1. Laurin Liu is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election.
15 Facts About Laurin Liu
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Laurin Liu represented the electoral district of Riviere-des-Mille-Iles as a member of the New Democratic Party from 2011 to 2015.
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Laurin Liu was one of five candidates, alongside Mylene Freeman, Matthew Dube, Charmaine Borg and Jamie Nicholls, who were McGill University students when elected in the 2011 election following the NDP's unexpected mid-campaign surge in Quebec.
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Laurin Liu later moved on to be co-president of the youth wing of the Quebec section of the NDP.
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Laurin Liu was active on campus as a board member of CKUT radio, a representative to the CKUT Programming Committee, an employee of McGill University's undergraduate student union, and a staff member of the McGill Daily.
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Laurin Liu had not expected to win, and spent most of the campaign helping NDP Quebec lieutenant Tom Mulcair win reelection.
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Laurin Liu was working in a polling station in Mulcair's Outremont riding as an NDP scrutineer when a friend texted her that she was leading Bloc Quebecois incumbent Luc Desnoyers.
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At the age of 20 years, 196 days, Laurin Liu became the youngest woman in Canadian history to be elected to Parliament.
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Laurin Liu was the second-youngest MP in the 41st Canadian Parliament, after Pierre-Luc Dusseault.
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Laurin Liu spoke out numerous times in the House of Commons against the "muzzling" of federal scientists by the Conservative government.
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On June 10,2012, Laurin Liu attended the "Death of Evidence" march on Parliament Hill which was led by groups of scientists following the elimination of the long-form census, the closure of the world-renowned Experimental Lakes Area as well as other cuts to environmental and scientific agencies contained in the Conservative Omnibus Bill C-38.
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On March 15,2012, Laurin Liu tabled a bill to ensure that low-income seniors eligible for the Guaranteed Income Supplement would receive the retirement income top-up without having to apply.
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On May 29,2014, Laurin Liu tabled a bill aimed at protecting homeowners from excessive bank penalties for mortgage prepayment.
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On June 16,2014, Laurin Liu tabled The Intern Protection Act, which was seconded by fellow NDP MP Andrew Cash.
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Laurin Liu tabled a motion for a national strategy on eating disorders.