Quick Facts
Biography
Harry Bains is a Canadian politician. He is the current MLA for Surrey-Newton in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
Personal life
Bains and his wife Rajvinder live in Surrey with their two children, Kulpreet and Jasmeen. He is an avid advocate for workers rights and equality for all.
Career
Bains has been active in Surrey for many years. He 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.
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.
Critic roles
Bains served as opposition critic for the Olympic Games and for Transportation and Infrastructure. He currently serves as Jobs, Employment, Labour and Worksafe BC Critic in the NDP shadow cabinet.
Election results
| British Columbia general election, 2017: Surrey-Newton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Harry Bains | 8,823 | 57.37 | |||||
| Liberal | Gurminder Singh Parihar | 4,603 | 29.93 | |||||
| Green | Richard Krieger | 1,073 | 6.98 | |||||
| No affiliation | Balpreet Singh Bal | 881 | 5.73 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 15,380 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic | Harry Bains | ||||
| Helping Hand | Alan Saldanha | ||||
| Liberal | Sukhminder Virk | ||||
| Conservative | Satinder Singh | ||||
| Total Valid Votes | |||||
| Total Rejected Ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| British Columbia general election, 2009: 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 | – | ||||
| British Columbia general election, 2005: 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 | ||||||