands (1981–84).
* Successfully managed election campaigns for Frank Mitchell (1983) and Jim Manly (1984).
* Alderman, Esquimalt (1984)
* Elected M.L.A. for Esquimalt/Port Renfrew (1986).
* The first Indian-Canadian to be elected to any federal or provincial riding and the first Indian-Canadian cabinet minister in a province of Canada.

He served in several cabinet posts under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_New_Democratic_Party New Democratic] governments of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Harcourt Mike Harcourt], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Clark Glen Clark] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujjal_Dosanjh Ujjal Dosanjh], but was forced to resign from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_(government) cabinet] several times.

During his career, he created 200 new Provincial Parks, extended Workers Compensation Coverage to farmworkers and changed BC logging practices.He also served on the Board of Directors of BC Hydro and Power Authourity, Insurance Corporation of BC, Workers Compensation Board and the BC Buildings Corporation.<ref>www.leg.ca.ca/mla/36thpar/Sihota.htm</ref>

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