Ted Hsu — Kingston and the Islands

Ted Hsu (pronounced “shoe”), a scientist with 25 published research papers, is Executive Director of SWITCH, a Kingston-based not-for-profit association that promotes job creation and investment in the area of sustainable energy. For three years prior, he was a stay-at-home father, after a rewarding career as a researcher and trader in Paris and Philadelphia for Banque Nationale de Paris, and as an Executive Director in the Tokyo office of Morgan Stanley.

Ted grew up in Kingston and his extended family has been living there since 1964. He appreciates the need to nurture the local economy in areas including sustainable energy, where the focus is on the jobs of the future, and to achieve progress by working together with the private sector and municipal and provincial government partners.

Ted is an uncommon candidate because of his scientific and creative problem-solving background, experience in international business and management, and his fluency in French and Chinese.

For the last four years, Ted served as treasurer of the Kingston and the Islands Federal Liberal Association, and was an active member of its Policy Committee. He worked actively in the 2007 and 2008 provincial and federal Liberal campaigns.

Ted graduated from Queen’s University in 1984 (B.Sc. Hons. Physics). He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Princeton University in 1989. He and his wife, Tara Sharkey, are the proud parents of Ella-Valentine and Vera-Claire.

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