Shaun Chen (politician)

Shaun Chen
MP
Shaun Chen MP
陳聖源
	Chen in 2023
Member of Parliament; for Scarborough North
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Riding established
Chair of the Toronto District School Board
	In office; December 1, 2014 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Chris Bolton
Succeeded by	Robin Pilkey
Toronto Public School Trustee for (Ward 21) Scarborough—Rouge River
	In office; December 1, 2006 – October 28, 2015
Preceded by	Noah Ng
Succeeded by	Neethan Shan
Personal details
Born	September 18, 1980; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan,[1] Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education	Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute
Alma mater	University of Toronto[2]

Shaun Chen MP (simplified Chinese: 陈圣源; traditional Chinese: 陳聖源,; born September 18, 1980) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Scarborough North in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election.[3] Chen was a trustee representing ward 21 in the Toronto District School Board as well as Board Chair[4] but resigned on August 5, 2015, to run as the federal Liberal candidate for the newly established Scarborough North riding.[5]

Chen was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections with increasing shares of the vote.[6]

Personal life

2019 Canadian federal election: Scarborough North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shaun Chen	20,911	53.6	+5.36	$97,385.61
	Conservative	David Kong	11,838	30.3	+2.90	$29,125.27
	New Democratic	Yan Chen	5,039	12.9	-9.17	$32,079.36
	Green	Avery Velez	796	2.0	+0.52	$0.00
	People's	Jude Guerrier	370	0.9	-	$0.00
	United	Janet Robinson	83	0.2	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,037	100.0
Total rejected ballots			385
Turnout			39,422	59.7
Eligible voters			66,018
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.46
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

2015 Canadian federal election: Scarborough North
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shaun Chen	18,904	48.24	+19.37	$72,471.61
	Conservative	Ravinder Malhi	10,737	27.40	-5.98	$101,170.06
	New Democratic	Rathika Sitsabaiesan	8,648	22.07	-13.3	$135,280.61
	Green	Eleni MacDonald	579	1.48	-0.14	$668.91
	Independent	Raphael Rosch	164	0.42	–	$210.83
	Independent	Aasia Khatoon	156	0.40	–	$1,724.47
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,188	100.0		$199,432.15
Total rejected ballots			216	–	–
Turnout			39,404	60.87	–
Eligible voters			64,827
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+16.34
Source: Elections Canada[11][12]

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