Parm Bains

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Parm Bains
MP
Bains in 2025
Member of Parliament
for Richmond East—Steveston
Steveston—Richmond East (2021-2025)
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 20, 2021[1]
Preceded byKenny Chiu
Personal details
NationalityCanadian
PartyLiberal
ResidenceRichmond, British Columbia
Alma materBritish Columbia Institute of Technology
Royal Roads University (Master of Arts)[2]
Occupation
  • Politician
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Paramvir "Parm" Bains is a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he has represented Richmond East—Steveston in the House of Commons since the 2021 federal election. He was re-elected in the 2025 federal election.

Early life and career prior to politics

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Bains was born in Victoria, British Columbia.[4] He is from a Jat Sikh family and his parents immigrated to Canada from Village Mahilpur Punjab, India.[5][6] Bains is married and has two children.[7]

Prior to his election, Bains was an instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. He has also worked as a media and public relations officer with the provincial government.

Political career

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Bains ran for Richmond City Council in the 2018 British Columbia municipal elections, but was not elected. In the 2021 federal election, he defeated incumbent Kenny Chiu.[8][9] He was re-elected in the 2025 federal election, receiving 48.5% of the vote.

In the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, Bains endorsed Mark Carney.[10]

Chinese interference allegations

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See also: Chinese government interference in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections § Interference during the 2021 election

In 2023, allegations surfaced that the Chinese government may have attempted to influence Parm Bains' 2021 election victory in Steveston—Richmond East.[11][12] Reports indicated disinformation campaigns on Chinese-language platforms, such as WeChat and WhatsApp, targeted his opponent Kenny Chiu, a critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and sponsor of a foreign influence registry bill.[13]

Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) documents flagged the riding as a potential target of interference.[14][15] Bains denied that foreign interference played a role in his victory and insisted he won "fair and square."[16]

Electoral history

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Federal elections

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2025 Canadian federal election: Richmond East—Steveston
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Parm Bains 25,705 48.45 +6.54
Conservative Zach Segal 24,605 46.38 +12.39
New Democratic Keefer Pelech 2,251 4.24 –15.14
Green Steven Ji 494 0.93 –1.41
Total valid votes/expense limit 53,055 100.0  – $129,548.56
Total rejected ballots 361 0.68 –0.24
Turnout 53,416 63.98 +11.21
Eligible voters 83,489
Liberal notional hold Swing –2.93
Source: Elections Canada[17]
2021 Canadian federal election: Steveston—Richmond East
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Parm Bains 16,543 42.47 +7.36 $107,393.91
Conservative Kenny Chiu 13,066 33.55 –8.11 $88,909.23
New Democratic Jack Trovato 7,525 19.32 +4.25 $9,430.58
People's Jennifer Singh 955 2.45 – $2,482.99
Green Françoise Raunet 860 2.21 –4.87 none listed
Total valid votes/expense limits 38,949 100.00 – $108,448.59
Total rejected ballots 363 0.92 –0.10
Turnout 39,312 52.77 –4.17
Eligible voters 74,503
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +7.74
Source: Elections Canada[18][19][20]

Municipal elections

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Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold

2018 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council
Party Council candidate Vote %
  RITE Richmond Carol Day (X) 20,871 7.01
  Richmond Citizens' Association Harold Steves (X) 19,136 6.43
  Richmond Community Coalition Chak Au (X) 18,026 6.05
  Richmond First Bill McNulty (X) 17,242 5.79
  Richmond Citizens' Association Kelly Greene 16,464 5.53
  Richmond First Linda McPhail (X) 15,521 5.21
  RITE Richmond Michael Wolfe 13,627 4.58
  Independent Alexa Loo (X) 13,212 4.44
  Richmond First Derek Dang (X) 13,115 4.40
  Richmond First Andy Hobbs 12,336 4.14
  Richmond Citizens' Association Judie Schneider 11,672 3.92
  Richmond Community Coalition Ken Johnston (X) 11,161 3.75
  Richmond Community Coalition Jonathan Ho 11,140 3.74
  Richmond Citizens' Association Jack Trovato 10,915 3.67
  Richmond First Sunny Ho 8,933 3.00
  RITE Richmond Niti Sharma 8,917 2.99
  RITE Richmond Henry Yao 8,467 2.84
  Richmond First Peter Liu 8,357 2.81
  Richmond Community Coalition Parm Bains 7,973 2.68
  Independent John Roston 7,961 2.67
  Richmond Community Coalition Melissa Zhang 7,708 2.38
  Independent Kerry Starchuk 6,959 2.34
  Independent Jason Tarnow 5,720 1.92
  Independent Adil Awan 4,278 1.44
  Independent Manjit Singh 4,134 1.39
  Independent Dennis Page 3,478 1.17
  Independent Andy Chiang 3,337 1.12
  Independent Theresa Head 3,251 1.09
  Independent Patrick J. Saunders 2,241 0.75
  Independent Zhe Zhang 2,241 0.75

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