Teresa Wat

Teresa Wat MLA
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Richmond North Centre Richmond Centre (2013-2017)
Incumbent
Assumed office May 14, 2013
Preceded by	Rob Howard
Personal details
Born	1949 or 1950 (age 74–75)
Political party	BC Liberals
Profession	B.C. Minister of International Trade (2013 - 2017)

Teresa Wat (Chinese: 屈潔冰, born 1949 or 1950) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Richmond North Centre as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party and was appointed Minister of International Trade, and Minister Responsible for the Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism on June 10, 2013 by Premier Christy Clark. She is the president and CEO of Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation CHMB AM1320 and has also served as the news director at Channel M Television (now OMNI BC), and previously served as a communications advisor at B.C.'s Cabinet Policy and Communications Secretariat. She was instrumental in the launch of the first-ever live Cantonese, Mandarin and Punjabi daily television news programs. In 2010, Wat was appointed to the Canadian Women Voters Congress Advisory Board and was appointed one of B.C.'s top 100 most influential women by the Vancouver Sun. She is also currently a board member of the school of journalism at UBC.

Electoral record

2017 British Columbia general election: Richmond North Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	7,916	52.48	$64,973
	New Democratic	Lyren Chiu	5,135	34.04	$19,215
	Green	Ryan Kemp Marciniw	1,579	10.47	$489
	Independent	Dong Pan	336	2.23	$3,687
	Action	John Crocock	117	0.78	$0
Total valid votes			15,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149	0.98
Turnout			15,232	48.06
Registered voters			31,695
Source: Elections BC