Jean Yip
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Jean Yip | |
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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 51–52)[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 | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 葉嘉麗 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 叶嘉丽 | ||||||||||
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Jean Yip MP (born 1967 or 1968)[1] 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.[3][4][5] 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]
Election results[edit]
2019 Canadian federal election: Scarborough—Agincourt | ||||||||
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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[6] |
Canadian federal by-election, December 11, 2017: Scarborough—Agincourt Death of Arnold Chan | ||||||||
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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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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/
- ^ "Caifu Magazine - Meet Devoted Scarborough-Agincourt Community Leader Jean Yip". caifuglobal.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
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