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♂ Wallace Taroo Oppal
aliasWally Oppal
Record
47243 · 13117

Punjabi-Canadian    Sikh   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 1 1 2
Birth c. 1940
Age ± 84 years
First mandate 17 May 2005 → 18 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 65 years
 
Mandate ended 14 years + 11 months ago (11 May 2009)
Special notes
None
 
Wallace Taroo Oppal (c.1940– )
© Photo 2010 SFU Communications & Marketing — 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 3 11 24 Z

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Victoria (Vicki) Huntington  f 
 
 
Eligible: 36,212 Votes: 20,988 Participation: 57.96% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8153(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±65
LIB
 1/4 9,895 47.80% +1,112 Loser:
NDP
 8,783 42.43% Ravinder Gill

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,331 Votes: 23,546 Participation: 68.59% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8186(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±69
LIB
 2/5 9,945 42.36% -32 Winner:
IND
 9,977 42.50% Victoria (Vicki) Huntington

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Wally Oppal		 27 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Wally Oppal		 27 Apr 2024

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Rev.: 27 Apr 2024 14:38 (but data presented dynamically)

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