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The Honourable
Raymond Chan
PC
The Honourable Raymond Chan PC
陳卓愉
Member of Parliament; for Richmond
	In office; 2004–2008
Preceded by	Joe Peschisolido
Succeeded by	Alice Wong
	In office; 1993–2000
Preceded by	Tom Siddon
Succeeded by	Joe Peschisolido
Personal details
Born	October 25, 1951 (age 73); Hong Kong
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	divorced and re-married
Residence(s)	Richmond, British Columbia
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Engineer

Raymond Chan PC (Chinese: 陳卓愉; pinyin: Chén Zhuōyú; Jyutping: Can4 Ceok3 Jyu4; born October 25, 1951) is a Canadian engineer and politician. He is among the first Chinese Canadian to be appointed to the Cabinet of Canada. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Chan was elected to Parliament in the 1993 federal election, defeating then Defence Minister Tom Siddon in the riding of Richmond, British Columbia. Elected in 1993, Chan is the third Chinese Canadian represented in Parliament, after Douglas Jung, who secured a seat in 1957, Art Lee in 1974. In 2008, Chan lost his riding of Richmond to Conservative candidate Alice Wong.

Early life

Raymond Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1951.^[1] He emigrated to Canada in 1969,^[1] two years after Canada liberalized its immigration policy. He received a B.A.Sc. degree in Engineering Physics from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1977. From 1977 to 1993, he worked as an engineer for TRIUMF, a particle accelerator laboratory at UBC.^[2]^[3]

Political career

Chan joined the Liberal Party of Canada in 1991 after he was elected as the inaugural president of the Vancouver Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movement in China. Then he was elected to Parliament in the 1993 election,^[4] defeating Defence Minister Tom Siddon in the riding of Richmond, British Columbia. Chan secured the nomination win over future cabinet colleague Herb Dhaliwal, who subsequently chose to run in the adjacent Vancouver South riding. He was then appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien as the Secretary of State for the Asia-Pacific Region for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. He served in this position from 1993 to 2000.

He was defeated in the 2000 election by Joe Peschisolido of the Canadian Alliance. After Peschisolido crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, Chan battled Peschisolido for the Liberal Party's nomination, and won it after a fiercely contested race.^[5]

Chan returned to Parliament in the 2004 election. He was subsequently appointed to the cabinet by Prime Minister Paul Martin as the Minister of State (Multiculturalism) for the Department of Heritage.

Chan was re-elected in 2006, and served as Opposition Critic for the Asia Pacific, Seniors, the Social Economy, and Canada Border Security throughout the 39th session of Parliament.

He was defeated by Conservative Alice Wong in the election of 2008^[6] by more than 8,000 votes. He sought nomination as a Richmond Liberal again in 2009 and was defeated by Peschisolido. He has been a major fundraiser for political candidates since leaving office.^[7]

Electoral history

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Richmond Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Alice Wong	21,329	49.77	+11.08	$79,037
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	13,221	30.85	-11.98	$78,275
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	5,059	11.81	-2.17	$14,221
	Green	Michael Wolfe	2,754	6.43	+1.93	$1,900
	Independent	Wei Ping Chen	397	0.93	–	$6,851
	Independent	Dobie Yiu-Chung To	93	0.22	–	$1,813
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,878	100.0		$86,879
Total rejected ballots			192	0.45	0.01
Turnout			43,070	52	-4
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+11.53

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election: Richmond Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	18,712	42.83	-1.65	$68,055
	Conservative	Darrel Reid	16,904	38.69	+3.37	$73,990
	New Democratic	Neil Smith	6,106	13.98	-1.02	$12,724
	Green	Richard Gordon Mathias	1,967	4.50	+0.25	$2,850
Total valid votes			43,689	100.0
Total rejected ballots			194	0.44	-0.11
Turnout			43,883	56	-6
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.51

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: Richmond Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	18,204	44.48	+2.44	$64,433
	Conservative	Alice Wong	14,457	35.32	-14.51	$71,614
	New Democratic	Dale Jackaman	6,142	15.00	+9.32	$11,072
	Green	Stephen H.F. Kronstein	1,743	4.25	+2.36	$160
	Canadian Action	Allan Warnke	376	0.91	–	$625
Total valid votes			40,922	100.0
Total rejected ballots			226	0.55	+0.08
Turnout			41,148	62.29	+0.59
	Liberal hold		Swing		+8.48

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election: Richmond Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Joe Peschisolido	21,064	44.40	+8.44	$58,128
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	19,940	42.04	-1.77	$63,896
	New Democratic	Gail Paquette	2,695	5.68	-3.88	$10,941
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Peter Tofin	2,578	5.43	-2.85	$4,329
	Green	Kevan Hudson	897	1.89	+0.53	$61
	Natural Law	Kathy McClement	164	0.34	-0.05
	Marxist–Leninist	Edith Petersen	93	0.19	-0.02	$10
Total valid votes			47,431	100.0
Total rejected ballots			218	0.47	-0.03
Turnout			47,649	61.70	-3.19
	Alliance gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.10

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election: Richmond Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	18,165	43.81	+6.81	$53,959
	Reform	Adrian Wade	14,912	35.96	+5.07	$36,549
	New Democratic	Sylvia Surette	3,964	9.56	+3.31	$13,680
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Blaschuk	3,435	8.28	-10.72	$21,581
	Green	Kevan Hudson	565	1.36	+0.78	$19
	Christian Heritage	Randy Cliff	167	0.40	-0.09
	Natural Law	Mark McCooey	164	0.39	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Dorothy-Jean O'Donnell	90	0.21	–	$225
Total valid votes			41,462	100.0
Total rejected ballots			210	0.50
Turnout			41,672	64.89
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.87

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: Richmond Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Chan	21,442	37.00	+14.20
	Reform	Nick Loenen	17,791	30.89	+27.56
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Siddon	11,013	19.00	-25.04
	New Democratic	Sylvia Surette	3,623	6.25	-20.96
	National	Fred Pawluk	2,263	3.91	–
	Green	Kevan Hudson	337	0.58	+0.15
	Natural Law	Kathy McClement	333	0.57	–
	Independent	Judith Campbell	315	0.54	–
	Christian Heritage	Clyde E. Vint	282	0.49	-0.74
	Independent	Jerry Haldeman	254	0.44	–
	Libertarian	Kerry Daniel Pearson	159	0.27	-0.49
	Independent	John Edgar Square-Briggs	29	0.05	–
Total valid votes			57,950	100.0
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-6.68

References

^ ^a ^b 加拿大大選中的華裔候選人 [Chinese Candidate in the Canadian Election]. BBC Chinese. November 27, 2000. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^ "Raymond Chan Wins Another Parliamentary Election" 陈卓愉胜出当选列治文选区国会议员. SinoVision [北美中文网]. January 23, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2018 – via WestCA.com.
^ 加国前多元文化部长：华裔移民不是过客. SinoQuebec.com. February 16, 2006. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^ Raymond Chan (politician) – Parliament of Canada biography
^ "Delta - Richmond East". CBC News. September 20, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
^ "Harper has fresh timber for new cabinet". CTV News. The Canadian Press. October 16, 2008. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
^ Cooper, Sam (October 5, 2020). "Did Canadian politicians know the victims of a targeted shooting at a trendy Richmond restaurant?". Global News. Retrieved October 7, 2020.

External links

How'd They Vote?: Raymond Chan's voting history and quotes
"Raymond Chan (Profile)" by Anthony Wilson-Smith and Chris Wood at The Canadian Encyclopedia

Cabinet post (1)
27th Ministry – Cabinet of Paul Martin
Predecessor	Office	Successor
	Minister of State (Multiculturalism) 2004–2006
26th Ministry – Cabinet of Jean Chrétien
Sub-Cabinet Post
Predecessor	Title	Successor
	Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific) (1993–2001)	Rey Pagtakhan