John Nuraney
John Nuraney | |
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Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Burnaby-Willingdon | |
In office May 16, 2001 – May 12, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Joan Sawicki |
Succeeded by | Riding Abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Mombasa, Kenya | October 31, 1937
Died | November 21, 2016 Surrey, British Columbia | (aged 79)
Political party | Liberal |
Residence | Surrey, British Columbia |
Occupation | Politician & businessman |
John Nuraney (October 31, 1937 – November 21, 2016) was a Canadian politician who was the first Muslim elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.[2] He represented the riding of Burnaby-Willingdon from 2001 to 2009 for the British Columbia Liberal Party.[3]
Nuraney first contested the riding of Burnaby-Willingdon in 1996, challenging former Speaker Joan Sawicki. He lost by 823 votes. Upon Sawicki's retirement in 2001, Nuraney captured the riding by over 5000 votes in 2001.
In the 2009 election, Nuraney stood for re-election in the new district of Burnaby-Deer Lake, but was defeated by New Democrat Kathy Corrigan.
Personal life[]
Nuraney was born in Kenya, and worked in London, Zurich and Zaire as an insurance professional. He immigrated to Canada from Zaire in 1974 after his assets and business were nationalized by the Zairian government in 1973.[2]
His business investments in Canada included five A&W Restaurant franchises.[1]
After his retirement due to the 2009 election loss, he moved from Burnaby to Surrey, British Columbia. Nuraney served as vice-president for the federal Liberal party's electoral district association for Cloverdale-Langley City.[4]
Nuraney spoke six languages: English, French, Swahili, Lingala, Hindi and Gujarati.[2]
He and his wife Gulshan[5] had three children,[2] Nick, Asim and Naseem.[1] One of whom was a federal minister's assistant then a communications executive at Fraser Health.
Nuraney died at the age of 79 on November 21, 2016.
Electoral history[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | Expenditures | |
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NDP | Joan Sawicki | 10,501 | 45.54% | $35,882 | ||
Liberal | John Nuraney | 9,678 | 41.97% | $46,603 | ||
Progressive Democrat | Thomas Reekie | 1,161 | 5.03% | – | $210 | |
Reform | Sunny G. Sodhi | 999 | 4.33% | $28,321 | ||
Green | Joe Keithley | 458 | 1.99% | – | $160 | |
Conservative | Peter B. MacDonald | 190 | 0.82% | $100 | ||
Natural Law | Henriette Toth | 74 | 0.32% | $134 | ||
Total Valid Votes | 23,061 | 100.00% | ||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 183 | 0.79% | ||||
Turnout | 23,244 | 71.73% |
hide2001 British Columbia general election: Burnaby-Willingdon | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
Liberal | John Nuraney | 10,207 | 55.79 | $46,187 | ||||
New Democratic | Dave Myles | 4,608 | 25.19 | $18,928 | ||||
Green | Joe Keithley | 2,879 | 15.74 | $2,419 | ||||
Marijuana | Pamela Zak | 362 | 1.98 | $394 | ||||
Dennis MacAuley | 240 | 1.30 | $190 | |||||
Total valid votes | 18,296 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 158 | 0.86 | ||||||
Turnout | 18,454 | 70.07 |
hide2005 British Columbia general election: Burnaby-Willingdon | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
Liberal | John Nuraney | 8,754 | 44.00 | $51,211 | ||||
New Democratic | Gabriel Yiu | 8,355 | 42.00 | $43,004 | ||||
Green | Pauline Farrell | 1,482 | 7.45 | $225 | ||||
Democratic Reform | Tony Kuo | 947 | 4.76 | $1,752 | ||||
Marijuana | John Warrens | 214 | 1.08 | $0 | ||||
Independent | Tom Tao | 142 | 0.71 | $0 | ||||
Total | 19,894 | 100.00 |
hide2009 British Columbia general election: Burnaby-Deer Lake | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
New Democratic | Kathy Corrigan | 8,103 | 48.75 | $92,681 | ||||
Liberal | John Nuraney | 7,591 | 45.67 | $116,999 | ||||
Green | Bruce Friesen | 928 | 5.58 | $1,633 | ||||
Total Valid Votes | 16,622 | 100 | ||||||
Total Rejected Ballots | 156 | 0.93 | ||||||
Turnout | 16,778 | 48.65 | ||||||
Registered voters | 34,488 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Nuraney, John (Burnaby-Willingdon)". Encyclopedia.com. Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Canadian Press (2016-11-21). "John Nuraney, B.C.'s first elected Muslim MLA dies; Clark pays tribute". Alaska Highway News. Archived from the original on 2016-11-23.
- ^ Grindlay, ,Kent Spencerand Lora. "B.C. election results: Burnaby/New Westminster". www.vancouversun.com. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ Lang, Jennifer (2014-05-15). "Liberals aiming to make history in Cloverdale-Langley City". Cloverdale Reporter.
- ^ Jetelina, Margaret (2011-08-31). "Entrepreneur John Nuraney enters politics to give back to the less fortunate". Canadian Immigrant. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
External links[]
- John Nuraney Biography at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- 1937 births
- 2016 deaths
- British Columbia Liberal Party MLAs
- Canadian Ismailis
- Kenyan emigrants to Canada
- People from Burnaby
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- Canadian politicians of Indian descent