Wai Young

Wai Young
楊蕭慧儀
Member of Parliament
for Vancouver South
In office
May 30, 2011 – August 4, 2015
Preceded byUjjal Dosanjh
Succeeded byHarjit Sajjan
Personal details
Born (1960-05-20) May 20, 1960 (age 64)
Hong Kong
Political partyConservative (federal)
Coalition Vancouver (municipal)
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
ProfessionPolicy consultant, small business owner
ReligionChristianity
Websitevotewaiyoung.ca

Wai Young (Chinese: 楊蕭慧儀; born May 20, 1960, in Hong Kong) is a Canadian politician from Vancouver, British Columbia. She represented the electoral district of Vancouver South for the Conservative Party of Canada from 2011 to 2015. She was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election, but was defeated by the Liberal Party candidate Harjit Sajjan in the 2015 election.[1] She started her own municipal party, Coalition Vancouver, on June 21, 2018.[2] She is leader of the party and ran as its mayoral candidate for the 2018 municipal election. She unsuccessfully contested the 2019 federal election.

  1. ^ Jon Azpiri (October 19, 2015). "Liberal Harjit Sajjan defeats Tory incumbent Wai Young in Vancouver South". Global News. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  2. ^ McElroy, Justin (June 21, 2018). "'Free the roads': Wai Young joins Vancouver's race for mayor on anti-bike lane platform". CBC. Retrieved October 21, 2018.

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