Shirley Maheu is appointed to the Senate

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien Announced today that his Excellency the Governor General has agreed to summon Shirley Maheu of Quebec to the Senate of Canada.

The appointment is effective immediately.

Biographical notes of the Honourable Shirley Maheu are attached.

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Shirley Maheu was born in Montreal in 1931. She has served as the Member for Parliament for the riding of Saint-Laurent--Cartierville since 1988. She was appointed Deputy Chairperson of Committees of the Whole House in 1994 and, among other duties, presided over debates in the House of Commons. She also served as Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Multiculturalism and Citizenship and Chair of the Quebec Caucus from 1993 to 1994. Mrs. Maheu was appointed Official Opposition Critic for Multiculturalism and Citizenship and Whip for Quebec in 1990.

Prior to being elected to Parliament, Mrs. Maheu was a municipal councillor for the City of Saint-Laurent. She also served as honourary president of the Red Cross Society, Saint-Laurent section, and was a member of several organizations including the Insurance Brokers' Association of Quebec, The Chamber of Commerce of Saint-Laurent, the Carrefour Multi-Ethnique de Saint-Laurent and the Fondation du Centre hospitalier de Saint-Laurent. She graduated from O'Sullivan Business College.

Mrs. Maheu is married to René Maheu. They have four sons.


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