Lorna Milne

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Lorna Anne Milne, BSc (born December 13, 1934) is a Canadian Senator.

Milne is the daughter of former Mayor of Toronto and Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Provincial Parliament William Dennison. Her husband, William Ross Milne, served as a Liberal Member of Parliament in the 1970s.

Lorna Milne lectured in physics at the University of Guelph in the 1950s prior to having children. In the 1960s she became a political and community activist serving as a school trustee from 1964 to 1972 as well as being active in a number of community organizations and charities in Peel Region outside of Toronto. She served as president of the North Peel unit of the Canadian Cancer Society in the 1980s and as president of her Liberal riding association.

In 1995, she was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.

See also List of Ontario senators.