Anna Lo was a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Belfast South from 2007 to 2016.
14 Facts About Anna Lo
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Anna Lo is a former president of the Alliance Party.
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Anna Lo attended Shau Kei Wan East Government Secondary School.
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Anna Lo moved to Northern Ireland in 1974 after meeting journalist David Watson.
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Anna Lo spent her early years in the country working for the BBC and the Royal Ulster Constabulary as an interpreter.
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Anna Lo is the first and, to date, only ethnic-minority politician elected at a regional level in Northern Ireland and the first politician born in East Asia elected to any legislative body in the United Kingdom.
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Anna Lo used this role to influence the Local Government Bill.
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Anna Lo further improved the freedom of the press at the new Councils by ensuring that journalists and the public can use social media during meetings.
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Anna Lo was selected as the Alliance Party's candidate for the Northern Ireland constituency in the 2014 European Parliament election.
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Anna Lo won the best ever European election performance for the party.
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Anna Lo was awarded an MBE for services to Ethnic Minorities in the 2000 New Year Honours.
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Anna Lo describes herself as anti-colonial and has said the partition of Ireland was "artificial".
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Anna Lo expressed her outrage at First Minister Peter Robinson's defence of Pastor James McConnell, who was accused of making Islamophobic remarks.
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Anna Lo has stated that she views the Democratic Unionist Party to be racist because of decisions like those.