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♂ Richard T. Lee
aliasRichard T. Lee
Record
35275 · 9494

Chinese-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 57%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 0 1 1
British Columbia 4 2 6
Total 4 3 7
Birth c. 1954
Age ± 70 years
First mandate 16 May 2001 → 22 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age ± 47 years
 
Mandate ended 6 years + 11 months ago (8 May 2017)
Special notes
None
 
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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
British Columbia 15 11 19 Z

Electoral history

Races 7  
Path points 7  
3 documented challengers
⊕ Pietro A. Calendino  m  (3 runoffs)
⊕ Jagmeet Singh  m 
 		 ⊕ Janet Routledge  f  (2 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 27,250 Votes: 19,811 Participation: 72.70% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
36		 British Columbia
28 May 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 7936(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:22 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
±42
LIB
 2/7 8,160 41.57% -766 Winner:
NDP
 8,926 45.47% Pietro A. Calendino
Eligible: 28,587 Votes: 20,446 Participation: 71.52% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
37		 British Columbia
16 May 2001
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8013(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
±47
LIB
 1/4 11,062 54.37% +5,070 Loser:
NDP
 5,992 29.45% Pietro A. Calendino

Service: 4 years (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,505 Votes: 23,011 Participation: 59.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
38		 British Columbia
17 May 2005
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8092(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±51
LIB
 1/4 10,421 45.59% +65 Loser:
NDP
 10,356 45.31% Pietro A. Calendino

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 38,404 Votes: 20,682 Participation: 53.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
39		 British Columbia
12 May 2009
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8175(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±55
LIB
 1/3 9,880 48.19% +548 Loser:
NDP
 9,332 45.51% Mondee Redman

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 41,227 Votes: 22,688 Participation: 55.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
40		 British Columbia
14 May 2013
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 8258(F) — 30 Jul 2021 23:23 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
±59
LIB
 1/4 10,543 46.82% +668 Loser:
NDP
 9,875 43.85% Janet Routledge

Service: 3 years 11 months 24 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 39,312 Votes: 23,740 Participation: 60.39% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
41		 British Columbia
9 May 2017
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 8388(F) — 4 Jul 2023 18:51 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
±63
LIB
 2/3 9,290 39.42% -2,158 Winner:
NDP
 11,448 48.57% Janet Routledge
Eligible: 76,204 Votes: 22,936 Participation: 30.10% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 British Columbia
25 February 2019
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26199(F) — 3 Feb 2022 15:23 ET
✗
 Failed to enter Parliament
Age
±65
LIB
 2/6 5,919 26.02% -2,929 Winner:
NDP
 8,848 38.90% Jagmeet Singh

Online biographical reference

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Richard Lee (Canadian politician)		 31 Dec 2023

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 31 Dec 2023 08:33 (but data presented dynamically)

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