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Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac

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Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac
Member of Parliament
for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
In office
September 17, 2007 – May 2, 2011
Preceded byYvan Loubier
Succeeded byMarie-Claude Morin
Personal details
Born (1972-02-06) February 6, 1972 (age 52)
Vietnam
Political partyBloc Québécois
Residence(s)Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
ProfessionPolitical 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

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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

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Prior to her election, she worked for her predecessor, Yvan Loubier, as an executive assistant in his constituency office.

Political career

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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

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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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