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{{short description|Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2012}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Raj Chouhan (cropped).jpg
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Raj Chouhan
| honorific-suffix = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
| caption =
| birth_date = March 4
| birth_place = [[India]]
| residence = [[Burnaby, British Columbia]]
| office = 40th [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]
| term_start = December 7, 2020
| term_end =
| premier = [[John Horgan]]
| lieutenant_governor=[[Janet Austin]]
| predecessor= [[Darryl Plecas]]
| successor=
| assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative
| constituency_AM1 = [[Burnaby-Edmonds]]
| term_start1 = May 17, 2005
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Patty Sahota]]
| successor1 =
| party = [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democrat]]
| occupation = Union leader
}}

'''Raj Chouhan''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician and [[trade unionist]], who was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] as the MLA for [[Burnaby-Edmonds]] in the [[2005 British Columbia general election|2005 provincial election]]. He is serving as the [[Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]]. He previously served as the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2020. While in opposition he served as the critic for Mental Health; Human Rights, Immigration and Multiculturism and Labour. He was re-elected in 2009 and 2013.

Born in the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] province of India, Chouhan was the founding president of the Canadian Farmworkers' Union and served as a director of the [[Hospital Employees' Union]]. He also served as a member of the Labour Relations Board of B.C. and the Arbitration Bureau of B.C.

A founding member of the B.C. Organization to Fight Racism, Chouhan has worked to promote human rights and racial equality. He has served as the Vice President of B.C. Human Rights Defenders since 2003, and has taught courses on Human Rights, the B.C. Labour Code and collective bargaining since 1987.

==Electoral record==
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/Burnaby-Edmonds}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2017/Burnaby-Edmonds}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Burnaby-Edmonds}}

{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2009 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2009]] Burnaby-Edmonds}}
|-
{{CANelec|BC|NDP|[[Raj Chouhan]]|8,647|51.94%|+20.52%|$75,002}}
{{CANelec|BC|Liberal|Lee Rankin|6,385|38.36%|-7.71%|$80,469}}
{{CANelec|BC|Green|Carrie McLaren|1,122|6.74%|-3.17%|$383}}
{{CANelec|BC|Libertarian|Dan Cancade|493|2.96%|+2.96%|$643}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |16,647 |100%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |178 |1.06%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |16,825 |49.07%}}
{{end}}
{{Election FPTP begin | title=[[2005 British Columbia general election|B.C. General Election 2005]]: Burnaby-Edmonds}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|row}}
|[[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]]
|[[Raj Chouhan]]
|align="right"|10,337
|align="right"|46.71%
|align="right"|+5.23%
|align="right"|$71,644
{{CANelec |BC | Liberal |[[Patty Sahota]] |9,599 |43.38% |-5.02% |$109,119}}
|-
{{CANelec |BC |Green |Suzanne Deveau |2,192 |9.91% |– |$1,754}}
{{CANelec/total |Total valid votes |22,128 |100%}}
{{CANelec/total |Total rejected ballots |155 |0.70%}}
{{CANelec/total |Turnout |22,283 |57.70%}}
{{end}}
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070702213053/http://bcndpcaucus.ca/en/mla/raj_chouhan Raj Chouhan - New Democrat - Official Opposition]
*[http://www.lib.sfu.ca/system/files/28909/FINDING%20AID%20CFU.pdf Records of Raj Chouhan are held by Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and Rare Books]

{{British Columbia MLAs}}

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[[Category:British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of Canada]]
[[Category:People from Burnaby]]
[[Category:Canadian politicians of Indian descent]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian politicians]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

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Raj Chouhan - Revision history

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