Harwinder Sandhu

Harwinder Sandhu MLA
Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture of British Columbia
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
Assumed office October 24, 2020
Preceded by	Eric Foster
Personal details
Political party	BC NDP
Other political affiliations	New Democratic Party (federal)
Residence	Vernon, 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-Lumby as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. On December 7, 2022, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Seniors' Services and Long-Term Care.

Electoral record

Federal

v t e 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

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election: Vernon-Lumby
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Harwinder Sandhu	11,837	42.7%
	Conservative	Dennis Giesbrecht	11,361	41.0%
	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]

v t e 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]

v t e 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

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. https://globalnews.ca/news/10779138/bc-election-2024-results-vernon-lumby/
5. "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
6. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
7. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
8. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 12 September 2020.