Harry Bains | |
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| Minister of Labour of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office July 18, 2017 | |
| Premier | John Horgan David Eby |
| Preceded by | Shirley Bond |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Newton | |
| Assumed office May 17,2005 | |
| Preceded by | Tony Bhullar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951or1952(age 71–72) [1] |
| Political party | New Democrat |
Harry Bains is a Canadian politician serving as the Minister of Labour in British Columbia since 2017. He has been the NDP MLA for Surrey-Newton since 2005.
Bains has experience in education due to his service on the Kwantlen University College Board of Governors as board member and vice chair from 1993 and 1999. He has also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity.[ citation needed ]
Bains was an elected officer of Steelworkers-IWA Canada Local 2171 for over fifteen years. He has served most recently as full-time vice president of his local chapter,in which he led negotiations and helped in bargaining to improve workers wages and working conditions. [2]
Bains served as opposition critic for the 2010 winter Olympic Games,Transportation and Infrastructure,forestry. Bains also served as Jobs,Employment,Labour and Worksafe BC Critic in the NDP shadow cabinet. [3]
| 2020 British Columbia general election : Surrey-Newton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Harry Bains | 8,893 | 62.64 | +5.27 | $39,066.98 | |||
| Liberal | Paul Boparai | 3,911 | 27.55 | −2.38 | $0.00 | |||
| Green | Asad Syed | 1,393 | 9.81 | +2.83 | $6,482.79 | |||
| Total valid votes | 14,197 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 111 | 0.78 | +0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 14,308 | 47.91 | –10.23 | |||||
| Registered voters | 29,867 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC [4] [5] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election : Surrey-Newton | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Harry Bains | 9,744 | 57.31 | +0.89 | $41,769 | |||
| Liberal | Gurminder Singh Parihar | 5,099 | 29.99 | −8.08 | $73,162 | |||
| Green | Richard Krieger | 1,172 | 6.89 | – | $225 | |||
| No affiliation | Balpreet Singh Bal | 988 | 5.81 | – | $8,768 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,003 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 114 | 0.67 | −0.42 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,117 | 58.14 | +5.58 | |||||
| Registered voters | 29,442 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC [6] [7] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election : Surrey-Newton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Harry Bains | 9,788 | 56.42 | −12.51 | $90,282 | |||
| Liberal | Sukhminder S. Virk | 6,604 | 38.07 | +2.25 | $86,997 | |||
| Conservative | Satinder Singh | 674 | 3.89 | – | $3,660 | |||
| Helping Hand | Alan Saldanha | 282 | 1.63 | – | $250 | |||
| Total valid votes | 17,348 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 191 | 1.09 | ||||||
| Turnout | 17,539 | 52.56 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC [8] | ||||||||
| 2009 British Columbia general election : Surrey-Newton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Harry Bains | 10,709 | 68.93 | +11.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Ajay Caleb | 4,011 | 25.82 | −9.07 | ||||
| Green | Trevor Loke | 759 | 4.89 | +0.17 | ||||
| Communist | George Gidora | 58 | 0.37 | – | ||||
| 2005 British Columbia general election : Surrey-Newton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Harry Bains | 10,741 | 57.89 | |||||
| Liberal | Daniel Igali | 6,473 | 34.89 | |||||
| Green | Dan Deresh | 876 | 4.72 | |||||
| Democratic Reform | Harry Grewal | 268 | 1.44 | |||||
| Work Less | Gordon Scott | 123 | 0.66 | |||||
| Platinum | Jeff Robert Evans | 72 | 0.39 | |||||
| Total | 18,553 | 100.00 | ||||||
Bains and his wife Rajvinder live in Surrey with their two children. He is an advocate for workers' rights and equality. [9]
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