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Vivienne Poy (born Vivienne Lee; on May 15, 1941) is a Canadian politician. She 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, Pinyin: ''Lì Míngzé''), and granddaughter of the famous Hysan Lee, who was tied to the Hong Kong opium refinery business and land development in the early 1900s, and Esther Yiu Pik Huang (黃瑤璧; Cantonese: Lee Yiu Pik, Pinyin: ''Huáng Yáobì''). Vivienne Poy is also 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 Clarkson's brother. == See also == *List of Ontario senators *Chinese Canadian 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vivienne Poy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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