| Henry Yao | |||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh-tw | ||||||||
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLA | ||||||||
| Assembly: | British Columbia Legislative | ||||||||
| Constituency Am: | Richmond South Centre | ||||||||
| Term Start: | October 24, 2020 | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Linda Reid | ||||||||
| Party: | New Democratic | ||||||||
| Otherparty: | RITE Richmond | ||||||||
| Birth Name: | Jiun-Hsien Yao[1] | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | [2] | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Taiwan | ||||||||
| Residence: | Richmond, British Columbia | ||||||||
| Alma Mater: | University of British Columbia | ||||||||
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Henry Jiun-Hsien Yao is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.[3] He represents the electoral district of Richmond South Centre as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP).
Born in Taiwan, Yao immigrated to Canada at the age of 11, settling in Richmond, British Columbia.[4] After graduating from Matthew McNair Secondary School, he studied at the University of British Columbia, from which he received a bachelor of arts degree in psychology.[5] He was diagnosed with two types of lymphoma in 2004;[5] [6] after his cancer went into remission, he pursued a career in youth work.[7]
He ran for Richmond City Council twice: the first time in 2014 as an independent candidate,[2] then in 2018 as part of RITE Richmond.[8] Both attempts were unsuccessful.[4]
In the 2020 provincial election, Yao ran in the riding of Richmond South Centre as an NDP candidate, against Alexa Loo of the Liberals. He defeated Loo by a margin of 179 votes, becoming a member of the Legislative Assembly.[3] [9]
Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold
| RITE Richmond | Carol Day (X) | 20,871 | 7.01 | ||
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Harold Steves (X) | 19,136 | 6.43 | ||
| Richmond Community Coalition | Chak Au (X) | 18,026 | 6.05 | ||
| Richmond First | Bill McNulty (X) | 17,242 | 5.79 | ||
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Kelly Greene | 16,464 | 5.53 | ||
| Richmond First | Linda McPhail (X) | 15,521 | 5.21 | ||
| RITE Richmond | Michael Wolfe | 13,627 | 4.58 | ||
| Independent | Alexa Loo (X) | 13,212 | 4.44 | ||
| Richmond First | Derek Dang (X) | 13,115 | 4.40 | ||
| Richmond First | Andy Hobbs | 12,336 | 4.14 | ||
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Judie Schneider | 11,672 | 3.92 | ||
| Richmond Community Coalition | Ken Johnston (X) | 11,161 | 3.75 | ||
| Richmond Community Coalition | Jonathan Ho | 11,140 | 3.74 | ||
| Richmond Citizens' Association | Jack Trovato | 10,915 | 3.67 | ||
| Richmond First | Sunny Ho | 8,933 | 3.00 | ||
| RITE Richmond | Niti Sharma | 8,917 | 2.99 | ||
| RITE Richmond | Henry Yao | 8,467 | 2.84 | ||
| Richmond First | Peter Liu | 8,357 | 2.81 | ||
| Richmond Community Coalition | Parm Bains | 7,973 | 2.68 | ||
| Independent | John Roston | 7,961 | 2.67 | ||
| Richmond Community Coalition | Melissa Zhang | 7,708 | 2.38 | ||
| Independent | Kerry Starchuk | 6,959 | 2.34 | ||
| Independent | Jason Tarnow | 5,720 | 1.92 | ||
| Independent | Adil Awan | 4,278 | 1.44 | ||
| Independent | Manjit Singh | 4,134 | 1.39 | ||
| Independent | Dennis Page | 3,478 | 1.17 | ||
| Independent | Andy Chiang | 3,337 | 1.12 | ||
| Independent | Theresa Head | 3,251 | 1.09 | ||
| Independent | Patrick J. Saunders | 2,241 | 0.75 | ||
| Independent | Zhe Zhang | 2,241 | 0.75 |