Céline Hervieux-Payette is a former Canadian senator who served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada from 2007 to 2008, the first woman to hold this position. She was previously a Liberal member of Parliament from 1979 to 1984 and a cabinet minister in the government of Pierre Trudeau in the 1980s. She retired from the Senate on April 22, 2016, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
Céline Hervieux-Payette
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Canada)
In Canada, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate is the leader of the largest party in the Canadian Senate not in government.
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Canada)
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