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Teresa Wat
MLA
Teresa Wat MLA
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly; for Richmond-Bridgeport
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 9, 2017
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly; for Richmond Centre
	In office; May 14, 2013 – May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Rob Howard
Succeeded by	Dissolved
Personal details
Born	1949 or 1950 (age 74–75); British Hong Kong
Political party	BC Conservative
Other political; affiliations	BC United (until 2024)

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Teresa Wat (Chinese: 屈潔冰, born 1949 or 1950) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election.^[3] She currently represents the electoral district of Richmond-Bridgeport as a member of the Conservative Party of British Columbia. While sitting with BC United she was appointed Minister of International Trade, and Minister Responsible for the Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism on June 10, 2013, by Premier Christy Clark. While provincial minister of trade, Wat worked to court Huawei, China Poly Group, and other companies to invest in British Columbia.^[4]^[5]

In Opposition, Wat has served as the Official Opposition Critic for Trade; for Tourism, Arts, Culture, and Anti-Racism Initiatives; and, as of May 2024, the Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism, Anti-Racism Initiatives, Arts and Culture.

Wat is the president and CEO of Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation CHMB AM1320 and has also served as the news director at Channel M (now OMNI Television British Columbia); she previously served as a communications advisor at British Columbia's Cabinet Policy and Communications Secretariat.^{[citation needed]} In 2010, Wat was appointed to the Canadian Women Voters Congress Advisory Board and was appointed one of British Columbia's top 100 most influential women by the Vancouver Sun. She is a former board member of the School of Journalism at UBC.^{[citation needed]}

Elected as a member of the BC Liberals (renamed BC United in 2023), she defected to the Conservative Party of British Columbia in August 2024.^[6]

Electoral record

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond North Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	7,675	51.26	−1.22	$41,998.62
	New Democratic	Jaeden Dela Torre	5,964	39.83	+5.79	$6,837.05
	Green	Vernon Wang	1,333	8.90	−1.57	$52.72
Total valid votes/expenses limit			14,972	100.00	–	$66,123.96
Total rejected ballots			146	0.97	−0.01
Turnout			15,118	40.36	−7.70
Registered voters			37,459
	Liberal hold		Swing		−3.51
Source: Elections BC^[7]^[8]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Richmond North Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	7,916	52.48	$64,973
	New Democratic	Lyren Chiu	5,135	34.04	$19,215
	Green	Ryan Kemp Marciniw	1,579	10.47	$489
	Independent	Dong Pan	336	2.23	$3,687
	Action	John Crocock	117	0.78	$0
Total valid votes			15,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149	0.98
Turnout			15,232	48.06
Registered voters			31,695
Source: Elections BC^[9]^[10]

v t e 2013 British Columbia general election: Richmond Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Teresa Wat	9,462	49.83	–11.68	$65,821.00
	New Democratic	Frank Yunrong Huang	4,436	23.36	–5.68	$39,418.13
	Green	Michael Wolfe	1,678	8.84	+1.72	$0.00
	Independent	Gary Law	1,617	8.51	—	$46,245.00
	Conservative	Lawrence Chen	961	5.06	—	$4,363.30
	Independent	Richard Lee	754	3.97	—	$9,441.32
	Unparty	Chanel Donovan	82	0.43	—	$165.31
Total valid votes/expenses limit			18,990	100.00	—	$73,218.39
Total rejected ballots			180	0.94	–0.04
Turnout			19,170	43.65	+2.63
Registered voters			43,915
	Liberal hold		Swing		–3.00
Source: Elections BC^[11]^[12]

References

^ Teresa Wat eyes Richmond Centre van den Hemel, Martin. The Review [Richmond, B.C] 23 Jan 2013: 1.
^ "Teresa Wat, 4th B.C. United MLA defects to B.C. Conservatives". www.cbc.ca. 2024-09-29.
^ "Wat retains Richmond Centre for BC Liberals". Richmond News, May 14, 2013.
^ Campbell, Alan (December 12, 2018). "Richmond MLA tight-lipped on Huawei ties, as telecom giant's boss is bailed". Richmond News. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
^ Cooper, Sam; Quan, Doug (2017-08-26). "How a murky company with ties to the People's Liberation Army set up shop in B.C." Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
^ Gangdev, Srushti; Brockman, Charles (2024-07-29). "BC United MLA Teresa Wat defects to BC Conservatives". CityNews Vancouver. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
^ Boegman, Anton (July 27, 2021). "42nd Election Report and Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. pp. 6, 270–272. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
^ "2017 Provincial General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ Archer, Keith (January 21, 2014). "40th Election Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. pp. 414–417. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[1] Teresa Wat eyes Richmond Centre van den Hemel, Martin. The Review [Richmond, B.C] 23 Jan 2013: 1.

[2] "Teresa Wat, 4th B.C. United MLA defects to B.C. Conservatives". www.cbc.ca. 2024-09-29.

[3] "Wat retains Richmond Centre for BC Liberals". Richmond News, May 14, 2013.

[4] Campbell, Alan (December 12, 2018). "Richmond MLA tight-lipped on Huawei ties, as telecom giant's boss is bailed". Richmond News. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-20.

[5] Cooper, Sam; Quan, Doug (2017-08-26). "How a murky company with ties to the People's Liberation Army set up shop in B.C." Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2019-07-20.

[6] Gangdev, Srushti; Brockman, Charles (2024-07-29). "BC United MLA Teresa Wat defects to BC Conservatives". CityNews Vancouver. Retrieved 2024-07-30.

[7] Boegman, Anton (July 27, 2021). "42nd Election Report and Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. pp. 6, 270–272. Retrieved July 31, 2024.

[8] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 7, 2021.

[9] "2017 Provincial General Election Official Results" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

[10] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

[11] Archer, Keith (January 21, 2014). "40th Election Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. pp. 414–417. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[12] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

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+| predecessor1        = [[Rob Howard (politician)|Rob Howard]]
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+| successor1          = ''Dissolved
+''| party               = [[Conservative Party of British Columbia|BC Conservative]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mla-teresa-wat-defects-bc-conservatives-1.7279501 | title=Teresa Wat, 4th B.C. United MLA defects to B.C. Conservatives | website=www.cbc.ca | date=2024-09-29}}</ref>
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-'''Teresa Wat''' ({{zh|屈潔冰}}, born 1949 or 1950) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician, who was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] in the [[2013 British Columbia general election|2013 provincial election]].<ref>[http://www.richmond-news.com/news/retains+Richmond+Centre+Liberals/8385800/story.html "Wat retains Richmond Centre for BC Liberals"]. ''Richmond News'', May 14, 2013.</ref> She represents the electoral district of [[Richmond North Centre]] as a member of the [[British Columbia Liberal Party]] and was appointed Minister of International Trade, and Minister Responsible for the Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism on June 10, 2013 by Premier [[Christy Clark]]. While provincial minister of trade, Wat worked to court [[Huawei]], [[China Poly Group]], and other companies to invest in British Columbia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/news/richmond-mla-tight-lipped-on-huawei-ties-as-telecom-giant-s-boss-is-bailed-1.23532083|title=Richmond MLA tight-lipped on Huawei ties, as telecom giant's boss is bailed|last=Campbell|first=Alan|date=December 12, 2018|website=Richmond News|access-date=2019-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720183304/https://www.richmond-news.com/news/richmond-mla-tight-lipped-on-huawei-ties-as-telecom-giant-s-boss-is-bailed-1.23532083|archive-date=July 20, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/how-a-murky-company-with-ties-to-the-peoples-liberation-army-set-up-shop-in-b-c|title=How a murky company with ties to the People's Liberation Army set up shop in B.C.|last=Cooper|first=Sam|last2=Quan|first2=Doug|date=2017-08-26|website=[[Vancouver Sun]]|language=en|access-date=2019-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720184757/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/how-a-murky-company-with-ties-to-the-peoples-liberation-army-set-up-shop-in-b-c|archive-date=2019-07-20|url-status=live}}</ref>
+'''Teresa Wat''' ({{zh|屈潔冰}}, born 1949 or 1950) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] in the [[2013 British Columbia general election|2013 provincial election]].<ref>[http://www.richmond-news.com/news/retains+Richmond+Centre+Liberals/8385800/story.html "Wat retains Richmond Centre for BC Liberals"]. ''Richmond News'', May 14, 2013.</ref> She currently represents the electoral district of [[Richmond-Bridgeport]] as a member of the [[Conservative Party of British Columbia]]. While sitting with [[BC United]] she was appointed Minister of International Trade, and Minister Responsible for the Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism on June 10, 2013, by Premier [[Christy Clark]]. While provincial minister of trade, Wat worked to court [[Huawei]], [[China Poly Group]], and other companies to invest in British Columbia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/news/richmond-mla-tight-lipped-on-huawei-ties-as-telecom-giant-s-boss-is-bailed-1.23532083|title=Richmond MLA tight-lipped on Huawei ties, as telecom giant's boss is bailed|last=Campbell|first=Alan|date=December 12, 2018|website=Richmond News|access-date=2019-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720183304/https://www.richmond-news.com/news/richmond-mla-tight-lipped-on-huawei-ties-as-telecom-giant-s-boss-is-bailed-1.23532083|archive-date=July 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/how-a-murky-company-with-ties-to-the-peoples-liberation-army-set-up-shop-in-b-c|title=How a murky company with ties to the People's Liberation Army set up shop in B.C.|last=Cooper|first=Sam|last2=Quan|first2=Doug|date=2017-08-26|website=[[Vancouver Sun]]|language=en|access-date=2019-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720184757/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/how-a-murky-company-with-ties-to-the-peoples-liberation-army-set-up-shop-in-b-c|archive-date=2019-07-20}}</ref>
+In Opposition, Wat has served as the Official Opposition Critic for Trade; for Tourism, Arts, Culture, and Anti-Racism Initiatives; and, as of May 2024, the Shadow Minister for Multiculturalism, Anti-Racism Initiatives, Arts and Culture.
-Wat is the president and CEO of Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation [[CHMB]] AM1320 and has also served as the news director at [[CHNM-DT|Channel M Television]] (now OMNI BC), and previously served as a communications advisor at B.C.'s Cabinet Policy and Communications Secretariat. In 2010, Wat was appointed to the Canadian Women Voters Congress Advisory Board and was appointed one of B.C.'s top 100 most influential women by the Vancouver Sun. She is also currently a board member of the school of journalism at UBC.
+Wat is the president and CEO of Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation [[CHMB]] AM1320 and has also served as the news director at [[CHNM-DT|Channel M]] (now OMNI Television British Columbia); she previously served as a communications advisor at British Columbia's Cabinet Policy and Communications Secretariat.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} In 2010, Wat was appointed to the Canadian Women Voters Congress Advisory Board and was appointed one of British Columbia's top 100 most influential women by the Vancouver Sun. She is a former board member of the School of Journalism at UBC.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
+Elected as a member of the [[BC United|BC Liberals]] (renamed BC United in 2023), she defected to the [[Conservative Party of British Columbia]] in August 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gangdev |first=Srushti |last2=Brockman |first2=Charles |date=2024-07-29 |title=BC United MLA Teresa Wat defects to BC Conservatives |url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/07/29/teresa-wat-defects-bc-united-bc-conservatives/ |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=CityNews Vancouver}}</ref>
 ==Electoral record==
+{{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/Richmond North Centre}}
 {{British Columbia provincial election, 2017/Richmond North Centre}}
 {{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Richmond Centre}}
+==See also==
+*[[Wat (surname)]]
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Teresa Wat MLA


Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Richmond-Bridgeport
Incumbent
Assumed office May 9, 2017
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Richmond Centre
In office May 14, 2013 – May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Rob Howard
Succeeded by	Dissolved

Personal details
Born	1949 or 1950 (age 74–75)^[1] British Hong Kong
Political party	BC Conservative^[2]
Other political affiliations	BC United (until 2024)

v t e Current members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
New Democratic	Eby B. Anderson G. Anderson Arora Bailey Beare Begg Blatherwick Boyle Brar Chandra Herbert Chant Chouhan Choi Chow Davidson Dhir Dix Elmore Farnworth Gibson Glumac Greene Higginson Kahlon Kang Krieger Lajeunesse Lore Ma Malcolmson Morissette Neill Osborne Parmar Phillip Popham Rotchford Routledge Sandhu Shah Sharma Sunner Toporowski Whiteside Wickens Yung
Conservative	Rustad Armstrong Banman Bhangu Bird Block Boultbee Brodie Chan Chapman Clare Davis Day Dew Dhaliwal Doerkson Gasper Giddens Halford Hartwell Hepner Kealy Kindy Kooner Loewen Luck Maahs McCall McInnis Milobar Mok K. Neufeld L. Neufeld Paton Rattée Stamer Sturko Tepper Toor Van Popta Warbus Wat Williams Wilson
Green	Botterell Valeriote
Membership per the 2024 British Columbia general election on October 19, 2024.