Jenny Kwan

Jenny Kwan MP
Kwan in 2021
Member of Parliament for Vancouver East
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Libby Davies
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
In office May 28, 1996 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Mike Harcourt
Succeeded by	Melanie Mark
British Columbia Minister of Community Development, Cooperatives and Volunteers
In office February 29, 2000 – June 5, 2001
Premier	Ujjal Dosanjh
Preceded by	Jan Pullinger
Succeeded by	George Abbott
British Columbia Minister of Women's Equality
In office July 21, 1999 – February 24, 2000
Premier	Glen Clark Dan Miller
Preceded by	Penny Priddy
Succeeded by	Evelyn Gillespie
British Columbia Minister of Municipal Affairs
In office February 18, 1998 – July 21, 1999
Premier	Glen Clark
Preceded by	Michael Farnworth
Succeeded by	Jim Doyle
Personal details
Born	1967 (age 56–57) British Hong Kong
Political party	New Democratic
Residence	Vancouver[1]
Alma mater	Simon Fraser University (BA)
Website	www.jennykwanndp.ca
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	關慧貞
Simplified Chinese	关慧贞
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guān Huìzhēn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gwaan1 Wai6-zing1

Jenny Wai Ching Kwan MP (Chinese: 關慧貞; born 1967) is a Canadian politician who is the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver East. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Kwan was elected to the House of Commons in 2015.

She was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), representing Vancouver-Mount Pleasant from 1996 to 2015 with the British Columbia (BC) NDP, and was a provincial cabinet minister from 1998 to 2001. Kwan entered politics in 1993, when she was elected to the Vancouver City Council.