Patrick Wong (; born May 13, 1947) is an accountant and a former politician in

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. He was a member of the

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from 2001 through 2005, representing the riding of

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. He served as the

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for Immigration and Multicultural Services from September 2004 to April 2005. He is a member of the

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Life and career

A native of

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, Wong is a chartered accountant and worked at the

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and a local stock brokerage firm before moving to Canada. He attended

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, where he received a B.A. in commerce in 1978. He obtained his chartered accountant designation in British Columbia in 1982, and worked as a tax auditor for

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until co-founding an accounting firm specializing in tax and business consulting services in 1983. He served as a commissioner for the

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, and became its chair in 1999. In the 2001 provincial election, he ran for the BC Liberals against incumbent

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and

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(BC NDP) leader

Ujjal Dosanjh Ujjal Dev Dosanjh ( pa, ਉੱਜਲ ਦੇਵ ਦੁਸਾਂਝ) (), (born September 9, 1947) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the 33rd premier of British Columbia from 2000 to 2001 and as a Liberal Party of Canada member of ...

in the riding of

. With the BC NDP far behind in the polls, Wong unseated Dosanjh by 1,684 votes. In his only term in the BC legislature, he served in the Legislative Select Standing Committees on Crown Corporations and Public Accounts, and the Government Caucus Committee on Education. He was also named Minister of State for Immigration and Multicultural Services on September 20, 2004. Wong ran for re-election in the 2005 provincial election against NDP candidate David Chudnovsky. With the NDP regaining support, Wong lost to Chudnovsky by 1,624 votes, and returned to his accounting practice. He is married with four children.

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