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♂ Shiraz Shariff
aliasShiraz Shariff
Record
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Afro-Indo-Canadian, Tanzanian-Canadian    Islam   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 4 1 5
Birth 1 March 1954
Age 70 years + 1 month
First mandate 20 April 1995 → 29 years + 9 days ago
↳ at age 41 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 16 years + 2 months ago (2 February 2008)
Special notes
None
 
Shiraz Shariff (1954– )
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
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 12 9 11 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Darshan S. Kang  m  (2 runoffs)
 
 
Eligible: 20,514 Votes: 5,737 Participation: 27.97% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
23		 Alberta
20 April 1995
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 27385(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
41
PC
 1/5 2,496 43.64% +516 Loser:
LIB
 1,980 34.62% Jeet Shergill

Service: 1 year 10 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,847 Votes: 8,723 Participation: 41.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Alberta
11 March 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 11008(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
43
PC
 1/3 5,118 58.86% +2,417 Loser:
LIB
 2,701 31.06% Amar Singh

Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 24,070 Votes: 9,377 Participation: 38.96% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
25		 Alberta
12 March 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 8651(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
47
PC
 1/5 6,558 70.15% +4,476 Loser:
LIB
 2,082 22.27% John Phillips

Service: 3 years 8 months 9 days (Gov't)
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
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/5 3,195 43.60% +304 Loser:
LIB
 2,891 39.45% Darshan S. Kang

Service: 3 years 2 months 11 days (Gov't)
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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
54
PC
 2/5 4,161 43.15% -118 Winner:
LIB
 4,279 44.38% Darshan S. Kang

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
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Shiraz Shariff		 01 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Shiraz Shariff		 01 Mar 2024

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