Teresa Woo-Paw

Teresa Woo-Paw
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MLA for Calgary-Northern Hills
In office 2008–2015
Preceded by	Gary Mar
Succeeded by	Jamie Kleinsteuber
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-29) October 29, 1958 Hong Kong
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse(s)	Borick
Children	Jadine, Jason and Cordelia
Residence	Calgary, Alberta
Alma mater	University of Calgary
Occupation	Social worker
Website	http://teresawoopaw.ca/

Teresa Woo-Paw (simplified Chinese: 鲍胡嫈仪; traditional Chinese: 鮑胡嫈儀; pinyin: Bào-Hú Yīngyí; born October 29, 1958 in Hong Kong) is a Canadian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Northern Hills as a Progressive Conservative.

Early life

Woo-Paw was born in Hong Kong. She graduated from the University of Calgary in 1982 with a Bachelor of Social Work degree and has been an active member of the Calgary-Mackay community for more than 30 years.

Professional career

Prior to her election to the Legislature, Woo-Paw was employed as a private consultant providing diversity training, program facilitation and instruction. Throughout her career, she has worked for the Calgary Health Region, Cultural Diversity Institute, United Way of Calgary, the Canadian Red Cross, Calgary Board of Education, the Calgary Immigrant Women's Association and the Calgary Immigrant Aid Society. She has also founded six organizations, and served with several others. Amongst them are:

• Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations
• Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre
• Alberta Wild Rose Foundation
• Society for Cultural And Multicultural Programs
• Calgary Chinese Community Service Association (founding member)
• Southern Alberta Asian Heritage Foundation (founding member)
• Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary (founding Co-Chair)

Political career

Woo-Paw first sought public office in 1995 for the position of Public School Board Trustee for Wards 3 and 4 with the Calgary Board of Education (CBE), of which she was also the Chair. She ran for the position of Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the first time in the 2008 provincial election in the constituency of Calgary-Mackay. In that election, she received 48% of the vote. Woo-Paw currently serves as deputy-chair of the Standing Committee on Private Bills as well as a member of the Cabinet Policy Committee on Public Safety and Services, the Standing Committee on Public Safety and Services, and the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.

Personal life

Woo-Paw is married to Borick Paw. The couple has three adult children: Jadine, Jason and Cordelia. Her active community involvement has earned her many prestigious awards including the Alberta Centennial Commemorative Award, the Queen's Jubilee Award for Multiculturalism and Community Services, the YWCA's Women of Distinction Award, the Immigrant of Distinction Award and Canada 125th Commemorative Award for Community Services.

Election results

2008 Alberta general election results ( Calgary-Mackay )			Turnout 34.5%
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Teresa Woo-Paw	6,249	48%
	Liberal	Tianna Melnyk	4,051	31%
	Wildrose Alliance	Rob Gregory	1,608	12%
	Green	Ryan Smith	581	5%
	NDP	Daena Diduck	422	3%
Total			12,911	100%

Alberta general election, 2012: Calgary-Northern Hills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Teresa Woo-Paw	6,144	49.02%
	Wildrose	Prasad Panda	4,637	37.00%
	Liberal	Kirstin Morrell	1,058	8.44%
	New Democratic	Stephanie Westlund	694	5.54%