Shaun Chen | |
Native Name: | 陳聖源 |
Native Name Lang: | zh-hant |
Office1: | Chair of the Toronto District School Board |
Term Start1: | December 1, 2014 |
Term End1: | August 4, 2015 |
Predecessor1: | Chris Bolton |
Successor1: | Robin Pilkey |
Office2: | Toronto Public School Trustee for (Ward 21) Scarborough—Rouge River |
Term Start2: | December 1, 2006 |
Term End2: | October 28, 2015 |
Predecessor2: | Noah Ng |
Successor2: | Neethan Shan |
Riding: | Scarborough North |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Term Start: | October 19, 2015 |
Predecessor: | Riding established |
Birth Date: | 18 September 1980 |
Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Residence: | Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan,[1] Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
Education: | Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute |
Alma Mater: | University of Toronto |
Shaun Chen (; 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.[2] Chen was a trustee representing ward 21 in the Toronto District School Board as well as Board Chair[3] but resigned on August 5, 2015, to run as the federal Liberal candidate for the newly established Scarborough North riding.[4]
Chen was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections with increasing shares of the vote.[5]
Chen was born in Toronto to Hakka Chinese parents from India.[6] 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.[7]