Daisy Wai
Daisy Wai MPP | |
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Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Seniors and Accessibility | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 26, 2019 | |
Minister | Raymond Cho |
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Richmond Hill | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Reza Moridi |
Personal details | |
Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario |
Spouse | Albert Wai |
Residence | Richmond Hill, Ontario |
Occupation | Businesswoman |
Daisy Wai is a Canadian politician who represents the riding of Richmond Hill in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, she was first elected in the 2018 provincial election, defeating Liberal incumbent Reza Moridi by more than 10,000 votes.[1][2]
Early career
Wai is an entrepreneur who launched her Canadian business through the Prosper Canada's Self-Employment Benefit program. Wai went on to serve as a member of the Prosper Canada's board of directors.[3]
2018 provincial election
Wai stated that her objective was to encourage and increase political involvement within the Chinese community.[2]
Community involvement
Wai is a former member of the York Regional Police Services Board and a former chairperson for the Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce.[4]
Awards
Wai is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Golden and Diamond Memorial Medal, Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce Business Achievement Award,[3] Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs Award, Town of Richmond Hill Volunteer Achievement Award and Canada 150 Women Award.[4]
Electoral record
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Daisy Wai | 16,088 | 52.24 | +1.00 | ||||
Liberal | Roozbeh Farhadi | 9,825 | 31.90 | +3.99 | ||||
New Democratic | Raymond Bhushan | 2,805 | 9.11 | −8.16 | ||||
Green | Hasen Nicanfar | 917 | 2.98 | +0.10 | ||||
New Blue | Les Hoffman | 535 | 1.74 | |||||
Ontario Party | Ramtin Biouckzadeh | 519 | 1.69 | |||||
Moderate | Olga Rykova | 107 | 0.35 | |||||
Total valid votes | 30,796 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 222 | |||||||
Turnout | 31,018 | 36.14 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 85,148 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −1.49 | ||||||
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Daisy Wai | 22,224 | 51.24 | +14.70 | ||||
Liberal | Reza Moridi | 12,108 | 27.92 | -19.86 | ||||
New Democratic | Marco Coletta | 7,490 | 17.27 | +6.30 | ||||
Green | Walter Bauer | 1,248 | 2.88 | -0.26 | ||||
Libertarian | Igor Bily | 301 | 0.69 | -0.50 | ||||
Total valid votes | 43,371 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 444 | 1.02 | ||||||
Turnout | 52.87% | |||||||
Eligible voters | 83,967 | |||||||
Progressive Conservative gain | Swing | |||||||
Source: Elections Ontario[5] |
References
- ^ McLean, Jesse (June 7, 2018). "Richmond Hill goes blue as PC Daisy Wai takes Liberal stronghold". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ a b Zarzour, Kim (June 8, 2018). "PC party's Daisy Wai unseats Liberal Reza Moridi in Richmond Hill". YorkRegion.com. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ a b "Congratulations to Daisy Wai, MPP! - Prosper Canada". prospercanada.org. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ a b Zarzour, Kim (May 17, 2018). "Meet your Richmond Hill riding provincial candidates". YorkRegion.com. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 9. Retrieved January 20, 2019.