Geng Tan

Geng Tan MP
谭耕
Member of Parliament for Don Valley North
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	New riding
Personal details
Born	1963 (age 60–61) Beijing, China
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Toronto, Ontario
Alma mater	Hunan University, University of Toronto

Geng Tan (simplified Chinese: 谭耕; traditional Chinese: 譚耕; pinyin: Tán Gēng; born 1963) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Don Valley North in the House of Commons of Canada in the Canadian federal election, 2015. Tan is the first Canadian MP of a Mandarin-speaking background elected to the House of Commons.

Nomination controversy

Tan's nomination as the Liberal Party candidate was one of several nomination controversies leading up to the 2015 election, where all three major parties promised open nominations. Tan was accused of almost solely signing up members of Mandarin-Chinese origin to contest the Liberal nomination in Don Valley North, defeating the favoured candidate by a large margin. Tan's opponents accused the Liberal Party of pushing the nomination to a later date than it was originally planned, allowing Tan to sign up enough members to win the nomination. Tan's opponents also accused him of signing up members who did not pay for their memberships, calling the nomination "a farce."

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Geng Tan	23,494	51.4	+14.1	–
	Conservative	Joe Daniel	17,279	37.8	-2.5	–
	New Democratic	Akil Sadikali	3,896	8.5	-12.3	–
	Green	Caroline Brown	1,018	2.2	+0.88	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$204,217.72
Total rejected ballots			259	–	–
Turnout			45,946	–	–
Eligible voters			71,812
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+8.3%
Source: Elections Canada

External links

• Geng Tan – Parliament of Canada biography