Introduction
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. Chen was a trustee representing ward 21 in the Toronto District School Board as well as Board Chair but resigned on August 5, 2015, to run as the federal Liberal candidate for the newly established Scarborough North riding.
Chen was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections with increasing shares of the vote.
Personal life
Chen was born in Toronto to Hakka Chinese parents from India. He was raised in Scarborough, Ontario. He is an alumnus of Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto. Chen was awarded both the Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers and Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 1999 and 2013 respectively.
Electoral record
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Scarborough North | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Shaun Chen | 21,178 | 66.6 | +13.0 | $82,302.74 | |||
| Conservative | Fazal Shah | 5,999 | 18.9 | -11.4 | $17,653.09 | |||
| New Democratic | Christina Love | 3,514 | 11.0 | -1.9 | $26.24 | |||
| People's | David Moore | 763 | 2.4 | +1.5 | $18.24 | |||
| Centrist | Sheraz Khan | 361 | 1.1 | N/A | $4,073.67 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 31,815 | 99.0 | – | $103,970.89 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 337 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Turnout | 32,152 | 50.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 63,589 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +12.2 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| 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 | - | ||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||