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♀ M.R. Sophia Leung
aliasM.R. Sophia Leung
Record
35985 · 697

Chinese-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 2 0 2
Birth 25 July 1933
Age 90 years + 9 months
First mandate 2 June 1997 → 26 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 63 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 19 years + 10 months ago (27 June 2004)
Special notes
None
 
M.R. Sophia Leung (1933– )
© Photo 2001 House of Commons (Canada) — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 7 0 24

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 3  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Alice Wong  f 
 
 
Eligible: 55,760 Votes: 35,337 Participation: 63.37% Candidacies: 10
Federal
36		 British Columbia
2 June 1997
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2900(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
63
LIB
 1/10 14,182 40.62% +3,520 Loser:
NDP
 10,662 30.54% Victor Wong

Service: 3 years 5 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 67,413 Votes: 37,737 Participation: 55.98% Candidacies: 8
Federal
37		 British Columbia
27 November 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 2596(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
67
LIB
 1/8 16,118 43.07% +5,042 Loser:
CA
 11,076 29.60% Alice Wong

Service: 3 years 7 months (Gov't)
Eligible: 74,286 Votes: 43,092 Participation: 58.01% Candidacies: 8
Federal
38		 British Columbia
28 June 2004
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 1015(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
70		 Successor:
LIB
 17,267 40.44% David L. Emerson

Online biographical references (2)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ms. M. Sophia Leung, C.M., M.P.		 26 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame M. Sophia Leung, C.M., députée		 26 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Sophia Leung		 26 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 26 Feb 2024 08:36 (but data presented dynamically)

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