Doug Bing
{{short description|Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Doctor
| name = Doug Bing
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|60|2011|11|10}}{{cite news |title=Doug Bing |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/doug-bing-2587507 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |agency=Black Press Media |date=2011-11-10 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}
| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia
| residence = Pitt Meadows, British Columbia
| assembly = British Columbia Legislative
| constituency_AM = Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
| term_start = May 14, 2013
| term_end = May 9, 2017
| predecessor = Michael Sather
| successor = Lisa Beare
| party = BC Liberal
| profession = Dentist
| alma_mater = University of British Columbia
| spouse = Helen Henderson
| children =
| module = {{Infobox Chinese | child = yes
| t = 李德明
| s = 李德明
| p = Lǐ Démíng
| j = {{Tone superscript|Lei5 Dak1-ming4}} }}
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Doug Bing ({{zh|t=李德明}}; born 1950 or 1951) is a Canadian politician and dentist who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows from 2013 to 2017, and a Pitt Meadows municipal councillor from 2005 to 2014.
Biography
Born in Vancouver,{{cite web|title=40th Parliament Members at dissolution on April 11, 2017: Dr. Doug Bing |url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members/40th-Parliament/Bing-Doug|publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|access-date=2024-06-01}} Bing is a third-generation Chinese Canadian.{{cite news |url=https://www.mingpaocanada.com/VAN/htm/News/20170412/vas3_r.htm |script-title=zh:李德明爭取撥款維修醫院道路 |trans-title=Doug Bing seeks funding for hospital and road maintenance |publisher=Ming Pao |date=2017-04-12 |access-date=2024-06-01 |language=zh-hant }} He served as president at his high school's student council, and as student representative at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Senate. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from UBC, before graduating with a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the same school in 1977.{{cite web|title=Class notes and events |url=https://www.dentistry.ubc.ca/files/2014/11/Impressions-Fall2013.pdf|work=Impressions, Fall 2013 |publisher=University of British Columbia Faculty of Dentistry|access-date=2024-06-01}} He met his wife Helen at UBC, and the couple opened a dental clinic in Pitt Meadows in 1980; they have three sons together.
He was elected as a Pitt Meadows municipal councillor in 2005, and won re-election in 2008 by finishing in first place.{{cite news |title=Bing bows out of mayor's race in Pitt Meadows |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/bing-bows-out-of-mayors-race-in-pitt-meadows-2594513 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |agency=Black Press Media |last=Martins |first=Monisha |date=2011-08-19 |accessdate=2024-06-01}} After announcing his intention to run for mayor of Pitt Meadows in April 2011, he stepped aside that August and instead sought re-election as councillor. He finished first again at the 2011 civic election and won his third term on council.{{cite news |title=Pitt Meadows councillor seeks local Liberal nod |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/pitt-meadows-councillor-seeks-local-liberal-nod-2593736 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |last=Melnychuk |first=Phil |date=2012-09-20 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}
He was nominated as the British Columbia Liberal Party candidate for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in February 2013,{{cite news |title=B.C. Liberals have their candidate for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/b-c-liberals-have-their-candidate-for-maple-ridge-pitt-meadows-2591620 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |last=Melnychuk |first=Phil |date=2013-02-14 |accessdate=2024-06-01}} and defeated New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Elizabeth Rosenau by 620 votes in the 2013 provincial election to become the riding's MLA.{{cite news |title=Christy Clark says economy a priority after election win |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/christy-clark-says-economy-a-priority-after-election-win-1.1332816 |publisher=CBC News |date=2013-05-15 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}{{cite news |title=B.C. Votes 2017: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows riding profile |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/british-columbia-2017-election-maple-ridge-pitt-meadows-1.4061483 |publisher=CBC News |first=Justin |last=McElroy |date=2017-04-28 |accessdate=2024-06-01}} He stayed on as Pitt Meadows councillor until February 2014 without receiving a salary or expense reimbursement from the city.{{Cite news |last=Martins |first=Monisha |title=MLA-elect could stay on Pitt council |url=http://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/208741731.html |newspaper=Maple Ridge News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215050/http://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/208741731.html |date=2013-05-24 |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}{{cite news |title=Bing to leave Pitt council in February |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/bing-to-leave-pitt-council-in-february-2591888 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |last=Martins |first=Monisha |date=2014-01-22 |accessdate=2024-06-01}} He served on several committees in the 40th Parliament, including the Cabinet Committee on Strong Economy, the Select Standing Committee on Health, and the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs.
He was defeated for re-election in 2017 by NDP candidate Lisa Beare.{{cite news |title=B.C. election 2020: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows results |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7332924/bc-election-2020-maple-ridge-pitt-meadows/ |publisher=Global News |first1= Richard |last1=Zussman |first2=Simon |last2=Little |date=2020-10-25 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}{{cite news |title=NDP sweeps Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Mission |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/home2/orange-wave-in-maple-ridge-pitt-meadows-mission-2609252 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |last=Hall |first=Mike |date=2017-05-11 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}
Electoral record
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2017/Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows}}
{{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows}}
References
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Category:British Columbia municipal councillors
Category:People from Pitt Meadows
Category:Politicians from Vancouver
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:Canadian people of Chinese descent