Susan Eng

Susan Eng

Susan Eng, LL.B. is a Toronto tax lawyer and former chair of the Metro Toronto Police Services Board from 1991 to 1995.

Eng, the daughter of immigrants from China, studied at Jarvis Collegiate Institute and received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1975. She was called to Ontario Bar in 1977.

In 1984 Eng was a candidate in the Ward 6 by-election to fill John Sewell's vacated seat on Toronto City Council. She attracted support from the Progressive Conservative Party's Larry Grossman and Susan Fish and from Liberal Jim Coutts. [Beverley Bowen, "Eng attracts workers Tories, Liberals help Ward 6 independent", "Globe and Mail", February 17, 1984] Running as an independent, she was defeated by New Democratic Party candidate Dale Martin by a margin of 6,546 votes to 5,716. [Robert MacLeod, "CIVIC ELECTION 1988 Development is key issue in heated contest", "Globe and Mail", November 8, 1988] In the 1985 municipal election she supported Peter Maloney's unsuccessful candidacy in the same ward. [Geoffrey York, "CIVIC ELECTION '85 Shakeup not likely Stable city council expected as few aldermen in danger", "Globe and Mail", October 23, 1985]

Eng was first appointed to the Metropolitan Toronto Police Services Board in 1989 by the Liberal government of David Peterson, she was Chair from 1991 to 1995.

Eng’s appointment to chair the Toronto Police Services Board was opposed by some police officers despite being endorsed by the Premier of Ontario Bob Rae ["Rae supports tax lawyer for head of police board", "Globe and Mail", 28 March 1991, A5.]

Eng is now a lawyer and activist in the Chinese community in Toronto as well as:

* member of the Governing Council of the University of Toronto
* director of the YWCA of Greater Toronto
* member of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
* director and Vice Chair of the Chinese Community Nursing Home for Greater Toronto
* member of with the Urban Alliance on Race Relations
* national executive of Chinese Canadian National Council

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