Patrick Wong
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Patrick Wong (Template:Zh; born May 13, 1947) is a Canadian accountant and a former politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 through 2005, representing the riding of Vancouver-Kensington. He served as the Minister of State for Immigration and Multicultural Services from September 2004 to June 2005.[1] He is a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party.
Life and career
A native of Hong Kong, Wong is a chartered accountant and worked at the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong Housing Authority and a local stock brokerage firm before moving to Canada.[2][1] He attended Simon Fraser University, where he earned a B.B.A. from Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business in 1978.[2][3][4] He obtained his chartered accountant designation in British Columbia in 1982, and worked as a tax auditor for Revenue Canada until co-founding an accounting firm specializing in tax and business consulting services in 1983.[2][3] He served as a commissioner for the Fraser River Port Authority, and became its chair in 1999.[1]
In the 2001 provincial election, he ran for the BC Liberals against incumbent premier and British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) leader Ujjal Dosanjh in the riding of Vancouver-Kensington. With the BC NDP far behind in the polls, Wong unseated Dosanjh by 1,684 votes.[5][6] In his only term in the BC legislature, he served in the Legislative Select Standing Committees on Crown Corporations and Public Accounts, and the Government Caucus Committee on Education.[2][1] He was also named Minister of State for Immigration and Multicultural Services on September 20, 2004.[1]
Wong ran for re-election in the 2005 provincial election against NDP candidate David Chudnovsky. With the NDP regaining support, Wong lost to Chudnovsky by 1,624 votes,[6][7] and returned to his accounting practice.[3]
He is married with four children.[2][1]
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- 1947 births
- Living people
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- Canadian accountants
- Hong Kong emigrants to Canada
- Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia
- Politicians from Vancouver
- Simon Fraser University alumni