Jean Yip
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Jean Yip | |
|---|---|
葉嘉麗 | |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Scarborough—Agincourt | |
| Assumed office December 11, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Arnold Chan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967/1968 (age 50–51)[1] Scarborough, Ontario[2] |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Arnold Chan (d. 2017) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Occupation | insurance underwriter, constituency assistant |
Jean Yip MP (born 1967 or 1968)[1] is a Canadian politician from Ontario, who was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on December 11, 2017.[3][4] She represents the electoral district of Scarborough—Agincourt as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada caucus.
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.[1]
Electoral record[edit]
| Canadian federal by-election, December 11, 2017: Scarborough—Agincourt Death of Arnold Chan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jean Yip | 9,091 | 49.44 | -2.51 | ||||
| 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 | +1.22 | ||||
| Green | Michael DiPasquale | 253 | 1.38 | +0.01 | ||||
| Independent | Tom Zhu | 148 | 0.81 | |||||
| Independent | John "The Engineer" Turmel | 145 | 0.79 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 100.00 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Jean Yip to vie for late husband Arnold Chan's seat". Toronto Star, October 28, 2017.
- ^ http://jyip.liberal.ca/biography/
- ^ "CBC projects Jean Yip, widow of late Arnold Chan, winner of Scarborough-Agincourt byelection". CBC News, December 11, 2017.
- ^ "Liberal Jean Yip declares victory in Scarborough-Agincourt byelection". Toronto Star. December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
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