Raymond ChanPC(Chinese:Trần trác du;pinyin:Chén Zhuōyú;Jyutping:Can4 Ceok3 Jyu4;born October 25, 1951) is a Canadian engineer and politician. He is among the firstChinese Canadianto be appointed to theCabinet of Canada.A member of theLiberal Party of Canada,Chan was elected to Parliament in the1993 federal election,defeating then Defence MinisterTom Siddonin the riding ofRichmond,British Columbia.Elected in 1993, Chan is the third Chinese Canadian represented in Parliament, afterDouglas Jung,who secured a seat in 1957,Art Leein 1974. In 2008, Chan lost his riding of Richmond to Conservative candidateAlice Wong.
Raymond Chan | |
|---|---|
| Trần trác du | |
| Member of Parliament forRichmond | |
| In office 2004–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Joe Peschisolido |
| Succeeded by | Alice Wong |
| In office 1993–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Siddon |
| Succeeded by | Joe Peschisolido |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 25, 1951 Hong Kong |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | divorced and re-married |
| Residence(s) | Richmond,British Columbia |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Engineer |
Early life
editRaymond Chan was born inHong Kongin 1951.[1]He emigrated to Canada in 1969,[1]two years after Canada liberalized its immigration policy. He received aB.A.Sc.degree inEngineering Physicsfrom theUniversity of British Columbia(UBC) in 1977. From 1977 to 1993, he worked as an engineer forTRIUMF,a particle accelerator laboratory at UBC.[2][3]
Political career
editChan joined theLiberal Party of Canadain 1991 after he was elected as the inaugural president of the Vancouver Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movement in China. Then he was elected to Parliament in the1993 election,[4]defeating Defence MinisterTom Siddonin the riding ofRichmond,British Columbia.Chan secured the nomination win over future cabinet colleagueHerb Dhaliwal,who subsequently chose to run in the adjacentVancouver Southriding. He was then appointed byPrime MinisterJean Chrétienas theSecretary of Statefor theAsia-PacificRegion for theDepartment of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.He served in this position from 1993 to 2000.
He was defeated in the2000 electionbyJoe Peschisolidoof theCanadian Alliance.After Peschisolidocrossed the floorto the Liberal Party, Chan battled Peschisolido for the Liberal Party's nomination, and won it after a fiercely contested race.[5]
Chan returned to Parliament in the2004 election.He was subsequently appointed to the cabinet by Prime MinisterPaul Martinas theMinister of State(Multiculturalism) for theDepartment of Heritage.
Chan was re-elected in 2006, and served as Opposition Critic for the Asia Pacific, Seniors, the Social Economy, and Canada Border Security throughout the 39th session of Parliament.
He was defeated by ConservativeAlice Wongin the election of 2008[6]by more than 8,000 votes. He sought nomination as a Richmond Liberal again in 2009 and was defeated by Peschisolido. He has been a major fundraiser for political candidates since leaving office.[7]
Electoral history
edit| 2008 Canadian federal election:Richmond Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Alice Wong | 21,329 | 49.77 | +11.08 | $79,037 | |||
| Liberal | Raymond Chan | 13,221 | 30.85 | -11.98 | $78,275 | |||
| New Democratic | Dale Jackaman | 5,059 | 11.81 | -2.17 | $14,221 | |||
| Green | Michael Wolfe | 2,754 | 6.43 | +1.93 | $1,900 | |||
| Independent | Wei Ping Chen | 397 | 0.93 | – | $6,851 | |||
| Independent | Dobie Yiu-Chung To | 93 | 0.22 | – | $1,813 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 42,878 | 100.0 | $86,879 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 192 | 0.45 | 0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,070 | 52 | -4 | |||||
| ConservativegainfromLiberal | Swing | +11.53 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election:Richmond Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Raymond Chan | 18,712 | 42.83 | -1.65 | $68,055 | |||
| Conservative | Darrel Reid | 16,904 | 38.69 | +3.37 | $73,990 | |||
| New Democratic | Neil Smith | 6,106 | 13.98 | -1.02 | $12,724 | |||
| Green | Richard Gordon Mathias | 1,967 | 4.50 | +0.25 | $2,850 | |||
| Total valid votes | 43,689 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 194 | 0.44 | -0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,883 | 56 | -6 | |||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -2.51 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election:Richmond Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Raymond Chan | 18,204 | 44.48 | +2.44 | $64,433 | |||
| Conservative | Alice Wong | 14,457 | 35.32 | -14.51 | $71,614 | |||
| New Democratic | Dale Jackaman | 6,142 | 15.00 | +9.32 | $11,072 | |||
| Green | Stephen H.F. Kronstein | 1,743 | 4.25 | +2.36 | $160 | |||
| Canadian Action | Allan Warnke | 376 | 0.91 | – | $625 | |||
| Total valid votes | 40,922 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 226 | 0.55 | +0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 41,148 | 62.29 | +0.59 | |||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +8.48 | ||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election:Richmond Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Alliance | Joe Peschisolido | 21,064 | 44.40 | +8.44 | $58,128 | |||
| Liberal | Raymond Chan | 19,940 | 42.04 | -1.77 | $63,896 | |||
| New Democratic | Gail Paquette | 2,695 | 5.68 | -3.88 | $10,941 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Peter Tofin | 2,578 | 5.43 | -2.85 | $4,329 | |||
| Green | Kevan Hudson | 897 | 1.89 | +0.53 | $61 | |||
| Natural Law | Kathy McClement | 164 | 0.34 | -0.05 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Edith Petersen | 93 | 0.19 | -0.02 | $10 | |||
| Total valid votes | 47,431 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 218 | 0.47 | -0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 47,649 | 61.70 | -3.19 | |||||
| AlliancegainfromLiberal | Swing | +5.10 | ||||||
| 1997 Canadian federal election:Richmond Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Raymond Chan | 18,165 | 43.81 | +6.81 | $53,959 | |||
| Reform | Adrian Wade | 14,912 | 35.96 | +5.07 | $36,549 | |||
| New Democratic | Sylvia Surette | 3,964 | 9.56 | +3.31 | $13,680 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Larry Blaschuk | 3,435 | 8.28 | -10.72 | $21,581 | |||
| Green | Kevan Hudson | 565 | 1.36 | +0.78 | $19 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Randy Cliff | 167 | 0.40 | -0.09 | ||||
| Natural Law | Mark McCooey | 164 | 0.39 | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell | 90 | 0.21 | – | $225 | |||
| Total valid votes | 41,462 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 210 | 0.50 | ||||||
| Turnout | 41,672 | 64.89 | ||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +0.87 | ||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election:Richmond Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Raymond Chan | 21,442 | 37.00 | +14.20 | ||||
| Reform | Nick Loenen | 17,791 | 30.89 | +27.56 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tom Siddon | 11,013 | 19.00 | -25.04 | ||||
| New Democratic | Sylvia Surette | 3,623 | 6.25 | -20.96 | ||||
| National | Fred Pawluk | 2,263 | 3.91 | – | ||||
| Green | Kevan Hudson | 337 | 0.58 | +0.15 | ||||
| Natural Law | Kathy McClement | 333 | 0.57 | – | ||||
| Independent | Judith Campbell | 315 | 0.54 | – | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Clyde E. Vint | 282 | 0.49 | -0.74 | ||||
| Independent | Jerry Haldeman | 254 | 0.44 | – | ||||
| Libertarian | Kerry Daniel Pearson | 159 | 0.27 | -0.49 | ||||
| Independent | John Edgar Square-Briggs | 29 | 0.05 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 57,950 | 100.0 | ||||||
| LiberalgainfromProgressive Conservative | Swing | -6.68 | ||||||
References
edit- ^abGia nã đại đại tuyển trung đích hoa duệ hầu tuyển nhân[Chinese Candidate in the Canadian Election].BBC Chinese.November 27, 2000.RetrievedJanuary 4,2018.
- ^"Raymond Chan Wins Another Parliamentary Election"Trần trác du thắng xuất đương tuyển liệt trị văn tuyển khu quốc hội nghị viên.SinoVision[ bắc mỹ trung văn võng ]. January 23, 2006.RetrievedJanuary 4,2018– via WestCA.com.
- ^Gia quốc tiền đa nguyên văn hóa bộ trường: Hoa duệ di dân bất thị quá khách.SinoQuebec.com.February 16, 2006.RetrievedJanuary 4,2018.
- ^Raymond Chan (politician) – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^"Delta - Richmond East".CBC News.September 20, 2010.RetrievedNovember 8,2017.
- ^"Harper has fresh timber for new cabinet".CTV News.The Canadian Press.October 16, 2008.RetrievedNovember 8,2017.
- ^Cooper, Sam (October 5, 2020)."Did Canadian politicians know the victims of a targeted shooting at a trendy Richmond restaurant?".Global News.RetrievedOctober 7,2020.
External links
edit- How'd They Vote?: Raymond Chan's voting history and quotes
- "Raymond Chan (Profile)"by Anthony Wilson-Smith and Chris Wood atThe Canadian Encyclopedia