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Geng Tan (simplified Chinese: 谭耕; traditional Chinese: 譚耕; pinyin: Tán Gēng; born 1963) is a Canadian engineer and former politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley North from 2015 to 2019.
- Reflecting The Community
- Ties to Chinese Community
- Ties to Michael Chan
- Going Beyond His Chinese Heritage
Even the defeated incumbent Daniels knows that the Chinese community is divided into three groups – the Mainlanders, Taiwanese and Cantonese – and simply saying, “I represent the Chinese community,” is naive and unconvincing. It’s possible to represent one or the other, but not all of them. According to 2011 Statistic Canada reportsDon Valley North...
Born in 1963 in Hunan, a mountainous province where father of Communist China, Mao Zedong, was born, Tan came to Canada as a visa student in 1998. He completed his postgraduate and PhD in chemical engineering and applied chemistry at the University of Toronto and then worked as a scientist at Ontario Power Generation. Tan’s community involvements a...
Michael Chan, the Ontario cabinet minister who was once investigatedby the Canadian Security Intelligence Services over fears that he was under the influence of China, is a close political ally and mentor to Tan. Since Tan’s Liberal candidacy announcement to him winning the seat, Chan has been a regular face during the newly elected MP’s campaign. ...
Tan has promised that he will work hard to improve Canada’s relationship with China. “I also have [a] responsibility to ask for more benefits for our Chinese community,” he stated during his victory speech. But Sheng Xue, a prominent overseas Chinese Canadian writer for the Chinese democracy movement and an independent political commentator, says T...
Jun 12, 2024 · Liberal Party member Geng Tan defeated Conservative MP Joe Daniel to win a seat in parliament to represent Don Valley North in Toronto on Oct 19.
Jun 13, 2019 · Mr. Speaker, science matters. It improves our lives, including how we live, travel and communicate around the world. Since 2015, evidence-based decision-making has helped to create over one million new jobs and to raise thousands of children and families into the middle class. Now that is real change.
Geng Tan is a Canadian engineer and former politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Don Valley North from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Liberal Party, Tan is the first Mandarin-speaker to be elected to the House of Commons.
Oct 19, 2015 · Parliament Political Affiliation Start Date End Date; 42nd: Liberal: October 19, 2015: October 20, 2019
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Oct 20, 2015 · Tan is the first immigrant from mainland China who is elected as a Canadian parliamentarian. Geng Tan moved to Canada from China’s Hunan province nearly 20 years ago.
