Patrick Wong

A native of Hong Kong, Wong is a chartered accountant and worked at the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong Housing Authority and a local stock brokerage firm before moving to Canada.[1][2] He attended Simon Fraser University, where he received a B.A. in commerce in 1978.[1][3][4] He obtained his chartered accountant designation in British Columbia in 1982, and worked as a tax auditor for Revenue Canada until co-founding an accounting firm specializing in tax and business consulting services in 1983.[1][3] He served as a commissioner for the Fraser River Port Authority, and became its chair in 1999.[2]

In the 2001 provincial election, he ran for the BC Liberals against incumbent premier and British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) leader Ujjal Dosanjh in the riding of Vancouver-Kensington. With the BC NDP far behind in the polls, Wong unseated Dosanjh by 1,684 votes.[5][6] 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.[1][2] He was also named Minister of State for Immigration and Multicultural Services on September 20, 2004.[2]

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,[6][7] and returned to his accounting practice.[3]

He is married with four children.[1][2]