Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac
Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot | |
| In office September 17, 2007 – May 2, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Yvan Loubier |
| Succeeded by | Marie-Claude Morin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 6, 1972 Vietnam |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Residence(s) | Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada |
| Profession | Political assistant |
Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac (born February 6, 1972) is a former Canadian politician. She served as a member of Parliament for the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot from 2007 to 2011.[1] She was the first Vietnamese Canadian ever elected to the Canadian House of Commons.[2]
Early life
[edit]Born in Vietnam to a Cham family,[3] Thi Lac was adopted at age two by a Quebec family and grew up on a farm near Acton Vale.
Career
[edit]Prior to her election, she worked for her predecessor, Yvan Loubier, as an executive assistant in his constituency office.
Political career
[edit]She was elected to the House of Commons of Canada on September 17, 2007, as the Bloc Québécois candidate in the Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot by-election, defeating the Conservative candidate Bernard Barré.
She acknowledged that racism was a factor at the outset of her campaign, but stressed her local roots by joking that having grown up on a farm, she was the only candidate in the race who knew how to castrate a pig.[2] She later credited her willingness to simply talk to people as her most effective strategy:
I feel it enormously, but I explain my origins and people are receptive. I would say what scares people a little is difference, but when they speak to me, when they see me, when I am asked about my values, they see no difference between them and me.[2]
She was re-elected in the 2008 election, but was defeated in the 2011 election by Marie-Claude Morin of the New Democratic Party.
Electoral record
[edit]| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac | 22,719 | 47.3% | +5.2 | ||||
| Conservative | René Vincelette | 10,203 | 21.2% | -16.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brigitte Sansoucy | 6,721 | 14.0% | +6.1 | ||||
| Liberal | Denise Tremblay | 6,638 | 13.8% | +6.4 | ||||
| Green | Jacques Tétreault | 1,771 | 3.7% | +0.0 | ||||
| Total | 48,052 | |||||||
| By-election on September 17, 2007 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Bloc Québécois | Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac | 13,443 | 42.1% | -13.9 | ||
| Conservative | Bernard Barré | 11,965 | 37.5% | +12.7 | ||
| New Democratic | Brigitte Sansoucy | 2,538 | 7.9% | +2.4 | ||
| Liberal | Jean Caumartin | 2,379 | 7.4% | -2.4 | ||
| Green | Jacques Tétreault | 1,169 | 3.7% | -0.2 | ||
| Rhinoceros | Christian Willie Vanasse | 384 | 1.2% | |||
| Canadian Action | Michel St-Onge | 61 | 0.19% | |||
| Total | 31,949 | |||||
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- Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
- Francophone Quebec people
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- People from Saint-Hyacinthe
- Vietnamese emigrants to Canada
- Canadian people of Vietnamese descent
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