Tony Tang is a Hong Kong-born Canadian engineer and city councillor. He was elected as part of the Vision Vancouver slate in 2011.[1] He was defeated in his bid for re-election in the November 15, 2014 civic election, placing 16th in the race for 10 council positions with 49,414 votes.[2]

Life and career

A native of Hong Kong, Tang immigrated to Canada in 1969[3] and worked in the home construction sector for more than 22 years.[4] He holds a master's degree in engineering from the University of British Columbia,[5] and studied art through the Alberta College of Art. An engineer by profession, he is able to speak Cantonese and Mandarin fluently and was a board member of the Shaughnessy Heights Property Owners' Association for five years between 2001 and 2006.[6][7] He was the chair of the Vancouver board of variance.[8] In September 2009 he was accused by Ray Tomlin, a member of the Vancouver Board of Variance who subsequently fired after the making the allegation,[9] of violating the Vancouver Charter by holding meetings in private.[10][11][12]

Board memberships

  • Hastings Institute Board[7]
  • Vancouver City Planning Commission[7]
  • Seniors Advisory Committee[7]
  • Gastown Historic Area Planning Committee[7]

References

  1. ↑ Liking the view, Vancouver voted Vision, The Globe and Mail, September 6, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2014 civic election results City of Vancouver, retrieved November 18, 2014
  3. ↑ Vancouver city council rookies acknowledge learning curve, Vancouver Courier, November 29, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Tony Tang - City Council". Vision Vancouver. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  5. ↑ History could be on the side of Vision Vancouver council candidate Tony Tang, Georgia Straight, November 18, 2011.
  6. ↑ Jenny Uechi (November 10, 2011). "Meet Vision Vancouver city council candidate Tony Tang". Vancouver Observer. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Councillor Tony Tang". City of Vancouver. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
  8. ↑ Tony Tang gets some name recognition help, Georgia Straight, November 15, 2011.
  9. ↑ Vancouver city council fires Ray Tomlin from the board of variance, Georgia Straight, September 26, 2009.
  10. ↑ Vancouver board of variance turns on Ray Tomlin, Georgia Straight, September 24, 2009.
  11. ↑ In wake of Ray Tomlin firing, city considers changing board of variance bylaw, Georgia Straight, October 1, 2009.
  12. ↑ Meet Vision Vancouver city council candidate Tony Tang, Vancouver Observer, November 10, 2011.
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