1. Chungsen Leung was born in Taipei, Taiwan on July 14,1950.
13 Facts About Chungsen Leung
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Chungsen Leung has business experience in the tourism and hospitality sector.
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Chungsen Leung was a business owner and chief executive officer of four Richmond Hill small and medium size enterprises, as well as, a past director and audit chair of the Xenos Group, a Toronto Stock Exchange listed public company in software development and engineering, and a director with Active Growth Capital.
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Chungsen Leung is a director of the York Central Hospital Foundation, and a director of the Toronto Regional Conservation Authority Foundation.
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Chungsen Leung was the candidate for Willowdale representing the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the 2000 federal election, losing to Liberal candidate Jim Peterson.
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Chungsen Leung was elected to the House in 2011 as the MP for Willowdale, and has served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism since May 25,2011.
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Chungsen Leung was defeated in the 2015 federal election by Liberal candidate Ali Ehsassi.
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Chungsen Leung is married to Deborah Chute, and together they have one child, Elysia.
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Chungsen Leung has lived in the Willowdale riding for over two decades.
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Chungsen Leung trained to play the bagpipes at Cape Breton's Gaelic College after becoming enamored with the instrument during a family vacation to Scotland.
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Chungsen Leung played two times for Queen Elizabeth II: once in 2002 for her Ontario Golden Jubilee celebrations and again in 2004, when he was asked to play for her in her summer retreat at Balmoral Castle.
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Chungsen Leung played the bagpipes for Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge during their 2011 royal tour of Canada.
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Chungsen Leung is a cross country skier, a scuba instructor, an Eagle Scout and the Parliamentary Liaison to Scouts Canada.