Harwinder Kaur Sandhu is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Vernon-Monashee as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. On December 7, 2022, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors' Services and Long-Term Care.
Harwinder Sandhu | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vernon-Monashee | |
| Assumed office October 24, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Eric Foster |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | BC NDP |
| Other political affiliations | New Democratic Party (federal) |
| Residence | Vernon, British Columbia |
Electoral record edit
Federal edit
| 2019 Canadian federal election: North Okanagan—Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mel Arnold | 36,154 | 48.76 | +9.46 | $84,389.20 | |||
| Liberal | Cindy Derkaz | 16,783 | 22.64 | -7.31 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Harwinder Sandhu | 11,353 | 15.31 | -10.29 | none listed | |||
| Green | Marc Reinarz | 7,828 | 10.56 | +5.40 | $11,446.63 | |||
| People's | Kyle Delfing | 2,027 | 2.73 | $5,718.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 74,145 | 99.40 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 449 | 0.60 | +0.39 | |||||
| Turnout | 74,594 | 69.25 | -2.61 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 107,712 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +8.39 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[2][3] | ||||||||
Provincial edit
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Vernon-Monashee | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Harwinder Sandhu | 10,222 | 36.56 | +7.20 | $4,746.98 | |||
| Liberal | Eric Foster | 9,798 | 35.05 | −12.82 | $30,325.57 | |||
| Green | Keli Westgate | 4,464 | 15.97 | −5.60 | $9,375.32 | |||
| Conservative | Kyle Delfing | 3,472 | 12.42 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 27,956 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 96 | 0.34 | –0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 28,052 | 52.76 | –6.20 | |||||
| Registered voters | 53,169 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.01 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Kelowna-Mission | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Steve Thomson | 15,041 | 57.18 | +0.32 | $53,316 | |||
| New Democratic | Harwinder Sandhu | 5,720 | 21.24 | −4.6 | $13,757 | |||
| Green | Rainer Wilkins | 3,836 | 14.24 | – | $18 | |||
| Conservative | Charles Hardy | 1,976 | 7.34 | −5.33 | $8,095 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,933 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 112 | 0.42 | −0.24 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,045 | 57.67 | +4.09 | |||||
| Registered voters | 46,898 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6][7] | ||||||||
References edit
- ^ Shelby Thom, "NDP pulls off huge upset in Vernon-Monashee, defeating Liberal incumbent". Global News, November 8, 2020.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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