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Teresa Wat

Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Richmond North Centre
Richmond Centre (2013–2017)

Incumbent

Assumed office
May 14, 2013

Preceded by

Rob Howard

Personal details

Born

1949 or 1950 (age 74–75)[1]
British Hong Kong

Political party

BC 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]

In Opposition, Wat has served as the Official Opposition Critic for Trade; for Tourism, Arts, Culture, and Anti-Racism Initiatives; and, as of May 2024, the Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism, Anti-Racism Initiatives, Arts and Culture.

Wat is the president and CEO of Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation CHMB AM1320 and has also served as the news director at Channel M (now OMNI Television British Columbia), 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 a former board member of the school of journalism at UBC.[citation needed]

Electoral record[edit]

  • t
  • e
  • 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]

  • t
  • e
  • 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]

  • t
  • e
  • 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[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Teresa Wat eyes Richmond Centre van den Hemel, Martin. The Review [Richmond, B.C] 23 Jan 2013: 1.
  • ^ "Wat retains Richmond Centre for BC Liberals". Richmond News, May 14, 2013.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ 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.
  • ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  • ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  • ^ "2017 Provincial General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  • ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  • ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. 2014-01-21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
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