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♂ Bidhu S. Jha
aliasBidhu S. Jha
Record
29939 · 3973

Indo-Canadian    Hindu   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Manitoba 3 1 4
Birth 4 August 1942
Age 81 years + 8 months
First mandate 3 June 2003 → 20 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 60 years + 9 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 9 days ago (18 April 2016)
Special notes
None
 
Bidhu S. Jha (1942– )
© Photo 2022 Shivam Kumar 766 — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Manitoba 12 10 13 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ John Loewen  m 
 
 
Eligible: 13,821 Votes: 10,563 Participation: 76.43% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
37		 Manitoba
21 September 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9626(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
57
NDP
 2/3 2,815 26.82% -3,665 Winner:
PC
 6,480 61.73% John Loewen
Eligible: 13,783 Votes: 7,450 Participation: 54.05% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 Manitoba
3 June 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9666(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
60
NDP
 1/3 3,888 52.45% +987 Loser:
PC
 2,901 39.13% Linda West

Service: 3 years 11 months 18 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,154 Votes: 8,526 Participation: 60.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 Manitoba
22 May 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9723(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
64
NDP
 1/3 4,804 56.72% +1,816 Loser:
PC
 2,988 35.28% Linda West

Service: 4 years 4 months 11 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,899 Votes: 9,160 Participation: 61.48% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
40		 Manitoba
4 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 9780(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
69
NDP
 1/3 5,033 55.14% +1,445 Loser:
PC
 3,588 39.31% Desmond Penner

Service: 4 years 6 months 14 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 14,956 Votes: 9,398 Participation: 62.84% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 Manitoba
19 April 2016
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 9839(F) — 28 Jul 2021 15:25 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
73		 Successor:
PC
 4,635 50.53% James Teitsma

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Manitoba: MLA Biographies - Living
Jha, Bidhu		 24 Feb 2024
FR Assemblée législative du Manitoba: Notes biographiques des députés
Jha, Bidhu		 24 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Bidhu Jha		 24 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 24 Feb 2024 20:34 (but data presented dynamically)

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