Jean Lee Yip[2] MP (born 1968)[3][4] is a Chinese Canadian politician born in Scarborough, Ontario, who was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on December 11, 2017.[5][6][7] She represents the electoral district of Scarborough—Agincourt as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada caucus.
Jean Yip | |
|---|---|
葉嘉麗 | |
| Member of Parliament for Scarborough—Agincourt | |
| Assumed office December 11, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Arnold Chan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean Lee Yip 1968 (age 55–56) Scarborough, Ontario, Canada[1] |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | |
| Residence | Willowdale, Toronto[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Occupation | Insurance underwriter, constituency assistant |
| Jean Yip | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 葉嘉麗 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 叶嘉丽 | ||||||||||
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Yip is the widow of her predecessor Arnold Chan, and first became prominent in the riding when she took time to assist her husband with constituency political duties during his cancer treatment.[4]
Election results
edit| 2021 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jean Yip | 20,712 | 56.54 | +6.04 | $85,348.74 | |||
| Conservative | Mark Johnson | 10,630 | 29.02 | -8.03 | $60,415.97 | |||
| New Democratic | Larisa Julius | 3,680 | 10.04 | +1.34 | $4,603.16 | |||
| People's | Eric Muraven | 978 | 2.67 | +1.42 | $1,748.37 | |||
| Green | Arjun Balasingham | 631 | 1.72 | -0.79 | $5,423.76 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 36,630 | – | – | $106,493.49 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 422 | 1.14 | +0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 37,052 | 53.16 | -5.65 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 69,705 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.04 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jean Yip | 21,115 | 50.50 | +1.09 | $64,047.27 | |||
| Conservative | Sean Hu | 15,492 | 37.05 | -3.50 | $90,791.36 | |||
| New Democratic | Larisa Julius | 3,636 | 8.70 | +3.63 | $0.00 | |||
| Green | Randi Ramdeen | 1,050 | 2.51 | +1.14 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Anthony Internicola | 521 | 1.25 | - | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,814 | 98.87 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 476 | 1.13 | +0.49 | |||||
| Turnout | 42,290 | 58.81 | +31.99 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 71,907 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.29 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal by-election, December 11, 2017: Scarborough—Agincourt Death of Arnold Chan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean Yip | 9,091 | 49.44 | -2.50 | ||||
| Conservative | Dasong Zou | 7,448 | 40.51 | +2.48 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brian Chang | 931 | 5.06 | -2.79 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Jude Coutinho | 371 | 2.02 | +1.21 | ||||
| Green | Michael DiPasquale | 253 | 1.38 | +0.00 | ||||
| Independent | Tom Zhu | 148 | 0.80 | |||||
| Independent | John "The Engineer" Turmel | 145 | 0.79 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 18,387 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 18,387 | 26.74 | -32.68 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 68,775 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.49 | ||||||
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