Asha Seth Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Asha Seth
Office:Member of the Senate of Canada
Constituency:Ontario
Term Start:January 6, 2012
Term End:December 15, 2014
Appointed:Stephen Harper
Birth Date:15 December 1939
Party:Conservative
Alma Mater:King George Medical College

Asha Seth, (born December 15, 1939)[1] is a Canadian politician and doctor. She was appointed to the Senate of Canada (for Ontario) by Stephen Harper on January 6, 2012, and sat as a Conservative until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on December 15, 2014.[2]

She was born in India and trained in medicine at the King George Medical College in Lucknow and the Royal Berkshire Hospital in the UK. She became a Canadian citizen in 1974. She worked as an obstetrician and gynecologist at St. Joseph's Health Centre in Toronto since 1976, and is also known as a philanthropist, having founded the NIMDAC Foundation.[3] She is a National Board member of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.[4] She is part of the executive team of the Canada India Foundation.[5]

In 2010, Seth was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards, presented by Canadian Immigrant Magazine.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asha Seth (Senate biography) . Parliament of Canada . 2012-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207115441/http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenatorsMembers/Senate/SenatorsBiography/isenator_det.asp?senator_id=3550&sortord=N&Language=E&M=M . 2012-02-07 . dead .
  2. News: Conservatives Appoint Another Indo-Canadian To The Senate . The Link . R. Paul Dhillon . January 7, 2012 . January 7, 2012.
  3. Web site: Dr. Asha Seth named one of Canadian Immigrant Magazine's Top 25 Canadian Immigrants . https://web.archive.org/web/20140724132600/http://www.stjoe.on.ca/about/publications/features_detail.php?id=179 . dead . July 24, 2014 . . January 7, 2012 .
  4. Web site: National Board member, Dr. Asha Seth, appointed to the Senate . CNIB . January 10, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120618224914/http://www.cnib.ca/en/Pages/_National_Board_member,_Dr_Asha_Seth,_appointed_to_the_Senate.aspx . June 18, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  5. Web site: Dr. Asha Seth . . January 7, 2012 .
  6. Web site: Canada’s Top 25 Immigrants 2010. 2021-06-18. Canadian Immigrant. en-US.