Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac
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Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac | |
Member of Parliament
for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot |
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Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2007 |
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Preceded by | Yvan Loubier |
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Born | 1972 Vietnam |
Political party | Bloc Québécois |
Residence | Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec |
Profession | political assistant |
Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac (born in 1972 in Vietnam) is a Canadian politician. She was elected to the Canadian House of Commons on September 17, 2007, as the Bloc Québécois candidate in the Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot by-election, 2007, defeating the Conservative candidate Bernard Barré [1].
Born in Vietnam, Thi Lac was adopted at age two by a Quebec farming family. Prior to her election, she worked for her predecessor, Yvan Loubier, as an executive assistant in his constituency office. She is the first Vietnamese Canadian ever elected to the Canadian House of Commons.
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- Profile of Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac (French)
Categories: Quebec MP stubs | 1972 births | Bloc Québécois MPs | Canadian women Members of Parliament | Current Members of the Canadian House of Commons | Francophone Quebecers | Living people | Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec | People from Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec | Vietnamese immigrants to Canada