Eve Adams
Eve Adams (née Horvat;[1] born November 7, 1974) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Mississauga—Brampton South from 2011 to 2015. She 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.[2] Adams later lost the Liberal nomination in Eglinton—Lawrence to Marco Mendicino.[3]
Eve Adams | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Commons of Canada for Mississauga—Brampton South | |
| In office May 2, 2011 – August 4, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Navdeep Bains |
| Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
| Mississauga City Councillor | |
| In office 2003–2011 | |
| Preceded by | Cliff Gyles |
| Succeeded by | Bonnie Crombie |
| Constituency | Ward 5 (Brittania Woods, Malton) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eve Horvat[1] November 7, 1974 Sudbury, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal (2015) |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative (2011-2015) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario University of Ottawa |
| Profession | Accountant |
| Website | http://www.eveadams.ca |
Adams unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for Ward 8 on Hamilton City Council in the 2018 municipal election.[4]
Background edit
The daughter of Hungarian immigrants, Adams was born in Sudbury, raised in Hamilton and lived in Mississauga.[5]
Adams won a scholarship to serve as a parliamentary page as part of a national program to improve Canadians' understanding of Parliament.[6] She then worked as an aide to Michael Wilson when he was a minister in Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's cabinet.
Before graduating from the University of Western Ontario, Adams went to work at Queen's Park for eight years in the Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Citizenship, and Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology as a senior policy and political advisor.[6]
Political career edit
Adams won her first election campaign in the 2003 Mississauga City Council municipal election. This victory made her the youngest representative elected to that body.[6] After winning three successful municipal elections and serving seven years as a city and regional councillor in Mississauga, Adams entered federal politics.[5] Adams won the federal riding of Mississauga-Brampton South in the 2011 election, defeating incumbent Liberal Navdeep Bains by over 5,000 votes. The Toronto Star noted that both the Adams and Bains campaigns were particularly respectful and issue-focused, suggesting that they were role models for a better kind of politics.[7]
Following the election, in May 2011, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed Adams as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs.[8] Adams led the Hire-a-Veteran initiative to encourage employers across Canada to offer priority hiring to veterans. Adams launched the initiative with Intuit Canada,[9] Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children,[10] Queen's University, 3M and Cenovus Energy.[11][12][1] In August 2013, Adams was appointed parliamentary secretary for Health.[13] There was speculation that Adams would seek the mayoralty in Mississauga in November 2014.[14][15] Eve Adams was the first MP to welcome the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their first Royal Tour.[16]
On February 9, 2015, as a Parliamentary Secretary, Adams crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party caucus.[17] Adams sought the Liberal nomination in Eglinton—Lawrence but was defeated at the July 26, 2015 nomination meeting by Marco Mendicino, who received approximately 1,100 votes to 800 votes for Adams. Mendicino had been campaigning in the riding for over two years.[3]
Controversies edit
In the 2011 federal election campaign, Adams claimed $2,777 in personal expenses, including $1750 for childcare for her 5-year-old son. Adams worked full-time while campaigning. Her salon visits and dry-cleaning costs were capped at $200. Adams' official agent at the time stated he would repay $6,003.34 in expenses, which he personally withdrew, before completing the Elections Canada filing. Elections Canada accepted and approved the filing.[18]
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. The scandal led to Sounda's dismissal and Adams' crossing of the floor in 2015.[19][20][21]
After Adams crossed to the Liberals, the CPC claims they notified Adams that she would not be allowed to run in the upcoming federal election. However, Adams was still answering questions in the House of Commons for the Prime Minister until she crossed the floor.[13] Parliamentary Secretaries are personally appointed by the Prime Minister with a $16,500 pay raise.[13] The PM shuffled Parliamentary Secretaries twice after Adams withdrew and did not demote her.[13] Almost 100 Members of Parliament (MP) were not elevated from the backbench as was Adams.
Adams became involved in a nomination battle, in 2014, in the new Oakville North—Burlington riding, after her existing riding was split.[22] Both Adams and her rival, withdrew their candidacies.[23][24]
Boards edit
Adams has been appointed to a number of varied Boards: Enersource Corporation (Mississauga's municipal electricity distributor), Living Arts Centre, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Credit Valley Conservation, Peel Living Corporation (regional public housing authority, and she was a founding Director of Partners in Project Green (a corporate, environmental agency).[25]
Charitable work and honours edit
Adams has served on Red Cross Boards in Toronto and Mississauga for over 14 years. She 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.[26][failed verification]
Adams was named Honorary Chair of the Malton Festival; Mississauga Multiple Sclerosis Walkathon; and the Malton Environmental Stewardship Program.[27] She was also appointed an ex-officio Director of Malton Neighbourhood Services.[28]
Eve Adams received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.[29]
Personal life edit
Eve Adams is divorced and has one son who was born in 2005.[6][30] Her ex-husband, Peter Adams, a former assistant to Michael Wilson, ran and lost in the by-election to take her place on the Mississauga City Council after she entered federal politics in 2011.[31]
Adams was engaged for a time to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former Director of Communications, Dimitri Soudas.[32]
Electoral record edit
Federal edit
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Mississauga—Brampton South | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Eve Adams | 23,632 | 44.72 | +11.76 | $ 90,006.33 | |||
| Liberal | Navdeep Bains | 18,579 | 35.16 | −12.53 | 75,658.79 | |||
| New Democratic | Jim Glavan | 9,465 | 17.91 | +6.07 | ||||
| Green | Benjamin Stone | 1,044 | 1.98 | −4.64 | 16.14 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Tim Sullivan | 127 | 0.24 | −0.65 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,847 | 100.0 | +18.77 | $ 96,095.05 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 351 | 0.66 | −0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 53,198 | 56.28 | +6.89 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 94,531 | +4.14 | ||||||
Source(s) "Official Voting Results – Forty-First General Election 2011 — Table 12 – List of candidates by electoral district and individual results". Elections Canada. May 2, 2011. "Financial Reports: Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return". May 2, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2015. | ||||||||
Municipal edit
| 2018 Hamilton Municipal Election: Ward 8[33] | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| John-Paul Danko | 3,752 | 41.67 |
| Eve Adams | 2,097 | 23.29 |
| Steve Ruddick | 1,095 | 21.16 |
| 3 other candidates | 1,249 | 13.88 |
| Total | 8,193 | 100.00 |
| 2010 Mississauga Municipal Election: Ward 5[34] | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Eve Adams | 9,795 | 66.75 |
| Simerjit Kaur | 2,678 | 18.25 |
| 4 other candidates | 2,201 | 15.00 |
| Total | 14,674 | 100.00 |
References edit
- ^ a b c "5 Things You May Not Know About Eve Adams". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ "Conservative MP Eve Adams crosses floor to Liberals". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 2015.
- ^ a b "Marco Mendicino beats Eve Adams for Liberal nomination in Eglinton-Lawrence". Globe and Mail. July 26, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
- ^ "Eve Adams resurfaces in Canadian politics with a run at a Hamilton city council seat". CBC News. August 14, 2018.
- ^ a b "Is new Mississauga Tory MP Eve Adams poised for stardom?". Toronto Star, May 3, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "All about Eve". Maclean's. August 5, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ^ Grewal, San (April 28, 2011). "Amid the pressure and mud-slinging in some hard-fought GTA ridings, Mississauga-Brampton South stands out as a model of better politics". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
- ^ Canada, Veterans Affairs. "ARCHIVED - Eve Adams Named Veterans Affairs Parliamentary Secretary - Salute! - Veterans Affairs Canada". www.veterans.gc.ca. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "Intuit Hire a Veteran Presser". www.mississauga.com. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
- ^ Canada, Veterans Affairs. . www.veterans.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "Parliamentary Secretary Eve Adams Announces Intuit Canada Will Offer Priority Hiring to Canadian Veterans" 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Veterans Affairs Canada, June 25, 2013.
- ^ "Eve Adams: No stranger to controversy". February 9, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "A Puzzling Question for Tories Now That She's Gone". February 10, 2015.
- ^ "Eve For Mayor?". The Huffington Post. August 18, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ "Mahoney, Crombie in a tight race for Mississauga mayor". Mississauga News. August 26, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ Canada, Veterans Affairs. . www.veterans.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
- ^ "Eve Adams, former Conservative MP, joins Liberal caucus". CBC News, February 9, 2015
- ^ "Expenses claimed by Tory MP include cupcake, steakhouse". Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/eve-adams-dimitri-soudas-love-and-conservative-heartache-1.2599332.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ MacCharles, Tonda (April 8, 2014). "Notes suggest Soudas helped MP Eve Adams from the start". The Record. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- ^ Gatehouse, Jonathon (April 5, 2014). "Eve Adams and the real story behind the ouster of Dimitri Soudas". Macleans.ca. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- ^ "A Brewing Controversy in the Conservative Party of Canada". The Agenda, March 25, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ^ Fitz-Morris, James. "Tory MP Eve Adams quits bitter nomination race, cites health". CBC News. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ^ "Tory MP Eve Adams quits Oakville-North Burlington nomination fight". Toronto Star. August 2, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "TFF Tour of Hope: Malton and Mississauga". tourofhope.typepad.com. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ "Malton Environmental Stewardship Project" (PDF). www.mississauga.ca. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ General, The Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "The Governor General of Canada". Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ Fitz-Morris, James (August 1, 2014). "Tory MP Eve Adams quits bitter nomination race, cites health". CBC News. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- ^ "The Gargoyle: Dimitreve, the early days, revisited". Ottawa Citizen. February 11, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ "Back in the fold: Dimitri Soudas joining Patrick Brown's campaign team - iPolitics". iPolitics. July 27, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Election Results". City of Hamilton. September 12, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ^ "2010 Election Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "2006 Election Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "2003 Election Results" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
External links edit
- Eve Adams - Former Official Website 2015-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Eve Adams – Parliament of Canada biography
- Speeches, votes and activity at OpenParliament.ca
- Eve Adams - Parliamentary Profile