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Hon. Michael Chan
	Hon. Michael Chan
	;
	MPP for Markham-Unionville
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 8, 2007
Preceded by	Tony Wong
	Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 30, 2007
Preceded by	Gerry Phillips
Born	Hong Kong
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Markham, Ontario
Occupation	insurance broker/owner
Website	Michael Chan

Michael Chan is a Canadian politician. He is the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the Ontario provincial riding of Markham-Unionville and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration in the provincial Liberal government headed by Dalton McGuinty. Previously, Chan was Minister of Revenue where he sat on the Management Board of Cabinet/Treasury Board.

Chan was president of the federal Liberal Party of Canada riding association in Markham held by MP John McCallum. Chan was elected in a February 8, 2007 by-election, necessitated by the resignation of former Liberal MPP Tony Wong, who left his seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to successfully run for York Regional Council in 2006. He was appointed to provincial cabinet as Minister of Revenue by Premier Dalton McGuinty on February 21, 2007,^[1] a portfolio that has not been used since the NDP government of Bob Rae since 1993.

[edit] Electoral Record

Provincial election, October 10, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal	Michael Chan	21,054	59.3%	+10%
	Progressive Conservative	Ki Kit Li	9,581	27.0%	N/A %
	New Democrat	Andy Arifin	2,599	7.32%	N/A %
	Green	Bernadette Manning	1,911	5.38%	-0.02%
	Family Coalition	Leon Williams	345	1%	N/A%
	Libertarian	Cathy McKeever	N/A	N/A%	N/A*
	Libertarian	Jay Miller	N/A	N/A%	N/A*

Caroline Grech, "No call, but parties still prepping for Markham byelection," York Regional News, December 13, 2006.
Dave Teetzel, "We sent nice guy, not message, to Queen's Park," York Regional News, February 10, 2007.

Cabinet Posts (2)
Provincial Government of Dalton McGuinty
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Gerry Phillips	Minister of Citizenship and Immigration 2007-	Incumbent
Shelley Wark-Martyn	Minister of Revenue 2007	Monique Smith
Political offices
Preceded by Tony C. Wong	Member of Provincial Parliament for Markham 2006–present	Succeeded by Incumbent