Douglas Jung

Douglas Jung
CM OBC CD MP
Douglas Jung CM OBC CD MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Vancouver Centre
	In office; June 10, 1957 – June 17, 1962
Preceded by	Ralph Campney
Succeeded by	John Robert Nicholson
Personal details
Born	February 25, 1924; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Died	January 4, 2002 (aged 77); Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Relatives	Major Ross Jung (brother); Flight-Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Jung RCAF (brother);
Alma mater	University of British Columbia
Occupation	Lawyer; politician; military officer; secret agent;
Awards	Canadian Forces' Decoration; Order of Canada; Order of British Columbia;
Military service
Allegiance	Canada
Branch/service	Canadian Army, Special Operations Executive
Rank	Captain
Unit	Force 136
Battles/wars	World War II British Borneo campaign; New Guinea campaign;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄭天華
Simplified Chinese	郑天华
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhèng Tiānhuá
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Zeng6 Tin1-waa6

Douglas Jung CM OBC CD MP (Chinese: 鄭天華; February 25, 1924 – January 4, 2002) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, military officer, and Special Operations Executive secret agent. A Conservative, he was the first member of a visible minority elected to the Parliament of Canada, as well as the first Canadian Member of Parliament (MP) of Chinese and Asian descent in the House of Commons of Canada.

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