| Kenny Chiu | |||||||||||
| Office: | Shadow Minister for Diversity, Inclusion and Youth | ||||||||||
| 1Blankname: | Shadowing | ||||||||||
| 1Namedata: | Bardish Chagger | ||||||||||
| Leader: | Erin O'Toole | ||||||||||
| Term Start: | September 7, 2020 | ||||||||||
| Term End: | September 20, 2021 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Position established | ||||||||||
| Riding1: | Steveston—Richmond East | ||||||||||
| Parliament1: | Canadian | ||||||||||
| Term Start1: | October 21, 2019 | ||||||||||
| Term End1: | August 15, 2021 | ||||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Joe Peschisolido | ||||||||||
| Successor1: | Parm Bains | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | British Hong Kong | ||||||||||
| Profession: | Software engineer | ||||||||||
| Party: | Conservative | ||||||||||
| Residence: | Richmond, British Columbia[1] | ||||||||||
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Kenny Chiu (; born 1965) is a former Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Steveston—Richmond East in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 federal election.[2]
Chiu immigrated to Canada in 1982 from Hong Kong,[3] and studied computer science at the University of Saskatchewan. In 2011, he was elected as a Richmond school board trustee.[4] He ran in the 2015 federal election for Steveston—Richmond East[5] and was defeated by Joe Peschisolido.[6] He ran again in 2019, this time defeating Peschisolido.
He lost to the Liberal candidate, Parm Bains, in the 2021 federal election.[7] He was an outspoken critic of Beijing’s crackdown on dissent and protest in Hong Kong, which led to a state-sponsored disinformation campaign against him contributing to his defeat.[8] [9] [10] A report by Global Affairs Canada stated that Chiu was targeted by social media accounts controlled by the China News Service.[11]