Robert Charles Wong is a former politician in Ontario, Canada.
16 Facts About Bob Wong
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Bob Wong is the first Canadian of Chinese descent to be elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, represented the downtown Toronto riding of Fort York from 1987 and 1999 as a Liberal.
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Bob Wong served as a cabinet minister in the provincial government of David Peterson, making him the first Canadian of Chinese descent to serve in a provincial cabinet.
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Bob Wong was a special assistant of the Minister of National Health and Welfare John Munro from 1968 to 1970, and served as special advisor to Stanley Haidasz, Canada's first Minister of State for Multiculturalism in 1972.
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Bob Wong later served as president of the Toronto District Liberal Association from 1974 to 1976, and of the Ontario Chinese Liberal Association in 1986.
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Bob Wong chaired the Toronto Ontario Olympic Committee, and was a member of the Multicultural Advisory Council.
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Bob Wong is the author of "Computing: An Introduction" and the co-author of "Algorithms", both published in 1967.
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Bob Wong was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating Joe Pantalone of the New Democratic Party by 137 votes in the downtown Toronto riding of Fort York.
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Bob Wong's election made him the first Canadian of Chinese descent elected to Queen's Park, and the fifth Chinese Canadian to hold elected office at the federal or provincial levels.
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Bob Wong was appointed to cabinet on September 29,1987 as Minister of Energy.
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Bob Wong was named Minister of Citizenship responsible for race relations, multiculturalism and Ontario Human Rights Commission on August 2,1989.
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Bob Wong is the second visible minority person to serve in the Ontario provincial cabinet, and the first Chinese Canadian cabinet minister in Canada.
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The Liberals were defeated by the NDP in the 1990 provincial election, and Bob Wong lost the Fort York riding by about 1,500 votes to Rosario Marchese.
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Bob Wong sought to return to the legislature in the 1995 election, but lost again to Marchese by over 2,000 votes.
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Bob Wong supported Gerard Kennedy for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1996.
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Bob Wong was later appointed chair of the Canadian Automobile Association Ontario's Government and Public Affairs Committee.