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♂ Sukhminder Singh Dhaliwal
aliasSukh Dhaliwal
Record
15911 · 719

Punjabi-Canadian    Sikh   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Government
 Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 6 2 8
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 1 October 1960
Age 63 years + 6 months
First mandate 23 January 2006 → 18 years + 3 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 3 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Sukhminder (Sukh) Singh Dhaliwal (1960– )
© Photo 2008 — 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
Canada 13 9 12

Electoral history

Races * 8  
Path points 8  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Gurmant S. Grewal  m 
 		 ⊕ Jinny J. Sims  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 65,794 Votes: 41,444 Participation: 62.99% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 British Columbia
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1000(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
43
LIB
 2/5 13,009 31.55% -520 Winner:
CPC
 13,529 32.82% Gurmant S. Grewal
Eligible: 69,725 Votes: 43,992 Participation: 63.09% Candidacies: 7
Federal
39		 British Columbia
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 932(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
45
LIB
 1/7 15,006 34.25% +1,000 Loser:
NDP
 14,006 31.96% Nancy Clegg

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 73,317 Votes: 45,507 Participation: 62.07% Candidacies: 7
Federal
40		 British Columbia
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5732(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
48
LIB
 1/7 16,481 36.42% +2,493 Loser:
CPC
 13,988 30.91% Sandeep Pandher

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 75,535 Votes: 46,413 Participation: 61.45% Candidacies: 6
Federal
41		 British Columbia
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6272(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
LIB
 2/6 14,510 31.46% -903 Winner:
NDP
 15,413 33.42% Jinny J. Sims
Eligible: 65,954 Votes: 44,752 Participation: 67.85% Candidacies: 4
Federal
42		 British Columbia
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7368(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → Returned to Parliament after hiatus
Age
55
LIB
 1/4 24,869 55.98% +13,267 Loser:
NDP
 11,602 26.12% Jinny J. Sims

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 67,763 Votes: 42,603 Participation: 62.87% Candidacies: 5
Federal
43		 British Columbia
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26847(F) — 22 Sep 2021 20:45 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
LIB
 1/5 18,960 45.04% +6,654 Loser:
NDP
 12,306 29.23% Harjit Gill

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 65,973 Votes: 37,014 Participation: 56.10% Candidacies: 5
Federal
44		 British Columbia
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36198(F) — 20 May 2022 10:09 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
LIB
 1/5 19,721 53.87% +10,185 Loser:
NDP
 9,536 26.05% Avneet Johal

Service: 2 years 7 months 8 days (Gov't)
Surrey Newton
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 British Columbia
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39387(P) — 23 Jan 2024 20:36 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Oppo.)
Age
65
LIB
 1/3   51.32%   Loser:
NDP

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Mr. Sukh Dhaliwal, M.P.		 08 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Monsieur Sukh Dhaliwal, député		 08 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sukh Dhaliwal		 08 Apr 2024
FR Wikipédia
Sukh Dhaliwal		 08 Apr 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  8 Apr 2024 21:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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