Chin Lee
Chin Lee | |
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Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 41) Scarborough—Rouge River | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office December 1, 2006 | |
Preceded by | Paul Ainslie |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Chinese-Canadian |
Occupation | Consultant |
Chin Lee is a city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from Scarborough for Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River.
Lee is a Malaysian-Chinese Canadian who was elected to Toronto City Council in the November 2006 civic elections to Ward 41 - Scarborough—Rouge River. He replaces former councillor and current MPP Bas Balkissoon. Lee is also a member of the Scarborough Community Council.
He is one of four councillors of Asian heritage elected to city council in Toronto, the other three being Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and Korean born, Councillor Raymond Cho.
Community activism
Prior to entering politics Chin Lee served as President of the Goldhawk Community Association, serving the northeast Scarborough Community. [citation needed]
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]
Chin Lee, along with other community leaders such as Bas Balkissoon and Mike Del Grande 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]
Election results
2010 Toronto election, Ward 41 | ||
Candidate | Votes | % |
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Chin Lee | 12,557 | 70.6 |
Patricia Sinclair | 2,718 | 15.3 |
Danny Chien | 2,507 | 14.1 |
Total | 17,782 | 100% |
2006 Toronto election, Ward 41 | ||
Candidate | Votes | % |
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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 |
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