Tanya Chan
Tanya Chan | |
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陳淑莊 | |
Member of Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 1 October 2016 | |
Preceded by | Kenneth Chan |
Constituency | Hong Kong Island |
In office 17 May 2010 – 30 September 2012 | |
Preceded by | Herself |
Succeeded by | Kenneth Chan |
Constituency | Hong Kong Island |
In office 1 October 2008 – 28 January 2010 | |
Preceded by | Martin Lee |
Succeeded by | Herself |
Constituency | Hong Kong Island |
Personal details | |
Born | Hong Kong | 14 September 1971
Political party | Civic Party |
Residence(s) | Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
Alma mater | Sacred Heart Canossian College University of Hong Kong (LLB) |
Occupation | Barrister |
Website | http://www.tanyachan.hk |
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Traditional Chinese | 陳淑莊 | ||||||||
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Tanya Chan (Chinese: 陳淑莊; born 14 September 1971 in Hong Kong) is a Legislative Councillor representing Hong Kong Island. She is a founding member of the Civic Party.
Chan is sometimes known as the "Zhou Xun of the Civic Party".[1]
Early life and education
Chan was educated at Sacred Heart Canossian College, and received Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Hong Kong where she also studied the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws.[2]
Political career
In the 2008 LegCo elections, Chan was elected into, and became a member of, the Hong Kong Legislative Council to represent Hong Kong Island, along with Civic Party leader Audrey Eu.
In January 2010, Chan and other four lawmakers, Albert Chan, Alan Leong, Leung Kwok-hung and Wong Yuk-man resigned from LegCo, forcing a by-election, which they would treat as a "de facto referendum" to press the Chinese Government into allowing universal suffrage in Hong Kong.[3] On 16 May 2010, she was re-elected as a lawmaker in the by-election.[4]
Until 2011, she was a member of Central and Western District Council.[5]
In the 2012 legislative election, she stood as the second candidate in Kenneth Chan's list in Hong Kong Island, in an attempt to boost Civic Party's votes and seats. Although Kenneth Chan was elected, she lost re-election under the party-list proportional representation system. In the 2016 legislative election, she was returned to the Legislative Council, succeeding outgoing Kenneth Chan's seat.
References
- ^ "Tanya Chan of the Civic Party", Next Magazine, 18 January 2007
- ^ HK LegCo Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Legco.gov.hk. Retrieved on 2011-06-21.
- ^ Hong Kong MPs quit in attempt to push Beijing towards direct elections The Guardian, 26 January 2010
- ^ Pro-democracy lawmakers win by-elections. Rthk.org.hk (2010-05-17). Retrieved on 2011-06-21.
- ^ Central & Western District Council Members (2008 - 2011)
External links
Media related to Tanya Chan at Wikimedia Commons
- 1971 births
- Alumni of the University of Hong Kong
- Barristers of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Roman Catholics
- Hong Kong people of Shanghainese descent
- District councillors of Central and Western District
- Charter 08 signatories
- Living people
- Civic Party politicians
- Hong Kong women in politics
- HK LegCo Members 2008–12
- HK LegCo Members 2016–20
- Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012
- Hong Kong women lawyers