Anne Minh-Thu Quach

Anne Minh-Thu Quach
MP
Anne Minh-Thu Quach MP
Member of Parliament
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2015
Preceded by	riding created
Constituency	Salaberry—Suroît
	In office; 2011–2015
Preceded by	Claude DeBellefeuille
Succeeded by	riding abolished
Constituency	Beauharnois—Salaberry
Personal details
Born	August 14, 1982 (age 42); Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse	Mathieu Dube (m. 2013)

Anne Minh-Thu Quach, MP (born August 14, 1982 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec)^[2] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election.^[3] She represents the electoral district of Salaberry—Suroît as a member of the New Democratic Party.

Minh-Thu Quach has received a diploma in health sciences from the Cégep de Valleyfield in 2001 and a bachelor's degree in secondary education from the Université de Sherbrooke in 2005.^[4]

She has taught French at École Edgar-Hébert for five years and after that, from August 2010 to May 2011 at École Baie-St-François. Very active in the Syndicat de l'enseignement de Champlain, the regional teachers union that includes Longueuil, she served three years on its executive committee and represented it on the general council of the Centrale des Syndicats du Québec, the union central that includes over 100,000 teachers and about 75,000 other employees in health, social services, community, culture and recreation.^[4]

She is one of three Vietnamese Canadians to have been elected to the House of Commons, following Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac and alongside Hoang Mai.

Anne Minh-Thu Quach speaks French and English.

Quach is married and has a daughter who was born in 2014.

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election: Salaberry—Suroît
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Anne Minh-Thu Quach	18,726	30.43	-13.17	–
	Liberal	Robert Sauvé	17,955	29.18	+21.04	–
	Bloc Québécois	Claude DeBellefeuille	17,452	28.36	-5.39	–
	Conservative	Albert De Martin	6,132	9.97	-2.72	–
	Green	Nicola-Silverado Socrates	867	1.41	-0.43	–
	Independent	Sylvain Larocque	219	0.36	n/a	–
	Strength in Democracy	Patricia Domingos	184	0.30	n/a	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			61,535	100.00		$233,770.86
Total rejected ballots			998	1.60	–
Turnout			92,280	67.76	–
Eligible voters			92,280
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-17.11
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2011 Canadian federal election: Beauharnois—Salaberry
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Anne Minh-Thu Quach	23,978	43.78	+32.22	–
	Bloc Québécois	Claude DeBellefeuille	18,182	33.20	-16.86	–
	Conservative	David Couturier	7,049	12.87	-7.37	–
	Liberal	François Deslandres	4,559	8.32	-6.55	–
	Green	Rémi Pelletier	1,003	1.83	-1.45	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,771	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			778	1.40	–
Turnout			55,569	62.34	–
Eligible voters			89,141	–	–
	New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+24.54

2008 Canadian federal election: Beauharnois—Salaberry
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Claude DeBellefeuille	26,904	50.06	+2.53	$57,397
	Conservative	Dominique Bellemare	10,858	20.20	-6.31	$85,410
	Liberal	Maria Lopez	7,995	14.87	-0.14	$6,993
	New Democratic	Anne Minh-Thu Quach	6,214	11.56	+4.01	$2,272
	Green	David Smith	1,764	3.28	-0.10	$5,184
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,735	100.00	$89,601
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		-4.52

References

^ Madan, Richard (10 September 2013). "Despite slumping polls, for the NDP it's been the Summer of Love". CTV News. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
^ Un retour dans l'arène politique pour la candidate du NPD Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Le Journal St- François, April 6, 2011
^ Election 2011: Beauharnois—Salaberry. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "About Anne Minh-Thu". anneminhthuquach.ndp.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Salaberry—Suroît, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

Anne Minh-Thu Quach – Parliament of Canada biography

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[Summer-1] Madan, Richard (10 September 2013). "Despite slumping polls, for the NDP it's been the Summer of Love". CTV News. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

[2] Un retour dans l'arène politique pour la candidate du NPD Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Le Journal St- François, April 6, 2011

[3] Election 2011: Beauharnois—Salaberry. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.

[Quach-4] "About Anne Minh-Thu". anneminhthuquach.ndp.ca. Retrieved 5 April 2014.

[5] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Salaberry—Suroît, 30 September 2015

[6] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

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