   raymond chan, pc (; jyutping: can4 ceok3 jyu4), (born 1951) is the first chinese canadian to be appointed to the cabinet of canada. a member of the liberal party of canada, chan was elected to parliament in the 1993 federal election, defeating then defence minister tom siddon in the riding of richmond, british columbia. chan is the third chinese canadian to be elected to parliament, after douglas jung, who secured a seat in 1957, and art lee in 1974. in 2008, chan lost his riding of richmond to conservative candidate alice wong. ==early life== raymond chan was born in hong kong on october 25, 1951. he emigrated to canada in 1969, two years after canada liberalized its immigration policy. he received a b.a.sc. degree in engineering physics from the university of british columbia (ubc) in 1977. from 1977 to 1993, he worked as an engineer for triumf, a particle accelerator laboratory at ubc. == political career == chan joined the liberal party of canada in 1991 after he was elected to be the first president of the vancouver alliance in support of patriotic democratic movement in china. then he was elected to parliament in the 1993 election,parliament webpage defeating defence minister tom siddon in the riding of richmond, british columbia. chan secured the nomination win over future cabinet colleague herb dhaliwal, who subsequently chose to run in the adjacent vancouver south riding. he was then appointed by prime minister jean chrÃ©tien as the [[secretary of sta
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