Anaida Poilievre (; born 1986 or 1987) is a Canadian political staffer, online magazine publisher, and the wife of

Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada (french: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a federal political party in Canada. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the two main right-leaning parties, the Progressive Con ...

leader

Pierre Poilievre Pierre Marcel Poilievre ( ; born June 3, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the leader of the Official Opposition since 2022. Poilievre has served as a member of Parliament (MP) ...

Early life and education

Poilievre was born in

Caracas, Venezuela Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...

to a father who was a bank manager. In 1995, when she was eight years old, her family moved to Montreal. In Montreal her father worked collecting fruit and vegetables at a farm. She studied communications at the

University of Ottawa The University of Ottawa (french: Université d'Ottawa), often referred to as uOttawa or U of O, is a bilingual public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on directly to the northeast of Downtown Ottawa ...

. Poilievre speaks English, French, and Spanish.

Career

After working in retail and customer service roles, in 2008, aged 20 years, she was employed as a parliamentary affairs Advisor at the

Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The Senate is modelled after the B ...

before taking a job in the

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. In 2013, she started a job working for

Claude Carignan Claude Carignan (born December 4, 1964) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was leader of the Conservative Party in the Senate of Canada, first as Leader of the Government in the Senate from 2013 to 2015 and then as Senate Opposition L ...

as a foreign affairs advisor. She is a co-founder of ''Pretty and Smart Co'' online lifestyle magazine.

Personal life and views

She married

in 2017 in

Sintra, Portugal Sintra (, ) is a town and municipality in the Greater Lisbon region of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 377,835, in an area of . Sintra is one of the most urbanized and densely populated ...

. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic she repeated her husband's Tweets that were critical of government public health measures in Canada, switching to support restrictions later. Poilievre and her husband have two children. Poilievre and her family live in

Greely, Ontario Greely is a suburban-rural community in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Located south of the city in Osgoode Ward, it was part of the Township of Osgoode prior to amalgamation in 2001. Greely is currently the largest rural village in terms of land area ...

and she owns a property in Orleans, Ottawa.

Assault threats

In September 2022,

Jeremy MacKenzie General Sir Jeremy John George Mackenzie, (born 11 February 1941) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1994 to 1998. Early life Mackenzie was born on 11 February 1941 in Nairobi, Ke ...

, the far-right leader of

Diagolon Diagolon is a Canadian alt-right organization which was considered significant to the Canada convoy protest by the Government of Canada. It is led by Jeremy MacKenzie (activist), Jeremy MacKenzie. Organisation and aims Diagolon is a right wi ...

online community, spoke about raping Poilievre. Poilievre's husband Pierre referred the comments to the

Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; french: Gendarmerie royale du Canada; french: GRC, label=none), commonly known in English as the Mounties (and colloquially in French as ) is the federal police, federal and national police service of ...

(RCMP). Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau ( , ; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who is the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada. He has served as the prime minister of Canada since 2015 and as the leader of the Liberal Party since 2 ...

said “no one should ever be subject to threats of violence or the kind of hatred we’ve seen increasingly...It’s important that we all stand up and condemn that.” RCMP are investigating the report.

References

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External links

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Pretty and Smart Co
' official magazine website
Anaida Poilievre
- Twitter Living people Canadian people of Venezuelan descent Venezuelan emigrants to Canada People from Caracas People from Montreal University of Ottawa alumni Canadian civil servants Spouses of Canadian politicians 1980s births