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♂ Harjit S. Sajjan
aliasHarjit S. Sajjan
Record
54765 · 764

Punjabi-Canadian    Sikh   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Government
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 6 September 1970
Age 53 years + 7 months
First mandate 19 October 2015 → 8 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 45 years + 1 month
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Harjit S. Sajjan (1970– )
© Photo 2021 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
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 8 6 6

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 42–43
LIB
 1 Minister 45–51 04 Nov 2015 — 25 Oct 2021 5 11 21
2. CA 42
LIB
 1 ✓ Minister 48 13 Feb 2019 — 28 Feb 2019 0 0 15
3. CA 44
LIB
 1 Minister 51–53 26 Oct 2021 — 2 6 1
 1. National Defence
 2. Veterans Affairs [Int]
 3. International Development [Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development]

Electoral history

Races * 4  
Path points 4  
2 documented challengers
⊖ Charles R. Boylan  m 
 		 ⊕ Wai Young  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 70,992 Votes: 44,870 Participation: 63.20% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 British Columbia
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7374(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
45
LIB
 1/6 21,773 48.81% +6,658 Loser:
CPC
 15,115 33.88% Wai Young

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 74,826 Votes: 43,625 Participation: 58.30% Candidacies: 5
Federal
43		 British Columbia
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26853(F) — 22 Sep 2021 20:47 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
49
LIB
 1/5 17,808 41.23% +3,420 Loser:
CPC
 14,388 33.31% Wai Young

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 74,785 Votes: 40,776 Participation: 54.52% Candidacies: 5
Federal
44		 British Columbia
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36204(F) — 20 May 2022 10:11 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
51
LIB
 1/5 19,910 49.43% +9,988 Loser:
NDP
 9,922 24.63% Sean McQuillan

Service: 2 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 British Columbia
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39393(P) — 23 Jan 2024 21:48 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Oppo.)
Age
55
LIB
 1/3   45.75%   Loser:
CPC

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Harjit Singh Sajjan, P.C., M.P.		 23 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Harjit Singh Sajjan, C.P., député		 23 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Harjit Sajjan		 23 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Harjit Sajjan		 23 Jan 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 23 Jan 2024 21:48 (but data presented dynamically)

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