Kristyn Wong-Tam
Kristyn Wong-Tam | |||||||||||||
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Wong-Tam in 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Toronto Centre | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office June 2, 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Suze Morrison | ||||||||||||
| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 13 Toronto Centre | |||||||||||||
| In office December 1, 2018 – May 4, 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ward created | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Robin Buxton Potts | ||||||||||||
| Toronto City Councillor for Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale | |||||||||||||
| In office December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2018 | |||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Kyle Rae | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ward dissolved | ||||||||||||
| Critic roles | |||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Opposition Critic for 2SLGBTQ+ Issues | ||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Opposition Critic for Attorney General | ||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Opposition Critic for Small Business | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 1971 (age 53–54) British Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||
| Political party | Ontario New Democratic | ||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Independent (municipal) | ||||||||||||
| Spouse | Farrah Khan | ||||||||||||
| Residence(s) | Toronto, Ontario | ||||||||||||
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| Website | Campaign website Constituency website | ||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 黃慧文 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄慧文 | ||||||||||||
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Kristyn Wong-Tam MPP (Chinese: 黃慧文; 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).
They are non-binary and use they/them pronouns. 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 in May 2022, to run as the NDP candidate in Toronto Centre for the June 2022 provincial election.