Terry Yung

The Honourable
Terry Yung
MLA
楊子亮
Yung in 2024
Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 18, 2024
PremierDavid Eby
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Vancouver-Yaletown
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2024
Preceded byRiding established
Personal details
BornBritish Hong Kong
Political partyNew Democratic Party of British Columbia
SpouseSarah Kirby-Yung
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
Royal Roads University
OccupationPolice officer (Ret.)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese楊子亮
Simplified Chinese杨子亮
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJoeng4 Zi2 Loeng6

Terry Yung (traditional Chinese: 楊子亮; simplified Chinese: 杨子亮) is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2024, representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Yaletown.[1] A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), he is currently Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services.

Biography

Born in Hong Kong,[2] Yung attended a boarding school in the United Kingdom before enrolling in the University of Southern California, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree.[3] He also has a master of arts degree from Royal Roads University.[3][4] He moved to Vancouver in the early 1990s and became a police officer with the Vancouver Police Department,[2][3] serving on the force for thirty years and attaining the rank of inspector.[1][5]

He was a board member of local organizations such as Covenant House Vancouver, Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver and the Justice Institute of British Columbia, and served as board chair for immigrant services organization SUCCESS.[3][4] Until 2018 he also sat on the board of the Non-Partisan Association (NPA), a Vancouver municipal party; his wife Sarah Kirby-Yung was elected Vancouver city councillor in that year's municipal election as an NPA candidate.[6]

He was acclaimed as the BC NDP's candidate for the newly established riding of Vancouver-Yaletown in the 2024 provincial election,[7] and was elected the riding's member of the Legislative Assembly with over 49% of the vote.[1][8] He was named to the cabinet of Premier David Eby on November 18, 2024 to serve as Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services.[4][9][10]

Electoral record

2024 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Yaletown
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Terry Yung 9,018 49.8%
Conservative Melissa de Genova 7,858 43.4%
Green Dana-Lyn Mackenzie 1,248 6.9%
Total valid votes 18,124 –
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c Chan, Kenneth (October 20, 2024). "Veteran police officer Terry Yung wins Yaletown MLA seat". Daily Hive. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Working Lives Vancouver: Police officer". BBC News. May 11, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d 當差25載做義工24年 楊子亮助新移民融入 [25 years as a police officer and 24 years as a volunteer, Terry Yung has helped new immigrants integrate] (in Traditional Chinese). Sing Tao News. September 22, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Honourable Terry Yung". Government of British Columbia. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  5. ^ Yung, Terry (October 10, 2024). "Opinion: Three core priorities to improve public safety in BC communities". Daily Hive. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  6. ^ Smith, Charlie (October 22, 2018). "Over time, the NPA council caucus at Vancouver City Hall could turn out to be far from united". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  7. ^ Nassar, Hana Mae (August 8, 2024). "Terry Yung to run for BC NDP in Vancouver-Yaletown". CityNews Vancouver. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  8. ^ 楊子亮一擊即中 奪溫哥華耶魯鎮 [Terry Yung wins on first try, takes Vancouver-Yaletown] (in Traditional Chinese). Ming Pao. October 20, 2024. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  9. ^ "David Eby Cabinet: 2022-Present" (PDF). Legislative Library of British Columbia. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
  10. ^ Dickson, Courtney; DeRosa, Katie (November 18, 2024). "27 cabinet ministers sworn in as B.C.'s new NDP government takes power". CBC News. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  11. ^ https://globalnews.ca/news/10779134/bc-election-2024-results-vancouver-yaletown/

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