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♂ Harinder B. Sohal
aliasHarry Sohal
Record
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☆   Punjabi-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Alberta 1 0 1
Birth 10 December 1946 → 77 years + 4 months ago
Lived 47 years + 11 months
First mandate 15 June 1993 → 30 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 46 years + 6 months
Death 15 November 1994 → 29 years + 5 months ago
Died in office Yes
Special notes
None
 
Harinder B. (Harry) Sohal (1946–1994)
© Photo Legislative Assembly, Alberta — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Nearly a year and a half into his first and only mandate as the Progressive Conservative MLA for Calgary-McCall, Sohal died of a heart attack while jogging. He was only 47 years old.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Alberta 1 5 0 Z

Electoral history

Race 1  
Path points 2  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 18,658 Votes: 9,214 Participation: 49.38% Candidacies: 6
Provincial
23		 Alberta
15 June 1993
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12559(F) — 8 Mar 2022 10:16 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
46
PC
 1/6 4,118 44.81% +1,197 Loser:
LIB
 2,921 31.79% Anil Giga
After his election:
15 Nov 1994 47
PC
 →
Vac.
 Died in office
Service: 1 year 5 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 20,514 Votes: 5,737 Participation: 27.97% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
23		 Alberta
20 April 1995
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 27385(F) — 26 Jul 2021 09:58 ET
—
 Deceased
Age
47		 Successor:
PC
 2,496 43.64% Shiraz Shariff

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Dr. Harinder 'Harry' Sohal		 25 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Harry Sohal		 25 Apr 2024

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