Harwinder Sandhu
Harwinder Sandhu | |
|---|---|
 Campaign portrait, 2024 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office November 18, 2024 | |
| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors' Services and Long-Term Care of British Columbia | |
| In office December 17, 2022 – November 18, 2024 | |
| Premier | David Eby |
| Preceded by | Mable Elmore |
| Succeeded by | Susie Chant |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vernon-Lumby | |
| Assumed office October 24, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Eric Foster |
| Personal details | |
| Party | BC NDP |
Other political affiliations | New Democratic Party (federal) |
Harwinder Kaur Sandhu is a Canadian politician, who was first elected represent Vernon-Monashee in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.[1] making history as the first person of colour to win the seat and the first BC NDP representative elected there. She was re-elected in the 2024 election and currently represents the electoral district of Vernon-Lumby as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. MLA Sandhu was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture in November 2024. She previously served as Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors’ Services and Long-Term Care.
Electoral record
Federal
| 2019 Canadian federal election: North Okanagan—Shuswap | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mel Arnold | 36,154 | 48.76 | +9.46 | $68,251.58 | |||
| Liberal | Cindy Derkaz | 16,783 | 22.64 | –7.31 | $87,574.32 | |||
| New Democratic | Harwinder Sandhu | 11,353 | 15.31 | –10.29 | $13,852.59 | |||
| Green | Marc Reinarz | 7,828 | 10.56 | +5.40 | $9,953.69 | |||
| People's | Kyle Delfing | 2,027 | 2.73 | – | $5,718.06 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 74,145 | 99.40 | – | $135,980.25 | ||||
| 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
| 2024 British Columbia general election: Vernon-Lumby | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Harwinder Sandhu | 11,837 | 42.7% | +6.0 | ||||
| Conservative | Dennis Giesbrecht | 11,361 | 41.0% | +28.0 | ||||
| Unaffiliated | Kevin Acton | 4,266 | 15.4% | |||||
| Libertarian | Robert Johnson | 265 | 1.0% | |||||
| Total valid votes | 27,729 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4] | ||||||||
| 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[5][6] | ||||||||
| 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[7][8] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ Shelby Thom, "NDP pulls off huge upset in Vernon-Monashee, defeating Liberal incumbent". Global News, November 8, 2020,
- ↑ "Forty-Third General Election 2019 — Poll-by-poll Results: North Okanagan—Shuswap". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2019.
- ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2019). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2019 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada.
Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
- ↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/10779138/bc-election-2024-results-vernon-lumby/
- ↑ "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.