Eva Nassif

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 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.

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. Following the dispute, the riding association refused to transfer campaign funds to the new candidate, Annie Koutrakis.

On December 13, 2024, at a rally in Montreal, she endorsed Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.

Personal life

Nassif is married to a PhD engineer, Georges Abi-Saad, and is the mother of triplets Charbel, Maroun, and Josée.

Nassif has dual citizenship in Canada and her native Lebanon.

Electoral record