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Kristyn Wong-Tam was born on 1971 in British Hong Kong, is a Canadian politician. Discover Kristyn Wong-Tam's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

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Occupation Businessperson · politician
Age 53 years old
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Born 1971
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Birthplace British Hong Kong
Nationality Toronto, Ontario

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1971

Kristyn Wong-Tam (born c. 1971) is a Canadian politician who has represented Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2022 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).

1975

Born in Hong Kong and raised in a Buddhist family, they immigrated to Toronto with their family in 1975.

They grew up in the Regent Park neighbourhood of Toronto, with their family settling there first before a move to the suburbs.

A real estate agent and business owner, they are the former owner of a Timothy's franchise in Toronto's Church and Wellesley Village, and the owner of the KWT (formerly the XEXE) contemporary art gallery at Bathurst and Richmond Street West.

They are non-binary and use they/them pronouns.

Wong-Tam, who is a Canadian of Chinese origin, came out as a lesbian in high school, at the age of 16 and has been an activist for both LGBTQ and Asian Canadian community issues, serving on the Chinese Canadian National Council and helping to found Asian Canadians For Equal Marriage and the Church and Wellesley Village's business improvement area.

2010

They served on Toronto City Council from 2010 to 2022.

Wong-Tam was first elected in 2010 Toronto election in Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale, and was subsequently re-elected following the 2014 election and 2018 election in the newly created Ward 13 Toronto Centre.

Wong-Tam resigned as a Toronto city councillor on May 4, 2022, to run as the NDP candidate in Toronto Centre for the June 2022 provincial election.

Prior to the 2010 Toronto municipal election, it emerged that Wong-Tam had provided support for the political advocacy group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA).

In an interview with the Toronto Sun newspaper, they said that they lent their credit card to register the group's website because no one in the group owned a credit card.

Wong-Tam "listed their home address in the registration but gave the contact number as her Coldwell Banker real estate office on Yonge St."

Wong-Tam was the registered owner of the site until August 31, 2010.

In the 2010 election, Wong-Tam ran in Ward 27 to replace Kyle Rae who had chosen to retire, defeating opponent Ken Chan in the heated race by just 400 plus votes.

They were endorsed by the Toronto and York Labour Council, neighbouring councillor Adam Vaughan, street nurse Cathy Crowe and author Michele Landsberg.

In a post-election interview with the Toronto Sun, Wong-Tam said that they are "really looking forward to working with the Mayor" and that they support Mayor Rob Ford's campaign pledge to scrap the personal vehicle tax and the land transfer tax.

Wong-Tam also noted that they did not renew their New Democratic Party membership, saying: "I think all (council) rookies are saying the same thing – they don't want to be pigeon-holed."

2011

In 2011, they cooperated with Toronto's Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line to create an award, named in memory of Toronto artist Will Munro, to honour LGBT youth involved in community arts projects in Ontario.

2014

Wong-Tam was re-elected in Ward 27 in 2014.

2018

In the lead up to the 2018 Toronto municipal election, City Council approved a redrawing of municipal ward boundaries, increasing its size from 44, after an independent consultant recommended the city adopt a 47 ward system.

However, the Ontario government under Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford amended the Municipal Elections Act, forcing the City of Toronto to cut the number of wards from 47 to 25.

There was swift reaction regarding this move from various council members, including Wong-Tam, who called the move "extremely anti-democratic" and described it "as a takeover of Toronto."

Wong-Tam said in an interview "This greater concentration of power does not give and deliver better government", and "He [Ford] will speak in populist platitudes about saving taxpayer dollars, but it's going to come at the cost of the erosion of the democratic process."

On April 8, 2022, Wong-Tam and Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath announced that Wong-Tam would be the party's candidate in Toronto Centre in the June 2 election.

Wong-Tam resigned from their council seat effective May 4.

They won the Toronto Centre seat by more than 2,000 votes.

Wong-Tam was named the Official Opposition critic for the Attorney General and 2SLGBTQ+ Issues on July 13, 2022.

They were made critic for small business on March 29, 2023.

In 2023, Wong-Tam sought greater legal protection for drag performers in Ontario, who have come to face harassment and intimidation at their shows.

They introduced a private member's bill known as the "Bill 94, Keeping 2SLGBTQI+ Communities Safe Act, 2023" in April to allow the attorney general of Ontario to temporarily designate addresses, such as drag venues, as community safety zones – similar to zones which exist around abortion sites.

Anti-2SLGBTQ+ harassment, intimidation or hate speech within 100 metres of a designated zone would be subject to a fine up to $25,000.