Hope's grandparents, great uncles and aunts emigrated from China to Victoria, British Columbia in the 1880s as part of a wave of Chinese immigrants working on the railway and in mines. His father and uncle established "Wo Hope Tailoring" ("peace and unity" in Chinese). Though the family's surname was Low, it was assumed by the doctor delivering Hope's eldest brother that the family surname was Hope so it is that name that was put on all of his siblings birth certificates, and his.[1]
He left Canada in 1946 to study engineering at the University of Washington, earned his degree, and settled in Toronto.[1] He was elected to as a trustee to the Toronto Board of Education in 1964 and elected chair in 1968.[2] He was elected an alderman on Toronto City Council in the 1969 municipal election representing Ward 5. He remained on council until he was defeated in the 1985 municipal election by Ron Kanter. He won a seat as a Metro Councillor representing Midtown Ward in a 1987 by-election but was defeated the next year, in the 1988 election, by Ila Bossons.[3] He attempted to return to council again in the 1991 election but was defeated by John Adams in Ward 13 by a narrow margin of 747 votes.[4]
After leaving politics, Hope continued his activity with the Chinese community as an advocate for reparations for the Chinese head tax.[5] He worked as a consultant for Environment Canada's "green plan" in the early 1990s[6] and pursued a career as a real estate agent.[2][3]
Hope died at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto on November 12, 2007. He was survived by his second wife Audrey and children Judy, Michael, and Madeline, from his first marriage to Alice Hope.
ying, hope, ying, hope, 1923, november, 2007, chinese, canadian, politician, toronto, public, school, board, trustee, metro, toronto, councillor, toronto, alderman, personal, detailsborn1923diednovember, 2007, 2007, aged, alma, materuniversity, washingtonchine. Ying L K Hope P Eng 1923 November 12 2007 was a Chinese Canadian politician Toronto Public School Board trustee and Metro Toronto Councillor and Toronto Alderman Ying HopePersonal detailsBorn1923DiedNovember 12 2007 2007 11 12 aged 83 84 Alma materUniversity of WashingtonChinese nameTraditional Chinese劉光英Simplified Chinese刘光英Hanyu PinyinLiu GuangyingYale RomanizationLauh Gwōngying Hope s grandparents great uncles and aunts emigrated from China to Victoria British Columbia in the 1880s as part of a wave of Chinese immigrants working on the railway and in mines His father and uncle established Wo Hope Tailoring peace and unity in Chinese Though the family s surname was Low it was assumed by the doctor delivering Hope s eldest brother that the family surname was Hope so it is that name that was put on all of his siblings birth certificates and his 1 He left Canada in 1946 to study engineering at the University of Washington earned his degree and settled in Toronto 1 He was elected to as a trustee to the Toronto Board of Education in 1964 and elected chair in 1968 2 He was elected an alderman on Toronto City Council in the 1969 municipal election representing Ward 5 He remained on council until he was defeated in the 1985 municipal election by Ron Kanter He won a seat as a Metro Councillor representing Midtown Ward in a 1987 by election but was defeated the next year in the 1988 election by Ila Bossons 3 He attempted to return to council again in the 1991 election but was defeated by John Adams in Ward 13 by a narrow margin of 747 votes 4 Hope also ran for office at other levels In the 1967 provincial election he was the Ontario Progressive Conservative candidate in Riverdale placing second to James Renwick of the Ontario New Democratic Party Decades later he ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1984 federal election as a Progressive Conservative but placed third in the riding of Spadina which included the Ward 5 Toronto seat he represented on city council After leaving politics Hope continued his activity with the Chinese community as an advocate for reparations for the Chinese head tax 5 He worked as a consultant for Environment Canada s green plan in the early 1990s 6 and pursued a career as a real estate agent 2 3 Hope died at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto on November 12 2007 He was survived by his second wife Audrey and children Judy Michael and Madeline from his first marriage to Alice Hope Electoral record partial editvte1980 Toronto municipal election Toronto City Councillor Ward Five two members elected Candidate Votes x Ying Hope 9 926 37 07 Ron Kanter 6 409 23 93 Menno Verster 5 777 21 57 David Scott 3 218 12 02 Jimmy Kabitsis 912 3 41 Vincent Corriero 537 2 01 Total valid votes 26 779 100 00 146 out of 148 polls reporting vte1984 Canadian federal election Spadina Party Candidate Votes New Democratic Dan Heap 13 241 Liberal Jim Coutts 11 880 Progressive Conservative Ying Hope 8 061 Libertarian William E Burt 358 Rhinoceros Mara Maria Proussaefs 289 Independent Sam Guha 98References edit a b From the head tax to hope by Nicholas Keung Toronto Star February 15 2006 page H5 The Chinese Community in Toronto page 148 Hope loses in upset to community activist Bossons by Lorne Slotnick and John Allemang Globe and Mail page A20 November 15 1988 Metro Toronto election results Toronto Star November 13 1991 special section PM must keep Tory pledge to repay head tax by Ying Hope Toronto Star page A13 October 11 1993 1 The greening of Ying Hope Globe and Mail August 14 1992External links editYing L K Hope 84 Head tax apology his crowning triumph From the head tax to hope Preceded byN A Toronto Public School Trustee Ward 51963 1969 Succeeded by Preceded byN A Toronto Public School Board Chair Ward 51968 1969 Succeeded by Political offices Preceded by Toronto Alderman for Ward 51969 1985 Succeeded byRon Kanter Preceded by Metro Toronto Councillor Mid Town1987 1988 Succeeded byIla Bossons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ying Hope amp oldid 1194768172, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
