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♀ Ida Chong
aliasIda Chong
Record
10947 · 8656

Chinese-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 80%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
British Columbia 4 1 5
Birth c. 1956
Age ± 68 years
First mandate 28 May 1996 → 27 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age ± 40 years
 
Mandate ended 10 years + 11 months ago (13 May 2013)
Special notes
None
 
Ida Chong (c.1956– )
© Photo 2011 Wwongbc — licensed under CC BY-SA 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 16 11 12 Z

Electoral history

Races 5  
Path points 5  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Elizabeth Cull  f 
⊕ Paul Yewchuk  m 
 		 ⊕ Andrew J. Weaver  m 
 
Eligible: 33,476 Votes: 26,610 Participation: 79.49% Candidacies: 11
Provincial
36		 British Columbia
28 May 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7965(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±40
LIB
 1/11 12,340 46.59% +640 Loser:
NDP
 11,700 44.17% Elizabeth Cull

Service: 4 years 11 months 17 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 33,817 Votes: 25,547 Participation: 75.54% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8041(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±45
LIB
 1/4 14,588 57.31% +8,799 Loser:
NDP
 5,789 22.74% Charley Beresford

Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,605 Votes: 28,426 Participation: 73.63% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8125(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±49
LIB
 1/5 13,443 47.52% +1,427 Loser:
NDP
 12,016 42.47% Charley Beresford

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,415 Votes: 25,684 Participation: 66.86% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8204(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±53
LIB
 1/3 11,877 46.53% +561 Loser:
NDP
 11,316 44.34% Jessica Van der Veen

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,267 Votes: 26,619 Participation: 69.56% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8295(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±57
LIB
 2/4 7,767 29.29% -2,955 Winner:
GRN
 10,722 40.43% Andrew J. Weaver

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
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Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 100 Years of Women and the Vote, Featured Women: Ida Chong		 06 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Ida Chong		 06 Feb 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  6 Feb 2024 20:44 (but data presented dynamically)

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