Editing Wing Luke (section)

{{short description|American lawyer}}

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Wing Luke
| native_name         = {{zh|t=陸榮昌|p=Lù Róngchāng|j=Luk<sup>6</sup> Wing<sup>4</sup>coeng<sup>1</sup>|first=j}}
| native_name_lang    = [[Cantonese]]
| image               = Image:Wing Luke Historylink.org.jpg
| image_size          = 
| smallimage          = <!--If this is specified, "image" should not be.-->
| alt                 = Wing Luke in 1962.
| caption             = Wing Luke 1962 City Council campaign brochure image.
| office              = Assistant [[Attorney General]] of Washington
| governor            = 
| term_start          = 1957
| term_end            = 1962
| predecessor         = 
| successor           = 
| office2             = Member of the [[Seattle City Council]] for position 5
| term_start2         = March 13, 1962
| term_end2           = May 16, 1965
| predecessor2        = 
| successor2          = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1925|2|18}}
| birth_place         = Near [[Guangzhou|Canton]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1965|5|16|1925|2|5}}
| death_place         = [[Snohomish County, Washington]], U.S.
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historylink.org/File/2047|title = Luke, Wing (1925-1965)}}</ref>
| alma_mater          = [[University of Washington]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Washington School of Law]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
}}

'''Wing Chong Luke''' (February 18, 1925 – May 16, 1965; {{zh|t=陸榮昌|p=Lù Róngchāng|j=Luk<sup>6</sup> Wing<sup>4</sup>coeng<sup>1</sup>|first=j}}) was a [[Chinese-American]] lawyer and politician from [[Seattle]].

Luke served as an [[Attorney General of Washington|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|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]].<ref name="seattle times 80th" />