Jean Yip

{{Short description|Chinese Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix =

| name = Jean Yip

| native_name = {{nobold|葉嘉麗}}

| native_name_lang = zh-Hant

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP|size=100%}}

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| riding = Scarborough—Agincourt

| parliament = Canadian

| term_start = December 11, 2017

| term_end =

| predecessor = Arnold Chan

| successor =

| birth_name = Jean Lee Yip

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}}

| birth_place = Scarborough, Ontario, Canada{{Cite web|url=http://jyip.liberal.ca/biography/|title=Jean Yip}}

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| spouse = {{marriage|Arnold Chan||2017|reason=died}}

| alma_mater = University of Toronto

| party = Liberal

| occupation = Insurance underwriter, constituency assistant

| website =

| residence = Willowdale, Toronto{{cite web|title=Search For Contributions|url=https://www.elections.ca/WPAPPS/WPF/EN/CCS/ContributionReport?returnStatus=1&reportOption=5&queryId=c2ac4ca151c54fdeb8505553a5e1251c&sortDirection=asc&sortOrder=0%2C1%2C2&totalRecordFound=97¤t200Page=1&total200Pages=1&reportExists=True&displaySorting=True|publisher=Elections Canada|access-date=2021-06-23}}

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{{Infobox Chinese

|t=葉嘉麗 |s=叶嘉丽

|j=jip⁶ gaa¹lai⁶

|p=Yè Jiālí}}

Jean Lee Yip {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} (born 1968){{Cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=20006|title=Profile}} is a Chinese Canadian politician born in Scarborough, Ontario, who was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on December 11, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://caifuglobal.com/en/leadership/exclusive-interview/1325-meet-devoted-scarborough-agincourt-community-leader-jean-yip|title=Caifu Magazine - Meet Devoted Scarborough-Agincourt Community Leader Jean Yip|website=caifuglobal.com|access-date=2020-01-02}}[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/scarborough-agincourt-byelection-1.4442627 "CBC projects Jean Yip, widow of late Arnold Chan, winner of Scarborough-Agincourt byelection"]. CBC News, December 11, 2017.{{cite news|title=Liberal Jean Yip declares victory in Scarborough-Agincourt byelection|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/12/11/liberals-retain-newfoundland-seat-in-federal-byelection.html|access-date=December 12, 2017|work=Toronto Star|date=December 11, 2017|language=en-CA}} She represents the electoral district of Scarborough—Agincourt as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada caucus.

Yip is the widow of her predecessor Arnold Chan, and first became prominent in the riding when she took time to assist her husband with constituency political duties during his cancer treatment.[https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/10/28/jean-yip-to-vie-for-late-husband-arnold-chans-seat.html "Jean Yip to vie for late husband Arnold Chan's seat"]. Toronto Star, October 28, 2017.