Mayoralty
After losing his job with the city in a round of austerity measures incumbent mayor Maurice Lamoureux had implemented in early 1982, Wong successfully challenged Lamoureux for the mayoralty in that year's municipal election. He was the city's first non-white mayor, and one of the first Chinese Canadian mayors anywhere in Canada.
His term as mayor was marked by efforts to diversify the city's mining-based economy. One of the most notable projects to take place during his term was the creation of Science North, an interactive science museum which launched in 1984.
In the 1991 municipal elections, former mayor Jim Gordon sought a return to office, and Wong was defeated.
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