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Senator Dan Hays
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate

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Date and Place of Birth
April 24, 1939
Calgary, Alberta

Education

  • BA in History - University of Alberta
  • LL.B - University of Toronto

    • Profession

  • rancher and farmer
  • involved in development of Hays Converter cattle, the only registered pure-breed cattle developed in Canada.
  • lawyer

    • Federal Political Affiliation
    Liberal Party of Canada

    Constituency
    Calgary

    Political Career

  • Appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1984
  • Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry
  • Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources
  • Elected President of the Liberal Party of Canada 1994
  • Appointed Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate by Prime Minister Jean Chretien in 1999
  • Appointed Speaker of the Senate in 2001
  • With the election of a Conservative government in 2006, Dan Hays was replaced as Speaker of the Senate.
  • Dan Hays is now the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.


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