Richard Lee (Canadian politician)

Richard T. Lee
Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
In office
September 28, 2015 – June 22, 2017
Preceded by Douglas Horne
Succeeded by Greg Kyllo
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Burnaby North
In office
May 16, 2001 – May 9, 2017
Preceded by Pietro Calendino
Succeeded by Janet Routledge
Personal details
Born 1954 (1954) (age 64)
Zhongshan, People Republic of China
Political party B.C. Liberal
Residence Burnaby, British Columbia

Richard T. Lee (simplified Chinese: 李灿明; traditional Chinese: 李燦明) was a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Lee served four consecutive terms for 16 years as MLA. He had also served as the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

Biography

He has represented the riding of North Burnaby since the 2001 election. He was re-elected in the 2005 election, 2009 election and 2013 election. He had served as Parliamentary Secretary for the Asia-Pacific Initiative from June 2005 to May 2009. Lee previously served as deputy chair of the Special Committee to Appoint a Merit Commissioner and chair of the Government Caucus Asian Economic Development Committee.[1][2]

In June 2013 Lee was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Asia Pacific Strategy to the Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for the Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism.[3]

In December 2013 Lee was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for traditional Chinese medicine.[4][5]

In April 2015, a constituent in Burnaby North launched a Recall petition under the BC Elections Act.[6]. The proponent turned in less than 10% of the required number of signatures and the petition failed.[7][8]

In September 2015 Lee was appointed as the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the first MLA of Asian descent in B.C. to serve in that capacity.

Partial electoral results

British Columbia general election, 2017: Burnaby North
Party Candidate Votes%
New DemocraticJanet Routledge9,79447.64
LiberalRichard Lee8,34940.61
GreenPeter Hallschmid2,41511.75
Total valid votes 20,558100.00
Source: Elections BC[9]
British Columbia general election, 2013: Burnaby North
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRichard Lee10,54346.82
New DemocraticJanet Routledge9,87543.85
GreenCarrie McLaren1,5777.00
No AffiliationWayne Michael Marklund5232.32
Total valid votes 22,518100.00
Total rejected ballots 1700.75
Turnout 22,68855.03
Source: Elections BC[10]
British Columbia general election, 2005: Burnaby North
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalRichard T. Lee10,42145.59$90,190
New DemocraticPietro Calendino10,35645.31$48,271
GreenRichard Brand1,7637.71$1,430
Democratic ReformMatthew Laird3161.38$6,530
Total Valid Votes 22,856 100.00
Total Rejected Ballots 155 0.68
Turnout 23,011 59.76

References

  1. ↑ https://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/40thParl/lee-Richard.htm
  2. ↑ 李灿明 四度成功攻顶 Archived 2014-08-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ https://www.leg.bc.ca/mla/40thParl/lee-Richard.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.burnabynow.com/opinion/blogs/community-conversations-1.752422/burnaby-mla-richard-lee-appointed-parliamentary-secretary-for-chinese-medicine-1.767099
  5. ↑ 李灿明获委任筹办首间公立中医学院
  6. ↑ http://bc.ctvnews.ca/burnaby-resident-files-petition-to-recall-failed-mla-1.2327145
  7. ↑ http://elections.bc.ca/news/nr-rp-bnn-2015-002-ref02/
  8. ↑ http://elections.bc.ca/docs/rcl/Summary-of-Recall-Petitions.pdf
  9. ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.


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