Richard Lee (Canadian politician)


Richard T. Lee is a Canadian politician. He was born in People's Republic of China in 1954. He was a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Lee served four consecutive terms for 16 years as MLA. He also served as the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
Lee was the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate with New Democratic Party's Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Party of Canada's Jay Shin for a by-election in Burnaby South that was held on February 25, 2019.

Biography

Lee represented the riding of North Burnaby since the 2001 election. He was re-elected in the 2005 election, 2009 election and 2013 election before being defeated in 2017. He served as Parliamentary Secretary for the Asia-Pacific Initiative from June 2005 to May 2009. Lee previously served as deputy chair of the Special Committee to Appoint a Merit Commissioner and chair of the Government Caucus Asian Economic Development Committee.
In June 2013, Lee was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for the Asia Pacific Strategy to the Minister of International Trade and Minister Responsible for the Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism.
In December 2013, Lee was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for traditional Chinese medicine.
In April 2015, a constituent in Burnaby North launched a Recall petition under the BC Elections Act. The proponent turned in less than 10% of the required number of signatures and the petition failed.
In September 2015, Lee was appointed as the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the first MLA of Asian descent in B.C. to serve in that capacity.

Partial electoral results