Alexa Loo
盧仙泳
Alexa Loo
Member of the Richmond, British Columbia City Council
Assumed office
2014
Personal details
Born (1972-10-06) October 6, 1972[1]
Vancouver, British Columbia
NationalityCanadian
Political partyONE Richmond (municipal)
Other political
affiliations		BC Liberal (provincial)
Spouse
Ari Goosen
​
(m. 2010)​
Children2
ResidenceRichmond, British Columbia
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Profession
  • accountant
  • snowboarder
Military service
AllegianceCanada
Branch Canadian Army (primary reserves)
Years of service2022–present
Rank Lieutenant-colonel
Unit39 Service Battalion[2]
Sports career
NationalityCanadian
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)[1]
SportSnowboarding
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese盧仙泳
Simplified Chinese卢仙泳

Alexa Loo (born October 6, 1972) is a Canadian athlete, accountant and politician, serving as city councillor for Richmond, British Columbia since 2014. As a snowboarder, she competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.[3]

Early life and family

Loo was born in Vancouver and raised in the adjacent city of Richmond, British Columbia.[1][4] Her father is Chinese-Canadian, and her mother is of French-English ancestry.[5] She attended the University of British Columbia, where she competed as both a rower and swimmer for the Thunderbirds.[6] After graduating with a bachelor of commerce degree in 1994, she joined accounting firm KPMG, eventually gaining the chartered accountant designation.[6][7]

Loo married Ari Goosen shortly after the 2010 Winter Olympics; the couple has two sons.[8][9]

Snowboarding career

She began snowboarding at 15 years old, and joined a racing club in 1995.[6] By the 2000s, she was coached by Mark Fawcett;[7] she also counted Jasey-Jay Anderson among her mentors.[5]

In 2006 she won a bronze medal in the woman's parallel giant slalom (PGS) at the World Cup in Plan de Corones, Italy, becoming the first Canadian woman to earn a World Cup medal in alpine snowboarding.[7][1] At that year's Winter Olympics in Turin, she finished 20th overall in the women's PGS qualifying runs.[1][6][10]

After finishing 12th in women's PGS at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,[1][10] she announced her retirement from competitive snowboarding in July that year.[11]

Other career highlights include:

  • Finished ninth in PGS at the World Cup Lac Beauport, Quebec.
  • Gold medalist in PGS at the Nor Am Cup in Copper Mountain (Colorado).
  • Eighth in PGS at the 2005 World Cup, Tandadalen, Sweden.
  • 16th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Sapporo-Makomanai, Japan.
  • 17th in PGS at the 2005 World Cup in Bardonecchia, Italy.
  • Silver medalist in parallel slalom at the 2005 NorAm Cup PSL, Sun Peaks, British Columbia.
  • 14th in PGS at the 2004 World Cup, Soelden, Austria.

Loo served as the athlete representative to the International Ski Federation (FIS) and for many years sat on the board of directors of AthletesCAN [12] - the association of Canada's national team athletes.

Politics

Loo ran for Richmond City Council for the first time in the 2011 municipal election; she finished in 11th place and was not elected.[13] She ran again in the 2014 municipal election as an independent candidate,[13] this time winning a council seat by finishing eighth overall.[14] She was re-elected for a second term in 2018.[15]

In September 2020, Loo became the British Columbia Liberal Party candidate for the riding of Richmond South Centre, in a bid to replace retiring member of the Legislative Assembly Linda Reid.[16] In the October 24, 2020 provincial election, she lost to New Democratic Party candidate Henry Yao by a margin of 179 votes.[17][18]

She was re-elected to Richmond City Council for a third term in 2022, this time running as a candidate for ONE Richmond.[9]

Electoral history

Provincial elections

2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond South Centre
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticHenry Yao6,74350.67+10.39$37,030.55
LiberalAlexa Loo6,56449.33+0.61$50,107.69
Total valid votes 13,307100.00–
Rejected ballots 2071.53+0.34
Turnout 13,51440.12−6.58
Registered voters 33,685
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +4.89
Source: Elections BC[19][20]

Municipal elections

Top 8 candidates elected — Incumbents marked with "(X)". Elected members' names are in bold

2018 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council
Party Council candidate Vote  %
  RITE RichmondCarol Day (X)20,8717.01
  Richmond Citizens' AssociationHarold Steves (X)19,1366.43
  Richmond Community CoalitionChak Au (X)18,0266.05
  Richmond FirstBill McNulty (X)17,2425.79
  Richmond Citizens' AssociationKelly Greene16,4645.53
  Richmond FirstLinda McPhail (X)15,5215.21
  RITE RichmondMichael Wolfe13,6274.58
  IndependentAlexa Loo (X)13,2124.44
  Richmond FirstDerek Dang (X)13,1154.40
  Richmond FirstAndy Hobbs12,3364.14
  Richmond Citizens' AssociationJudie Schneider11,6723.92
  Richmond Community CoalitionKen Johnston (X)11,1613.75
  Richmond Community CoalitionJonathan Ho11,1403.74
  Richmond Citizens' AssociationJack Trovato10,9153.67
  Richmond FirstSunny Ho8,9333.00
  RITE RichmondNiti Sharma8,9172.99
  RITE RichmondHenry Yao8,4672.84
  Richmond FirstPeter Liu8,3572.81
  Richmond Community CoalitionParm Bains7,9732.68
  IndependentJohn Roston7,9612.67
  Richmond Community CoalitionMelissa Zhang7,7082.38
  IndependentKerry Starchuk6,9592.34
  IndependentJason Tarnow5,7201.92
  IndependentAdil Awan4,2781.44
  IndependentManjit Singh4,1341.39
  IndependentDennis Page3,4781.17
  IndependentAndy Chiang3,3371.12
  IndependentTheresa Head3,2511.09
  IndependentPatrick J. Saunders2,2410.75
  IndependentZhe Zhang2,2410.75
2014 British Columbia municipal elections: Richmond City Council
Party Council candidate Vote  %
  Richmond FirstBill McNulty17,4177.08
  Richmond Community CoalitionChak Au15,7426.40
  Richmond FirstLinda McPhail15,6796.37
  Richmond FirstDerek Dang14,8446.03
  IndependentHarold Steves14,4175.86
  Rite RichmondCarol Day13,3895.44
  Richmond Community CoalitionKen Johnston12,7925.20
  IndependentAlexa Loo12,5955.12
  Richmond FirstAndy Hobbs12,0134.88
  Rite RichmondMichael Wolfe11,7654.78
  Richmond Community CoalitionDan Baxter9,9524.04
  Richmond Community CoalitionKirby Graeme9,8694.01
  Richmond Community CoalitionSal Bhullar8,9653.64
  IndependentDave Semple8,5663.48
  Richmond FirstElsa Wong8,5003.45
  Richmond Community CoalitionHelen Quan8,3753.40
  Richmond ReformSunny Ho6,9262.81
  Renew RichmondGrace Tsang6,2222.53
  IndependentRoy Sakata5,8242.37
  IndependentJerome Dickey4,7081.91
  IndependentHenry Juin-Hsien Yao4,4121.79
  IndependentJennifer Huang3,9771.62
  Renew RichmondAdil Awan3,5871.46
  IndependentJanos Bergman3,2481.32
  IndependentDon Montgomery2,9971.22
  IndependentLaura Nastasa2,2950.93
  IndependentPatrick S. Saunders2,1080.86
  IndependentKristian von Schalburg1,6190.66
  IndependentGary Yuill1,4060.57
  IndependentLee Gildemeester1,2580.51
  IndependentJun L. Wuyan6940.28

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Alexa Loo - Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website". Canadian Olympic Committee. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  2. ↑ "Alexa Loo — Biography". Alexa Loo Campaign. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ Olympic results
  4. ↑ "Alexa Loo: Chinese-only signs in Richmond 'ridiculous'". CBC News. 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  5. 1 2 "Eleven Minutes With Alexa Loo, Olympic Snowboarding Veteran". Scout Magazine. 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Drexhage, Glenn (February 8, 2010). "Hooked on racing: Grad's grace under pressure". UBC Reports. University of British Columbia. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 Christie, Jack (2009-11-04). "Snowboarder Alexa Loo is persistence personified". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  8. ↑ Booth, Mark (2014-01-29). "Olympian turns her attention to Kidsport Richmond". Richmond News. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
  9. 1 2 Campbell, Alan (2022-10-08). "Municipal election: Mayoral, city council candidate profiles". Richmond News. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  10. 1 2 "Alexa Loo Biography". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  11. ↑ "Veteran snowboarder Alexa Loo retires". The Canadian Press, via CBC Sports. 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  12. ↑ "AthletesCAN website - Prior Board Members List". Archived from the original on 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  13. 1 2 Wood, Graeme (2014-09-16). "Alexa Loo to make second attempt at city council". Richmond News. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  14. ↑ Wood, Graeme (2014-11-14). "Community activist Carol Day and Olympian Loo win seats on Richmond council". Richmond News. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  15. ↑ "Veteran Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie wins sixth term". Vancouver Sun. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  16. ↑ Rantanen, Maria (2020-09-21). "Updated: Richmond Coun. Alexa Loo to run provincially". Richmond News. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  17. ↑ Rantanen, Maria (2020-11-07). "Update: NDP secures third provincial seat in Richmond". Richmond News. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  18. ↑ Larsen, Karin (2020-11-07). "Projected Green seat flipped to Liberals following tightest race in B.C." CBC News. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  19. ↑ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  20. ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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