Jean Yip

Jean Yip
MP
葉嘉麗
Member of Parliament
for Scarborough—Agincourt
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 11, 2017
Preceded byArnold Chan
Personal details
Born
Jean Lee Yip

1968 (age 55–56)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada[1]
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
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(died 2017)​
ResidenceWillowdale, Toronto[2]
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
OccupationInsurance underwriter, constituency assistant
Jean Yip
Traditional Chinese葉嘉麗
Simplified Chinese叶嘉丽
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYè Jiālí
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingjip6 gaa1lai6

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.

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]

  1. ^ "Jean Yip".
  2. ^ a b "Search For Contributions". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  3. ^ "Profile".
  4. ^ a b "Jean Yip to vie for late husband Arnold Chan's seat". Toronto Star, October 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "Caifu Magazine - Meet Devoted Scarborough-Agincourt Community Leader Jean Yip". caifuglobal.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  6. ^ "CBC projects Jean Yip, widow of late Arnold Chan, winner of Scarborough-Agincourt byelection". CBC News, December 11, 2017.
  7. ^ "Liberal Jean Yip declares victory in Scarborough-Agincourt byelection". Toronto Star. December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.