Teresa Wat

Teresa Wat (Chinese: 屈潔冰, born 1949 or 1950) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.[2] She represents the electoral district of Richmond North Centre as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party and was appointed Minister of International Trade, and Minister Responsible for the Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism on June 10, 2013 by Premier Christy Clark. While provincial minister of trade, Wat worked to court Huawei, China Poly Group, and other companies to invest in British Columbia.[3][4]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wat (屈)'.
Teresa Wat

MLA
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Richmond North Centre
Richmond Centre (2013-2017)
Assumed office
May 14, 2013
Preceded byRob Howard
Personal details
Born1949/1950 (age 71–72)[1]
British Hong Kong
Political partyBC Liberals
ProfessionB.C. Minister of International Trade (2013 - 2017)

Wat is the president and CEO of Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation CHMB AM1320 and has also served as the news director at Channel M Television (now OMNI BC), and previously served as a communications advisor at B.C.'s Cabinet Policy and Communications Secretariat. In 2010, Wat was appointed to the Canadian Women Voters Congress Advisory Board and was appointed one of B.C.'s top 100 most influential women by the Vancouver Sun. She is also currently a board member of the school of journalism at UBC.

Electoral record
2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond North Centre
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalTeresa Wat7,67551.26−1.22$41,998.62
New DemocraticJaeden Dela Torre5,96439.83+5.79$6,837.05
GreenVernon Wang1,3338.90−1.57$52.72
Total valid votes 14,972100.00–
Total rejected ballots   
Turnout   
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[5][6]
2017 British Columbia general election: Richmond North Centre
Party Candidate Votes%Expenditures
LiberalTeresa Wat7,91652.48$64,973
New DemocraticLyren Chiu5,13534.04$19,215
GreenRyan Kemp Marciniw1,57910.47$489
IndependentDong Pan3362.23$3,687
ActionJohn Crocock1170.78$0
Total valid votes 15,083100.00
Total rejected ballots 1490.98
Turnout 15,23248.06
Registered voters 31,695
Source: Elections BC[7][8]
2013 British Columbia general election: Richmond Centre
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalTeresa Wat9,46249.83-11.68$153,452
New DemocraticFrank Yunrong Huang4,43623.36-5.68$43,408
GreenMichael Wolfe1,6788.84+1.72$754
IndependentGary Law1,6178.51-$103,415
ConservativeLawrence Chen9615.06-$5,393
IndependentRichard Lee7543.97-$9,808
UnpartyChanel Donovan820.43-$1,055
Total valid votes 18,99099.06
Total rejected ballots 1800.94
Turnout 19,17043.65
Source: Elections BC[9]

References
  1. Teresa Wat eyes Richmond Centre van den Hemel, Martin. The Review [Richmond, B.C] 23 Jan 2013: 1.
  2. "Wat retains Richmond Centre for BC Liberals". Richmond News, May 14, 2013.
  3. Campbell, Alan (December 12, 2018). "Richmond MLA tight-lipped on Huawei ties, as telecom giant's boss is bailed". Richmond News. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  4. Cooper, Sam; Quan, Doug (2017-08-26). "How a murky company with ties to the People's Liberation Army set up shop in B.C." Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
  5. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  6. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. "2017 Provincial General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  8. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  9. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.


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