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♂ Rajnish K. Sherman
aliasRajnish K. Sherman
Record
56457 · 2904

Indo-Canadian    Hindu   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 2 1 3
Birth c. 1965
Age ± 59 years
First mandate 3 March 2008 → 16 years + 1 month ago
↳ at age ± 43 years
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 11 months ago (4 May 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Rajnish K. Sherman (c.1965– )
© Photo 2011 Dave Cournoyer — licensed under CC BY-SA 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
Alberta 7 1 29 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. AB 27–28
LIB
 1 Party leader 46–50 10 Sep 2011 — 26 Jan 2015 3 4 16
2. AB 27
LIB
 1 Opposition Leader 46–47 12 Sep 2011 — 22 Apr 2012 0 7 10

Electoral history

Races 3  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Robert Maskell  m 
 		 ⊕ Rakhi Pancholi  f 
 
Eligible: 31,552 Votes: 11,314 Participation: 35.86% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
27		 Alberta
3 March 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8845(F) — 26 Oct 2023 21:38 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±43
PC
 1/5 6,174 54.83% +2,751 Loser:
LIB
 3,423 30.40% Debbie Cavaliere
After his election:
22 Nov 2010 ±45
PC
 →
IND
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
12 Sep 2011 ±46
IND
 →
LIB
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 4 years 1 month 19 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 27,506 Votes: 14,643 Participation: 53.24% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
28		 Alberta
23 April 2012
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8910(F) — 16 Apr 2022 14:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
±47
LIB
 1/5 5,149 35.48% +118 Loser:
PC
 5,031 34.67% Robert Maskell

Service: 3 years 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 31,865 Votes: 17,256 Participation: 54.15% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
29		 Alberta
5 May 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9019(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
±50		 Successor:
NDP
 9,796 56.96% Jonathon Carson
Eligible: 33,005 Votes: 21,439 Participation: 64.96% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
31		 Alberta
29 May 2023
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  UCP  Majority
ID: 38974(F) — 3 Jan 2024 18:15 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
±58
UCP
 2/4 7,799 36.81% -4,998 Winner:
NDP
 12,797 60.40% Rakhi Pancholi

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Dr. Raj Sherman		 19 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Raj Sherman		 19 Feb 2024

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