1906 - 2001
K. Dock Yip Canadian Attorney
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Details
| First Name |
K.
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| Middle Name |
Dock
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| Last Name |
Yip
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1905
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| Birthplace |
Vancouver, British Columbia
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| Died |
2001
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| Place of Death |
Toronto, Ontario
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| Nationality |
Canadian
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| Occupation Text |
Lawyer
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| Occupation |
Attorney
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| Year(s) Active |
1945–1992
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Kew Dock Yip (葉求鐸; pinyin: Yè Qiúduó; 1906–2001) was community leader in Toronto's First Chinatown, the first Canadian lawyer of Chinese descent, and played a critical role in helping repeal the Canadian Chinese Exclusion Act in 1947. He is the third youngest son of Yip Sang, a prominent Chinese merchant and paymaster of CP Railway, in Vancouver in the 1900s.
