The Honourable Michael Chong PC MP |
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莊文浩 | |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Wellington—Halton Hills |
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Assumed office June 28, 2004 |
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Preceded by | new riding |
Chair of the Standing Committee on Official Languages |
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In office 21 June 2011 – 19 October 2015 |
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Minister |
James Moore Shelly Glover |
Preceded by | Steven Blaney |
Succeeded by | Denis Paradis |
Chair of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage |
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In office 5 October 2010 – 20 June 2011 |
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Minister | James Moore |
Preceded by | Gary Schellenberger |
Succeeded by | Rob Moore |
Chair of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science & Technology |
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In office 5 February 2009 – 29 September 2010 |
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Minister | Tony Clement |
Preceded by | James Rajotte |
Succeeded by | David Sweet |
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs |
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In office 2 February 2006 – 26 November 2006 |
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Preceded by | Lucienne Robillard |
Succeeded by | Peter Van Loan |
Minister of State (Sport) | |
In office 2 February 2006 – 26 November 2006 |
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Preceded by | Stephen Owen |
Succeeded by | Peter Van Loan |
Personal details | |
Born |
Michael David Chong November 22, 1971 Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Carrie Davidson |
Residence | Elora, Ontario, Canada |
Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Profession | IT consultant |
Website | chong |
Michael David Chong, PC MP (born November 22, 1971) is a Canadian politician. He has represented the riding of Wellington—Halton Hills in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of Sport, as well as the President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada from February 6, 2006 to November 27, 2006. Chong is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
On May 16, 2016, Chong announced his bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada, to be decided on May 27, 2017.
Michael Chong was born on November 22, 1971, in Windsor, Ontario, and grew up in Fergus, a small town in rural Southern Ontario. He is the oldest son of Paul Chong and Cornelia de Haan. His father was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada in 1952 and became a doctor. His mother arrived in Canada in 1960 from the Netherlands and worked as a nurse. Chong has three siblings; Peter, Andrew and Joanna. He was raised near Fergus in Wellington County, and attended Centre Wellington District High School. In 1978, when Chong was six years old his mother was killed in a car accident at an intersection near Fergus. Two years after her death his father married Adriana, who raised him and his three siblings as if they were her own. In 1999, Chong's father was also killed in a car accident at the same intersection where his mother had been killed 21 years earlier.