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♂ Gulzar Singh Cheema
aliasGulzar Cheema
Record
10655 · 3899

☆   Punjabi-Canadian    Sikh   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 1 2 3
Manitoba 2 0 2
Total 3 3 6
Birth 11 August 1954
Age 69 years + 8 months
First mandate 26 April 1988 → 36 years + 1 day ago
↳ at age 33 years + 8 months
 
Mandate ended 20 years + 1 month ago (8 March 2004)
Special notes
None
 
Gulzar Singh Cheema (1954– )
© Photo 2013 Mscan123 — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
A Liberal, Cheema was successful in getting elected as a Manitoba MLA at age 33 (1988–1993) and as a British Columbia MLA at age 46 (2001–2004), but he failed to enter the House of Commons in 2004 at age 49, or to return to the British Columbia legislature in 2020 at age 66.
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 5 1 20 Z
British Columbia 2 9 22 Z
TOTAL 7 11 12

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 8  
7 documented challengers
⊖ Martin M. (Marty) Dolin  m 
⊕ Nina Grewal  f 
⊕ Jinny J. Sims  f 
⊖ Ian G. Waddell  m 
 		 ⊕ Sidney Green  m 
⊕ Bruce Ralston  m 
⊖ Heather L. Stilwell  f 
 
Eligible: 20,785 Votes: 15,897 Participation: 76.48% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
34		 Manitoba
26 April 1988
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 9427(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
33
LIB
 1/5 5,653 35.69% +585 Loser:
PC
 5,068 31.99% John Baluta

Service: 2 years 4 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 12,318 Votes: 8,253 Participation: 67.00% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Manitoba
11 September 1990
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9505(F) — 20 Mar 2022 22:34 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
LIB
 1/3 3,273 39.83% +589 Loser:
PC
 2,684 32.66% Norman P. Isler
After his election:
17 Jun 1993 38
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 2 years 9 months 6 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 5,194 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Provincial
35		 Manitoba
21 September 1993
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10980(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39		 Successor:
LIB
 3,619 69.68% Gary A. Kowalski
Eligible: 26,726 Votes: 19,228 Participation: 71.94% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
36		 British Columbia
28 May 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7994(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
41
LIB
 2/7 8,394 43.98% -380 Winner:
NDP
 8,774 45.97% Ian G. Waddell
Eligible: 23,753 Votes: 16,400 Participation: 69.04% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8063(F) — 5 Mar 2022 09:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
LIB
 1/7 9,590 58.94% +6,350 Loser:
NDP
 3,240 19.91% Bruce Ralston
After his election:
8 Mar 2004 49
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Unsuccessfully ran federally
Service: 2 years 9 months 21 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 66,821 Votes: 39,465 Participation: 59.06% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 British Columbia
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 992(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
49
LIB
 2/5 11,568 29.47% -2,484 Winner:
CPC
 14,052 35.80% Nina Grewal
Eligible: 24,197 Votes: 12,618 Participation: 52.15% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
28 October 2004
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 10964(F) — 4 Jul 2023 14:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
50		 Successor:
NDP
 6,740 53.59% Jagrup Brar
Eligible: 43,314 Votes: 22,641 Participation: 52.27% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 35598(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to this legislature
Age
66
LIB
 2/3 9,607 42.89% -2,729 Winner:
NDP
 12,336 55.07% Jinny J. Sims

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Living
Cheema, Gulzar S. M.D.		 21 Apr 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés
Cheema, Gulzar S. M.D.		 21 Apr 2024
EN Manitoba Historical Society, Memorable Manitobans
Gulzar Singh Cheema		 21 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Gulzar Singh Cheema		 21 Apr 2024

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