Steve Kooner
Steve Kooner MLA | |
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| File:Steve Kooner 2025 Cropped.jpg Kooner in 2025 | |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Richmond-Queensborough | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Aman Singh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | BC Conservative |
| Alma mater | Simon Fraser University University of Calgary |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Steve Kooner is a Canadian politician and lawyer who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 British Columbia general election. He represents the electoral district of Richmond-Queensborough as a member of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Born in Vancouver, Kooner received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Simon Fraser University in 2001,[1] and later graduated from the University of Calgary Faculty of Law with a Juris Doctor.[2][3] He had practised in British Columbia since 2006,[4] and had owned his firm, Steve Kooner Law Corporation, for over 17 years as of 2024.[2][5] He received the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Award in 2023.[3][2]
He was named the BC Conservative candidate for Richmond-Queensborough in April 2024,[6] and defeated the incumbent New Democratic Party candidate Aman Singh in that October's provincial election to become the riding's member of the legislative assembly.[7][8] He was appointed Shadow Attorney General in November 2024, opposite the current Attorney General Niki Sharma.[9][3]
Electoral record
[edit | edit source]| 2024 British Columbia general election: Richmond-Queensborough | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Steve Kooner | 10,052 | 50.91 | +45.9 | $29,763.05 | |||
| New Democratic | Aman Singh | 8,713 | 44.13 | -2.4 | $61,115.76 | |||
| Independent | Errol E. Povah | 721 | 3.65 | – | $180.00 | |||
| Independent | Cindy Wu | 258 | 1.31 | – | $3,596.87 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,744 | 99.68 | – | $71,700.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 63 | 0.32 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 19,807 | 53.01 | – | |||||
| Registered voters | 37,364 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | +24.1 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[10][11] | ||||||||
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See also
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- Living people
- British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs
- 21st-century Canadian lawyers
- 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Canadian people of Punjabi descent
- Lawyers in British Columbia
- Politicians from Vancouver
- Simon Fraser University alumni
- University of Calgary Faculty of Law alumni
- Conservative Party, British Columbia MLA stubs