Chin Lee (Chinese: 李振光; pinyin: Lǐ Zhèngguāng) is a former Canadian city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from Scarborough for Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River until his resignation in May 2018.

Chin Lee
李振光
Lee in 2010
Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 41) Scarborough—Rouge River
In office
December 1, 2006 – May 11, 2018
Preceded byPaul Ainslie
Succeeded byMiganoush Megardichian
Personal details
NationalityCanadian
OccupationConsultant

Lee was elected to Toronto City Council in the November 2006 civic elections for Ward 41 - Scarborough—Rouge River. He replaced former councillor and MPP Bas Balkissoon. Lee is also a member of the Scarborough Community Council.

Lee was one of Toronto City Council's three appointees to the seven-member Toronto Police Services Board from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2014 to 2018.[1]

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, Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and Korean born, Councillor Raymond Cho.

Born to Chinese-Malaysian parents, his grandparents came from the Kaiping/Taishan region of the Guangdong province in China.

Community activism

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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 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]

On October 27, 2017, Lee announced that he would be seeking the Liberal nomination for the 2018 provincial election in Scarborough North. On November 6, 2017, he was acclaimed as the candidate.[2] In the general election, he placed third, losing to incumbent Progressive Conservative MPP Raymond Cho by more than a two-to-one margin and placing behind the New Democratic candidate.

Election results

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2018 Ontario general election: Scarborough North
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Raymond Cho 17,413 51.05
New Democratic Dwayne Morgan 8,320 24.39
Liberal Chin Lee 7,519 22.04
Green Nicole Peltier 543 1.59
Libertarian Sean Morgan 318 0.93
Total valid votes 34,113 100.0  
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario[3]
2010 Toronto election, Ward 41
Candidate Votes %
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 %
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%
1994 Toronto election, Scarborough Ward 11
Candidate Votes %
Sherene Shaw 3,197 43.1
Don Lombardi 2,272 30.6
Chin Lee 1,944 26.2
Total 7,413 100%

References

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  1. ^ "Toronto Police Services Board - Past Members". Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  2. ^ Benzie, Robert (November 7, 2017). "Councillor Chin Lee to run for Ontario Liberals in new Scarborough North riding". The Toronto Star. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  3. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 8. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
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