Harry Bains

Harry Bains is a Canadian politician serving as the Minister of Labour in British Columbia. He has been the NDP MLA for Surrey-Newton since 2005.

For the Canadian Pediatrician, see Harry Bain.

The Honourable Harry Bains MLA
Minister of Labour of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office July 18, 2017
Premier	John Horgan
Preceded by	Shirley Bond
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Newton
Incumbent
Assumed office May 17, 2005
Preceded by	Tony Bhullar
Personal details
Born	1951/1952 (age 68–69)[1]
Political party	New Democrat

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.[2]

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.[3]

Critic roles

Bains served as opposition critic for the Olympic Games and for Transportation and Infrastructure. At the onset of the 2017 general election, Bains served as Jobs, Employment, Labour and Worksafe BC Critic in the NDP shadow cabinet.[4]

Election results

2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Newton
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[5]

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[6]

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

References

1. http://www.surreyleader.com/news/204720711.html
2. Official Report of DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY - MARCH 29, 1999
3. About Harry Bains Archived 2006-06-27 at the Wayback Machine New Democrat Opposition
4. About Harry Bains Harrybains.ca
5. "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
6. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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