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♂ Deepak Obhrai
aliasDeepak Obhrai
Record
46985 · 820

Afro-Indo-Canadian, Tanzanian-Canadian    Hindu   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 7 0 7
Birth 5 July 1950 → 73 years + 9 months ago
Lived 69 years
First mandate 2 June 1997 → 26 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 10 months
Death 2 August 2019 → 4 years + 8 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 

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 22 1 24

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 8  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 62,338 Votes: 29,850 Participation: 47.88% Candidacies: 5
Federal
36		 Alberta
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2847(F) — 30 Jun 2023 22:26 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
46
REF
 1/5 13,348 44.98% +6,042 Loser:
PC
 7,306 24.62% Roger Richard
After his election:
27 Mar 2000 49
REF
 →
CA
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 69,624 Votes: 33,554 Participation: 48.19% Candidacies: 7
Federal
37		 Alberta
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2538(F) — 30 Jun 2023 19:55 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
CA
 1/7 18,141 54.26% +11,298 Loser:
LIB
 6,843 20.47% Doug Perras
After his election:
23 Dec 2003 53
CA
 →
CPC
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 7 months (Oppo.)
Eligible: 75,407 Votes: 36,034 Participation: 47.79% Candidacies: 5
Federal
38		 Alberta
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 958(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
53
CPC
 1/5 21,897 61.12% +14,276 Loser:
LIB
 7,621 21.27% James Maxim

Service: 1 year 6 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 79,435 Votes: 40,071 Participation: 50.45% Candidacies: 6
Federal
39		 Alberta
23 January 2006
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 891(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
CPC
 1/6 26,766 67.10% +21,356 Loser:
LIB
 5,410 13.56% Dobie Yiu-Chung To

Service: 2 years 8 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 77,083 Votes: 32,214 Participation: 41.79% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 Alberta
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5690(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
58
CPC
 1/5 21,311 66.47% +17,543 Loser:
NDP
 3,768 11.75% Ian Vaughan

Service: 2 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 75,850 Votes: 34,847 Participation: 45.94% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Alberta
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6230(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
CPC
 1/5 23,372 67.43% +18,478 Loser:
NDP
 4,894 14.12% Al Brown

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 75,336 Votes: 41,392 Participation: 54.94% Candidacies: 7
Federal
42		 Alberta
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7315(F) — 2 Feb 2022 16:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
CPC
 1/7 19,694 47.98% +4,932 Loser:
LIB
 14,762 35.96% Cam Stewart
After his election:
2 Aug 2019 69
CPC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 3 years 9 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 75,683 Votes: 40,359 Participation: 53.33% Candidacies: 9
Federal
43		 Alberta
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26785(F) — 22 Sep 2021 20:16 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
69		 Successor:
CPC
 23,805 59.57% Jasraj S. Hallan

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Deepak Obhrai, P.C., M.P.		 14 Oct 2023
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Deepak Obhrai, C.P., député		 14 Oct 2023
EN Wikipedia
Deepak Obhrai		 14 Oct 2023
FR Wikipédia
Deepak Obhrai		 14 Oct 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 14 Oct 2023 19:28 (but data presented dynamically)

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