The Honourable
Vivienne Poy, née Vivienne Lee (利德蕙 in
pinyin: Li4 De2-hui4; in
Cantonese Romanization: Lee6 Dak1-wai6), (born
1941 in
Hong Kong) 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 and
University of Toronto.
Poy is the daughter of Li Mingze (利銘澤 pinyin: li3 ming2 ze2) and the sister-in-law of Adrienne Clarkson. Vivienne Poy's husband Neville Poy (伍衛權 pinyin: Wu1 Wei4-quan1; Cantonese: Ng5 Wai6-kyun4), a retired plastic surgeon, is Adrienne Clarkson's brother.