Henry Yao

Canadian politician

姚君憲
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Richmond South Centre
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 24, 2020Preceded byLinda Reid Personal detailsBorn
Jiun-Hsien Yao[1]

1978 or 1979 (age 44–45)[2]
TaiwanPolitical partyNew DemocraticOther political
affiliationsRITE RichmondResidenceRichmond, British ColumbiaAlma materUniversity of British ColumbiaChinese nameTraditional Chinese姚君憲Simplified Chinese姚君宪
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáo Jūnxiàn

Henry Jiun-Hsien Yao (traditional Chinese: 姚君憲; simplified Chinese: 姚君宪) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.[3] He represents the electoral district of Richmond South Centre as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP).

Biography

Born in Taiwan, Yao immigrated to Canada at the age of 11, settling in Richmond, British Columbia.[4] After graduating from Matthew McNair Secondary School, he studied at the University of British Columbia, from which he received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology.[5] He was diagnosed with two types of lymphoma in 2004;[5][6] after his cancer went into remission, he pursued a career in youth work.[7]

He ran for Richmond City Council twice: the first time in 2014 as an independent candidate,[2] then in 2018 as part of RITE Richmond.[8] Both attempts were unsuccessful.[4]

In the 2020 provincial election, Yao ran in the riding of Richmond South Centre as an NDP candidate, against Alexa Loo of the Liberals. He defeated Loo by a margin of 179 votes, becoming a member of the Legislative Assembly.[3][9]

Electoral record

Provincial elections

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2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond South Centre
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Henry Yao 6,743 50.67 +10.39 $37,030.55
Liberal Alexa Loo 6,564 49.33 +0.61 $50,107.69
Total valid votes 13,307 100.00 –
Rejected ballots 207 1.53 +0.34
Turnout 13,514 40.12 −6.58
Registered voters 33,685
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +4.89
Source: Elections BC[10][11]

Municipal elections

Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold

2018 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council
Party Council candidate Vote %
  RITE Richmond Carol Day (X) 20,871 7.01
  Richmond Citizens' Association Harold Steves (X) 19,136 6.43
  Richmond Community Coalition Chak Au (X) 18,026 6.05
  Richmond First Bill McNulty (X) 17,242 5.79
  Richmond Citizens' Association Kelly Greene 16,464 5.53
  Richmond First Linda McPhail (X) 15,521 5.21
  RITE Richmond Michael Wolfe 13,627 4.58
  Independent Alexa Loo (X) 13,212 4.44
  Richmond First Derek Dang (X) 13,115 4.40
  Richmond First Andy Hobbs 12,336 4.14
  Richmond Citizens' Association Judie Schneider 11,672 3.92
  Richmond Community Coalition Ken Johnston (X) 11,161 3.75
  Richmond Community Coalition Jonathan Ho 11,140 3.74
  Richmond Citizens' Association Jack Trovato 10,915 3.67
  Richmond First Sunny Ho 8,933 3.00
  RITE Richmond Niti Sharma 8,917 2.99
  RITE Richmond Henry Yao 8,467 2.84
  Richmond First Peter Liu 8,357 2.81
  Richmond Community Coalition Parm Bains 7,973 2.68
  Independent John Roston 7,961 2.67
  Richmond Community Coalition Melissa Zhang 7,708 2.38
  Independent Kerry Starchuk 6,959 2.34
  Independent Jason Tarnow 5,720 1.92
  Independent Adil Awan 4,278 1.44
  Independent Manjit Singh 4,134 1.39
  Independent Dennis Page 3,478 1.17
  Independent Andy Chiang 3,337 1.12
  Independent Theresa Head 3,251 1.09
  Independent Patrick J. Saunders 2,241 0.75
  Independent Zhe Zhang 2,241 0.75

References

  1. ^ Wood, Graeme (2014-09-18). "Henry Yao vows spending cuts on council". Richmond News. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  2. ^ a b Wood, Graeme (2015-06-25). "Coffee with: Henry Yao a keen observer". Richmond News. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  3. ^ a b Rantanen, Maria (2020-11-07). "Update: NDP secures third provincial seat in Richmond". Richmond News. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  4. ^ a b Shen, Nono (2020-09-28). "Updated: Richmond activist Henry Yao to run for the NDP". Richmond News. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  5. ^ a b "Candidate bio - Henry Yao". Richmond News. 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  6. ^ "Candidate Profiles: Richmond General Local and School Election 2014" (PDF). City of Richmond. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  7. ^ Fennell, Don (2020-11-26). "Meet your MLAs: Henry Yao (Richmond South Centre)". Richmond Sentinel. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  8. ^ Kotyk, Alyse (2018-06-15). "RITE Richmond announces slate for October election". Richmond News. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  9. ^ Larsen, Karin (2020-11-07). "Projected Green seat flipped to Liberals following tightest race in B.C." CBC News. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  10. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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