Patti LaBoucane-Benson

The Honourable
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
The Honourable Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Senator for Alberta
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 3, 2018
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	Julie Payette
Personal details
Born	February 20, 1969 (age 55)
Political party	non-affiliated (since 2020)
Other political; affiliations	Independent Senators Group (2018-2020)
Profession	academic

Patti LaBoucane-Benson (born February 20, 1969) is a Canadian academic and politician. A Métis, she serves as director of research at the Native Counselling Services of Alberta.^[1] She was appointed to the Senate of Canada on October 3, 2018 by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.^[2]

On January 31, 2020, she was appointed Government Liaison by Representative of the Government in the Senate Marc Gold. The role entails acting as a whip to secure votes for government legislation.^[3]

She was the winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2016 for The Outside Circle, a graphic novel she cowrote with Kelly Mellings.^[4]

References

^ "Trudeau taps Indigenous advocate, G7 organizer for Senate seats in Alberta and Ontario". Toronto Star, October 3, 2018.
^ "Edmontonians Paula Simons, Patti LaBoucane-Benson appointed to Senate". CBC News Edmonton, October 3, 2018.
^ "With two new Senate appointments, Trudeau has now appointed half of the upper house". CBC News. January 31, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
^ "Graphic novel The Outside Circle wins $12K Burt Award". CBC Books, October 13, 2016.

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[1] "Trudeau taps Indigenous advocate, G7 organizer for Senate seats in Alberta and Ontario". Toronto Star, October 3, 2018.

[2] "Edmontonians Paula Simons, Patti LaBoucane-Benson appointed to Senate". CBC News Edmonton, October 3, 2018.

[3] "With two new Senate appointments, Trudeau has now appointed half of the upper house". CBC News. January 31, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2020.

[4] "Graphic novel The Outside Circle wins $12K Burt Award". CBC Books, October 13, 2016.

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v t e Current members of the Senate of Canada
Presiding officers: Speaker: Raymonde Gagné Speaker pro tempore: Pierrette Ringuette
AB	■ LaBoucane-Benson ■ Simons ■ Sorensen ■ Tannas 2 vacancies
BC	■ Busson ■ Greenwood ■ Jaffer ■ Martin ■ Woo 1 vacancy
MB	■ Gagné ■ McCallum ■ McPhedran ■ Osler ■ Plett 1 vacancy
NB	■ Cormier ■ Hartling ■ Kingston ■ McNair ■ Poirier ■ Quinn ■ Richards ■ Ringuette ■ Ross 1 vacancy
NL	■ Manning ■ Marshall ■ Petten ■ Ravalia ■ Wells ■ White
NS	■ Aucoin ■ Bernard ■ Cordy ■ Coyle ■ Cuzner ■ C. Deacon ■ Greene ■ Kutcher ■ MacDonald ■ Prosper
ON	■ Al Zaibak ■ Ataullahjan ■ Black ■ Boehm ■ Boniface ■ Boyer ■ Burey ■ Cardozo ■ Clement ■ Dasko ■ M. Deacon ■ Dean ■ Harder ■ Lankin ■ McBean ■ Moncion ■ Moodie ■ Oh ■ Omidvar ■ Pate ■ R. Patterson ■ Senior ■ Varone ■ Yussuff
PE	■ Downe ■ Francis ■ MacAdam ■ Robinson
QC	■ Audette ■ Bellemare ■ Brazeau ■ Carignan ■ Dagenais ■ Dalphond ■ Forest ■ Galvez ■ Gerba ■ Gignac ■ Gold ■ Housakos ■ Loffreda ■ Massicotte ■ Mégie ■ Miville-Dechêne ■ Oudar ■ Petitclerc ■ Saint-Germain ■Seidman ■ Smith ■ Verner 2 vacancies
SK	■ Arnot ■ Batters ■ Cotter ■ Klyne ■ Wallin 1 vacancy
Territories	NT ■ Anderson NU 1 vacancy YT ■ Duncan
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