Members

MLA: Hon. Ida Chong  Oak Bay-Gordon Head Minister of Community Services and Minister responsible for Seniors' and Women's Issues Elected: 1996, 2001, 2005 BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

E-mail: ida.chong.mla@leg.bc.ca Web site: www.idachongmla.bc.ca
Office: Room 323 Parliament Buildings Victoria, BC V8V 1X4 Phone: 250 387-2283 Fax: 250 387-4312	Gordon Head Constituency Office: 223, 3930 Shelbourne Street Victoria, BC V8P 5P6 Phone: 250 472-8528 Fax: 250 472-6163 Oak Bay Constituency Office: 218, 2186 Oak Bay Avenue Victoria, BC V8R 1G3 Phone: 250 598-8398 Fax: 250 598-8728

Ida Chong was appointed Minister of Community Services and Minister responsible for Seniors' and Women's Issues on June 16, 2005. She previously served as Minister of Advanced Education and as Minister of State for Women's and Seniors' Services.

Ms. Chong was elected in 1996 and 2001 in the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head, and was re-elected on May 17, 2005.

She served as the Official Opposition critic for small business, tourism and culture, the deputy critic of finance, the deputy critic for women's equality and chair of the Official Opposition Committee on the Economy.

Ms. Chong has served on Treasury Board, the Select Standing Committee on Crown Corporations, the Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform, and as chair of the Government Caucus Committee on Economy and Government Operations. She also sits with her colleagues on the Women's Caucus Committee and the Vancouver Island Coastal Caucus. She has also been a member of the Select Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, and the Special Committee on the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform.

Ms. Chong first entered political life as a municipal councillor for the District of Saanich in 1993 after having volunteered for several not-for-profit groups.

Ms. Chong has won several awards for her work as a Certified General Accountant, including the J.M. MacBeth Award for service at a chapter level, and the Harold Clarke Award for service on a provincial committee. More recently in 1999, she was awarded the CGA Community Service Award.

Ida Chong is a native of Victoria and was raised in Gordon Head.