Harwinder Sandhu

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.

Harwinder Sandhu
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vernon-Monashee
Incumbent
Assumed office October 24, 2020
Preceded by	Eric Foster
Personal details
Political party	New Democratic
Residence	Vernon, British Columbia

Electoral Record

Provincial elections

2020 British Columbia general election: Vernon-Monashee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Harwinder Sandhu	10,222	36.56	+7.20
	Liberal	Eric Foster	9,798	35.05	−12.82
	Green	Keli Westgate	4,464	15.97	−5.60
	Conservative	Kyle Delfing	3,472	12.42	–
Total valid votes			27,956	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[2]

Federal elections

2019 Canadian federal election: North Okanagan—Shuswap
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Mel Arnold	36,154	48.8		$84,389.20
	Liberal	Cindy Derkaz	16,783	22.6		none listed
	New Democratic	Harwinder Sandhu	11,353	15.3		none listed
	Green	Marc Reinarz	7,828	10.6		$11,446.63
	People's	Kyle Delfing	2,027	2.7		$5,718.06
Total valid votes/Expense limit			74,145	100.0
Total rejected ballots			449
Turnout			74,594	70.0
Eligible voters			106,601
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

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[5][6]

References

1. Shelby Thom, "NDP pulls off huge upset in Vernon-Monashee, defeating Liberal incumbent". Global News, November 8, 2020.
2. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
3. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
4. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
5. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
6. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 12 September 2020.