Teresa Wat
MLA
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Richmond North Centre
Richmond Centre (2013–2017)
Assumed office
May 14, 2013
Preceded byRob Howard
Personal details
Born1949 or 1950 (age 74–75)[1]
British Hong Kong
Political partyBC United

Teresa Wat (Chinese: 屈潔冰, born 1949 or 1950) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.[2] She represents the electoral district of Richmond North Centre as a member of BC United and was appointed Minister of International Trade, and Minister Responsible for the Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism on June 10, 2013, by Premier Christy Clark. While provincial minister of trade, Wat worked to court Huawei, China Poly Group, and other companies to invest in British Columbia.[3][4]

Wat is the president and CEO of Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation CHMB AM1320 and has also served as the news director at Channel M Television (now OMNI BC), and previously served as a communications advisor at B.C.'s Cabinet Policy and Communications Secretariat.[citation needed] In 2010, Wat was appointed to the Canadian Women Voters Congress Advisory Board and was appointed one of B.C.'s top 100 most influential women by the Vancouver Sun. She is also currently a board member of the school of journalism at UBC.[citation needed]

Electoral record

2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond North Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Teresa Wat 7,675 51.26 −1.22 $41,998.62
New Democratic Jaeden Dela Torre 5,964 39.83 +5.79 $6,837.05
Green Vernon Wang 1,333 8.90 −1.57 $52.72
Total valid votes 14,972 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 146 0.97 −0.01
Turnout 15,118 40.36 −7.70
Registered voters 37,459
Liberal hold Swing −3.51
Source: Elections BC[5][6]
2017 British Columbia general election: Richmond North Centre
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Liberal Teresa Wat 7,916 52.48 $64,973
New Democratic Lyren Chiu 5,135 34.04 $19,215
Green Ryan Kemp Marciniw 1,579 10.47 $489
Independent Dong Pan 336 2.23 $3,687
Action John Crocock 117 0.78 $0
Total valid votes 15,083 100.00
Total rejected ballots 149 0.98
Turnout 15,232 48.06
Registered voters 31,695
Source: Elections BC[7][8]
2013 British Columbia general election: Richmond Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Teresa Wat 9,462 49.83 -11.68 $153,452
New Democratic Frank Yunrong Huang 4,436 23.36 -5.68 $43,408
Green Michael Wolfe 1,678 8.84 +1.72 $754
Independent Gary Law 1,617 8.51 - $103,415
Conservative Lawrence Chen 961 5.06 - $5,393
Independent Richard Lee 754 3.97 - $9,808
Unparty Chanel Donovan 82 0.43 - $1,055
Total valid votes 18,990 99.06
Total rejected ballots 180 0.94
Turnout 19,170 43.65
Source: Elections BC[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Teresa Wat eyes Richmond Centre van den Hemel, Martin. The Review [Richmond, B.C] 23 Jan 2013: 1.
  2. ^ "Wat retains Richmond Centre for BC Liberals". Richmond News, May 14, 2013.
  3. ^ Campbell, Alan (December 12, 2018). "Richmond MLA tight-lipped on Huawei ties, as telecom giant's boss is bailed". Richmond News. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  4. ^ Cooper, Sam; Quan, Doug (2017-08-26). "How a murky company with ties to the People's Liberation Army set up shop in B.C." Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  5. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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