Vincent Ke

Wenbin "Vincent" Ke is a Canadian politician who was a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in Ontario, representing the riding of Don Valley North from 2018 until 2025. Originally elected as a Progressive Conservative (PC), he stepped down from the caucus on March 10, 2023 following allegations of involvement in Chinese government election interference. He is the second mainland-Chinese Canadian immigrant elected as a PC MPP.

Background Ke was born in Quanzhou, Fujian, China, and immigrated to Canada in 1998. He holds an undergraduate degree in engineering from Fuzhou University in China and a Master's from Ruhr University in Germany. Prior to his election, Ke worked for Conec—a German firm which has sites in Shanghai and Brampton—from 1999 to 2018; his role with the company was as an electronic engineer.

Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO), the province's regulatory body for engineers, instructed Ke to stop using the title of engineer following complaints that he was doing so without being licensed as a professional engineer with PEO. He was appointed as the parliamentary assistant to the minister of heritage, sport, tourism and culture industries (culture and sport) on June 26, 2019.

During the 2022 provincial election, Ke and seven other PC MPPs were identified as having received an allowance from their PC riding associations, with Ke expensing meals, entertainment, gas and parking. While allowed by provincial law, federal politicians are prohibited from doing the same, raising questions about aligning provincial and federal allowance rules. Ke defeated Liberal Jonathan Tsao to win a second term,

Allegations of Chinese government interference

Ke's ties to the Chinese consulate were questioned by National Post writer Tom Blackwell in a 2019 article.''

On March 10, 2023, Global News reported that Ke served as a financial intermediary for the Chinese consulate as part of election interference efforts. Ke denied the allegations and resigned from the Ontario PC caucus on the same day, so that he would not be a "distraction to the government and take away from the good work Premier Ford is doing for the province of Ontario". Ford's office stated that "While the allegations against Mr. Ke are not proven, they are serious and deserve his full and undivided attention as he works to clear his name".

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had previously briefed Ford's chief of staff in November 2022 about Ke, which Ford described as sparse and "very secretive".

2025 election Ke was not readmitted to caucus and ran in the 2025 Ontario general election as an independent candidate, but was unsuccessful. Liberal Jonathan Tsao was elected with Ke placing third behind PC candidate Sue Liu; Ke's vote total was greater than Tsao's margin of victory over Liu.

Electoral record