Harry Bains

Harry Bains
Harry Bains
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)
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

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Newton
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]

v t e 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]

v t e 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]

v t e 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	–

v t e 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

Cabinet post (1)
British Columbia provincial government of John Horgan
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Shirley Bond	Minister of Labour July 18, 2017–	Incumbent

[1] ttp://www.surreyleader.com/news/204720711.html ^{[dead link‍]}

[:0-2] "MLA: Harry Bains". Legislative Assembly of BC. Retrieved August 31, 2024.

[3] About Harry Bains Archived 2006-06-27 at the Wayback Machine New Democrat Opposition

[4] About Harry Bains Harrybains.ca

[5] "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 20 August 2021.

[6] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[7] "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

[8] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

[9] "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

[10] Official Report of DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY - MARCH 29, 1999

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