Bernard Lord is a Canadian lawyer,business executive and former politician. He served as the 30th premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006. Lord was appointed as board chair of Ontario Power Generation in 2014.
Stephen Joseph Harper is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. Harper is the first and only prime minister to come from the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada,serving as the party's first leader from 2004 to 2015.
The Conservative Party of 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 Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance,the latter being the successor of the Western Canadian-based Reform Party. The party sits at the centre-right to the right of the Canadian political spectrum,with their federal rival,the Liberal Party of Canada,positioned to their left. The Conservatives are defined as a "big tent" party,practising "brokerage politics" and welcoming a broad variety of members,including "Red Tories" and "Blue Tories".
Carolyn Ann Bennett is a Canadian physician and politician who has served as minister of mental health and addictions,and associate minister of health since October 26,2021. A member of the Liberal Party,she has represented Toronto—St. Paul's in the House of Commons since 1997. She previously served as the minister of state for public health from 2003 to 2006,and the Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations from 2015 to 2021. Bennett worked as a physician for 20 years before entering politics.
Percy Paul Mockler is a Canadian politician serving as a Canadian Senator from New Brunswick since 2009. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada,Mockler previously served two non-consecutive stints in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1982 to 1987,and again from 1993 to 2008.
Beauséjour riding is a federal electoral district in southeastern New Brunswick,Canada,which has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. It replaced Westmorland—Kent,which was represented from 1968 to 1988.
Robert S. Moore is a Canadian lawyer,politician,and former Minister of State (ACOA) and Regional Minister for New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Marjory LeBreton,is a former Leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada,a cabinet-rank position;and past national chair of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Canada. She worked with four leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada - John Diefenbaker,Robert Stanfield,Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney - from 1962 to 1993 before being appointed to the Senate on the advice of Mulroney. She sat as a Progressive Conservative Senator from her appointment until moving with most of her caucus colleagues to the new Conservative Party of Canada in 2004,of which she was soon elected to Chief Whip. She served as an advisor to then opposition leader Stephen Harper during the 2006 election,which the Conservative Party won. After the election,she was named to the cabinet position Leader of the Government in the Senate. On July 4,2013,LeBreton announced she would not continue in the position as of the next cabinet shuffle,which occurred later that summer. She retired from the Senate upon reaching her 75th birthday on July 4,2015.
David Tkachuk is a Canadian teacher,executive and politician. Tkachuk was a member of the Senate of Canada,representing Saskatchewan from 1993 to 2020.
Donald Neil Plett is the Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate,since November 5,2019. He is the founding president of the National Council of the Conservative Party of Canada and the longest serving individual to have held this position.
Michael Dennis Duffy is a former Canadian senator and former Canadian television journalist. Prior to his appointment to the upper house in 2008,he was the Ottawa editor for CTV News Channel. In turning 75 on May 27,2021,Duffy retired from the senate due to mandatory retirement rules.
Marilyn Trenholme Counsell is a Canadian lecturer,doctor and politician. Counsell was a Canadian Senator and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1997 to 2003.
Josiah Wood was a Canadian lawyer,entrepreneur,mayor,parliamentarian,and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of the province of New Brunswick. He was born in Sackville,New Brunswick in 1843.
The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick held a leadership election in 2008,following the resignation of Bernard Lord on December 13,2006. The Conservatives had last had a leadership election in 1997.
Jenni Byrne is a political advisor,political commenter,and government relations expert. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario,she is a former advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and former Principal Secretary to Doug Ford. Once referred to as "the most powerful woman in Ottawa," she currently operates her own consulting firm,Jenni Byrne + Associates.
Patrick Brazeau is a Canadian senator from Quebec. At the age of 34,he was and is the youngest member of the Senate during his appointment. From February 2006 until January 2009 he held the position of national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. Brazeau was expelled from the Conservative caucus following his February 7,2013 arrest for domestic assault and sexual assault. On September 15,2015,Brazeau pleaded guilty to simple assault and cocaine possession as part of a plea deal in which other assault charges were dropped,and he was acquitted of sexual assault.
Stephen Greene is a Canadian politician and an independent member of the Senate of Canada. He was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on January 2,2009,and sat as a Conservative Senator until May 2017,when Senate Leader Larry Smith removed him for his support for Senate reform proposals put forth by the governing Liberal Party. Greene then decided to sit as an "Independent Reform" Senator.
Aida Maud Boyer McAnn Flemming,was a Canadian teacher,writer and animal welfare advocate. She founded the Kindness Club,a humane education organization for children between the ages of 5 and 13. She was the wife of Hugh John Flemming,who was Premier of New Brunswick from 8 October 1952 to 11 July 1960.
Nigel S. Wright is a Canadian businessman and lawyer. He served as the thirteenth Chief of Staff of the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada,from September 2010 to May 2013 and is a Managing Director in the London office of Onex Corporation. Wright left the Prime Minister's Office after it was reported that he had lied about using his own money to cover Senator Mike Duffy repay the government for housing expenses that were,at the time,the subject of media and political controversy.
The Canadian Senate expenses scandal,also known as Duffygate,was a political scandal concerning the expense claims of certain Canadian senators which began in late 2012. Senators Patrick Brazeau,Mike Duffy,Mac Harb,and Pamela Wallin claimed travel and living allowance expenses from the Senate for which they were not eligible. Deloitte LLP was retained to provide the Senate with an independent examination of the expense claims. Duffy,Harb,and Wallin repaid ineligible amounts. Harb retired a few months into the scandal,and in November 2013,Brazeau,Duffy,and Wallin were suspended from the Senate without pay. Brazeau,Duffy,and Harb were criminally charged. On April 21,2016 Duffy was acquitted on all charges. Charges against Harb were withdrawn and no charges were to be laid against Wallin. The scandal attracted much public attention,with as many as 73% of Canadians following it closely. Many said that the scandal impacted the 2015 Canadian general election.
