Anne Minh-Thu Quach

Anne Minh-Thu Quach
MP

Minh-Thu Quach in October 2016
Member of Parliament
Assumed office
2015
Preceded by riding created
Constituency Salaberry—Suroît
In office
2011–2015
Preceded by Claude DeBellefeuille
Succeeded by riding abolished
Constituency Beauharnois—Salaberry
Personal details
Born (1982-08-14) August 14, 1982
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
Political party New Democratic Party
Spouse(s) Mathieu Dube (m. 2013)[1]

Anne Minh-Thu Quach, MP (born August 14, 1982 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec)[2] is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election.[3] She represents the electoral district of Salaberry—Suroît as a member of the New Democratic Party.

Minh-Thu Quach has received a diploma in health sciences from the Cégep de Valleyfield in 2001 and a bachelor's degree in secondary education from the Université de Sherbrooke in 2005.[4]

She has taught French at École Edgar-Hébert for five years and after that, from August 2010 to May 2011 at École Baie-St-François. Very active in the Syndicat de l'enseignement de Champlain, the regional teachers union that includes Longueuil, she served three years on its executive committee and represented it on the general council of the Centrale des Syndicats du Québec, the union central that includes over 100,000 teachers and about 75,000 other employees in health, social services, community, culture and recreation.[4]

She is one of three Vietnamese Canadians to have been elected to the House of Commons, following Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac and alongside Hoang Mai.

Anne Minh-Thu Quach speaks French and English.

Quach is married and has a daughter who was born in 2014.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015: Salaberry—Suroît
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticAnne Minh-Thu Quach 18,726 30.43 -13.17
LiberalRobert Sauvé 17,955 29.18 +21.04
Bloc QuébécoisClaude DeBellefeuille 17,452 28.36 -5.39
ConservativeAlbert De Martin 6,132 9.97 -2.72
GreenNicola-Silverado Socrates 867 1.41 -0.43
IndependentSylvain Larocque 219 0.36 n/a
Strength in DemocracyPatricia Domingos 184 0.30 n/a
Total valid votes/Expense limit 61,535100.00 $233,770.86
Total rejected ballots 9981.60
Turnout 92,28067.76
Eligible voters 92,280
New Democratic hold Swing -17.11
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]
Canadian federal election, 2011: Beauharnois—Salaberry
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
New DemocraticAnne Minh-Thu Quach 23,978 43.78 +32.22
Bloc QuébécoisClaude DeBellefeuille 18,182 33.20 -16.86
ConservativeDavid Couturier 7,049 12.87 -7.37
LiberalFrançois Deslandres 4,559 8.32 -6.55
GreenRémi Pelletier 1,003 1.83 -1.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit 54,771100.00
Total rejected ballots 7781.40
Turnout 55,56962.34
Eligible voters 89,141
New Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +24.54
Canadian federal election, 2008: Beauharnois—Salaberry
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
Bloc QuébécoisClaude DeBellefeuille 26,904 50.06 +2.53 $57,397
ConservativeDominique Bellemare 10,858 20.20 -6.31 $85,410
LiberalMaria Lopez 7,995 14.87 -0.14 $6,993
New DemocraticAnne Minh-Thu Quach 6,214 11.56 +4.01 $2,272
GreenDavid Smith 1,764 3.28 -0.10 $5,184
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,735 100.00 $89,601
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -4.52

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