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Nicole Eaton Senator for Ontario Incumbent Assumed office
January 2, 2009Appointed by Stephen Harper Personal details Born January 21, 1945 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "ROM - Our History - The Eaton Family". http://www.rom.on.ca/about/history/eaton.php. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
- ^ "Nicole Eaton, Canadian Senator, New National Symbol Should Be A Polar Bear." The Canadian Press, 27 October 2011.
Current members of the Senate of Canada
AB BC MB NB Day • Kinsella • Losier-Cool • Lovelace Nicholas • Mockler • Poirier • Ringuette • Robichaud • Stewart-Olsen • WallaceNL NS ON PE QC SK Territories NTNUYTConservative (C) • Independent (Ind.) or Not affiliated (N/A) • Liberal (L) • Progressive Conservative (PC) Chair Vice Chair Kelvin OgilvieMembers David Braley · Catherine Callbeck · Andrée Champagne · Jane Cordy · Lillian Dyck · Nicole Eaton · Yonah Martin · Pana Merchant · Bob Runciman · Judith Seidman
Chair Vice Chair Members Michael Duffy · Nicole Eaton · Joyce Fairbairn · Sandra Lovelace Nicholas · Frank Mahovlich · Terry M. Mercer · Kelvin Ogilvie · Don Plett · Michel Rivard · Hugh Segal
Categories:- 1945 births
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