Wai Young
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Wai Young MP |
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| 楊蕭慧儀 | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Vancouver South |
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In office May 30, 2011 – October 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ujjal Dosanjh |
| Succeeded by | Harjit Sajjan |
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May 20, 1960 Hong Kong |
| Political party | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
| Profession | Policy consultant, small business owner |
| Religion | Christian |
Wai Young (Chinese: 楊蕭慧儀) is a Conservative Party of Canada politician who represented the electoral district of Vancouver South. She was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election, but was defeated by the Liberal Party candidate Harjit Sajjan in the 2015 election.
Young was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada at a young age. She attended Killarney Secondary School and graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in sociology. Young has also taken post-graduate studies at Simon Fraser University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology. She is a mother of twins and has been the foster parent of seven children.
Prior to being elected, Young was a consultant and small businesswoman who contributed to social policies and program development. Her clientele included all three levels of governments and community groups such as the Vancouver Chinatown Business Improvement Association, South Vancouver Policing Centre and S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Some of her work includes developing services for immigrants, and helping to found the Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance (CISSA). Young founded and chaired Canada's first Youth-At-Risk Task Force and established Canada's longest-running breakfast program for underprivileged children. Young also worked for the provincial Ministry of Children and Family Development and the federal ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
After losing by 20 votes in the 2008 federal election, Young was elected in 2011 by a margin of nearly 4,000 votes in a closely watched rematch over former B.C. Premier Ujjal Dosanjh. In doing so, she became the first Conservative MP to be elected in Vancouver since 1988.
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