Asha Seth, (born December 15, 1939) is a Canadian politician and doctor. She was appointed to the

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(for

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) by

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on January 6, 2012, and sat as a Conservative until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on December 15, 2014.

Early life

She was born in India and trained in medicine at the King George Medical College in

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and the

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in the UK. She became a Canadian citizen in 1974. She worked as an

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and gynecologist at

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since 1976, and is also known as a philanthropist, having founded the NIMDAC Foundation. She is a National Board member of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. She is part of the executive team of the Canada India Foundation. In 2010, Seth was one of the recipients of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards, presented by Canadian Immigrant Magazine.

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Senate biography
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