Jenny Kwan (1967 - )

Jenny Kwan is a ground-breaking politician from Vancouver. She was the first Chinese-Canadian cabinet minister in British Columbia, and a senior member of the provincial caucus of the NDP.

• In 1993 at age 26, she was the youngest city councilor in Vancouver’s history.
• When she was elected MLA in 1996, she was one of the first Chinese-Canadians to sit in the BC Legislative Assembly.
• From 2001 to 2005, Kwan and NDP colleague Joy MacPhail were the only MLAs in Opposition in the BC Legislature. The Liberals outnumbered them 77 to 2.
• Kwan speaks Cantonese fluently.
• She has a bachelor of arts in criminology
• Her full name is Jenny Wai Ching Kwan.
• Kwan was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada when she was nine years old.