Paramvir "Parm" Bains is a Canadian politician who currently represents Steveston—Richmond East as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. In the 2021 Canadian federal election, he defeated incumbent Kenny Chiu.[4][5]

Prior to his election, Bains was an instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Previously, he was a media and public relations officer with the provincial government. He ran for Richmond City Council in the 2018 British Columbia municipal elections. He is originally from Victoria, British Columbia. He is married and has two children.[6]


Electoral history

Federal elections

2021 Canadian federal election: Steveston—Richmond East
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Parm Bains 16,543 42.47 +7.36 $107,393.91
Conservative Kenny Chiu 13,066 33.55 –8.11 $88,909.23
New Democratic Jack Trovato 7,525 19.32 +4.25 $9,430.58
People's Jennifer Singh 955 2.45 – $2,482.99
Green Françoise Raunet 860 2.21 –4.87 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limits 38,949 100.00 – $108,448.59
Total rejected ballots 363 0.92 –0.10
Turnout 39,312 52.77 –4.17
Eligible voters 74,503
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +7.74
Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9]

Municipal elections

Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold

2018 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council
Party Council candidate Vote %
  RITE Richmond Carol Day (X) 20,871 7.01
  Richmond Citizens' Association Harold Steves (X) 19,136 6.43
  Richmond Community Coalition Chak Au (X) 18,026 6.05
  Richmond First Bill McNulty (X) 17,242 5.79
  Richmond Citizens' Association Kelly Greene 16,464 5.53
  Richmond First Linda McPhail (X) 15,521 5.21
  RITE Richmond Michael Wolfe 13,627 4.58
  Independent Alexa Loo (X) 13,212 4.44
  Richmond First Derek Dang (X) 13,115 4.40
  Richmond First Andy Hobbs 12,336 4.14
  Richmond Citizens' Association Judie Schneider 11,672 3.92
  Richmond Community Coalition Ken Johnston (X) 11,161 3.75
  Richmond Community Coalition Jonathan Ho 11,140 3.74
  Richmond Citizens' Association Jack Trovato 10,915 3.67
  Richmond First Sunny Ho 8,933 3.00
  RITE Richmond Niti Sharma 8,917 2.99
  RITE Richmond Henry Yao 8,467 2.84
  Richmond First Peter Liu 8,357 2.81
  Richmond Community Coalition Parm Bains 7,973 2.68
  Independent John Roston 7,961 2.67
  Richmond Community Coalition Melissa Zhang 7,708 2.38
  Independent Kerry Starchuk 6,959 2.34
  Independent Jason Tarnow 5,720 1.92
  Independent Adil Awan 4,278 1.44
  Independent Manjit Singh 4,134 1.39
  Independent Dennis Page 3,478 1.17
  Independent Andy Chiang 3,337 1.12
  Independent Theresa Head 3,251 1.09
  Independent Patrick J. Saunders 2,241 0.75
  Independent Zhe Zhang 2,241 0.75

References

  1. ^ "Election 2021 results: Liberals heading toward sweep in Richmond and Delta". vancouversun.
  2. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/parm-bains-95b61019a/?originalSubdomain=ca [self-published source]
  3. ^ "Parm Bains | Team Trudeau". parmbains.liberal.ca.
  4. ^ "Steveston-Richmond East riding: Voters send 'extremely clear' message, says Liberal MP-elect Parm Bains". Richmond News.
  5. ^ "Paramvir Bains". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Liberals choose candidate for Steveston-Richmond East".
  7. ^ "Election Night Results — Elections Canada". Elections Canada. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  8. ^ Canada, Elections. "Final Election Expenses Limits for Candidates — 44th Canadian Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

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