| Honorific-Prefix: | Doctor | ||||||||
| Doug Bing | |||||||||
| Birth Date: | [1] | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||||||
| Residence: | Pitt Meadows, British Columbia | ||||||||
| Assembly: | British Columbia Legislative | ||||||||
| Constituency Am: | Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | ||||||||
| Term Start: | May 14, 2013 | ||||||||
| Term End: | May 9, 2017 | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Michael Sather | ||||||||
| Successor: | Lisa Beare | ||||||||
| Party: | BC Liberal | ||||||||
| Profession: | Dentist | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | University of British Columbia | ||||||||
| Spouse: | Helen Henderson | ||||||||
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Doug Bing (; born 1950 or 1951) is a Canadian politician and dentist who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows from 2013 to 2017, and a Pitt Meadows municipal councillor from 2005 to 2014.
Born in Vancouver,[2] Bing is a third-generation Chinese Canadian.[3] He served as president at his high school's student council, and as student representative at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Senate.[2] He received a Bachelor of Science degree from UBC, before graduating with a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the same school in 1977.[2] [4] He met his wife Helen at UBC, and the couple opened a dental clinic in Pitt Meadows in 1980; they have three sons together.[2] [4]
He was elected as a Pitt Meadows municipal councillor in 2005, and won re-election in 2008 by finishing in first place.[5] After announcing his intention to run for mayor of Pitt Meadows in April 2011, he stepped aside that August and instead sought re-election as councillor.[5] He finished first again at the 2011 civic election and won his third term on council.[6]
He was nominated as the British Columbia Liberal Party candidate for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in February 2013,[7] and defeated New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Elizabeth Rosenau by 620 votes in the 2013 provincial election to become the riding's MLA.[2] [8] [9] He stayed on as Pitt Meadows councillor until February 2014 without receiving a salary or expense reimbursement from the city.[10] [11] He served on several committees in the 40th Parliament, including the Cabinet Committee on Strong Economy, the Select Standing Committee on Health, and the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs.[2]
He was defeated for re-election in 2017 by NDP candidate Lisa Beare.[12] [13]