Gurbux S. Saini is a warm and compassionate individual and is someone that is always willing to lend helping hand. He was born and raised in his paternal village in India and has always been motivated to succeed wherever he saw opportunity.
With only $8 in his pocket, Gurbux travelled to Vancouver with the assistance of his sister and brother-in-law, along with his wife Mohinder and their four-month-old child. Gurbux and his family first settled in Williams Lake British Columbia and started working as a lumber piler at the old Merrill and Wagner sawmill. One of the first things he did was to help fundraise for the establishment of the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple where members of the Punjabi community could go to visit, gather for religious functions and have a sense of belonging. The initial proceeds were raised by members of the community working weekends at the West Fraser Sawmill in addition to their regular jobs. His sense of community spirit and desire to serve led him to seek to a seat on Williams Lake City Council where he served for 14 years. During his term on council, Gurbux served as Chairman of the finance committee, Parks and Recreation and Public Works.
Williams Lake had a population of 15,000 and approximately 800 people were of South Asian heritage. Gurbux S. Saini is a warm and compassionate individual and is someone that is always willing to lend helping hand. He was born and raised in his paternal village in India and has always been motivated to succeed wherever he saw opportunity. With only $8 in his pocket, Gurbux travelled to Vancouver with the assistance of his sister and brother-in-law, along with his wife Mohinder and their four-month-old
child. Gurbux and his family first settled in Williams Lake British Columbia and started working as a lumber piler at the old Merrill and Wagner sawmill. One of the first things he did was to help fundraise for the establishment of the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple where members of the Punjabi community could go to visit, gather for religious functions and have a sense of belonging. The initial proceeds were raised by members of the community working weekends at the West Fraser Sawmill in addition to their regular jobs.
His sense of community spirit and desire to serve led him to seek to a seat on Williams Lake City Council where he served for 14 years. During his term on council, Gurbux served as Chairman of the finance committee, Parks and Recreation and Public Works.
Williams Lake had a population of 15,000 and approximately 800 people were of South Asian heritage. President of the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple society where he founded and provided seed money for the establishment of the Guru Nanak Children’s Fund. The fund is used to educate five orphaned and impoverished around the world until they turn 18 years of age In 2016 Gurbux relocated to Surrey and currently resides in the Chimney Hill neighborhood. For the last four years, he has been serving as the president of
Fleetwood Port Kell Federal Liberal Association. During the last two federal elections, Gurbux and his team were key in re-electing Ken Hardie the Liberal MP for the area.
Furthermore, he was instrumental in getting a public washroom and picnic tables for the neighborhood park. The facilities are now used for sporting events, social gatherings, family get-togethers and picniWcs etc. Furthermore, Gurbux successfully lobbied the City of Surrey to storge lock boxes at T.E Scott and Hazelnut Meadow’s Park. Currently, Gurbux is working with the City of Surrey and TransLink commission to establish bus service along 76th Ave and 144th street. In recognition for his outstanding community service, Gurbax was awarded a Queen’s Platinum Jubilee award by Ken Hardie, MP for Fleetwood Port Kells.
Gurbux is grateful to Canada for all that this country has done for him and
his family and continues to give back to his community.