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| honorific-prefix =[[The Honourable]]<br />
| name = Harry Bains<br />
| honorific-suffix =[[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]]<br />
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| birth_date ={{Birth based on age as of date|61|2013|4|25}}<ref>http://www.surreyleader.com/news/204720711.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref><br />
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| office = Minister of Labour of [[British Columbia]]<br />
| term_start = July 18, 2017<br />
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| premier = [[John Horgan]]<br>[[David Eby]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Shirley Bond]]<br />
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| assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative<br />
| constituency_AM1 = [[Surrey-Newton]]<br />
| term_start1 = May 17, 2005<br />
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| predecessor1 = [[Tony Bhullar]]<br />
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| party = [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]<br />
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'''Harry Bains''' is a Canadian politician serving as the Minister of Labour in [[British Columbia]]. He has been the [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|NDP]] [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] for [[Surrey-Newton]] since 2005.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Bains has experience in education due to his service on the [[Kwantlen University College]] Board of Governors as board member and vice chair from 1993 and 1999. He has also volunteered with [[Habitat for Humanity]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}<br />
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Bains was an elected officer of [[IWA Canada|Steelworkers-IWA Canada]] Local 2171 for over fifteen years. He has served most recently as full-time vice president of his local chapter, in which he led negotiations and helped in bargaining to improve workers wages and working conditions.<ref>[http://bcndpcaucus.ca/harry_bains/ About Harry Bains] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627023237/http://www.bcndpcaucus.ca/harry_bains |date=2006-06-27 }} New Democrat Opposition</ref><br />
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== Critic roles ==<br />
Bains served as opposition critic for the 2010 winter Olympic Games,Transportation and Infrastructure, forestry. Bains also served as Jobs, Employment, Labour and Worksafe BC Critic in the NDP shadow cabinet.<ref>[http://harrybains.ca/about-the-mla/ About Harry Bains] Harrybains.ca</ref><br />
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== Election results ==<br />
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/Surrey-Newton}}<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Bains and his wife Rajvinder live in Surrey with their two children. He is an advocate for workers' rights and equality.<ref>[http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/36th3rd/h0329P9.HTM Official Report of DEBATES OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY] - MARCH 29, 1999</ref><br />
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