May Chiu
May Chiu (born 1965) is the first Chinese-born Québécoise to have run as a candidate for the Bloc Québécois party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
In the 2006 federal election she ran against the then-Prime Minister of Canada, Paul Martin in his riding of LaSalle—Émard. Chiu placed second behind Martin with 28.64% of the vote. She received some media attention for running in the final trimester of her pregnancy, giving birth a few days before the election.
A former executive director of Chinese Family Service of Greater Montreal, she is a well known attorney and community activist who has been helping in causes like low-cost housing and the Chinese immigrant headtax redress.
She ran for the progressive party Québec Solidaire in the riding of Outremont, during the 2008 provincial election.[1] The riding includes the multicultural neighbourhood of Côte-des-Neiges, which is Chiu's target electoral population.[2] Chiu placed third with 11% of the vote.
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- Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice
- Campaign blog
- Quebec Solidaire – Outremont – 2008 official campaign website (in French)
- News in Chinese @ tom.com
- Interview on Comme les Chinois with May Chiu (in French)
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