Sophia Leung

From Asian Canadian Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search

Créer la version française

Sophia Leung


Location

Vancouver




Sophia Ming Ren Leung, CM (梁陳明任 born July 25, 1933) is a Canadian politician. Born in Wuxi, China, she was a social worker before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1997 for the riding of Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia. A Liberal, she was re-elected in 2000. From 2000 to 2003, she was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue. Both before and after her political career, she has been involved in a great deal of volunteer activities.

In 1994, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

Considered for a Senate seat in 2004, Leung remains an active member of the Liberal party and supported Sam Sullivan's bid of mayor of Vancouver.


This article based on content from http://www.wikipedia.org. Original version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Leung

Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Participating
Categories
Toolbox