Pana Pappas Merchant (born April 2, 1943) was a LiberalSenator from the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. She held the position since her appointment to the Senate by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in 2002 until her retirement in 2017.[1]
On January 29, 2014, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau announced all Liberal Senators, including Merchant, were removed from the Liberal caucus, and would continue sitting as Independents.[2] The Senators refer to themselves as the Senate Liberal Caucus even though they are no longer members of the parliamentary Liberal caucus.[3]
Pana Merchant was a longtime member of the Board of Directors of The Parliamentary Network, a founding and long term member of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, and a longtime member of the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association.
Senator Pana announced her resignation from the Senate on March 31, 2017, approximately a year ahead of her mandatory retirement date.[4]
Referencesedit
^"Pana Merchant". Senator Biography. Senate of Canada. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
^"Justin Trudeau removes senators from Liberal caucus | CBC News".
^"Trudeau's expulsion catches Liberal senators by surprise". Globe and Mail. January 29, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
^"Debates of the Senate of Canada". The Speaker of the Senate. 30 March 2017.
External linksedit
Pana Merchant – Parliament of Canada biography
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