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Olivia Chow

Olivia Chow (born March 24, 1957) is a Canadian politician, a former New Democratic Party Member of parliament (2006–2014), and former city councillor (1991–2005) in Toronto. She won the Trinity—Spadina riding for the New Democratic Party on January 23, 2006, becoming a member of the Canadian House of Commons. In 2011, she was re-elected in her riding for her third straight win.〔 〕 Chow is the widow of former NDP and Opposition Leader Jack Layton; they were married from 1988 until his death from cancer in 2011. She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English.〔http://files.harpercollins.com/Mktg/HarperCanada/PDF/OliviaChow_PressRelease.pdf〕 In May 2012, Chow was named one of the top 25 Canadian immigrants in Canada by ''Canadian Immigrant'' magazine. Chow's personal memoir, titled ''My Journey'', was published January 21, 2014. Chow resigned her seat in parliament on March 12, 2014 in order to run in the 2014 Toronto mayoral election, where she placed third.
==Background==

Chow was born in Hong Kong, to Ho Sze, a schoolteacher, and Wilson Wai Sun Chow, a school superintendent. She was raised in a middle-class family in Happy Valley, a residential area in Hong Kong. She immigrated to Canada with her family in 1970 at the age of 13 and lived in a high-rise unit in St. James Town, a neighbourhood in Toronto.〔 Her father worked odd jobs, such as delivering Chinese food and driving taxis in order to support the family. Her mother became a seamstress and a maid, and worked in a hotel laundry. Her father was physically abusive towards her half-brother, Andre, and her mother, but nurturing and loving towards Olivia.
Chow was raised in a Chinese Baptist household. As a young girl she was a slow learner and had to repeat grade 3. However, she soon started to excel and she later skipped grade 8. She attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute. She studied fine arts at the Ontario College of Art and philosophy and religion at the University of Toronto. In 1979, she graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Arts in fine art from the University of Guelph.〔
After graduation, she worked as an artist. She owned a sculpture studio and created art pieces for clients. She still paints occasionally.〔 She later taught at George Brown College's Assaulted Women and Children Counselling and Advocacy Program for five years.
In 2005, she revealed that she had undergone surgery for thyroid cancer in 2004. She decided to speak out to raise awareness of the disease. In 2013, she was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome type II.
She married Jack Layton in 1988 and they stayed together until his death in August 2011. On August 20, 2012 she unveiled a statue dedicated to her husband Jack Layton; tributes to him were written in English, Chinese and French. The statue is located in Harbour Square Park at the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. Chow is portrayed by Sook-Yin Lee in the 2013 CBC Television film ''Jack''. Lee won a Canadian Screen Award for her performance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.academy.ca/getmedia/61795d90-f198-406c-950f-82e5082cbbd6/2014-CSA-Winners-FULL.aspx )

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