Teresa Woo-Paw

Teresa Woo-Paw (simplified Chinese: 鲍胡嫈仪; traditional Chinese: 鮑胡嫈儀; pinyin: Bào-Hú Yīngyí; born October 29, 1958) is a Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Northern Hills as a Progressive Conservative.

Teresa Woo-Paw
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Northern Hills
In office
March 3, 2008 – May 5, 2015
Preceded byGary Mar
Succeeded byJamie Kleinsteuber
Personal details
Born (1958-10-29) October 29, 1958
Hong Kong
Political partyAlberta Party
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Conservative
Spouse(s)Borick
ChildrenJadine, Jason and Cordelia
ResidenceCalgary, Alberta
Alma materUniversity of Calgary
OccupationSocial worker
Websitehttp://teresawoopaw.ca/

Early life

Woo-Paw was born in Hong Kong. She graduated from the University of Calgary in 1982 with a Bachelor of Social Work degree and has been an active member of the Calgary-Mackay community for more than 30 years.

Professional career

Prior to her election to the Legislature, Woo-Paw was employed as a private consultant providing diversity training, program facilitation and instruction. Throughout her career, she has worked for the Calgary Health Region, Cultural Diversity Institute, United Way of Calgary, the Canadian Red Cross, Calgary Board of Education, the Calgary Immigrant Women's Association and the Calgary Immigrant Aid Society. She has also founded six organizations, and served with several others. Amongst them are:[1]

Political career

Woo-Paw first sought public office in 1995 for the position of Public School Board Trustee for Wards 3 and 4 with the Calgary Board of Education (CBE), of which she was also the Chair. She ran for the position of Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the first time in the 2008 provincial election in the constituency of Calgary-Mackay. In that election, she received 48% of the vote. Woo-Paw served as deputy-chair of the Standing Committee on Private Bills as well as a member of the Cabinet Policy Committee on Public Safety and Services, the Standing Committee on Public Safety and Services, and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

Personal life

Woo-Paw is married to Borick Paw. The couple has three adult children: Jadine, Jason and Cordelia. Her active community involvement has earned her many prestigious awards including the Alberta Centennial Commemorative Award, the Queen's Jubilee Award for Multiculturalism and Community Services, the YWCA's Women of Distinction Award, the Immigrant of Distinction Award and Canada 125th Commemorative Award for Community Services.[2]

Election results
2008 Alberta general election: Calgary-Mackay
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeTeresa Woo-Paw6,24748.40%-7.77%
LiberalTianna Melnyk4,04831.36%4.99%
WildroseRob Gregory1,60912.47%6.15%
GreenRyan Smith5784.48%0.00%
New DemocraticDaena Diduck4263.30%-1.35%
Total 12,908––
Rejected, Spoiled and Declined 54––
Eligible electors / Turnout 37,88334.22%-1.58%
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -6.38%
Source(s)
Source: "15 - Calgary-Mackay Official Results 2008 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
2012 Alberta general election: Calgary-Northern Hills
Party Candidate Votes%
Progressive ConservativeTeresa Woo-Paw6,14449.02%
WildrosePrasad Panda4,63737.00%
LiberalKirstin Morrell1,0588.44%
New DemocraticStephanie Westlund6945.54%
2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Northern Hills
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticJamie Kleinsteuber6,64138.2
Progressive ConservativeTeresa Woo-Paw5,34330.7
WildrosePrasad Panda4,39225.3
LiberalHarry Lin1,0005.8
Total valid votes 17,376100.0
Rejected, spoiled and declined 160
Turnout 17,53646.1
Eligible voters 38,004
Source: Elections Alberta[3]
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References
  1. "Calgary-Mackay MLA Constituency Office website biography".
  2. "Woo-Paw's Legislative Assembly of Alberta biography".
  3. "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
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