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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chin_Lee > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chin_Lee.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Lee > Source revision: 1347507796 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Multiple issues| {{notability|Biographies|date=May 2018}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2015}} }} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Chin Lee portrait, 2010 (S2311 fl3195 it0001).jpg | native_name = {{nobold|李振光}} | native_name_lang = zh-hant | name = Chin Lee | caption = Lee in 2010 | birth_place = | death_date = | office = [Toronto City Councillor](/source/Toronto_City_Councillor) for [(Ward 41) Scarborough—Rouge River](/source/Scarborough%E2%80%94Rouge_River_(federal_electoral_district)) | term_start = December 1, 2006 | term_end = May 11, 2018 | predecessor = [Paul Ainslie](/source/Paul_Ainslie) | successor = [Miganoush Megardichian](/source/Miganoush_Megardichian) | party = | spouse = | birth_date = | occupation = Consultant }} '''Chin Lee''' ({{lang-zh|c=李振光|p=Lǐ Zhèngguāng}}) is a former Canadian city councillor in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada, from [Scarborough](/source/Scarborough%2C_Toronto) for Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River until his resignation in May 2018. Lee was elected to Toronto City Council in the November 2006 civic elections for Ward 41 - [Scarborough—Rouge River](/source/Scarborough%E2%80%94Rouge_River_(federal_electoral_district)). He replaced former councillor and MPP [Bas Balkissoon](/source/Bas_Balkissoon). Lee is also a member of the [Scarborough Community Council](/source/Scarborough_Community_Council). Lee was one of [Toronto City Council](/source/Toronto_City_Council)'s three appointees to the seven-member [Toronto Police Services Board](/source/Toronto_Police_Services_Board) from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2014 to 2018.{{cite web | url=https://www.tpsb.ca/about/past-members | title=Toronto Police Services Board - Past Members | accessdate=July 23, 2024}} He is one of four councillors of Asian heritage elected to city council in Toronto in 2014, the other three being Councillor [Denzil Minnan-Wong](/source/Denzil_Minnan-Wong), Councillor [Kristyn Wong-Tam](/source/Kristyn_Wong-Tam) and [Korean](/source/Koreans) born, Councillor [Raymond Cho](/source/Raymond_Cho_(politician)). Born to Chinese-Malaysian parents, his grandparents came from the Kaiping/Taishan region of the Guangdong province in China. ==Community activism== Prior to entering politics Chin Lee served as President of the Goldhawk Community Association, serving the northeast Scarborough Community. {{citation needed|date=February 2012}} He was a founding member of Scarborough Needs Accountable Politicians (SNAP), a community organization that was created to oppose pay increases that Scarborough School Board Trustees approved for themselves. {{citation needed|date=February 2012}} Chin Lee, along with other community leaders such as [Bas Balkissoon](/source/Bas_Balkissoon) formed Scarborough Homeowners Alliance for Fair Taxation (SHAFT), a grassroots taxpayer group that fought to make changes to the Province of Ontario's property assessment system. {{citation needed|date=February 2012}} On October 27, 2017, Lee announced that he would be seeking the [Liberal](/source/Ontario_Liberal_Party) nomination for the [2018 provincial election](/source/42nd_Ontario_general_election) in [Scarborough North](/source/Scarborough_North_(provincial_electoral_district)). On November 6, 2017, he was acclaimed as the candidate.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/11/07/councillor-chin-lee-to-run-for-ontario-liberals-in-new-scarborough-north-riding.html|title=Councillor Chin Lee to run for Ontario Liberals in new Scarborough North riding|date=November 7, 2017|last=Benzie|first=Robert|website=The Toronto Star|accessdate=June 7, 2018}} In the general election, he placed third, losing to incumbent [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario) MPP [Raymond Cho](/source/Raymond_Cho_(politician)) by more than a two-to-one margin and placing behind the [New Democratic](/source/New_Democratic_Party_of_Ontario) candidate. ==Election results== {{Ontario provincial election, 2018/Scarborough North}} {| class="wikitable" |- |Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[2010 Toronto election](/source/2010_Toronto_municipal_election), Ward 41''' |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150px" | Candidate ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Votes ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | % |- |'''Chin Lee''' ||| 12,557 ||70.6 |- |Patricia Sinclair ||| 2,718 ||15.3 |- |Danny Chien ||| 2,507 ||14.1 |- !Total||| 17,782 ||100% |} {| class="wikitable" |- |Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[2006 Toronto election](/source/2006_Toronto_municipal_election), Ward 41''' |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150px" | Candidate ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Votes ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | % |- |'''Chin Lee''' || 5,501 ||37.8 |- |David Robertson || 3,324 ||22.9 |- |Thadsha Navamanikkam || 1,727 ||11.9 |- |Hratch Aynedjian|| 1,376 ||9.5 |- |Scott Shi || 926 ||6.4 |- |John Ching || 690 ||4.7 |- |Sonny Yeung || 365 ||2.5 |- |Malcolm Mansfield || 338 ||2.3 |- |Jose Baking || 158 ||1.1 |- |Min Lee || 139 ||1.0 |- ! Total ||| 14,544 || 100% |- |} {| class="wikitable" |- |Colspan="3" align="center"|'''[1994 Toronto election](/source/1994_Toronto_municipal_election), Scarborough Ward 11''' |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="150px" | Candidate ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | Votes ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" | % |- | Sherene Shaw || 3,197 || 43.1 |- | Don Lombardi || 2,272 || 30.6 |- | '''Chin Lee''' || 1,944 || 26.2 |- ! Total ||| 7,413 || 100% |- |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{TorontoCouncillor|ID=lee1}} {{Toronto City Councillors}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Chin}} Category:Living people Category:Canadian people of Malaysian descent Category:Toronto city councillors Category:Canadian people of Chinese descent Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century Canadian municipal councillors --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chin Lee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Lee) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin_Lee?action=history)). 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