Chin Lee
Chin Lee | |
|---|---|
| Toronto City Councillor for (Ward 41) Scarborough—Rouge River | |
| Assumed office December 1, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Ainslie |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Chinese-Canadian |
| Occupation | Consultant |
Chin Lee is a Canadian city councillor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from Scarborough for Ward 41 Scarborough-Rouge River.
Lee was elected to Toronto City Council in the November 2006 civic elections for Ward 41 - Scarborough—Rouge River. He replaces former councillor and MPP Bas Balkissoon. Lee is also a member of the Scarborough Community Council.
Lee is one of Toronto City Council's three appointees to the seven-member Toronto Police Services Board where he presently serves as vice-chair.[1]
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 | % |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Lee also ran in the 1994 municipal elections in then Scarborough Ward 11:
- Shaw, Sherene 3,197
- Lombardi, Don 2,272
- Lee, Chin 1,944
References
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- ^ "Toronto Police Services Board — Current Members". Retrieved September 2, 2015.