1. Tany Yao was born on 1971 and is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2015 and 2019 Alberta general elections to represent the electoral district of Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo in the 29th and 30th Alberta Legislatures.
14 Facts About Tany Yao
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Tany Yao's mother, Keiko, was a nurse within the community.
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Tany Yao graduated from Fort McMurray Composite High School in 1989 and enrolled in the EMT program at Portage College in Lac La Biche, Alberta.
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Tany Yao was involved in the effort to fight the House River Fire in 2002.
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In 2007, Tany Yao worked as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Operations - EMS for the region of Wood Buffalo.
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In late 2014 Tany Yao considered running for office after Wildrose party was in disarray after leader Danielle Smith and eight other MLAs crossed the floor to the ruling Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta.
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Tany Yao supported Jean in the 2017 UCP leadership election, ultimately won by Jason Kenney, held after the Wildrose Party and Progressive Conservatives merged together to form the United Conservative Party.
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Re-elected in 2019, Tany Yao again supported Jean in the UCP leadership election held after Kenney's 2022 resignation.
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Ahead of the 2023 election, Tany Yao was challenged by former UCP riding association board member Zulkifl Mujahid and Fort McMurray Construction Association president Keith Plowman for the UCP nomination, which Mujahid ultimately won.
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Tany Yao travelled to Mexico at the end of 2020 despite regulations that required Albertans to avoid non-essential travel due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tany Yao was reached by Fort McMurray Today on January 5,2021, and said he turned his phone off upon arrival in Mexico.
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Tany Yao said he wanted to "disconnect and clear my head" because he felt he had faced "abuse and slander in social and mainstream media" over a private member's bill he wrote.
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Tany Yao was referring to a bill ending the ban on health authorities making private purchases of human blood plasma, which had been opposed by the NDP and health care groups.
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Tany Yao said he believed it would be safe to travel because of the release of COVID-19 vaccines, but he said he had not yet been vaccinated when he left for Mexico.