Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → John Yap

♂ John Yap
aliasJohn Yap
Record
66483 · 6191

Singaporean-Canadian, Chinese-Canadian    United Church   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 0 4
Birth 28 October 1959
Age 64 years + 6 months
First mandate 17 May 2005 → 18 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 6 months
 
Mandate ended 3 years + 6 months ago (23 October 2020)
Special notes
None
 
John Yap (1959– )
© Photo 2008 Matt Pitcairn — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
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 15 5 4 Z

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 5  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Kelly Greene  f 
 
 
Eligible: 39,353 Votes: 23,561 Participation: 59.87% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8139(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 1/4 13,859 59.20% +6,525 Loser:
NDP
 7,334 31.33% Kay Hale

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,336 Votes: 21,833 Participation: 51.57% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8216(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/4 13,168 60.78% +7,243 Loser:
NDP
 5,925 27.35% Sue Wallis

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 42,581 Votes: 23,586 Participation: 55.39% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8307(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
LIB
 1/5 12,137 51.80% +5,529 Loser:
NDP
 6,608 28.20% Scott Stewart

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 34,889 Votes: 21,899 Participation: 62.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 NDP  29 Jun 2017
ID: 8384(F) — 4 Jul 2023 22:22 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
57
LIB
 1/3 10,332 47.60% +1,790 Loser:
NDP
 8,542 39.35% Kelly Greene
After his election:
29 Jun 2017 57
LIB
 →
NDP
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 36,844 Votes: 20,806 Participation: 56.47% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 35586(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
60		 Successor:
NDP
 10,733 52.07% Kelly Greene

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
John Yap		 08 Feb 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Feb 2024 22:36 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.