Nicole Eaton

Nicole Eaton
Senator for Ontario
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2, 2009
Appointed by	Stephen Harper
Personal details
Born	January 21, 1945 (1945-01-21) (age 66)
Political party	Conservative

Nicole Marie Eaton (born January 21, 1945) is a Canadian politician and a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate. She is the daughter of Edmond Jacques Courtois and sister of Canada Post Chairman Marc Courtois. She was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on December 22, 2008, her term starting on January 2, 2009.^[1] A member of the Eaton family through her marriage to Thor Eaton, she was a trustee of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) from 1983 to 1989 and a director of the ROM Foundation from 1996 to 2002.^[2]

In 2011 Eaton called Canada's national symbol, the beaver, a "dentally defective rat", and suggested that the polar bear should replace it in Canadian iconography.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Senators - Detailed Information". Parliament of Canada. http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/senmemb/senate/isenator_det.asp?senator_id=2809&sortord=N&Language=E&M=M. Retrieved 2008-12-23. 
2. ^ "ROM - Our History - The Eaton Family". http://www.rom.on.ca/about/history/eaton.php. Retrieved 2008-12-23. 
3. ^ "Nicole Eaton, Canadian Senator, New National Symbol Should Be A Polar Bear." The Canadian Press, 27 October 2011.

Persondata
Name	Eaton, Nicole
Alternative names
Short description	Appointed Senator by Stephen Harper in 2009
Date of birth	January 21, 1945
Place of birth	Montreal, QC
Date of death
Place of death