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{{Infobox Politician
| name                = Denzil Minnan-Wong
| image               = Denzil Minnan-Wong speaks to reporters - 2012 (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Minnan-Wong in 2012
| office              = 12th [[List of mayors of Toronto#Deputy Mayors|Deputy Mayor of Toronto]]
| term_start          = 1 December 2014
| term_end            = 16 November 2022
| predecessor         = [[Norm Kelly]]
| successor           = [[Jennifer McKelvie]]
| office1             = [[Toronto City Councillor]] for [[Don Valley East|(Ward 16) Don Valley East]]
| term_start1         = 1 December 2000
| term_end1           = 
| predecessor1        = ''Area created''
| successor1          = 
| office2             = [[Toronto City Councillor]] for [[Don Mills|(Ward 16) Don Valley East]]
| term_start2         = 1 January 1998
| term_end2           = 1 December 2000
| predecessor2        = ''Area created''
| successor2          = ''Area abolished''<!--placeholder-->
| office3             = Chair of the North York Community Council
| term_start3         = 1 January 2004
| term_end3           = 21 May 2005
| predecessor3        = [[Giorgio Mammoliti]]
| successor3          = [[Maria Augimeri]]
| birth_date          = {{Birth based on age as of date|45|2009|6|15}}
| birth_place         = 
| nationality         = [[Canadians|Canadian]]
| residence           = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| occupation          = [[Lawyer]]
| spouse              = Colleen
| children            = 3
}}
'''Denzil Minnan-Wong''' ({{Audio-nohelp|Denzilminnanwong.ogg|listen}}; born {{circa|1963}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/06/15/city_halls_car_guy_learns_to_ride.html|title=City Hall's car guy learns to ride|date=15 June 2009|last=Lu|first=Vanessa|website=The Toronto Star|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> is a Canadian [[politician]]. He is a [[Toronto City Council|Toronto city councillor]]. He is the person that [[wikt:represent|represents]] Ward 16, an area of Toronto. He was a [[chairperson]] of the Employee and Labour Relations Committee in Toronto's [[wikt:municipal|municipal]] government and was also the deputy [[mayor of Toronto]]. He is also part of the board of the [[Toronto Transit Commission]] and the [[Toronto Hydro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-denzil-minnan-wong/|title=Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong|website=City of Toronto|access-date=24 October 2018|archive-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725232533/https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/council/members-of-council/councillor-denzil-minnan-wong/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2018, he ran for election in the [[Ontario general election, 2018|2018 Ontario election]] in [[Don Valley East (provincial electoral district)|Don Valley East]]. He represented the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario]].<ref name="TheStar, 2018 election">{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2018/06/07/in-don-valley-east-liberals-veteran-michael-coteau-leads-longtime-city-councillor-denzil-minnan-wong.html|title=Liberals’ veteran Michael Coteau defeats city councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong in Don Valley East|date=7 June 2018|last=D'Andrea|first=Aaron|website=The Toronto Star|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref>

==City politics==
Minnan-Wong first got into city politics in 1994. This was when one of the councillors of [[North York]], Barry Burton, died of cancer. The city council made him a temporary councillor.<ref name="TheStar, 2018 election" /> After that, in the [[Toronto municipal election, 1994|elections later that year]], he was [[wikt:elect|elected]] in.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toronto.ca/elections/results/results_1994.htm|title=1994 Toronto general election results (former Metropolitan Toronto)|website=City of Toronto|access-date=1 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501150112/http://www.toronto.ca/elections/results/results_1994.htm#north-york|archive-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> In the [[Toronto municipal election, 1997|1997 elections]], he was elected to the new city council. This was after the [[amalgamation of Toronto]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.toronto.ca/elections/results/results_1997.htm|title=1997 Toronto general election results|website=City of Toronto|access-date=1 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021141358/http://www.toronto.ca/elections/results/results_1997.htm|archive-date=21 October 2012}}</ref>

In 2011, he supported [[outsourcing]] garbage collection. His plan was to outsource garbage collection in the western part of Toronto. This saved the Toronto government $12 million a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-has-saved-11-9m-through-private-garbage-pickup-1.2466736|title=Toronto has saved $11.9M through private garbage pickup|date=16 December 2013|website=CBC News|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> He also supported adding [[bike lane]]s to the streets of downtown Toronto. He opposed creating bike lanes before learning how to ride a bike.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://torontolife.com/city/toronto-politics/car-loving-councillor-minnan-wong-wants-to-bring-better-bike-lanes-to-toronto—wait-what/|title=Car-loving councillor Minnan-Wong wants to bring better bike lanes to Toronto—wait, what?|date=7 January 2011|last=McGrath|first=John Michael|website=Toronto Life|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> This created several bike lanes in downtown Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/qa-denzil-minnan-wong-talks-about-the-importance-of-separated-bike-lanes|title=Q&A: Denzil Minnan-Wong talks about the importance of separated bike lanes|date=26 September 2012|last=Del Giallo|first=Sarah|website=National Post|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://torontosun.com/2014/07/30/new-bike-lanes-open-on-richmond-adelaide/wcm/058d3018-e591-440e-a11e-bbcf4825f50f|title=New bike lanes open on Richmond, Adelaide|date=30 July 2014|last=Peat|first=Don|website=Toronto Sun|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> Afterwards, Minnan-Wong helped get Bixi, a [[bike share|bike sharing]] company, to become operated by the [[Toronto Parking Authority]]. This was because Bixi was in [[debt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/toronto-unveils-new-separated-bike-lane-on-sherbourne-street/article12454652/|title=Toronto unveils new separated bike lane on Sherbourne Street|date=10 June 2013|last=Dhillon|first=Sunny|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2013/12/04/bixi_bikeshare_program_to_pedal_forward_under_a_new_name.html|title=Bixi bike-share program to pedal forward under a new name|date=4 December 2013|last=Doolittle|first=Robyn|website=The Toronto Star|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref>

In December 2010, the Toronto City Council put him on the TTC [[board of directors]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2010/12/08/fords_picks_named_to_police_board.html|title=Ford’s picks named to police board|date=8 December 2010|last=Moloney|first=Paul|website=The Toronto Star|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> He was one of the five people that voted to [[wikt:fire|fire]] [[Gary Webster]] in 2012, who was the General Manager of the TTC. After the firing of Webster, the five people were removed from the TTC Board. They were removed because many of the councillors did not agree with Rob Ford.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2012/03/07/eglinton_lrt_first_up_at_new_ttc_board.html|title=Eglinton LRT first up at new TTC board|date=7 March 2012|last=Kalinowski|first=Tess|website=The Toronto Star|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/mayor-loses-as-ttc-board-restructured/article551600/|title=Mayor loses as TTC board restructured|date=5 March 2012|last=Church|first=Elizabeth|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> In 2014 he was put back on the TTC board after [[John Tory]] was elected as mayor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/st/bgrd/backgroundfile-73888.pdf|title=Recommended appointments to committees and boards|date=3 December 2014|last=Minnan-Wong|first=Denzil|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nowtoronto.com/news/old-guard-of-council%27s-left/|title=Veteran progressive councillors left out in the cold by John Tory|date=4 December 2014|last=Spurr|first=Ben|website=NOW Toronto|access-date=1 November 2018}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

After the provincial election, Minnan-Wong ran for councillor again in the [[Toronto municipal election, 2018|2018 municipal election]]. He ran in the new Ward 16 Don Valley East. Before the 2018 election, the Government of Ontario made the number of councillors in the Toronto City Council smaller. He defeated a former politician, [[David Caplan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/toronto-election/2018/10/22/denzil-minnan-wong-gets-another-term-in-ward-16-don-valley-east.html|title=Denzil Minnan-Wong gets another term in Ward 16, Don Valley East|date=22 October 2018|last=Powell|first=Betsy|website=The Toronto Star|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref>

In 2014, John Tory made him one of the deputy mayors of Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2014/11/30/john-tory-to-appoint-denzil-minnan-wong-deputy-mayor/|title=John Tory to appoint Denzil Minnan-Wong deputy mayor|date=30 November 2014|website=CityNews|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/john-tory-picks-next-toronto-deputy-mayor-executive-committee-1.2855630|title=John Tory picks next Toronto deputy mayor, executive committee|date=1 December 2014|website=CBC News|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref>

==Provincial politics==
Minnan-Wong got into [[wikt:provincial|provincial]] politics for a short amount of time. On 20 January 2018, the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario]] [[wikt:announce|announced]] that he would be their [[wikt:candidate|candidate]] for [[Don Valley East (provincial electoral district)|Don Valley East]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cp24.com/news/deputy-mayor-denzil-minnan-wong-acclaimed-as-pc-candidate-for-don-valley-east-1.3768220|title=Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong acclaimed as PC candidate for Don Valley East|date=20 January 2018|last=Fox|first=Chris|website=CP24|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref> In the Ontario election, he did not win and instead was second in amount of votes. The person that beat him was the [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] politician [[Michael Coteau]].<ref name="TheStar, 2018 election" />

==Personal life==
Minnan-Wong's father is Denzil Minnan-Wong, Sr. Minnan-Wong, Sr. was a [[Chinese Canadian|Chinese]] [[immigration|immigrant]] that became a well-known member of the Progressive Conservative Party. He went to university at [[Osgoode Hall Law School]]. After this, he became a lawyer that would deal with immigration problems.

Minnan-Wong lives in Toronto. He is married and has three children.

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==Related pages==
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[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian lawyers]]
[[Category:Politicians from Ontario]]
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