| Six
NRIs elected
in 2009 BC election |
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- May 26, 2009:
After recounting votes, Oppal was defeated by 32 votes- Vicki
Huntington, a daughter of Ron Huntington, former Progressive Conservative
MP from B.C. who died in 1998, defeats Oppal by 32 votes in Delta
South recount
Huntington defeats Oppal by 32 votes in Delta
South recount
- Six
NRIs elected members of the Legislative Assembly
in the Canadian province of British Columbia
Vancouver, May 13, 2009
NRIpress.com
Sohan Sahota
The 39th general election was held on May 12, 2009 to elect members
of the Legislative Assembly in the Canadian province of British
Columbia, Canada.
Six NRIs were elected out of 16 NRIs contested in this election.
The election was the first contested on a new electoral map completed
in 2008, with the total number of constituencies increased from
79 in the previous legislature to 85. Under amendments to the
BC Constitution Act passed in 2001, BC elections are now held
on fixed dates which are the second Tuesday in May every four
years. The BC Liberal Party formed the government of the province
prior to this general election under the leadership of Premier
Gordon Campbell. The New Democratic Party under the leadership
of Carole James is the Official Opposition.
Read election results in deail...........Read
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Who Won, Who Lost The Election:
- Gurcharan Dhaliwal .....lost
- Bonnie Jasiver Rai.....lost
- Dalbir Benipal .....lost
- Taranjit Purewal .....lost
- Lakhvinder Jhaj .....lost
Wally Oppal BC Liberal Party 9,619 beat
Vicki Huntington Independent 9,617. Former Supreme Court
judge, Oppal got elected AS Liberal Party IN 2005.... ......Read Raj
Chouhan BC NDP 8,171.............................................Read Harry
Lali BC NDP 6,275 beat Ella Brown BC Liberal Party 5,494
......Read-
 Jagrup
Brar NDP with 8,543
beat Jagmohan
Singh BC Liberal Party 6,687......Read
- Chamkaur (Cory) Sandhu Conservatives 807
- Jagmohan Singh .....lost
- Rani Mangat .....lost
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 Harry
Bains BC NDP 10,202 beat
Ajay Caleb BC Liberal Party 3,862.................Read
- Ajay Caleb BC Liberal Party 3,862.
 Dave
Hayer BC Liberal
Party 8,449 beat Gerald Singh Green Party
of BC 742 ...................Read- Gerald Singh
The Liberals, who have been in power since the 2001 election after
23 years a party has won three elections in a row.
- Total number of British Columbians eligible to vote: 3,234,504
- Total number of British Columbians registered to vote on the
day the election writ dropped (April 14, 2009): 2,943,399
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