Harry Bains
Harry Bains | |
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| Minister of Labour of British Columbia | |
| In office July 18, 2017 – November 18, 2024 | |
| Premier | John Horgan David Eby |
| Preceded by | Shirley Bond |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer Whiteside |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Newton | |
| In office May 17, 2005 – September 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Tony Bhullar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 or 1952 (age 72–73)[1] |
| Political party | New Democrat |
Harry Bains is a Canadian politician who was the Minister of Labour in British Columbia from 2017 until 2024. He was the NDP MLA for Surrey-Newton from 2005 until 2024.
Career
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.[2]
Bains was an elected officer of Steelworkers-IWA Canada Local 2171 for over fifteen years.[2] 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.[3]
Critic roles
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.[4]
Election results
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Newton | ||||||||
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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[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Newton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[7][8] | ||||||||
| 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[9] | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
Personal life
Bains and his wife Rajvinder live in Surrey with their two children. He is an advocate for workers' rights and equality.[10]
References
- ^ http://www.surreyleader.com/news/204720711.html [dead link]
- ^ a b "MLA: Harry Bains". Legislative Assembly of BC. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
- ^ About Harry Bains Archived 2006-06-27 at the Wayback Machine New Democrat Opposition
- ^ About Harry Bains Harrybains.ca
- ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
- ^ Official Report of DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY - MARCH 29, 1999