Randeep Sarai | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament forSurrey Centre | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1974 or 1975 (age 49–50)[1] Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Surrey, British Columbia |
Randeep Singh SaraiMP (born April 15, 1975) is aCanadian politician who was elected as aMember of Parliament in theHouse of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral districtSurrey Centre during the2015 Canadian federal election.[2]
Sarai was born and raised inVancouver,British Columbia to Sikh parents who had immigrated fromSarai Khas,Punjab, India. As a youth he developed a strong background in real estate development and urban planning. After graduating from Burnaby South Secondary School in 1993 Sarai earned his bachelors of arts at theUniversity of British Columbia with a major in political science in 1998. He then attendedlaw school atQueen's University inKingston, Ontario, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in 2001. Sarai was called to the bar in 2002, and practiced at a local law firm in Surrey before pursuing a career in politics.
On October 19, 2015, Sarai was elected Member of Parliament for Surrey- Centre. He formerly sat on the Citizenship and Immigration Committee as well as the Canada- U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Association. Sarai had been the chair of the Liberal Party Pacific caucus, but has since resigned.[3] and the co-chair of the Canada-Singapore Parliamentary Friendship Group.
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Surrey Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Randeep Sarai | 16,862 | 44.4 | +7.0 | $88,830.88 | |||
| New Democratic | Sonia Andhi | 10,268 | 27.0 | -0.5 | $48,702.94 | |||
| Conservative | Tina Bains | 8,075 | 21.2 | -4.2 | $16,911.31 | |||
| People's | Joe Kennedy | 1,539 | 4.0 | +2.3 | $2,301.17 | |||
| Green | Felix Kongyuy | 838 | 2.2 | -4.0 | $0.00 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Kevin Pielak | 289 | 0.8 | -0.1 | $3,869.07 | |||
| Communist | Ryan Abbott | 137 | 0.4 | +0.1 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 38,386 | 98.7 | – | $108,719.22 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 510 | 1.3 | ||||||
| Turnout | 38,896 | 51.7 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 75,297 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +3.8 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[4] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Surrey Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Randeep Sarai | 15,453 | 37.40 | -7.62 | $83,457.32 | |||
| New Democratic | Sarjit Singh Saran | 11,353 | 27.48 | -2.60 | $50,584.88 | |||
| Conservative | Tina Bains | 10,505 | 25.42 | +5.62 | $45,184.43 | |||
| Green | John Werring | 2,558 | 6.19 | +2.73 | $2,721.98 | |||
| People's | Jaswinder Singh Dilawari | 709 | 1.72 | $5,821.65 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Kevin Pielak | 378 | 0.91 | -0.37 | none listed | |||
| Independent | Jeffrey Breti | 243 | 0.59 | none listed | ||||
| Communist | George Gidora | 120 | 0.29 | -0.02 | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,319 | 98.87 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 471 | 1.13 | +0.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,790 | 54.46 | -6.05 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 76,731 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -2.54 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election:Surrey Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Randeep Sarai | 19,471 | 45.07 | +27.31 | $106,885.13 | |||
| New Democratic | Jasbir Sandhu | 12,992 | 30.08 | -9.95 | $128,114.24 | |||
| Conservative | Sucha Thind | 8,556 | 19.81 | -15.85 | $93,713.10 | |||
| Green | Jeremiah Deneault | 1,493 | 3.46 | -0.18 | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Kevin Pielak | 553 | 1.28 | – | $5,295.88 | |||
| Communist | Iqbal Kahlon | 133 | 0.31 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 43,198 | 99.19 | $203,771.47 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 352 | 0.81 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 43,550 | 60.51 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 71,966 | |||||||
| Liberalgain fromNew Democratic | Swing | +18.63 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||