Eva Nassif

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Eva Nassif

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| imagesize = 200px

| riding = Vimy

| parliament = Canadian

| term_start = October 19, 2015

| term_end = September 11, 2019

| predecessor = District created

| successor = Annie Koutrakis

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| birth_place = Ain el Dilb, South Lebanon, Lebanon

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| profession = Politician, Translator

| alma_mater = Concordia University

| party = Conservative (since 2024)

| otherparty = Liberal (until 2024)

| residence = Laval, Quebec

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| spouse = Georges Abi Saad

| children = Charbel
Maroun
Josée

| committees = Pay Equity
Library of Parliament
Status of Women|website = www.traducteva.com

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Eva Nassif (in Arabic إيفا ناصيف) is a Canadian politician and translator, who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Vimy in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015{{cite web |url=http://www.courrierlaval.com/Actualites/Politique/2015-10-19/article-4314841/Elections-federales-2015%3A-victoire-eclatante-dEva-Nassif-dans-Vimy/1 |title=Élections fédérales 2015: victoire éclatante d'Eva Nassif dans Vimy - Politique - Courrier Laval |website=www.courrierlaval.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151021121643/http://www.courrierlaval.com/Actualites/Politique/2015-10-19/article-4314841/Elections-federales-2015:-victoire-eclatante-dEva-Nassif-dans-Vimy/1 |archive-date=October 21, 2015|url-status=dead }} to 2019 as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Background and education

Born in Ain el Dilb, South Lebanon, Lebanon, Nassif got her diploma in nursing in Lebanon and worked as a registered nurse for five years in the American University Hospital (AUH) in Beirut before arriving in Canada.

After immigrating to Canada in 1993, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in translation and a Master of Arts in translation studies from Concordia University. The subject of her master's dissertation was "the terminology of proteomics". She became a certified translator and terminologist. She also worked as a teacher for the Laval School Board.{{Cite web|url=https://evanassif.liberal.ca/en/|publisher=Liberal Party of Canada |title=Eva Nassif |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307235259/http://evanassif.liberal.ca/en/ |archive-date=March 7, 2016}}

Federal politics

Nassif ran as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Laval in the 2011 federal election and placed third.

In the 2015 federal election, she again ran as a Liberal candidate, this time for the new riding of Vimy and won by a substantial margin.

In August 2019, the Liberal riding president for Vimy claimed that the Liberal Party prevented Nassif from earning the party's nomination for the 2019 federal election. Nassif claimed she was not nominated to run because she did not publicly support Trudeau as a feminist following the SNC-Lavalin affair.{{cite news |author= |title= Liberal who replaced Eva Nassif in Montreal shut out by her own riding association |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/liberal-who-replaced-eva-nassif-in-montreal-area-riding-starved-of-funds}} Following the dispute, the riding association refused to transfer campaign funds to the new candidate, Annie Koutrakis.{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5983622/liberals-eva-nassif-candidate-montreal-fund-2/|title=Liberals force riding association to give funds to candidate replacing Eva Nassif | Globalnews.ca}}

On December 13, 2024, at a rally in Montreal, she endorsed Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MLGwiSJxxA |title=Former Liberal MP Eva Nassif endorses Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at rally in Montreal|website=YouTube }}

Personal life

Nassif is married to a PhD engineer, Georges Abi-Saad, and is the mother of triplets Charbel, Maroun, and Josée.{{cite web |title=Eva Nassif, Candidate for a parliament seat in Laval, Canada|url=http://www.al-mohajer.com/article.php?id=435&cat=3&lng=en |work=Al-Mohajer |date=April 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022717/http://www.al-mohajer.com/article.php?id=435&cat=3&lng=en |archive-date=November 17, 2015}}

Nassif has dual citizenship in Canada and her native Lebanon.{{Cite web | title=As Australia ousts MPs with dual citizenship, Canada's Parliament embraces many in its ranks - Politics - CBC News | url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dual-citizenship-mps-senators-parliament-australia-1.4439522 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210210211/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dual-citizenship-mps-senators-parliament-australia-1.4439522 | access-date=2025-05-10 | archive-date=2017-12-10}}

Electoral record

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|Vimy (electoral district)|Vimy|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|54,343|100.0| |$224,281.29}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|941|1.70|–}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada[http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=24078&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=QC&PROVID=24&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Vimy, September 30, 2015][http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |date=August 15, 2015 }}}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|Laval (federal electoral district)|Laval|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|50,889|100.00 | }}