Eva Nassif
Introduction
Eva Nassif is a Canadian politician and translator who was elected to represent the riding of Vimy in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.
Biography
Born in Ain el Dilb, South Lebanon, Lebanon, Nassif got her diploma in nursing in Lebanon and worked as a registered nurse for five years in the American University Hospital (AUH) in Beirut before arriving to Canada.
After immigrating to Canada in 1993, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in translation and a Master of Arts in translation studies from Concordia University. The subject of her masters dissertation was "the terminology of proteomics". She became a certified translator and terminologist. She has also worked as a teacher for the Laval School Board.
Nassif is an activist for women's rights and social and youth affairs and is actively involved in a number of organizations. Since 2009, she has been working in an NGO specializing in education of Canadian youth and helping their integration in public life.
She had been a candidate in the 2011 federal election for Laval electoral district, for the Liberal Party of Canada coming third.
She became a candidate in the 2015 federal election again for the Liberal Party of Canada from the riding of Vimy winning with a great margin.
She is married to a PhD engineer Georges Abi-Saad and is the mother of triplets Charbel, Maroun and Josée.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Vimy | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Eva Nassif | 25,082 | 46.15 | +25.8 | – | |||
| New Democratic | France Duhamel | 11,391 | 20.96 | -21.74 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Barek Kaddouri | 9,068 | 16.69 | -5.05 | – | |||
| Conservative | Anthony Mavros | 7,262 | 13.36 | +0.59 | – | |||
| Green | José Núñez-Melo | 1,280 | 2.36 | +0.43 | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Brian Jenkins | 260 | 0.48 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,343 | 100.0 | $224,281.29 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 941 | 1.70 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 55,284 | 64.36 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,889 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +23.77 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2011: Laval | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | José Núñez-Melo | 22,050 | 43.33 | +30.88 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Nicole Demers | 11,567 | 22.73 | -15.06 | ||||
| Liberal | Eva Nassif | 9,422 | 18.51 | -9.59 | ||||
| Conservative | Robert Malo | 6,366 | 12.33 | -5.51 | ||||
| Green | Jocelyne Leduc | 1,260 | 2.48 | -0.70 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Yvon Breton | 224 | 0.44 | +0.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,889 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 738 | 1.43 | -0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 51,627 | 60.74 | -1.50 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,991 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois | Swing | +22.97 | ||||||