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♂ Babar Saroya
aliasBob Saroya
Record
55062 · 1757

Punjabi-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 40%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 3 5
Birth 3 February 1952
Age 72 years + 2 months
First mandate 19 October 2015 → 8 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 63 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 2 years + 7 months ago (19 September 2021)
Special notes
None
 
Babar (Bob) Saroya (1952– )
© Photo 2017 Andrew Scheer — licensed under CC0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 11 0

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
4 documented challengers
⊕ Paul Chin-Yue Chiang  m 
⊕ Kirsty E. Duncan  f 
 		 ⊕ Anna Di Carlo  f 
⊕ John McCallum  m 
 
Eligible: 63,700 Votes: 31,594 Participation: 49.60% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 Ontario
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5819(F) — 8 Apr 2022 22:56 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
56
CPC
 2/5 9,436 30.07% -5,808 Winner:
LIB
 15,244 48.58% Kirsty E. Duncan
Eligible: 92,638 Votes: 50,178 Participation: 54.17% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Ontario
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6381(F) — 8 Apr 2022 22:56 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
59
CPC
 2/5 17,734 35.55% -1,695 Winner:
LIB
 19,429 38.95% John McCallum
Eligible: 82,965 Votes: 50,085 Participation: 60.37% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 Ontario
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7466(F) — 8 Apr 2022 22:56 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
63
CPC
 1/4 24,605 49.37% +3,009 Loser:
LIB
 21,596 43.33% Bang-Gu Jiang

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 88,882 Votes: 53,919 Participation: 60.66% Candidacies: 5
Federal
43		 Ontario
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26957(F) — 8 Apr 2022 22:56 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
CPC
 1/5 26,133 48.94% +5,649 Loser:
LIB
 20,484 38.36% Alan Ho

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 87,775 Votes: 45,676 Participation: 52.04% Candidacies: 4
Federal
44		 Ontario
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36308(F) — 20 May 2022 07:38 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
69
CPC
 2/4 18,959 41.92% -2,999 Winner:
LIB
 21,958 48.55% Paul Chin-Yue Chiang

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Bob Saroya, M.P.		 13 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Bob Saroya, député		 13 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bob Saroya		 13 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 13 Apr 2024 20:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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