Chak Au | |
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.jpg) Au in 2017 | |
| Member of Parliament forRichmond Centre—Marpole | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Wilson Miao |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Other political affiliations | BC NDP (2017) |
Chak Kwong AuMP (Chinese: 區澤光) is aCanadian politician. A member of theConservative Party, he has representedRichmond Centre—Marpole in theHouse of Commons since the2025 federal election.[1] Au is a member of theRichmond City Council, initially elected in 2011.[2][3]
He immigrated to Canada fromHong Kong in 1988 where he served as an assistant professor at theChinese University of Hong Kong, and is a family therapist by profession.[4]
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Richmond Centre—Marpole | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Chak Au | 23,532 | 49.56 | +14.11 | ||||
| Liberal | Wilson Miao | 21,232 | 44.71 | +6.13 | ||||
| New Democratic | Martin Li | 2,109 | 4.44 | –15.94 | ||||
| Green | Michael Sisler | 420 | 0.88 | –2.25 | ||||
| People's | David Wang | 193 | 0.41 | –2.05 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,486 | 100.0 | – | $127,851.47 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 332 | 0.69 | –0.30 | |||||
| Turnout | 47,818 | 59.59 | +13.37 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,248 | |||||||
| Conservativenotional gain fromLiberal | Swing | +3.99 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[5] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election:Richmond South Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Linda Reid | 6,914 | 48.72 | $68,363 | ||||
| New Democratic | Chak Au | 5,716 | 40.28 | $71,475 | ||||
| Green | Greg Powell | 1,561 | 11.00 | $379 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 14,191 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 171 | 1.19 | ||||||
| Turnout | 14,362 | 46.70 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 30,753 | |||||||
| Source:Elections BC[6][7] | ||||||||