John Nuraney
| John Nuraney | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Burnaby-Willingdon | |
| In office 2001–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Joan Sawicki |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kenya |
| Political party | Liberal |
John Nuraney is a Canadian politician, formerly a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. He represented the riding of Burnaby-Willingdon from 2001 to 2009.
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.
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.
Electoral history
| B.C. General Election 1996: Burnaby-Willingdon | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| 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% | ||||
| British Columbia general election, 2001: Burnaby-Willingdon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Council of British Columbians | Dennis MacAuley | 240 | 1.30% | $190 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,296 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 158 | 0.86% | ||||||
| Turnout | 18,454 | 70.07% | ||||||
| British Columbia general election, 2005: Burnaby-Willingdon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | ||||||
| British Columbia general election, 2009: Burnaby-Deer Lake | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | ||||||
External links
- John Nuraney at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia