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Douglas Jung (1924-02-25–2002-01-04) (traditional Chinese: 鄭天華; simplified Chinese: 郑天华; ); February 25, 1924 – January 4, 2002) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, military officer, and Special Operations Executive's 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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  • Some of us realized that unless we volunteered to serve Canada during this hour of need, we would be in a very difficult position after the war ended to demand our rights as Canadian citizens because the Canadian government would say to us, "What did you do during the war when everybody else was out fighting for Canada? What did you do?" So a few of us volunteered to serve, and my group was probably the first to join up.
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