Michael Lee (Canadian politician)
Michael Lee is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Vancouver-Langara as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus.
Michael Lee | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Langara | |
| Assumed office May 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Moira Stilwell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | BC Liberal (Provincial) Conservative (Federal) |
| Alma mater | University of Victoria |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Prior to his election to the legislative assembly, Lee worked as a partner at Lawson Lundell LLP, a business law firm. Lee also worked as an assistant to former Conservative Prime Minister Kim Campbell and was a youth organizer for the party.[2] He is the son of immigrants from Hong Kong.[3]
In September 2017, Lee announced he would run for the leadership of the BC Liberals. Despite winning the most votes over the first 4 rounds, he finished in third place behind winner Andrew Wilkinson and Dianne Watts.
Lee is rumoured to be considering running to be the next leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party in its upcoming leadership contest.[4][5]
Electoral record
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Langara | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Michael Lee | 9,888 | 48.51 | +1.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tesicca Chi-Ying Truong | 8,431 | 41.36 | +3.30 | ||||
| Green | Stephanie Hendy | 1,840 | 9.03 | −4.64 | ||||
| Libertarian | Paul Matthews | 224 | 1.10 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 20,383 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Vancouver-Langara | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Michael Lee | 10,047 | 47.46 | −5.14 | $57,579 | |||
| New Democratic | James Wang | 8,058 | 38.06 | −0.22 | $76,064 | |||
| Green | Janet Rhoda Fraser | 2,894 | 13.67 | +8.25 | $6,721 | |||
| Your Political Party | Surinder Singh Trehan | 172 | 0.81 | – | $6,699 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,171 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 138 | 0.65 | −0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 21,309 | 56.44 | +5.92 | |||||
| Registered voters | 37,754 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[7][8] | ||||||||
References
- "B.C. election 2017: BC Liberals’ Michael Lee elected in Vancouver Langara riding". Global News, May 9, 2017.
- https://www.straight.com/news/942281/why-bc-liberals-might-lean-michael-lee-be-their-next-leader-after-christy-clark
- Michael Lee Ready to Run for BC Liberals in Vancouver-Langara
- Zussman, Richard (January 21, 2021). "Andrew Wilkinson still has not resigned as leader of the BC Liberals". Global News. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- Palmer, Vaughn (January 20, 2021). "With Stone out of the running for B.C. Liberals, speculation turns to Kevin Falcon". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
- "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.