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Vivienne Poy

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<tr><td>Senatorial Division</td><td>Toronto</td></tr>
<tr><td>Appointed by</td><td>Jean Chr?tien</td></tr>
<tr><td>Public Telephone</td><td>943-7854</td></tr>
<tr><td>Public E-Mail</td><td>poyv@sen.parl.gc.ca</td></tr>
<tr><td>Date of nomination</td><td>September 17, 1998</td></tr>
<tr><td>Expected date of retirement</td><td>May 15, 2016</td></tr>
<tr><td>Date of Birth</td><td>1941</td></tr>
<tr><td>Place of Birth</td><td>Hong Kong</td></tr>
<tr><td>Spouse</td><td>Neville Poy</td></tr>
<tr><td>Previous Profession</td><td>Fashion Designer</td></tr>
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The Honourable Vivienne Poy, n&eacute;e Lee (利德蕙 pinyin: L? D?hu?, Yale Romanization#Cantonese Yale|Yale: Ley6 Dak1-way6), (born 1941 in Hong Kong) 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 Canadian|Asian ancestry. She graduated from St Paul's Co-Educational College, McGill University and 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 Li Mingze (利銘澤 pinyin: Lǐ M?ngz?) and the sister-in-law of Adrienne Clarkson. Vivienne Poy's husband Neville Poy (伍衛權 pinyin: Wū We?qu?n; Cantonese language|Cantonese: Ng5 Way6-keun4), a retired plastic surgeon, is Adrienne Clarkson's brother.



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  • http://www.sen.parl.gc.ca/vpoy/ Senator Vivienne Poy's Official Web Site

  • http://www.asiawind.com/pub/forum/fhakka/mhonarc/msg02501.html The Story Behind the Surname Poy


Category:1941 births|Poy, Vivienne
Category:Canadian senators|Poy, Vivienne
Category:Chinese Canadians|Poy, Vivienne

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