Name Mary Chan | Died 2002 | |
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Mary Lee Chan (1915–2002) was a civic activist in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, who is noted for leading the opposition to the bulldozing of the Strathcona neighbourhood in the late 1960s. She helped establish the Strathcona Property Owner and Tenants Association (SPOTA), going door to door to canvass opposition to the freeway plans. All that was built was the Georgia Viaduct and the McLean Park housing project. She has been profiled at the Vancouver Museum.
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Her mother immigrated from China in 1879 to Vancouver, a town which was then very new and only 20 years occupied by non-natives.
Her daughter Shirley Chan participated in SPOTA organizing as a young girl. She has since become an established figure in the Chinese-Canadian community. She ran as a Liberal Party of Canada candidate in the 2004 federal election against the incumbent Member of Parliament, New Democratic Party Libby Davies.