Wilson Lo (born November 27, 1991)[5][6] is a politician in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is the city councillor for Barrhaven East WardonOttawa City Council, and is the first City Councillor of Chinese descent.
Wilson Lo
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| Ottawa City Councillor | |
| Assumed office November 15, 2022[1] | |
| Constituency | Barrhaven East Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1991-11-27) November 27, 1991 (age 32) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[2] |
| Spouse | Amelia Howell[3] |
| Residence | Rideaucrest[4] |
| Alma mater | Carleton University |
| Occupation | Communications officer |
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Lo was born in Vancouver, and grew up in Markham, Ontario to parents from Hong Kong.[7] While in Markham, he attended St. Augustine Catholic High School.[4] He moved to Ottawa in 2009[8] to attend Carleton University, where he received a degree in journalism.[2]
Prior to being elected, Lo was a customer communications officer for OC Transpo.[9] He was formerly an OC Transpo driver.[8]
Lo was elected to city council in the 2022 Ottawa municipal election, becoming the first councillor elected to represent the new ward of Barrhaven East. Lo also became the city's first-ever Chinese Canadian city councillor.[4] Lo ran on a platform of widening Greenbank Road, Prince of Wales Drive, upgrading and adding pathways in the Greenbelt, restructuring transit service and making streets safer.[10] He won 37% of the vote, defeating teacher Richard Garrick, and Ottawa Catholic School Board trustee Patrick Brennan, among others.[3][11] During his campaign, he claimed to have canvassed all 17,006 homes in his ward.[2][3]
| Candidate | Popular vote | Expenditures | ||||||||||
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| Votes | % | ±% | ||||||||||
| Wilson Lo | 4,403 | 36.82 | – | |||||||||
| Richard Garrick | 2,980 | 24.92 | – | |||||||||
| Patrick Brennan | 2,153 | 18.00 | – | |||||||||
| Kathleen Caught | 888 | 7.43 | – | |||||||||
| Atiq Qureshi | 778 | 6.51 | – | |||||||||
| Guy Boone | 516 | 4.32 | – | |||||||||
| Dominik Janelle | 240 | 2.01 | – | |||||||||
| Total valid votes | 11,958 | 97.66 | ||||||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes | 286 | 2.34 | ||||||||||
| Turnout | 12,244 | 39.11 | ||||||||||
| Eligible voters | 31,307 | |||||||||||
| Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. | ||||||||||||
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