Terry Yung
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Terry Yung
| native_name = {{nobold|楊子亮}}
| native_name_lang = zh-hant
| image = Terry Yung, BC NDP candidate for Vancouver-Yaletown.jpg
| caption = Yung in 2024
| honorific_suffix = MLA
| office = Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services of British Columbia
| term_start = November 18, 2024
| term_end =
| premier = David Eby
| predecessor = Position established
| successor =
| assembly1 = British Columbia Legislative
| constituency_AM1 = Vancouver-Yaletown
| term_start1 = October 19, 2024
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Riding established
| successor1 =
| occupation = Police officer (Ret.)
| birth_place = British Hong Kong
| party = New Democratic Party of British Columbia
| spouse = Sarah Kirby-Yung
| alma_mater = University of Southern California
Royal Roads University
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|
|c =
|t = 楊子亮
|s = 杨子亮
|y =
|j = Joeng4 Zi2 Loeng6
}}
}}
Terry Yung ({{zh|t=楊子亮|s=杨子亮|first=t}}) is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2024, representing the electoral district of Vancouver-Yaletown.{{cite news |title=Veteran police officer Terry Yung wins Yaletown MLA seat |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/terry-yung-bc-ndp-vancouver-yaletown-mla-results |date=2024-10-20 |work=Daily Hive |first=Kenneth |last=Chan |access-date=2025-01-08 }} A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), he is currently Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services.
Biography
Born in Hong Kong,{{Cite web |date=2012-05-11 |title=Working Lives Vancouver: Police officer |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-radio-and-tv-18004714 |access-date=2025-01-08 |publisher=BBC News |language=en}} Yung attended a boarding school in the United Kingdom before enrolling in the University of Southern California, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree.{{cite web |url=https://www.singtao.ca/3782931/?variant=zh-hk |script-title=zh:當差25載做義工24年 楊子亮助新移民融入 |trans-title=25 years as a police officer and 24 years as a volunteer, Terry Yung has helped new immigrants integrate |publisher=Sing Tao News |date=2019-09-22 |access-date=2025-01-08 |language=zh-hant }} He also has a master of arts degree from Royal Roads University.{{Cite web |title=Honourable Terry Yung |url=https://news.gov.bc.ca/ministries/community-safety-and-integrated-services/biography |access-date=2025-01-08 |publisher=Government of British Columbia |language=en}} He moved to Vancouver in the early 1990s and became a police officer with the Vancouver Police Department, serving on the force for thirty years and attaining the rank of inspector.{{Cite web |last=Yung |first=Terry |date=October 10, 2024 |title=Opinion: Three core priorities to improve public safety in BC communities |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-ndp-terry-yung-public-safety |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=Daily Hive |language=en}}
He was a board member of local organizations such as Covenant House Vancouver, Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver and the Justice Institute of British Columbia, and served as board chair for immigrant services organization SUCCESS. Until 2018 he also sat on the board of the Non-Partisan Association (NPA), a Vancouver municipal party; his wife Sarah Kirby-Yung was elected Vancouver city councillor in that year's municipal election as an NPA candidate.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Charlie |date=2018-10-22 |title=Over time, the NPA council caucus at Vancouver City Hall could turn out to be far from united |url=https://www.straight.com/news/1154361/over-time-npa-council-caucus-vancouver-city-hall-could-turn-out-be-far-united |access-date=2025-01-08 |publisher=The Georgia Straight |language=en}}
He was acclaimed as the BC NDP's candidate for the newly established riding of Vancouver-Yaletown in the 2024 provincial election,{{Cite news |last=Nassar |first=Hana Mae |date=2024-08-08 |title=Terry Yung to run for BC NDP in Vancouver-Yaletown |url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/08/08/terry-yung-bc-ndp-vancouver-yaletown-candidate/ |access-date=2024-10-23 |publisher=CityNews Vancouver |language=en}} and was elected the riding's member of the Legislative Assembly with over 49% of the vote.{{cite news |url=https://www.mingpaocanada.com/van/htm/News/20241020/var3_r.htm |script-title=zh:楊子亮一擊即中 奪溫哥華耶魯鎮 |trans-title=Terry Yung wins on first try, takes Vancouver-Yaletown |publisher=Ming Pao |date=2024-10-20 |access-date=2025-01-08 |language=zh-hant }} He was named to the cabinet of Premier David Eby on November 18, 2024 to serve as Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services.{{cite web|url=https://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/reference/davidebycabinet.pdf |title=David Eby Cabinet: 2022-Present |publisher=Legislative Library of British Columbia |access-date=2025-01-03 }}{{Cite news |first1=Courtney |last1=Dickson |first2=Katie |last2=DeRosa |date=2024-11-18 |title=27 cabinet ministers sworn in as B.C.'s new NDP government takes power |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ndp-cabinet-swearing-in-2024-1.7386565 |access-date=2025-01-08 |publisher=CBC News |language=en}}
Electoral record
{{2024 British Columbia general election/Vancouver-Yaletown}}
References
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Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Category:British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs
Category:Canadian people of Chinese descent
Category:Canadian police officers
Category:Hong Kong emigrants to Canada
Category:Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia
Category:Politicians from Vancouver
Category:Royal Roads University alumni