Michael Lee (Canadian politician)
Michael Lee | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Langara | |
| Assumed office May 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Moira Stilwell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | BC Liberal (Provincial) Conservative (Federal) |
| Residence(s) | Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Alma mater | University of Victoria |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Michael Lee is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Vancouver-Langara as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus.
Prior to his election to the legislative assembly, Lee worked as a partner at Lawson Lundell LLP, a business law firm. Lee also worked as an assistant to former Conservative Prime Minister Kim Campbell and was a youth organizer for the party.[2] He is the son of immigrants from Hong Kong.[3]
In September 2017, Lee announced he would run for the leadership of the BC Liberals. Despite winning the most votes over the first 4 rounds, he finished in third place behind winner Andrew Wilkinson and Dianne Watts.
Electoral record
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Langara | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Michael Lee | 10,047 | 47.46 | −5.14 | $57,579 | |||
| New Democratic | James Wang | 8,058 | 38.06 | −0.22 | $76,064 | |||
| Green | Janet Rhoda Fraser | 2,894 | 13.67 | +8.25 | $6,721 | |||
| Your Political Party | Surinder Singh Trehan | 172 | 0.81 | – | $6,699 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,171 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 138 | 0.65 | −0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,309 | 56.44 | +5.92 | |||||
| Registered voters | 37,754 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "B.C. election 2017: BC Liberals’ Michael Lee elected in Vancouver Langara riding". Global News, May 9, 2017.
- ^ https://www.straight.com/news/942281/why-bc-liberals-might-lean-michael-lee-be-their-next-leader-after-christy-clark
- ^ Michael Lee Ready to Run for BC Liberals in Vancouver-Langara
- ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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