{{short description|Canadian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{for|the footballer|Doug Bing (footballer)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Doctor | name = Doug Bing | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|60|2011|11|10}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Doug Bing |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/doug-bing-2587507 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |agency=Black Press Media |date=2011-11-10 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}</ref> | birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia | assembly = British Columbia Legislative | constituency_AM = Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | term_start = May 14, 2013 | term_end = May 9, 2017 | predecessor = Michael Sather | successor = Lisa Beare | party = BC Liberal | profession = Dentist | alma_mater = University of British Columbia | spouse = Helen Henderson | children = | module = {{Infobox Chinese | child = yes | t = 李德明 | s = 李德明 | p = Lǐ Démíng | j = {{Tone superscript|Lei5 Dak1-ming4}} }} }}
'''Doug Bing''' ({{lang-zh|t=李德明}}; born 1950 or 1951) is a Canadian politician and dentist who served as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows from 2013 to 2017, and a Pitt Meadows municipal councillor from 2005 to 2014.
==Biography== Born in Vancouver,<ref name="BCLeg40">{{cite web|title=40th Parliament Members at dissolution on April 11, 2017: Dr. Doug Bing |url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members/40th-Parliament/Bing-Doug|publisher=Legislative Assembly of British Columbia|access-date=2024-06-01}}</ref> Bing is a third-generation Chinese Canadian.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mingpaocanada.com/VAN/htm/News/20170412/vas3_r.htm |script-title=zh:李德明爭取撥款維修醫院道路 |trans-title=Doug Bing seeks funding for hospital and road maintenance |publisher=Ming Pao |date=2017-04-12 |access-date=2024-06-01 |language=zh-hant }}</ref> He served as president at his high school's student council, and as student representative at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Senate.<ref name="BCLeg40"/> He received a Bachelor of Science degree from UBC, before graduating with a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the same school in 1977.<ref name="BCLeg40"/><ref name="Impressions">{{cite web|title=Class notes and events |url=https://www.dentistry.ubc.ca/files/2014/11/Impressions-Fall2013.pdf|work=Impressions, Fall 2013 |publisher=University of British Columbia Faculty of Dentistry|access-date=2024-06-01}}</ref> He met his wife Helen at UBC, and the couple opened a dental clinic in Pitt Meadows in 1980; they have three sons together.<ref name="BCLeg40"/><ref name="Impressions"/>
He was elected as a Pitt Meadows municipal councillor in 2005, and won re-election in 2008 by finishing in first place.<ref name="MRN110819">{{cite news |title=Bing bows out of mayor's race in Pitt Meadows |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/bing-bows-out-of-mayors-race-in-pitt-meadows-2594513 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |agency=Black Press Media |last=Martins |first=Monisha |date=2011-08-19 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}</ref> After announcing his intention to run for mayor of Pitt Meadows in April 2011, he stepped aside that August and instead sought re-election as councillor.<ref name="MRN110819"/> He finished first again at the 2011 civic election and won his third term on council.<ref name="MRN120920">{{cite news |title=Pitt Meadows councillor seeks local Liberal nod |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/pitt-meadows-councillor-seeks-local-liberal-nod-2593736 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |last=Melnychuk |first=Phil |date=2012-09-20 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}</ref>
He was nominated as the British Columbia Liberal Party candidate for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows in February 2013,<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. Liberals have their candidate for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/b-c-liberals-have-their-candidate-for-maple-ridge-pitt-meadows-2591620 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |last=Melnychuk |first=Phil |date=2013-02-14 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}</ref> and defeated New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Elizabeth Rosenau by 620 votes in the 2013 provincial election to become the riding's MLA.<ref name="BCLeg40"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Christy Clark says economy a priority after election win |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/christy-clark-says-economy-a-priority-after-election-win-1.1332816 |publisher=CBC News |date=2013-05-15 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. Votes 2017: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows riding profile |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/british-columbia-2017-election-maple-ridge-pitt-meadows-1.4061483 |publisher=CBC News |first=Justin |last=McElroy |date=2017-04-28 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}</ref> He stayed on as Pitt Meadows councillor until February 2014 without receiving a salary or expense reimbursement from the city.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martins |first=Monisha |title=MLA-elect could stay on Pitt council |url=http://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/208741731.html |newspaper=Maple Ridge News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215050/http://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/208741731.html |date=2013-05-24 |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bing to leave Pitt council in February |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/bing-to-leave-pitt-council-in-february-2591888 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |last=Martins |first=Monisha |date=2014-01-22 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}</ref> He served on several committees in the 40th Parliament, including the Cabinet Committee on Strong Economy, the Select Standing Committee on Health, and the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs.<ref name="BCLeg40"/>
He was defeated for re-election in 2017 by NDP candidate Lisa Beare.<ref>{{cite news |title=B.C. election 2020: Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows results |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7332924/bc-election-2020-maple-ridge-pitt-meadows/ |publisher=Global News |first1= Richard |last1=Zussman |first2=Simon |last2=Little |date=2020-10-25 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NDP sweeps Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Mission |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/home2/orange-wave-in-maple-ridge-pitt-meadows-mission-2609252 |publisher=Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News |last=Hall |first=Mike |date=2017-05-11 |accessdate=2024-06-01}}</ref>
==Electoral record== {{British Columbia provincial election, 2017/Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows}} {{British Columbia provincial election, 2013/Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows}}
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