Randall Wong

Randall Wong
Born	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Other names	Buddy Wong
Occupation	judge
Known for	Canada's first Chinese-Canadian federal judge Longest serving judge on British Columbia's Supreme Court

Randall Wong is a Canadian lawyer. ^[1] He was the first Chinese-Canadian lawyer to be appointed to a Federal court. ^{[2] [3]} He is the longest serving judge on British Columbia's Supreme Court. ^{[4] [5]}

On August 3, 2011, over a thousand members of the extended Wong family gathered in Toronto to celebrate the Canadian Heraldic Authority granting of a Wong family crest. ^{[2] [3]} Press coverage of this event listed Randall Wong as one of the most distinguished members of the family.

Wong's parents owned the historic Ovaltine Cafe, and he attributes conversations he had while working there, with law enforcement officials. with his decision to make the law his career. ^{[1] [6]}

References

1. Gavin Fisher (2016-04-14). "B.C. Supreme Court honours 50-year career of province's longest-serving judge". CBC News . Archived from the original on 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2019-02-25. 'They came from the back of the police station to the alleyway and through the kitchen and I think I was influenced a lot by these people to go into law,' Wong told host Rick Cluff on The Early Edition.
2. Tony Wong (2011-08-03). "Canadian Wongs get their own crest". Toronto Star . Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-02-25. There was also Randall Wong, the first Chinese-Canadian judge crown counsel and federally appointed judge.
3. Tristin Hopper (2011-08-14). "A gathering of Wongs". National Post . Retrieved 2019-02-25. Vancouver-born Randall Wong is Canada's first federally-appointed Chinese-Canadian judge.
4. "The Honourable Randall (Buddy) Wong". Peter A. Allard School of Law . Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-02-25. He served as the first Chinese Canadian provincial Crown Counsel (1967) and became a BC Provincial Court judge in 1974. In 1981 he became the first Chinese Canadian federally appointed judge with his appointment to the British Columbia County Court. In 1990 he was promoted to a position on Canada's Supreme Court serving the Supreme Courts of British Columbia, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut's Court of Justice.
5. Edwin Lee (2017-05-31). "More Untold Stories from Vancouver's Chinatown: Musician Henry Young (Part One)". Rice Paper magazine . Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
6. "Vintage Vancouver cafe named among top 50 in the world". CTV News . 2018-09-23. Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-02-24. The Telegraph newspaper of London lauded the Ovaltine Cafe at 251 East Hastings as remarkable for its vintage furnishings.