Vivienne Poy
| Vivienne Poy | |
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| Senator for Toronto, Ontario | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office September 17, 1998 |
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| Appointed by | Jean Chrétien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 15, 1941  Hong Kong |
| Political party | Liberal |
Vivienne Poy (née Lee; 利德蕙; Cantonese Yale: Ley6 Dak1-wai6) (born May 15, 1941) was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1998. Poy came to Canada as a university student in 1959. She is the first Canadian senator of Asian ancestry. She graduated from St. Paul's Co-educational College, McGill University, Seneca College and the University of Toronto.
For 14 years, Poy served as president of Vivienne Poy Mode, a fashion design company that she founded in 1981. She was selected as Chancellor of the University of Toronto in December 2002.
Poy is the daughter of Richard Charles Lee (利銘澤; Cantonese: Lee Ming Chak), who is the son of famous businessman Hysan Lee in Hong Kong, and Esther Yewpick Lee (黃瑤璧; Cantonese: Lee Yiu Pik) and the sister-in-law of Adrienne Clarkson, who was Governor General of Canada from 1999 to 2005. Vivienne Poy's husband Dr. Neville Poy, a retired plastic surgeon, is Adrienne Clarkson's brother.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Senator Vivienne Poy's official web site
- The story behind the surname Poy
- Political biography from the Library of Parliament
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| Preceded by Henry N. R. Jackman |
Chancellor of the University of Toronto 2003–2006 |
Succeeded by David Peterson |
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- 1941 births
- Living people
- Canadian senators from Ontario
- Liberal Party of Canada senators
- Hong Kong emigrants to Canada
- Canadian politicians of Hong Kong descent
- McGill University alumni
- University of Toronto alumni
- Chancellors of the University of Toronto
- Seneca College alumni
- Canadian women senators
- Canadian fashion designers
- Women in Ontario politics
- Hong Kong people of Xinhuiese descent
