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Revision as of 15:08, 17 May 2010
Anna Lo | |
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| Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast South | |
| Assumed office 7 March 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Esmond Birnie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 74–75) Hong Kong |
| Political party | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
Anna Manwah Lo, MBE, MLA (Chinese: 盧曼華 (born 1950) is an Alliance Party politician in Northern Ireland.[1] Born in Hong Kong, of Chinese ethnicity, Lo was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Belfast in the 2007 assembly election.[1] She was the first ethnic minority politician elected at a national level in Northern Ireland, and the first politician born in East Asia elected to any legislative body in the United Kingdom.[2][3] Lo is also a social worker and former chairperson of the Northern Ireland Chinese Welfare Association.[4] A Taoist, Lo has resided in Northern Ireland for more than 30 years.[4]
References
- ^ a b BBC News Online. "Belfast politician defies racists". March 26, 2007.
- ^ McBride, S. "South Belfast: Lo and behold - UK first for Alliance's Anna". Belfast Telegraph. March 8, 2007.
- ^ Although she had been referred to in some media as "the first Chinese person to be elected as a lawmaker anywhere in Europe", she came only after Ing Yoe Tan, member of the Dutch Senate since 1999, Varina Tjon-A-Ten, Dutch lawmaker from 2003 to 2006, and Mei Li Vos, Dutch lawmaker since March 1, 2007. The first member of a European government with Chinese roots was Khee Liang Phoa, Dutch State Secretary for Emancipation and Family Affairs in 2002-2003. Lo is the first Chinese person elected to a European parliament who was actually born in China, technically Hong Kong, a British territory at the time of her birth. Hong Kong-born Lydia Dunn was appointed to the unelected House of Lords in 1990.
- ^ a b McDonald, H. "Chinese candidate defies racist abuse". Guardian Unlimited. February 11, 2007.
External links
- Chinese Politician Wins in N. Ireland — March 10, 2007, Yahoo Asia News (AP)
- Biography - Anna Lo MLA — Northern Ireland Assembly
- www.annalo.org - Official website of Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Alliance Party politicians
- Irish people of Chinese descent
- British social workers
- Northern Ireland MLAs 2007–
- Female members of the Northern Ireland Assembly
- Politicians of Chinese descent
- Ethnic minorities in Northern Ireland
- British people of Chinese descent
- British people of Hong Kong descent
- Taoists from Northern Ireland
- Hong Kong Taoists
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Chinese immigrants to the United Kingdom