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♂ Raj Chouhan
aliasRaj Chouhan
Record
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Punjabi-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
British Columbia
Government
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 6 0 6
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth Unknown
   
First mandate 17 May 2005 → 18 years + 11 months ago
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Raj Chouhan (? – )
© Photo 2016 BC NDP — licensed under CC BY 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
British Columbia 18 11 8 Z

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. BC 42
NDP
 1 Speaker 07 Dec 2020 — 3 4 22

Electoral history

Races * 6  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊖ Patty Sahota  f 
 
 
Eligible: 38,617 Votes: 22,283 Participation: 57.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8093(F) — 14 Feb 2024 10:19 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
?
NDP
 1/3 10,337 46.71% +738 Loser:
LIB
 9,599 43.38% Patty Sahota

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 34,288 Votes: 16,825 Participation: 49.07% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8173(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
?
NDP
 1/4 8,647 51.94% +2,262 Loser:
LIB
 6,385 38.36% Lee A. Rankin

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,132 Votes: 18,194 Participation: 49.00% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8260(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
?
NDP
 1/4 9,253 51.43% +2,303 Loser:
LIB
 6,950 38.63% Jeff Kuah

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,385 Votes: 20,115 Participation: 53.81% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 NDP  29 Jun 2017
ID: 8386(F) — 4 Jul 2023 20:01 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
?
NDP
 1/3 10,827 54.25% +4,423 Loser:
LIB
 6,404 32.09% Garrison Duke
After his election:
29 Jun 2017
LIB
 →
NDP
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 40,347 Votes: 18,036 Participation: 44.70% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 35536(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
?
NDP
 1/3 11,063 62.01% +6,309 Loser:
LIB
 4,754 26.65% Tripat Atwal

Service: 3 years 6 months 5 days (Gov't)
Burnaby South-Metrotown
Post-dated race
Provincial
43		 British Columbia
19 October 2024
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 39313(P) — 7 Apr 2024 13:24 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Gov't)
Age
?
NDP
 1/4   55.95%   Loser:
BCU

Online biographical reference

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EN Wikipedia
Raj Chouhan		 09 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  7 Apr 2024 13:12 (but data presented dynamically)

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