Vivienne Poy 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.

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  • Vivienne Poy 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 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, who is the son of famous businessman Hysan Lee in Hong Kong, and Esther Yewpick Lee (黃瑤璧) and 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 Adrienne Clarkson's brother. (en)
  • 利德蕙（-{Vivienne Poy}-，1941年5月15日－），生於香港，是首位华裔加拿大国会上议院议员，亦是香港四大家族之一利希慎家族的成员。 利德蕙的父亲是利铭泽，母亲是利黃璧瑤女士。她的丈夫伍卫权是前任加拿大总督伍冰枝的兄长。 利德蕙於1998年被委任為加拿大国会上议院议员，1997年获得多伦多大学历史系硕士学位，2003年11月17日获颁多伦多大学历史系博士学位，并被委任为第三十一任多伦多大学名誉校长，成为首名华裔名誉校长。 (zh)
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  • 2003–2006 (en)
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  • Vivienne Poy 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. (en)
  • 利德蕙（-{Vivienne Poy}-，1941年5月15日－），生於香港，是首位华裔� 拿大国会上议院议员，亦是香港四大家族之一利希慎家族的成员。 利德蕙的父亲是利铭泽，母亲是利黃璧瑤女士。她的丈夫伍卫权是前任� 拿大总督伍冰枝的兄长。 利德蕙於1998年被委任為� 拿大国会上议院议员，1997年获得多伦多大学历史系硕士学位，2003年11月17日获颁多伦多大学历史系博士学位，并被委任为第三十一任多伦多大学名誉� �长，成为首名华裔名誉� �长。 (zh)
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  • Vivienne Poy (en)
  • 利德蕙 (zh)
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