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♂ Hardial Singh Bains
aliasHardial Bains
Record
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Punjabi-Canadian    Sikh   ∞2
Type of record
Elected candidate
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate ✓		 Deceased Performance: 0%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 5 5
Ontario 0 1 1
Total 0 6 6
Birth 15 August 1939 → 84 years + 8 months ago
Lived 58 years
First run 30 October 1972 → 51 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 33 years + 2 months
Death 24 August 1997 → 26 years + 8 months ago
 
Special notes
None
 
Hardial Singh Bains (1939–1997)
© Photo 2020 Boris Spremo — Fair trade
Family ties with other documented individuals
⊕ Saroj Bains (c. 1979–) Daughter  
⊕ Sandra L. Smith Spouse  
 

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 28
ML
 1 Party leader 30–58 31 Mar 1970 — 24 Aug 1997 27 4 24

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
9 documented challengers
⊖ Margaret Campbell  f 
⊕ Frank De Jong  m 
⊕ Mac Harb  m  (3 runoffs)
⊖ Mitchell W. Sharp  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ John C. Turmel  m 
 		 ⊕ Michael M. Cassidy  m 
⊖ Marion H. Dewar  f 
⊖ R. Roy McMurtry  m 
⊖ J. Ross Taylor  m 
 
Eligible: 52,875 Votes: 42,585 Participation: 80.54% Candidacies: 4
Federal
29		 Ontario
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10219(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
33
IND
 4/4 132 0.31% -19,257 Winner:
LIB
 19,389 45.53% Mitchell W. Sharp
Eligible: 45,412 Votes: 19,648 Participation: 43.27% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
29		 Ontario
15 March 1973
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 32591(F) — 26 Feb 2022 13:13 ET
✗
 Failed to enter this legislature
Age
33
ML
 4/6 100 0.51% -8,290 Winner:
LIB
 8,390 42.70% Margaret Campbell
Eligible: 52,008 Votes: 41,133 Participation: 79.09% Candidacies: 6
Federal
30		 Ontario
8 July 1974
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10483(F) — 29 Jan 2022 22:36 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament (Party leader)
Age
34
ML
 6/6 60 0.15% -19,891 Winner:
LIB
 19,951 48.82% Mitchell W. Sharp
Eligible: inc. Votes: 49,638 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 10
Federal
34		 Ontario
21 November 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 3605(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
49
IND
 9/10 66 0.13% -18,030 Winner:
LIB
 18,096 36.46% Mac Harb
Eligible: 76,190 Votes: 50,394 Participation: 66.14% Candidacies: 11
Federal
35		 Ontario
25 October 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3308(F) — 17 Nov 2023 20:55 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament (Party leader)
Age
54
ML
 8/11 91 0.18% -25,871 Winner:
LIB
 25,962 51.91% Mac Harb
Eligible: 82,633 Votes: 58,033 Participation: 70.23% Candidacies: 11
Federal
36		 Ontario
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 3007(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament (Party leader)
Age
57
ML
 9/11 150 0.26% -25,837 Winner:
LIB
 25,987 45.19% Mac Harb

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
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ParlInfo, Political Parties: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada (1970-03-31 - )		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Hardial Bains		 13 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Hardial Bains		 13 Apr 2024

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