Wade Wei Lin Chang (; born 1985 or 1986) is a Taiwanese-born Canadian politician and lawyer. He has served as a member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Burnaby Central since 2025, as part of the Liberal Party of Canada caucus.
Biography Born in Yilan City, Taiwan, Chang moved to Canada with his family in grade six. After finishing secondary school in Canada, he earned a law degree from the University of Melbourne, and an MBA from Oxford.
In the 2025 Canadian federal election, he contested the newly established riding of Burnaby Central as a Liberal candidate, and defeated the federal New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh to become the riding's MP. He is the second Taiwanese Canadian to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada, and the country's first gay Asian MP.
Chang served on the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights from September 2025 to April 2026. Since May 2026, he has served on the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration and the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, with a focus on immigration, government accountability, privacy, and ethical governance.
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