Yuen Pau Woo | |
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胡元豹 | |
Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group | |
In office September 25, 2017 – January 1, 2022 | |
Deputy | Raymonde Saint-Germain |
Preceded by | Elaine McCoy (interim) |
Succeeded by | Raymonde Saint-Germain |
Canadian Senator from British Columbia | |
Assumed office November 10, 2016 | |
Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
Appointed by | David Johnston |
Personal details | |
Born | Johor Bahru, Malaysia | March 2, 1963
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Independent Senators Group |
Website | www |
Yuen Pau Woo (born March 2, 1963) is a Canadian politician who is a senator from British Columbia (BC) since 2016. He was previously facilitator of the Independent Senators Group (ISG), taking on the role from September 2017 until January 2022. Woo was also the president and CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, a Vancouver-based think-tank on Canada–Asia relations, until August 11, 2014.[1]