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♂ Harbhajan Singh Lali
aliasHarry Lali
Record
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Punjabi-Canadian    Sikh   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 2 6
Birth 10 August 1955
Age 68 years + 9 months
First mandate 17 October 1991 → 32 years + 7 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 2 months
 
Mandate ended 11 years + 5 days ago (13 May 2013)
Special notes
None
 
Harbhajan (Harry) Singh Lali (1955– )
© Photo 2013 BC NDP — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 17 6 22 Z

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
4 documented challengers
⊕ John Kidder  m 
⊕ Jim Rabbitt  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell  f 
⊕ Jackie Tegart  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 21,468 Votes: 15,494 Participation: 72.17% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
35		 British Columbia
17 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7932(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
36
NDP
 1/2 7,740 52.31% +683 Loser:
SC
 7,057 47.69% James T. Rabbitt

Service: 4 years 7 months 10 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,982 Votes: 17,317 Participation: 72.21% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
36		 British Columbia
28 May 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 8007(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
NDP
 1/5 7,080 41.06% +1,168 Loser:
LIB
 5,912 34.29% James T. Rabbitt

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 23,875 Votes: 16,472 Participation: 68.99% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8082(F) — 1 Feb 2022 10:41 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
45		 Successor:
LIB
 9,845 60.07% David Chutter
Eligible: 25,874 Votes: 17,329 Participation: 66.97% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8166(F) — 1 Feb 2022 10:41 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
49
NDP
 1/5 8,432 48.90% +1,483 Loser:
LIB
 6,949 40.30% Lloyd G. Forman

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 21,663 Votes: 13,729 Participation: 63.38% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8189(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
NDP
 1/4 6,703 49.12% +873 Loser:
LIB
 5,830 42.72% Ella Brown

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 22,187 Votes: 13,650 Participation: 61.52% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8275(F) — 28 Mar 2022 21:33 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
57
NDP
 2/4 5,388 39.62% -614 Winner:
LIB
 6,002 44.14% Jackie L. Tegart
Eligible: 24,757 Votes: 15,854 Participation: 64.04% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8359(F) — 4 Jul 2023 20:27 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
61
NDP
 2/4 6,073 38.47% -524 Winner:
LIB
 6,597 41.79% Jackie L. Tegart

Online biographical reference

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Harry Lali		 16 Apr 2024

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