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Friday, May 8, 2015

Britain Elects Its First Ethnic-Chinese Lawmaker Friday May 08,2015

 Britain Elects Its First Ethnic-Chinese Lawmaker
Alan Mak, a former corporate lawyer whose parents immigrated to Britain from southern China, became the first ethnic-Chinese person to be elected to the House of Commons Friday May 08,2015

Cambridge-educated Mak, 31, comfortably won the constituency of Havant in southern England for the Conservatives, taking more than 51 % of the votes cast

"I'm honoured and delighted to be elected the new Member of Parliament for Havant," Mak said 

Note
Mak was one of 11 ethnic-Chinese candidates vying for seats in parliament, and was the only one elected so far.

Just under one per cent of Britain's population is ethnic-Chinese, according to the country's 2011 census.

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