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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 | 1951 or 1952 (age 72–73)[1] |
| Political party | New Democrat |
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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]
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| 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] | ||||||||
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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] | ||||||||
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| 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] | ||||||||
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| 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 | – | ||||
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| 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]
| British Columbia provincial government of John Horgan | ||
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| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| Shirley Bond | Minister of Labour July 18, 2017– |
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Current members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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Membership per the 2020 British Columbia general election on October 24, 2020, and subsequent by-elections. | |
