Mary Ng

Mary Ng PC MP (born December 16, 1968) is a Canadian politician serving as Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade since 2018. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Markham—Thornhill since a by-election on April 3, 2017.

The Honourable Mary Ng PC MP
伍鳳儀
Ng in 2019
Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade
Incumbent
Assumed office July 18, 2018
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Bardish Chagger (Minister of Small Business and Tourism) Jim Carr (Minister of International Trade Diversification)
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Markham—Thornhill
Incumbent
Assumed office April 3, 2017
Preceded by	John McCallum
Personal details
Born	December 16, 1969 Hong Kong
Political party	Liberal
Residence	North York, Ontario[1]
Alma mater	University of Toronto Scarborough

Mary Ng
Traditional Chinese	伍鳳儀
Simplified Chinese	伍凤仪
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wǔ Fèngyí Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Ng5 Fung6-yi4

Early life

Ng, born in British Hong Kong, is the eldest child of three.[2] In the 1970s, Ng's parents immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong, later establishing a family-owned restaurant in Toronto, Ontario. Along with her brother and sister, Ng grew up working in the family's restaurant.[3] She graduated with a B.A. from the University of Toronto Scarborough in 1996, majoring in political science.[4][5]

Career

Ng has worked for 20 years in the public service, focusing on the areas of education, women's leadership, job-creation, and entrepreneurship.

Early career

From 1991 to 2003, Ng worked as a public servant in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Cabinet Office Ontario.

Ministry of Education

From 2003 to 2006, Ng served as the Director of Policy to the Minister of Education, Gerard Kennedy. In response to the previous years of unease in the education sector under the previous two governments, Ng worked to rebuild relationships with the students and teachers’ unions.

Ryerson University

From 2006 to 2008 and then again from 2011 to 2015, Ng served in the President's Office at Ryerson University.[6]

Federal politics

Following the resignation of Markham—Thornhill member of parliament (MP) John McCallum, Ng announced in February 2017 her intention to seek the Liberal Party of Canada nomination for the riding, and won the nomination that March against two other candidates.[7] She proceeded to win the seat at the riding by-election held on April 3 that year.[8]

Member of Parliament

Ng helped to facilitate the government's commitment to invest in Canadian ideas and innovators in her riding by advocating for the inclusion of Markham's tech-innovation hub, VentureLabs, in the Southern Ontario Supercluster.[9] The Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster is expected to have a GDP impact of more than $13.5 billion in the next ten years and create more than 13,500 quality middle-class jobs in the region.[10]

Ng holds roles on Parliamentary Associations such as the Canada-China Legislative Association and the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association.[11] In June 2019, Ng publicly announced Michael Chan as her re-election campaign co-chair, which led to questions of potential pro-Beijing influence in her campaign.[12] She has written in the Toronto Star that Canadians bear an "insidious and underlying current of racism".[13]

Cabinet minister

Ng was appointed Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion in the cabinet reshuffle in July 2018.[14] Following her re-election as MP in the 2019 federal election, she was named Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, giving her some say in shaping Trudeau's foreign policy.[15]

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Markham—Thornhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Mary Ng	24,124	53.9
	Conservative	Alex Yuan	15,474	34.6
	New Democratic	Paul Sahbaz	3,264	7.3
	Green	Chris Williams	1,253	2.8
	People's	Peter Remedios	358	0.8
	Independent	Josephbai Macwan	277	0.6
Total valid votes/Expense limit			44,750	100.0
Total rejected ballots			445
Turnout			45,195	62.8
Eligible voters			71,954
Source: Elections Canada[16][17]

Canadian federal by-election, April 3, 2017: Markham—Thornhill Resignation of John McCallum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mary Ng	9,856	51.53	−4.19
	Conservative	Ragavan Paranchothy	7,501	39.22	+6.91
	New Democratic	Gregory Hines	671	3.51	−7.21
	Progressive Canadian	Dorian Baxter	566	2.96
	Green	Caryn Bergmann	426	2.23	+0.98
	Libertarian	Brendan Thomas Reilly	118	0.62
	Independent	Above Znoneofthe	77	0.40
Total valid votes/Expense limit			19,125	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots				-
Turnout			27.51
Eligible voters			69,838
	Liberal hold		Swing		−5.55

References

1. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
2. "Profile - Ng, Mary". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
3. "Biography | Mary Ng | Your member of parliament for Markham-Thornhill". maryngmp.ca. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
4. Haikara, Nina. "Anita Anand, an alumna and a professor at U of T's Faculty of Law, named to federal cabinet". University of Toronto. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
5. "LinkedIn".
6. "Trudeau aide Mary Ng, vying to run in by-election, highlights her relationship with China". Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
7. "PMO staffer Mary Ng will run for the Liberals in federal byelection". The Canadian Press, via CBC News. 2017-03-04. Archived from the original on 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
8. Fraser, Laura (2017-04-03). "Liberal Mary Ng wins Markham-Thornhill byelection". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2017-06-21. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
9. "Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster - ventureLAB". ventureLAB. 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
10. Sector, Government of Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Office of the Deputy Minister, Industry. "Advanced Manufacturing Supercluster". www.ic.gc.ca. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
11. "The Honourable Mary Ng - Roles - House of Commons of Canada". www.ourcommons.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
12. Cooper, Sam (October 20, 2019). "Hong Kong Canadians question alleged pro-Beijing backing for prominent Liberal candidate". Global News. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
13. "Don't let racism flourish amid COVID-19 crisis". thestar.com. May 2, 2020. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
14. "Complete list of Justin Trudeau's first-term cabinet". CBC News. 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
15. Zimonjic, Peter (2019-11-20). "Who's who in Justin Trudeau's 2019 cabinet". CBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
16. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
17. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2019.

External links

• Official Website
• Bio & mandate from the Prime Minister
• Mary Ng – Parliament of Canada biography