MLA Wayne Cao Calgary-Fort

Dear God, please bless MLA Wayne Cao. Help and guide him to make right decisions and actions. We pray for his family and colleagues that they can have peace of mind and you can strengthen them. Help him to make smart or wise decisions and give him guidance. Please surround him with your presence and help him know that you are with him. We pray for health for him and his family. Bless the Calgary-Fort office as well that it can be a peaceful place of work. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

 
Wayne Cao was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on March 11, 1997, as the MLA for the Calgary-Fort constituency and re-elected on March 11, 2001, November 22, 2004, March 3, 2008 and April 23, 2012. On April 14, 2008, Mr. Cao was elected to the position of Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees.

Mr. Cao was appointed chair of the Standing Committee on Private Bills on May 24, 2012. He was appointed to the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship on May 28, 2012.

His past appointments include:

• Chair, Cabinet Policy Committee on Government Services
• Member, Standing Committee on Education
• Member, Legislative Offices Committee
• Member, Legislative Review Committee
• Member, Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund Committee
• Deputy chair, select standing committees on Private Bills and Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing
• Cabinet member liaison to caucus for southern Alberta
• Chair, government caucus in Calgary
• Chair, child care legislation review
• Chair, Court Service Workers Review Committee
• Member of the Standing Policy Committee on Learning
• Chair, Committee on Lifelong Learning
• Chair, Employment Standards Regulations Review
• Chair, Northland Athabasca School District Review
• Member, Natural Heritage Environment Protection Legislation Review
• Member of the Subcommittees of Supply and Designated Supply
• Member, Government Strategy Team on Private Members’ Bills
• Government Member, Lougheed House Historical Preservation Society
• Government Representative, Calgary Diversity Leadership Council
• Member, Legislature Standing Committee on Public Accounts
• Member, MLA Committee on Strengthening Alberta’s Role in Confederation

Mr. Cao has brought forward several legislation changes related to maternity/parental leave increase, minimum wage increase, employment standards for domestic workers, medical benefits for severely handicapped people, seniors’ assistance programs and the selection of Alberta’s official song.

He has lived, worked and travelled extensively in many parts of the world: Southeast Asia, Western Europe, Australia, Mexico, the USA and Canada.

Mr. Cao received training in engineering, computing technology and business management from various corporations and institutions such as the universities of Auckland, Saigon and Waterloo and continuing education programs through Shell Petroleum in Canada and the USA. He is a certified information technology professional, holding ISP designation from the Canadian Information Processing Society.

He worked for the Shell petroleum company for 26 years in many specialist and management roles before early retirement in 1997 after winning his first election. He taught evening courses for the Association of Engineers of Saigon-Vietnam and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.

Mr. Cao is a past director of Kimson Consulting Services and Canadasia Management Consulting, a past chair of the Data Warehouse Technology Special Interest Group of the Canadian Information Processing Professional Society and past member of the Data Processing Management Association of America.

He has participated in and held memberships in various society and charity organizations, including:

• Canadian Club of Calgary
• United Nations Association
• Wildrose Lions Club
• Royal Canadian Legion, Ogden Branch
• The Future Group
• Habitat for Humanity
• For the Love of Children Society
• New View Global Vision Foundation
• Calgary Minor Soccer Association

Mr. Cao also has worked with Calgary community TV and has spent time advising cultural events. He was a volunteer/session leader with the Junior Achievement stay-in-school programs; judge for high school debates, science and heritage fairs; a volunteer/contributor with Meals-for-Homeless and Inn-from-the-Cold; and a participant and fundraiser for various charity events.

His contributions to the community have been recognized through awards and honorary membership from For The Love of Children Society, the Hart Foundation, Friends of Elliston Park Society, the Ogden Seniors Association, Fort Calgary Historic Foundation, Visminsa Filipino Society, Indo-Canada Association, Hispanic Arts Society, Hoysun Association, Millican-Ogden Association, Calgary Minor Soccer Association and Chinese Music Development Society. He has received the Queen’s Jubilee Medal and the Alberta Centennial Medal.

Mr. Cao enjoys playing racket sports, downhill skiing, fishing, playing music and singing, history reading, language learning and martial arts practice.

He has established his home in Calgary for over the last 30 years with his wife, Kim Hoang, an engineer and banking professional, and their three sons: William (MBA; law, University of Calgary), Winston (engineer, University of Waterloo) and Ulysses (biochemist, Queen’s University). They have one grandson so far.

June 6, 2012