Wing Luke 1962 City Council campaign brochure image.
Assistant Attorney General of Washington
In office 1957–1962
Member of the Seattle City Council for position 5
In office March 13, 1962 – May 16, 1965
Personal details
Born
(1925-02-18)February 18, 1925 Near Canton, Republic of China
Died
May 16, 1965(1965-05-16) (aged 40) Snohomish County, Washington, U.S.
Political party
Democratic[1]
Alma mater
University of Washington (BA) University of Washington School of Law (LLB)
Wing Chong Luke (February 18, 1925 – May 16, 1965; Chinese: 陸榮昌; Jyutping: Luk6 Wing4coeng1; pinyin: Lù Róngchāng) was a Chinese-American lawyer and politician from Seattle.
Luke served as an assistant attorney general of Washington for the state civil rights division from 1957 to 1962. He was later a member of the Seattle City Council for position 5 from 1962 until his death in 1965 in a plane crash. The Wing Luke Museum is named in his honor.
The first Asian-American to hold elected office in the state, Luke was cited as an inspiration by Gary Locke, the first Chinese-American governor of Washington.[2]
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