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♀ Wai Young
aliasWai Young
Record
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Chinese-Canadian    Protestant   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 25%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 3 4
Birth 20 May 1960
Age 63 years + 11 months
First mandate 2 May 2011 → 12 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 50 years + 11 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 6 months ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Wai Young (1960– )
© Photo 2015 National Assembly, Ecuador — licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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 4 5 16

Electoral history

Races 4  
Path points 4  
3 documented challengers
⊖ Charles R. Boylan  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Harjit S. Sajjan  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊕ Ujjal D.S. Dosanjh  m  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 80,271 Votes: 42,075 Participation: 52.42% Candidacies: 5
Federal
40		 British Columbia
14 October 2008
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Minority
ID: 5749(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
48
CPC
 2/5 16,090 38.44% -20 Winner:
LIB
 16,110 38.49% Ujjal D.S. Dosanjh
Eligible: 82,509 Votes: 45,314 Participation: 54.92% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 British Columbia
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6289(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
50
CPC
 1/5 19,504 43.31% +3,900 Loser:
LIB
 15,604 34.65% Ujjal D.S. Dosanjh

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 70,992 Votes: 44,870 Participation: 63.20% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 British Columbia
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7374(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
CPC
 2/6 15,115 33.88% -6,658 Winner:
LIB
 21,773 48.81% Harjit S. Sajjan
Eligible: 74,826 Votes: 43,625 Participation: 58.30% Candidacies: 5
Federal
43		 British Columbia
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26853(F) — 22 Sep 2021 20:47 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
59
CPC
 2/5 14,388 33.31% -3,420 Winner:
LIB
 17,808 41.23% Harjit S. Sajjan

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ms. Wai Young, M.P.		 10 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame Wai Young, députée		 10 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Wai Young		 10 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Wai Young		 10 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Feb 2024 01:31 (but data presented dynamically)

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