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<p>Removing first minister and viceroy from infobox per <a href="/wiki143/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Canadian_Wikipedians%27_notice_board&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Wikipedia talk:Canadian Wikipedians&#039; notice board (page does not exist)">Wikipedia_talk:Canadian_Wikipedians'_notice_board#Opposition_leader&#039;s_infobox</a>.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Canadian politician}}<br /> {{BLP sources|date=January 2012}}<br /> {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}<br /> {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}<br /> {{Infobox officeholder<br /> | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]]<br /> | name = Raj Chouhan<br /> | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MLABC|size=100%}}<br /> | image = Raj Chouhan, BC NDP Candidate for Burnaby-Edmonds (50442573231) (cropped).png<br /> | caption = Chouhan in 2020<br /> | birth_date = <br /> | birth_place = [[India]]<br /> | residence = [[Burnaby, British Columbia]], Canada<br /> | order = 40th<br /> | office = Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia<br /> | term_start = December 7, 2020<br /> | term_end = <br /> | predecessor = [[Darryl Plecas]]<br /> | successor =<br /> | office1 = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|Legislative Assembly]] for [[Burnaby-New Westminster (provincial electoral district)|Burnaby-New Westminster]] &lt;br /&gt; {{small|[[Burnaby-Edmonds]] (2005–2024)}}<br /> | term_start1 = May 17, 2005<br /> | term_end1 = <br /> | predecessor1 = [[Patty Sahota]] <br /> | successor1 =<br /> | party = [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] <br /> | occupation = Union leader <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Raj Chouhan&#039;&#039;&#039; {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MLABC}} is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician and [[trade unionist]], who was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] as the MLA for [[Burnaby-Edmonds]] in the [[2005 British Columbia general election|2005 provincial election]]. He is serving as the [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]. He previously served as the Assistant Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2017 and as the Deputy Speaker from 2017 to 2020. While in opposition he served as the critic for Mental Health; Human Rights, Immigration and Multiculturism and Labour. He was re-elected in 2009, 2013, 2017 and 2020.<br /> <br /> Born in the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] province of India, Chouhan was the founding president of the [[Canadian Farmworkers Union]] and served as a director of the [[Hospital Employees&#039; Union]]. He also served as a member of the Labour Relations Board of B.C. and the Arbitration Bureau of B.C.<br /> <br /> A founding member of the B.C. Organization to Fight Racism, Chouhan has worked to promote human rights and racial equality. He has served as the Vice President of B.C. Human Rights Defenders since 2003, and has taught courses on Human Rights, the B.C. Labour Code and collective bargaining since 1987.<br /> <br /> ==Electoral record==<br /> {{British Columbia provincial election, 2024/Burnaby-New Westminster}}<br /> {{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/Burnaby-Edmonds}}<br /> {{British Columbia provincial election, 2017/Burnaby-Edmonds}}<br /> {{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Burnaby-Edmonds}}<br /> <br /> {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2009 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2009]] Burnaby-Edmonds}}<br /> |-<br /> {{CANelec|BC|NDP|&#039;&#039;&#039;Raj Chouhan&#039;&#039;&#039;|8,647|51.94%|+20.52%|$75,002}}<br /> {{CANelec|BC|Liberal|Lee Rankin|6,385|38.36%|-7.71%|$80,469}}<br /> {{CANelec|BC|Green|Carrie McLaren|1,122|6.74%|-3.17%|$383}}<br /> {{CANelec|BC|Libertarian|Dan Cancade|493|2.96%|+2.96%|$643}}<br /> {{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |16,647 |100%}}<br /> {{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |178 |1.06%}}<br /> {{CANelec/total |Turnout |16,825 |49.07%}}<br /> {{end}}<br /> {{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2005 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2005]]: Burnaby-Edmonds}}<br /> |-<br /> {{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}} <br /> |[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]<br /> |&#039;&#039;&#039;Raj Chouhan&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> |align=&quot;right&quot;|10,337<br /> |align=&quot;right&quot;|46.71%<br /> |align=&quot;right&quot;|+5.23%<br /> |align=&quot;right&quot;|$71,644<br /> {{CANelec |BC | Liberal |[[Patty Sahota]] |9,599 |43.38% |-5.02% |$109,119}}<br /> |-<br /> {{CANelec |BC |Green |Suzanne Deveau |2,192 |9.91% |&amp;ndash; |$1,754}}<br /> {{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |22,128 |100%}}<br /> {{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |155 |0.70%}}<br /> {{CANelec/total |Turnout |22,283 |57.70%}}<br /> {{end}}<br /> {{commons category}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070702213053/http://bcndpcaucus.ca/en/mla/raj_chouhan Raj Chouhan – New Democrat – Official Opposition]<br /> *[http://www.lib.sfu.ca/system/files/28909/FINDING%20AID%20CFU.pdf Records of Raj Chouhan are held by Simon Fraser University&#039;s Special Collections and Rare Books]<br /> <br /> {{Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia}}<br /> {{British Columbia MLAs}}<br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Chouhan, Raj}}<br /> [[Category:British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs]]<br /> [[Category:Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]<br /> [[Category:Indian emigrants to Canada]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Naturalized citizens of Canada]]<br /> [[Category:People from Burnaby]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br /> [[Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]<br /> <br /> {{NDP-BritishColumbia-MLA-stub}}</div>

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