Failed NPA council candidate Francis Wong has made good on his promise to file his overdue financial statements from the 2011 civic election campaign.
Wong delivered his statements to city hall Tuesday after telling the Courier in an interview Monday that he promised to end the mystery of how much he raised and spent during the campaign.
According to the documents, he raised $30,324 and spent $34,812, with his biggest donation-$3,300-courtesy of development company Concord Pacific, which has been a major contributor to the NPA and Vision Vancouver in previous campaigns.
Other contributions from companies included $2,500 from Park Real Estate Marketing, $1,000 from Savary Management Master Trust, $960 from Allan DeGenova Personal Real Estate Corp. and $500 from Gateway Casino.
Jeff Chang ($2,800) and Tony Kam ($1,000) contributed the largest sums from individuals. Paddy Wong and Richard Wong gave $500 each.
Wong told the Courier Monday he held a fundraiser at the Fraser Court restaurant, where 300 people attended. The documents state it cost him $12,523 to host the fundraiser and another $16,800 for a fee to run with the NPA.
Wong collected 44,708 votes in the election but finished 16th in a race for 10 seats. Vision Vancouver won eight seats, including the mayor's chair. The NPA is represented by George Affleck and Elizabeth Ball while Adriane Carr is council's lone Green Party member.
It was the Vision council that last week publicly chastised Wong during a council meeting for missing two filing deadlines. Wong's failure to do so resulted in a $500 penalty, which he said he paid Tuesday. He is also prohibited from running for office in 2014.
Wong said he went through a divorce after the election, was still sorting through bank documents and was out of the country during the first deadline in March to disclose his campaign finances.
"Right after the election, I was going through quite a bit of personal stuff so I just didn't have the time to do it," said Wong in an interview Monday from his family's jewelry store at the Tinseltown mall on West Pender Street.
He has apologized to his party for not meeting the filing deadline. The NPA's central campaign spent $2.5 million in the 2011 vote while Vision shelled out $2.2 million. COPE, which ran a coordinated campaign with Vision, spent $360,969.
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