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♀ Teresa Wat
aliasTeresa Wat
Record
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Chinese-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
British Columbia
Opposition
 Performance: 75%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 3 1 4
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth c. 1949
Age ± 75 years
First mandate 14 May 2013 → 10 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 64 years
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Teresa Wat (c.1949– )
© Photo 2016 Province of British Columbia — licensed under CC BY 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
British Columbia 10 11 11 Z

Electoral history

Races * 4  
Path points 4  
Documented challenger
None
 
 
Eligible: 43,915 Votes: 19,170 Participation: 43.65% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8305(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±64
LIB
 1/7 9,462 49.83% +5,026 Loser:
NDP
 4,436 23.36% Frank Y. Huang

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 31,695 Votes: 15,232 Participation: 48.06% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 NDP  29 Jun 2017
ID: 8381(F) — 4 Jul 2023 22:14 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±68
LIB
 1/5 7,916 52.48% +2,781 Loser:
NDP
 5,135 34.04% Lyren Chiu
After her election:
29 Jun 2017 ±68
LIB
 →
NDP
 Change of government (became part of opposition)
Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 37,190 Votes: 15,118 Participation: 40.65% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
42		 British Columbia
24 October 2020
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 35583(F) — 4 Jul 2023 18:07 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±71
LIB
 1/3 7,675 51.26% +1,711 Loser:
NDP
 5,964 39.83% Jaeden Dela Torre
After her election:
12 Apr 2023 ±74
LIB
 →
BCU
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 3 years 6 months 3 days (Oppo.)
Richmond-Bridgeport
Post-dated race
Provincial
43		 British Columbia
19 October 2024
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 39274(P) — 2 Jan 2024 12:57 ET
✗
 Incumbent will likely be defeated →
Age
±75
BCU
 2/4   31.58%   Winner:
NDP

Online biographical reference

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Teresa Wat		 06 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Feb 2024 20:27 (but data presented dynamically)

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