Denzil Minnan-Wong
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Denzil Minnan-Wong is a Toronto city councillor representing one of the two Don Valley East wards, Ward 34 Don Valley East. He is the son of Denzil Minnan-Wong, Sr. a Chinese immigrant who became a prominent member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, but died in 1988 at age 53. Minnan-Wong became a lawyer specializing in immigration issues. In 1994 North York councillor Barry Burton died of cancer and the North York city council appointed him as interim councillor. Later that year he was elected to the position in the municipal election. In 1997 he was elected to the city council of the new Toronto megacity. On city council he was best known for his campaign against squeegee kids and to reform the city's taxi system. One of the councils right wingers he has long been a strong proponent of tax cuts.
