Harry Bains
Canadian politician
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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. He is from a Jat Sikh caste family and has origins from Village Hardaspur, District Kapurthala Punjab.
David Eby
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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 73–74)[1] |
| Party | New Democrat |
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 | ||||||||
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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[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]
