Teresa Wat

Teresa Wat
MLA
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Richmond North Centre
Richmond Centre (2013-2017)
Assumed office
May 14, 2013
Preceded by Rob Howard
Personal details
Born 1949/1950 (age 68–69)[1]
Political party BC Liberals
Profession B.C. Minister of International Trade (2013 - 2017)

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 the British Columbia Liberal Party 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. She 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. She was instrumental in the launch of the first-ever live Cantonese, Mandarin and Punjabi daily television news programs. 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.

Electoral record

British Columbia general election, 2017: Richmond North Centre
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalTeresa Wat7,29253.05
New DemocraticLyren Chiu4,58733.37
GreenRyan Kemp Marciniw1,45710.60
IndependentDong Pan3012.19
ActionJohn Crocock1090.79
Total valid votes 13,746100.00
Source: Elections BC[3]

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. ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.


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