Teresa Wat is proud to have served the past four years as the MLA for Richmond Centre, and honoured to run for again in Richmond North Centre.
She grew up in Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada in 1989. Wat holds a Masters of Arts in Communications and applied that in her career as a public servant in government, and later in various forms of media from television to radio to print.
Before she ran for office, Wat was president and CEO of Mainstream Broadcasting Corporation (CHMB) AM1320.
She entered public life in 2013, shortly after her husband passed away.
She had always talked about giving back to a province and country that had been so good to them, but never knew their time together would be so short.
“It was up to me, so I ran for office with our grown daughter cheering me on,” she said. “It’s been the greatest privilege of my life to serve the people of Richmond.”
Question: If you were premier for a day, what two pieces of legislation would you enact?
I think we have a pretty good premier now! I want to work with our premier and team to grow our economy, so we can keep making important investments in things like school seismic upgrades and additional long-term care spaces for seniors.
Question: If you had a theme song, what would it be?
Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow by Fleetwood Mac.
