Ernest Wong was born in Hong Kong and studied at Wah Yan College, Kowloon, a prestigious Roman Catholic secondary school for boys.
[1] Wong migrated to Australia in 1979 to continue his studies, finishing year 12 at Sydney Boys High School and he graduated with a degree in commerce and law from Macquarie University.
[4] He continues to be an advisor to several aged care/nursing homes and had acted as a Director on the board of the Westmead Hospital Medical Research Foundation for seven years before he was elected to the NSW Parliament.
[10] At the 2003 NSW state election, Wong headed a multicultural upper house ticket for the Unity Party.
[12] At a special joint sitting of the New South Wales Legislative Council and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly held on 23 May 2013, Wong was appointed to fill a casual vacancy in the council, following the resignation of former Labor treasurer Eric Roozendaal who was suspended from the Labor Party in November 2012.
[22] In 2018 it was reported that Wong had been removed from a winnable position on the Labor Party Upper House ticket for the 2019 state election.
Wong was accused of giving false evidence under oath to the inquiry, including details of how Labor received funds following a 2015 fundraising event.