Anna Lo

Infobox Politician


name = Anna Manwah Lo, MLA
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term_start = 2007
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birth_place = Hong Kong
constituency = South Belfast
party = Alliance Party
office = MLA
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Anna Manwah Lo (盧曼華) MLA is an Alliance Party politician from Northern Ireland.BBC News Online. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6470691.stm "Belfast politician defies racists"] . March 26, 2007.] Born in Hong Kong, of Chinese ethnicity, Lo was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Belfast in the 2007 assembly election. 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 national parliament or assembly in the United Kingdom. [McBride, S. [http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/election07/article2341288.ece "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.] Lo is also a social worker and former chairperson of the Northern Ireland Chinese Welfare Association.McDonald, H. [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/northernirelandassembly/story/0,,2010640,00.html "Chinese candidate defies racist abuse"] . "Guardian Unlimited". February 11, 2007.] A Taoist, Lo has resided in Northern Ireland for more than 30 years.

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* [http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070309/ap/d8noucuo0.html Chinese Politician Wins in N. Ireland] — March 10, 2007, Yahoo Asia News (AP)
* [http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/members/biogs_07/lo_a.htm Biography - Anna Lo MLA] — Northern Ireland Assembly