Harwinder Sandhu

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Harwinder Sandhu
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Vernon-Monashee
Assumed office
October 24, 2020
Preceded byEric Foster
Personal details
Political partyBC NDP
Other political
affiliations
New Democratic Party (federal)
ResidenceVernon, British Columbia

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.

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]

  1. ^ Shelby Thom, "NDP pulls off huge upset in Vernon-Monashee, defeating Liberal incumbent". Global News, November 8, 2020.
  2. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 12 September 2020.