Teresa Wat
Teresa Wat (Chinese: 屈潔冰, born 1949 or 1950) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.[2] She represents the electoral district of Richmond North Centre as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party and was appointed Minister of International Trade, and Minister Responsible for the Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism on June 10, 2013 by Premier Christy Clark. While provincial minister of trade, Wat worked to court Huawei, China Poly Group, and other companies to invest in British Columbia.[3][4]
Teresa Wat MLA | |
|---|---|
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Richmond North Centre Richmond Centre (2013-2017) | |
| Assumed office May 14, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Rob Howard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1949/1950 (age 70–71)[1] British Hong Kong |
| Political party | BC Liberals |
| Profession | B.C. Minister of International Trade (2013 - 2017) |
Wat is the president and CEO of Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation CHMB AM1320 and has also served as the news director at Channel M Television (now OMNI BC), and previously served as a communications advisor at B.C.'s Cabinet Policy and Communications Secretariat. In 2010, Wat was appointed to the Canadian Women Voters Congress Advisory Board and was appointed one of B.C.'s top 100 most influential women by the Vancouver Sun. She is also currently a board member of the school of journalism at UBC.
Electoral record
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Richmond North Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Teresa Wat | 7,916 | 52.48 | |||||
| New Democratic | Lyren Chiu | 5,135 | 34.04 | |||||
| Green | Ryan Kemp Marciniw | 1,579 | 10.47 | |||||
| Independent | Dong Pan | 336 | 2.23 | |||||
| Action | John Crocock | 117 | 0.78 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 15,083 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Richmond Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Teresa Wat | 9,462 | 49.83 | -11.68 | $153,452 | |||
| New Democratic | Frank Yunrong Huang | 4,436 | 23.36 | -5.68 | $43,408 | |||
| Green | Michael Wolfe | 1,678 | 8.84 | +1.72 | $754 | |||
| Independent | Gary Law | 1,617 | 8.51 | - | $103,415 | |||
| Conservative | Lawrence Chen | 961 | 5.06 | - | $5,393 | |||
| Independent | Richard Lee | 754 | 3.97 | - | $9,808 | |||
| Unparty | Chanel Donovan | 82 | 0.43 | - | $1,055 | |||
| Total valid votes | 18,990 | 99.06 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 180 | 0.94 | ||||||
| Turnout | 19,170 | 43.65 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6] | ||||||||
References
- Teresa Wat eyes Richmond Centre van den Hemel, Martin. The Review [Richmond, B.C] 23 Jan 2013: 1.
- "Wat retains Richmond Centre for BC Liberals". Richmond News, May 14, 2013.
- Campbell, Alan (December 12, 2018). "Richmond MLA tight-lipped on Huawei ties, as telecom giant's boss is bailed". Richmond News. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- Cooper, Sam; Quan, Doug (2017-08-26). "How a murky company with ties to the People's Liberation Army set up shop in B.C." Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- "2017 Provincial General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
