Kristyn Wong-Tam

Kristyn Wong-Tam
Kristyn Wong-Tam at a Press Conference on Ontario Tribunals.jpg
Wong-Tam in 2023
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Toronto Centre
Assumed office
June 2, 2022
Preceded bySuze Morrison
Toronto City Councillor
for Ward 13 Toronto Centre
In office
December 1, 2018 – May 4, 2022
Preceded byWard created
Succeeded byRobin Buxton Potts
Toronto City Councillor
for Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale
In office
December 1, 2010 – November 30, 2018
Preceded byKyle Rae
Succeeded byWard dissolved
Critic roles
2022–presentOpposition Critic for 2SLGBTQ+ Issues
2022–presentOpposition Critic for Attorney General
2023–presentOpposition Critic for Small Business
Personal details
Born1971 (age 52–53)
British Hong Kong
NationalityCanadian
Political partyOntario New Democratic
Other political
affiliations
Independent (municipal)
SpouseFarrah Khan
Residence(s)Toronto, Ontario
Occupation
  • Businessperson
  • politician
WebsiteCampaign website
Constituency website
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃慧文
Simplified Chinese黄慧文
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Huìwén
Wade–GilesHuang2 Hui4-wen2
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWong4 Wai6-man4

Kristyn Wong-Tam MPP (Chinese: 黃慧文;[1] born c. 1971) is a Canadian politician who has represented Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 2022 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP).

They are non-binary and use they/them pronouns.[2][3] They served on Toronto City Council from 2010 to 2022. Wong-Tam was first elected in 2010 Toronto election in Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale, and was subsequently re-elected following the 2014 election and 2018 election in the newly created Ward 13 Toronto Centre. Wong-Tam resigned as a Toronto city councillor in May 2022, to run as the NDP candidate in Toronto Centre for the June 2022 provincial election.

  1. ^ "Kristyn Wong-Tam (@kristynwongtam) | Twitter". twitter.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  2. ^ Wong-Tam, Kristyn [@kristynwongtam] (June 23, 2022). "Today I swore my Oath in front of my wife, parents, friends and The Clerk as the first Asian-Canadian queer, non-binary person to be elected to Queen's Park. Forever and a day I will cherish this special moment. Thank you to the great people of #TorCen. We made history together! https://t.co/EN2JKDgKNh" (Tweet). Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved December 8, 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Kristyn Wong-Tam (@kristynwongtam)". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-11-04.