Derek Vincent Lee (born October 2, 1948) is a lawyer and politician in Canada. He is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Scarborough—Rouge River.
Lee was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. His father was an RCMP officer. Before entering politics, he was a political assistant to Federal MP Paul Cosgrove in 1982 and also Ontario Housing Minister Alvin Curling in 1985.
He is married to Ingrid Lee, and has two children, Katherine and Ma...
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Derek Vincent Lee (born October 2, 1948) is a lawyer and politician in Canada. He is the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Scarborough—Rouge River.
Lee was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. His father was an RCMP officer. Before entering politics, he was a political assistant to Federal MP Paul Cosgrove in 1982 and also Ontario Housing Minister Alvin Curling in 1985.
He is married to Ingrid Lee, and has two children, Katherine and Mackenzie.
In 1984 he lost a nomination bid for Liberal candidacy in the old riding of York—Scarborough. In 1988 he was first elected to the House of Commons in Scarborough—Rouge River and has been re-elected in every subsequent federal election. In the run up to the 1993 Federal election he was in danger of losing a nomination battle to challenger Gobinder Randhawa. However Liberal leader Jean Chrétien intervened and designated Lee as the candidate. From 1999 to 2001 He was the parliamentary secretary to the leader of the government in the...
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