Alexa Loo

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Alexa Loo (born October 6, 1972) is a Canadian athlete, accountant and politician, serving as city councillor for Richmond, British Columbia since 2014. As a snowboarder, she competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163451/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/alexa-loo-1.html Olympic results]

Early life and family

Loo was born in Vancouver and raised in the adjacent city of Richmond, British Columbia.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/alexa-loo-chinese-only-signs-in-richmond-ridiculous-1.2844054 |title=Alexa Loo: Chinese-only signs in Richmond 'ridiculous' |date=2014-11-21 |access-date=2023-03-07 |publisher=CBC News }} Her father is Chinese-Canadian, and her mother is of French-English ancestry.{{Cite web |url=https://scoutmagazine.ca/2009/12/01/eleven-minutes-with-alexa-loo-olympic-snowboarding-veteran/ |title=Eleven Minutes With Alexa Loo, Olympic Snowboarding Veteran |date=2009-12-01 |access-date=2023-03-07 |publisher=Scout Magazine }} She attended the University of British Columbia, where she competed as both a rower and swimmer for the Thunderbirds.{{cite web|last=Drexhage |first=Glenn |title=Hooked on racing: Grad's grace under pressure |url=http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/02/08/hooked-on-racing-grad%E2%80%99s-grace-under-pressure/ |work=UBC Reports |publisher=University of British Columbia |accessdate=19 July 2013 |date=February 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914153054/http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2010/02/08/hooked-on-racing-grad%E2%80%99s-grace-under-pressure/ |archivedate=14 September 2013 }} After graduating with a bachelor of commerce degree in 1994, she joined accounting firm KPMG, eventually gaining the chartered accountant designation.{{Cite web |url=https://www.straight.com/article-268507/persistence-personified |title=Snowboarder Alexa Loo is persistence personified |first=Jack |last=Christie |date=2009-11-04 |access-date=2023-03-07 |publisher=The Georgia Straight }}

Loo married Ari Goosen shortly after the 2010 Winter Olympics; the couple has two sons.{{Cite news|last=Booth|first=Mark|title=Olympian turns her attention to Kidsport Richmond|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-sports/olympian-turns-her-attention-to-kidsport-richmond-2967765|access-date=2023-03-08|date=2014-01-29|website=Richmond News}}

Snowboarding career

She began snowboarding at 15 years old, and joined a racing club in 1995. By the 2000s, she was coached by Mark Fawcett; she also counted Jasey-Jay Anderson among her mentors.

In 2006 she won a bronze medal in the woman's parallel giant slalom (PGS) at the World Cup in Plan de Corones, Italy, becoming the first Canadian woman to earn a World Cup medal in alpine snowboarding. At that year's Winter Olympics in Turin, she finished 20th overall in the women's PGS qualifying runs.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/alexa-loo |title=Alexa Loo Biography |access-date=2023-03-07 |publisher=International Olympic Committee }}

After finishing 12th in women's PGS at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she announced her retirement from competitive snowboarding in July that year.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/veteran-snowboarder-alexa-loo-retires-1.915127 |title=Veteran snowboarder Alexa Loo retires |date=2010-07-22 |access-date=2023-03-07 |publisher=The Canadian Press, via CBC Sports }}

Other career highlights include:{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

Finished ninth in PGS at the World Cup Lac Beauport, Quebec.
Gold medalist in PGS at the Nor Am Cup in Copper Mountain (Colorado).
Eighth in PGS at the 2005 World Cup, Tandadalen, Sweden.
16th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Sapporo-Makomanai, Japan.
17th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy.
Silver medalist in parallel slalom at the 2005 NorAm Cup PSL, Sun Peaks, British Columbia.
14th in PGS at the 2004 World Cup, Soelden, Austria.

Loo served as the athlete representative to the International Ski Federation (FIS) and for many years sat on the board of directors of AthletesCAN {{Cite web |url=http://www.athletescan.com/about/board-of-directors/past-board/ |title=AthletesCAN website - Prior Board Members List |access-date=2014-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213004025/http://www.athletescan.com/about/board-of-directors/past-board/ |archive-date=2014-02-13 |url-status=dead }} - the association of Canada's national team athletes.

Politics

Loo ran for Richmond City Council for the first time in the 2011 municipal election; she finished in 11th place and was not elected.{{Cite news|last=Wood|first=Graeme|title=Alexa Loo to make second attempt at city council|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/alexa-loo-to-make-second-attempt-at-city-council-2985342|access-date=2023-02-27|date=2014-09-16|website=Richmond News}} She ran again in the 2014 municipal election as an independent candidate, this time winning a council seat by finishing eighth overall.{{Cite news|last=Wood|first=Graeme|title=Community activist Carol Day and Olympian Loo win seats on Richmond council|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/community-activist-carol-day-and-olympian-loo-win-seats-on-richmond-council-2989160|access-date=2023-02-27|date=2014-11-14|website=Richmond News}} She was re-elected for a second term in 2018.{{cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/technology/veteran+richmond+mayor+malcolm+brodie+wins+sixth+term/10385561/story.html|title=Veteran Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie wins sixth term|work=Vancouver Sun|date=16 November 2014|accessdate=7 October 2017}}

In September 2020, Loo became the British Columbia Liberal Party candidate for the riding of Richmond South Centre, in a bid to replace retiring member of the Legislative Assembly Linda Reid.{{Cite news |url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/updated-richmond-coun-alexa-loo-to-run-provincially-3127865 |title=Updated: Richmond Coun. Alexa Loo to run provincially |date=2020-09-21 |access-date=2023-03-07 |publisher=Richmond News |first=Maria |last=Rantanen }} In the October 24, 2020 provincial election, she lost to New Democratic Party candidate Henry Yao by a margin of 179 votes.{{Cite news|last=Rantanen|first=Maria|title=Update: NDP secures third provincial seat in Richmond|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/update-ndp-secures-third-provincial-seat-in-richmond-3144719|access-date=2023-02-27|date=2020-11-07|website=Richmond News}}{{Cite news|last=Larsen|first=Karin|title=Projected Green seat flipped to Liberals following tightest race in B.C.|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/green-liberal-seat-flip-tightest-b-c-race-1.5794297|access-date=2023-02-27|date=2020-11-07|website=CBC News}}

She was re-elected to Richmond City Council for a third term in 2022, this time running as a candidate for ONE Richmond.{{Cite news|last=Campbell|first=Alan|title=Municipal election: Mayoral, city council candidate profiles|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/2022-civic-election/municipal-election-mayoral-city-council-candidate-profiles-5926248|access-date=2023-02-27|date=2022-10-08|website=Richmond News}}

Electoral history

= Provincial elections =

{{British Columbia provincial election, 2020/Richmond South Centre}}

= Municipal elections =

Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold

class="wikitable" \|+2018 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council ! colspan="2" \| Party ! Council candidate ! Vote ! %
style="background:#472D8C;" width="30px"\| \| RITE Richmond	Carol Day (X)	20,871	7.01
style="background:#002F6C;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Citizens' Association	Harold Steves (X)	19,136	6.43
style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Community Coalition	Chak Au (X)	18,026	6.05
style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond First	Bill McNulty (X)	17,242	5.79
style="background:#002F6C;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Citizens' Association	Kelly Greene	16,464	5.53
style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond First	Linda McPhail (X)	15,521	5.21
style="background:#472D8C;" width="30px"\| \| RITE Richmond	Michael Wolfe	13,627	4.58
style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"\| \| Independent	Alexa Loo (X)	13,212	4.44
style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond First	Derek Dang (X)	13,115	4.40
style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond First	Andy Hobbs	12,336	4.14
style="background:#002F6C;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Citizens' Association	Judie Schneider	11,672	3.92
style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Community Coalition	Ken Johnston (X)	11,161	3.75
style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Community Coalition	Jonathan Ho	11,140	3.74
style="background:#002F6C;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Citizens' Association	Jack Trovato	10,915	3.67
style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond First	Sunny Ho	8,933	3.00
style="background:#472D8C;" width="30px"\| \| RITE Richmond	Niti Sharma	8,917	2.99
style="background:#472D8C;" width="30px"\| \| RITE Richmond	Henry Yao	8,467	2.84
style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond First	Peter Liu	8,357	2.81
style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Community Coalition	Parm Bains	7,973	2.68
style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"\| \| Independent	John Roston	7,961	2.67
style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Community Coalition	Melissa Zhang	7,708	2.38
style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"\| \| Independent	Kerry Starchuk	6,959	2.34
style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"\| \| Independent	Jason Tarnow	5,720	1.92
style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"\| \| Independent	Adil Awan	4,278	1.44
style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"\| \| Independent	Manjit Singh	4,134	1.39
style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"\| \| Independent	Dennis Page	3,478	1.17
style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"\| \| Independent	Andy Chiang	3,337	1.12
style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"\| \| Independent	Theresa Head	3,251	1.09
style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"\| \| Independent	Patrick J. Saunders	2,241	0.75
style="background:gainsboro" width="30px"\| \| Independent	Zhe Zhang	2,241	0.75

class="wikitable" \|+2014 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council ! colspan="2" \| Party ! Council candidate ! Vote ! %
style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond First	Bill McNulty	17,417	7.08
style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Community Coalition	Chak Au	15,742	6.40
style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond First	Linda McPhail	15,679	6.37
style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond First	Derek Dang	14,844	6.03
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Harold Steves	14,417	5.86
style="background:#472D8C;" width="30px"\| \| Rite Richmond	Carol Day	13,389	5.44
style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Community Coalition	Ken Johnston	12,792	5.20
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Alexa Loo	12,595	5.12
style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond First	Andy Hobbs	12,013	4.88
style="background:#472D8C;" width="30px"\| \| Rite Richmond	Michael Wolfe	11,765	4.78
style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Community Coalition	Dan Baxter	9,952	4.04
style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Community Coalition	Kirby Graeme	9,869	4.01
style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Community Coalition	Sal Bhullar	8,965	3.64
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Dave Semple	8,566	3.48
style="background:#00945B;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond First	Elsa Wong	8,500	3.45
style="background:#1F4991;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Community Coalition	Helen Quan	8,375	3.40
style="background:#D00B26;" width="30px"\| \| Richmond Reform	Sunny Ho	6,926	2.81
style="background:#FF0000;" width="30px"\| \| Renew Richmond	Grace Tsang	6,222	2.53
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Roy Sakata	5,824	2.37
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Jerome Dickey	4,708	1.91
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Henry Juin-Hsien Yao	4,412	1.79
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Jennifer Huang	3,977	1.62
style="background:#FF0000;" width="30px"\| \| Renew Richmond	Adil Awan	3,587	1.46
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Janos Bergman	3,248	1.32
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Don Montgomery	2,997	1.22
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Laura Nastasa	2,295	0.93
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Patrick S. Saunders	2,108	0.86
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Kristian von Schalburg	1,619	0.66
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Gary Yuill	1,406	0.57
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Lee Gildemeester	1,258	0.51
style="background:gainsboro"\| \| Independent	Jun L. Wuyan	694	0.28