Sean Chu

Sean Chu is a municipal politician who currently serves as Councillor of Ward 4 in Calgary, Alberta. He was elected in the 2013 municipal election.

Chu was born in Taiwan, and moved to Calgary in 1985.

Awards

While working for the Calgary Police Service, Chu received both the Calgary Police Service Distinguished Service Medal and the 20 years Service Medal. His contribution to community initiatives has been recognized with both the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Alberta Centennial Medal.

Education and career before politics

Chu spent three years in military service in Taiwan before moving to Canada.

After his arrival in Canada, Chu attended Mount Royal College.

Prior to being elected Sean was a member of the Calgary Police Service. During his 21 years of service Sean worked as a member of the motorcycle Unit, District #1 and the Diversity Resources Team for Community Outreach.

Chu first entered Canadian politics in 2008 with an unsuccessful run to represent Calgary Buffalo at the provincial level. Running as a member of the PC party, Chu finished second.

His next attempt at office was an unsuccessful run to represent Ward 4 in 2010. During that election, he came in second to Gael MacLeod with 21% of the vote, to her 25%.

2013 municipal election

Chu was elected to represent Ward 4 by capturing 43% of the votes, defeating incumbent Gael MacLeod, who took 40%.

Chu is a frequent user of Twitter and has made several statements on the platform for which he has later apologised.

• Chu apologized after sending out, and later deleting, two tweets that berated a city employee over a presentation around a planned downtown bike lane.
• Tweeted that recent cold weather and the fact a ship is stuck in ice near Antarctica seem to have quieted climate change "alarmists."
• Comparing the Irish vote to allow same-sex marriage to "our own social revolution to screw the dt (downtown) businesses. Cycletracks."

• "Sean Chu apologizes for disrespectful, profane bike lane tweets". CBC News - Calgary. CBC. 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2015-06-29. 
• "Calgary councillor stands by 'global warming alarmist' tweet". CBC. 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2015-06-29. 
• MacGregor, Lisa (May 24, 2015). "Calgary City Councillor Sean Chu faces backlash over tweet". Global Calgary. Retrieved June 25, 2015. 

In April 2015 Chu's former campaign manager, Amanda Wilkie, launched a lawsuit for $275,000 alleging that Chu made defamatory comments about her when he spoke to a mutual acquaintance in November 2013 and on other occasions.