Chin Lee
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 by | Paul Ainslie |
| Succeeded by | Miganoush Megardichian |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Consultant |
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.
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.
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.