Prime Minister Stephen Harper named 18 people to the Senate on Monday, filling all the vacancies in an effort to balance out the Liberal-dominated chamber before the possibility of an election in the new year. Among those appointed to regionally distributed seats in the upper house were former broadcaster Pamela Wallin (Sask.), Olympian Nancy Greene Raine (B.C.) and CTV personality Mike Duffy (P.E.I.).
Others named:
- Former MP Fabian Manning (N.L.).
- Lawyer Fred Dickson (N.S.).
- Stephen Greene, former deputy chief of staff to N.S. Premier Rodney MacDonald (N.S.).
- N.S. businessman Michael L. MacDonald (N.S.).
- Long-time New Brunswick MLA and cabinet minister Percy Mockler (N.B.).
- Lawyer John D. Wallace (N.B.).
- National chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Patrick Brazeau (Que.).
- Former MP and teacher Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis (Que.).
- Director of Via Rail Canada Leo Housakos (Que.).
- Former Quebec MNA Michel Rivard (Que.).
- Nicole Eaton, member of the prominent Eaton family (Ont.).
- Businessman Irving Gerstein (Ont.).
- Co-founder of the Corean Canadian Coactive (C3) society Yonah Martin (B.C.).
- Provincial cabinet minister Richard Neufeld (B.C.).
- Former Yukon MLA Hector Daniel Lang (Yukon).
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