Vivienne Poy

Vivienne Poy

Senatorial Division:	Toronto
Appointed by:	Jean Chrétien
Public Telephone:	943-7854
Public E-Mail:	poyv@sen.parl.gc.ca
Date of nomination:	September 17, 1998
Expected date of retirement:	May 15, 2016
Date of Birth:	1941
Place of Birth:	Hong Kong
Spouse:	Neville Poy
Previous Profession:	Fashion Designer

The Honourable Vivienne Poy, née Lee (利德蕙 pinyin: Lì Déhuì, 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 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 Míngzé) and the sister-in-law of Adrienne Clarkson. Vivienne Poy's husband Neville Poy (伍衛權 pinyin: Wū Weìquán; Cantonese: Ng5 Way6-keun4), a retired plastic surgeon, is Adrienne Clarkson's brother.

See also

• Chinese Canadian

External links

• Senator Vivienne Poy's Official Web Site
• The Story Behind the Surname Poy