Raminder Singh Gill (born 1950 or 1951) is an Indian-born Canadian politician in Ontario. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2003, and has unsuccessfully sought election to the House of Commons of Canada on three occasions. He served as a citizenship judge from 2006 to 2011.
Background
Gill was born to a Sikh family in Punjab, India. He was educated at the Parkdale Collegiate Institute and later attended the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering where he graduated with a Master's Degree in Engineering.
In also ran in the 2006 federal election in the riding of Mississauga—Streetsville, against Liberal incumbent Wajid Khan. He lost that contest as well, losing by about 5,800 votes to Khan.
Citizenship judge
In the fall of 2006 Gill was appointed as a Federal citizenship judge. Some considered the move as a patronage appointment. Gill was thought to have been "fasttracked" into the post, bypassing the usual screening process. In 2009, he was reappointed to this position, but he was not reappointed in 2012.