Eve Adams was elected as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada but, on February 9,2015, she announced she was resigning as a parliamentary secretary and crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party.
22 Facts About Eve Adams
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Eve Adams unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for Ward 8 on Hamilton City Council in the 2018 municipal election.
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The daughter of Hungarian immigrants, Eve Adams was born in Sudbury, raised in Hamilton and lived in Mississauga.
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Eve Adams won a scholarship to serve as a parliamentary page as part of a national program to improve Canadians' understanding of Parliament.
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Eve Adams then worked as an aide to Michael Wilson when he was a minister in Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's cabinet.
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Eve Adams won her first election campaign in the 2003 Mississauga City Council municipal election.
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Eve Adams won the federal riding of Mississauga-Brampton South in the 2011 election, defeating incumbent Liberal Navdeep Bains by over 5,000 votes.
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Eve Adams led the Hire-a-Veteran initiative to encourage employers across Canada to offer priority hiring to veterans.
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Eve Adams launched the initiative with Intuit Canada, Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, Queen's University, 3M and Cenovus Energy.
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Eve Adams was the first MP to welcome the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their first Royal Tour.
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On February 9,2015, as a Parliamentary Secretary, Eve Adams crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party caucus.
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From 2014, Adams was embroiled in a controversy over her attempt to secure the Conservative nomination for Oakville North-Burlington with the help of her partner Dimitri Soudas, then the Director of Communications to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, even though Soudas was prohibited from doing so.
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The scandal led to Soudas's dismissal and Eve Adams's crossing of the floor in 2015.
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However, Adams was still answering questions in the House of Commons for the Prime Minister until she crossed the floor.
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The PM shuffled Parliamentary Secretaries twice after Eve Adams withdrew and did not demote her.
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Eve Adams has served on Red Cross Boards in Toronto and Mississauga for over 14 years.
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Eve Adams organized or participated in over 17 Terry Fox Runs and was honoured to assist Terry Fox's brother, Darrell Fox with the Tour of Hope.
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Eve Adams was named Honorary Chair of the Malton Festival; Mississauga Multiple Sclerosis Walkathon; and the Malton Environmental Stewardship Program.
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Eve Adams was appointed an ex-officio Director of Malton Neighbourhood Services.
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Eve Adams received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
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Eve Adams is divorced and has one son who was born in 2005.
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Eve Adams was engaged for a time to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former Director of Communications, Dimitri Soudas.