Michael Chan (Canadian politician)

The Honourable Michael Chan MPP
Michael Chan at The Canadian Film Centre Annual BBQ on September 9, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Markham-Unionville Markham (2007)
Incumbent
Assumed office February 8, 2007
Preceded by	Tony Wong
Personal details
Born	1951 (age 65–66) Guangzhou, China
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Markham, Ontario
Occupation	Insurance broker

Michael Chan (traditional Chinese: 陳國治; simplified Chinese: 陈国治; Jyutping: can4 gwok3 zi6; pinyin: Chén Guózhì) (born c. 1951) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2007. He represents the riding of Markham-Unionville. He has served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.

Chan was born in Guangzhou, and his father was an official in the Kuomintang. As the Chinese Communist Party took power in China, Mr. Chan’s family went to Macau, before moving to Hong Kong and eventually migrating to Canada in 1969, when he was 18. He has since maintained close ties, and confirmed in a 2008 interview with Xinhua News Agency that he had visited China over 70 times since the early 1980s. He told the reporter, "strictly speaking, I’m Canadian, but I have been always paying attention to the root of my culture. I am much concerned with Chinese affairs." Chan has lived in Markham since 1995.

Before entering politics he was president of the federal Liberal Party of Canada riding association for the Markham—Unionville constituency held by MP John McCallum.