Canada's Second Elected Senator
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced in the House of Commons today that Bert Brown will become Canada's second ever elected Senator. Mr. Brown was selected to be a "Senator-in-waiting" in Alberta's third Senate election in 2004.
Did you know we had an elected Senator once before? In 1989, Stan Waters won an Alberta election for a Senate seat, who was then appointed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney the following year.
No word on whether or not he's agreed to a term limit... I would assume that one would not be applied to him unless the Senate passes Mr. Harper's legislation calling for term limits.
Did you know we had an elected Senator once before? In 1989, Stan Waters won an Alberta election for a Senate seat, who was then appointed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney the following year.
No word on whether or not he's agreed to a term limit... I would assume that one would not be applied to him unless the Senate passes Mr. Harper's legislation calling for term limits.
posted by Christian Conservative @ 4:14 p.m.
1 Comments:
At Wed Apr 18, 06:49:00 p.m. EDT,
Cameron Burrows said…
IIRC, Brown is 69, which means he'll reach the mandatory retirement age of 75 before the eight-year term runs out.
Either way, this was the right thing for Harper to do.
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