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♂ Harry Bains
aliasHarry Bains
Record
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Punjabi-Canadian    Sikh   
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 c. 1951
Age ± 73 years
First mandate 17 May 2005 → 18 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 54 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Harry Bains (c.1951– )
© 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 7 Z

Electoral history

Races * 6  
Path points 6  
1 documented challenger
⊕ T. George Gidora  m 
 
 
Eligible: 30,961 Votes: 18,707 Participation: 60.42% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8146(F) — 24 Sep 2022 09:25 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±54
NDP
 1/6 10,741 57.89% +4,268 Loser:
LIB
 6,473 34.89% Daniel Igali

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 30,628 Votes: 15,656 Participation: 51.12% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8225(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±58
NDP
 1/4 10,709 68.93% +6,698 Loser:
LIB
 4,011 25.82% Ajay Caleb

Service: 4 years 1 day (Oppo.)
Eligible: 33,367 Votes: 17,539 Participation: 52.56% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8316(F) — 14 Oct 2021 10:33 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±62
NDP
 1/4 9,788 56.42% +3,184 Loser:
LIB
 6,604 38.07% Sukhminder S. Virk

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 29,442 Votes: 17,117 Participation: 58.14% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 NDP  29 Jun 2017
ID: 8374(F) — 4 Jul 2023 22:36 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±66
NDP
 1/4 9,744 57.31% +4,645 Loser:
LIB
 5,099 29.99% Gurminder S. Parihar
After his election:
29 Jun 2017 ±66
LIB
 →
NDP
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 29,660 Votes: 14,308 Participation: 48.24% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 35597(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±69
NDP
 1/3 8,893 62.64% +4,982 Loser:
LIB
 3,911 27.55% Paul Boparai

Service: 3 years 6 months 4 days (Gov't)
Surrey-Newton
Post-dated race
Provincial
43		 British Columbia
19 October 2024
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 39288(P) — 7 Apr 2024 12:53 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Gov't)
Age
±73
NDP
 1/5   56.27%   Loser:
BCU

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Harry Bains		 16 Feb 2024

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