Jean Yip

Member of Parliament
for Scarborough—AgincourtAssumed office
December 11, 2017Preceded byArnold Chan Personal detailsBorn
1968 (age 55–56)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada^[1]Political partyLiberalSpouse ResidenceWillowdale, Toronto^[2]Alma materUniversity of TorontoOccupationInsurance 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 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]

Election results

2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean Yip	20,712	56.54	+6.04
	Conservative	Mark Johnson	10,630	29.02	-8.03
	New Democratic	Larisa Julius	3,680	10.04	+1.34
	People's	Eric Muraven	978	2.67	+1.42
	Green	Arjun Balasingham	631	1.72	-0.79
Total valid votes			36,630
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]

v t e 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

References

External links

• Jean Yip – Parliament of Canada biography