Terry Yung

Born in Hong Kong,^[2] Yung attended a boarding school in the United Kingdom before enrolling in the University of Southern California, graduating with a bachelor of arts degree.^[3] He also has a master of arts degree from Royal Roads University.^[3][4] He moved to Vancouver in the early 1990s and became a police officer with the Vancouver Police Department,^[2][3] serving on the force for thirty years and attaining the rank of inspector.^[1][5]

He was a board member of local organizations such as Covenant House Vancouver, Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver and the Justice Institute of British Columbia, and served as board chair for immigrant services organization SUCCESS.^[3][4] Until 2018 he also sat on the board of the Non-Partisan Association (NPA), a Vancouver municipal party; his wife Sarah Kirby-Yung was elected Vancouver city councillor in that year's municipal election as an NPA candidate.^[6]

He was acclaimed as the BC NDP's candidate for the newly established riding of Vancouver-Yaletown in the 2024 provincial election,^[7] and was elected the riding's member of the Legislative Assembly with over 49% of the vote.^[1][8] He was named to the cabinet of Premier David Eby on November 18, 2024 to serve as Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated Services.^[4][9][10]