Jean Yip

Jean Yip MP
葉嘉麗
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Scarborough—Agincourt
Incumbent
Assumed office December 11, 2017
Preceded by	Arnold Chan
Personal details
Born	1967/1968 (age 51–52) Scarborough, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Arnold Chan (d. 2017)
Alma mater	University of Toronto
Occupation	insurance underwriter, constituency assistant

Jean Yip
Traditional Chinese	葉嘉麗
Simplified Chinese	叶嘉丽
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yè Jiālí Yue: Cantonese Jyutping jip6 gaa1lai6

Jean Yip MP (born 1967 or 1968) 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. 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.

Election results

2019 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Yip	21,115	50.5	+1.06
	Conservative	Sean Hu	15,492	37.0	-3.51
	New Democratic	Larisa Julius	3,636	8.7	+3.64
	Green	Randi Ramdeen	1,050	2.5	+1.12
	People's	Anthony Internicola	521	1.2
Total valid votes/Expense limit			41,814	100.0
Total rejected ballots			476
Turnout			42,290	59.3
Eligible voters			71,325
Source: Elections Canada

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