Mayor Simon Yu was born in Hong Kong and has been an active member of the Prince George Community for nearly 50 years. He won the municipal election on October 15, 2022.

Mayor Yu's scope of work and community involvement includes:

Director for University of Northern British Columbia

Director for the Prince George Airport Authority

Founding committee member of Woodwords Initiative

Mayor Yu is a professional engineer who has taught engineering at College of New Caledonia, and he had an active consulting engineering business servicing Northern British Columbia prior to becoming the Mayor of Prince George.