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Hoang Mai (politician)

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Hoang Mai
Shadow Minister for National Revenue
In office
May 26, 2011 – January 16, 2013
LeaderJack Layton
Nycole Turmel
Thomas Mulcair
Preceded byJean-Claude D'Amours
Succeeded byMurray Rankin
Member of Parliament
for Brossard—La Prairie
In office
2011–2015
Preceded byAlexandra Mendès
Succeeded bydistrict abolished
Personal details
Born (1973-06-14) June 14, 1973 (age 51)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyNew Democratic Party
Residence(s)Brossard, Quebec

Hoang Mai (born June 14, 1973) is a Canadian politician, who served as a New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Brossard—La Prairie from 2011 to 2015.

Early life

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Mai studied pure science and economics before completing his bachelor's degree in law and a master's degree in international private law with a notary option from the Université de Montréal in 1996. He then trained in international law in The Hague. In 1998 he joined an international law office which took him to work in Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong before returning to Montreal in 2001. Since 2002, Hoang has been a notary in private practice.

Mai ran in Brossard—La Prairie in the 2008 federal election, but lost to Liberal candidate Alexandra Mendès. He was elected in the 2011 Canadian federal election, defeating Mendès. Born in Montreal to Vietnamese immigrant parents, he and caucus colleague Anne Minh-Thu Quach were the second and third people of Vietnamese descent, following Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac, ever elected to the House of Commons of Canada.

Shortly after the election Mai was named to the official opposition shadow cabinet as critic for National Revenue. He was also the first Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) in the House of Commons. In January 2013, he was named Deputy Critic for Justice and began to sit on the Justice and Human rights committee. In March 2014, he was named the Official Opposition Transport critic, replacing Olivia Chow, who resigned and campaigned to become Mayor of Toronto.

He was member of the Canada-Vietnam and Canada-China parliamentary associations.

In the 2015 federal election, Mai ran for re-election in the newly created riding of Brossard—Saint-Lambert, again facing off against Mendès, who defeated him.

Electoral record

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2015 Canadian federal election: Brossard—Saint-Lambert
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Alexandra Mendès 28,818 50.3 +17.55
New Democratic Hoang Mai 14,075 24.6 -12.21
Conservative Qais Hamidi 7,215 12.6 -0.22
Bloc Québécois Suzanne Lachance 6,071 10.6 -5.35
Green Fang Hu 1,089 1.9 +0.39
Total valid votes/Expense limit 57,260 100.0     $220,572.15
Total rejected ballots 549 0.94
Turnout 57,809 69.16
Eligible voters 83,194
Source: Elections Canada[1][2]
2011 Canadian federal election: Brossard—La Prairie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Hoang Mai 25,512 41.02 +28.31
Liberal Alexandra Mendès (incumbent) 16,976 27.30 −5.29
Bloc Québécois Marcel Lussier 10,890 17.51 −14.96
Conservative Maurice Brossard 7,806 12.55 −6.32
Green Kevin Murphy 900 1.45 −1.65
Marxist–Leninist Normand Chouinard 110 0.18 −0.09
Total valid votes 62,194 100.00
Total rejected ballots 569
Turnout 62,763
Source: Official Results, Elections Canada.
2008 Canadian federal election: Brossard—La Prairie
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Alexandra Mendès 19,103 32.59 −2.42 $36,025
Bloc Québécois Marcel Lussier 19,034 32.47 −4.70 $55,711
Conservative Maurice Brossard 11,062 18.87 +1.96 $66,126
New Democratic Hoang Mai 7,452 12.71 +5.25 $5,453
Green Sonia Ziadé 1,816 3.10 −0.17 $1,057
Marxist–Leninist Normand Chouinard 157 0.27 +0.08 none listed
Total valid votes 58,624 100.00
Total rejected ballots 563
Turnout 59,187 64.57 −2.49
Electors on the lists 91,662
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada. Italicized expenditures refer to totals submitted by the candidate and are presented when the reviewed totals are not available.

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