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♂ Darshan Singh Kang
aliasDarshan Kang
Record
30867 · 859

Punjabi-Canadian    Sikh   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 0 1
Alberta 2 1 3
Total 3 1 4
Birth c. 1951
Age ± 73 years
First mandate 3 March 2008 → 16 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age ± 57 years
 
Mandate ended 4 years + 6 months ago (20 October 2019)
Special notes
None
 
Darshan Singh Kang (c.1951– )
© Photo 2008 Robert Thivierge — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
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
Canada 4 0 1
Alberta 7 1 29 Z
TOTAL 11 2 0

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Stephen J. Garvey  m 
⊕ Devinder Shory  m 
 		 ⊕ Shiraz Shariff  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 21,831 Votes: 7,392 Participation: 33.86% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
26		 Alberta
22 November 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8734(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±53
LIB
 2/5 2,891 39.45% -304 Winner:
PC
 3,195 43.60% Shiraz Shariff
Eligible: 32,531 Votes: 9,710 Participation: 29.85% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8820(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±57
LIB
 1/5 4,279 44.38% +118 Loser:
PC
 4,161 43.15% Shiraz Shariff

Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,824 Votes: 10,675 Participation: 44.81% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8968(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±61
LIB
 1/6 3,865 36.69% +680 Loser:
WRA
 3,185 30.24% Grant Galpin

Service: 3 years 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 30,125 Votes: 12,881 Participation: 42.76% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
29		 Alberta
5 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 8994(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±64		 Successor:
NDP
 3,812 29.95% Irfan Sabir
Eligible: 74,604 Votes: 45,303 Participation: 60.72% Candidacies: 8
Federal
42		 Alberta
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7626(F) — 6 Jul 2023 23:15 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
±64
LIB
 1/8 20,644 45.88% +2,759 Loser:
CPC
 17,885 39.75% Devinder Shory
After his election:
31 Aug 2017 ±66
LIB
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 84,915 Votes: 51,049 Participation: 60.12% Candidacies: 8
Federal
43		 Alberta
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26792(F) — 22 Sep 2021 20:19 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±68		 Successor:
CPC
 26,533 52.49% Jagdeep K. Sahota

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Darshan Kang		 10 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Darshan Singh Kang, M.P.		 10 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Darshan Singh Kang, député		 10 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Darshan Kang		 10 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Darshan Kang		 10 Apr 2024

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