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♀ Jinny J. Sims
aliasJinny J. Sims
Record
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Punjabi-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
British Columbia
Government
 Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
British Columbia 3 0 3
Total 4 1 5
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 7 June 1952
Age 71 years + 10 months
First mandate 2 May 2011 → 12 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 58 years + 10 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Jinny J. Sims (1952– )
© Photo 2017 BC NDP — licensed under CC BY 2.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 5 16
British Columbia 6 11 17 Z
TOTAL 11 5 4

Electoral history

Races * 5  
Path points 5  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Gulzar S. Cheema  m 
 		 ⊕ Sukhminder (Sukh) S. Dhaliwal  m  (2 runoffs)
 
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
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
58
NDP
 1/6 15,413 33.42% +903 Loser:
LIB
 14,510 31.46% Sukhminder (Sukh) S. Dhaliwal

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
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
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
63
NDP
 2/4 11,602 26.12% -13,267 Winner:
LIB
 24,869 55.98% Sukhminder (Sukh) S. Dhaliwal
Eligible: 39,701 Votes: 24,235 Participation: 61.04% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 NDP  29 Jun 2017
ID: 8375(F) — 4 Jul 2023 22:37 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
64
NDP
 1/4 12,227 50.85% +2,163 Loser:
LIB
 10,064 41.86% Puneet Sandhar
After her election:
29 Jun 2017 65
LIB
 →
NDP
 Change of government (became part of government)
Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Eligible: 43,314 Votes: 22,641 Participation: 52.27% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 35598(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
68
NDP
 1/3 12,336 55.07% +2,729 Loser:
LIB
 9,607 42.89% Gulzar S. Cheema

Service: 3 years 6 months 3 days (Gov't)
Surrey-Panorama
Post-dated race
Provincial
43		 British Columbia
19 October 2024
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 39289(P) — 7 Apr 2024 12:57 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Gov't)
Age
72
NDP
 1/4   51.68%   Loser:
BCU

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ms. Jinny Jogindera Sims, M.P.		 06 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame Jinny Jogindera Sims, députée		 06 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jinny Sims		 06 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Jinny Sims		 06 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Feb 2024 20:20 (but data presented dynamically)

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