John D. Wallace
| The Honourable John D. Wallace | |
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| Senator for New Brunswick | |
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Assumed office January 2, 2009 | |
| Appointed by | Stephen Harper |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 26, 1949 Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party |
Independent (since 2015) Conservative (until 2015) |
John D. Wallace (born March 26, 1949) is a Canadian politician and an Independent member[1] of the Canadian Senate. On December 22, 2008, it was announced that he would be appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate.[2] He assumed office on January 2, 2009.
In 2014, The Hill Times reported that Wallace was part of a bipartisan group of Liberal and Conservative Senators that secretly met to discuss how to reform the Senate from within.[1]
On November 18, 2015, Wallace announced that he was leaving the Conservative caucus because of irreconcilable differences between himself and party leadership over the role of partisanship in the Senate, citing the 2014 Supreme Court Reference that declared that the Fathers of Confederation wanted the Senate to be "thoroughly independent."[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Senator John Wallace quits Conservative caucus - New Brunswick senator will sit as an Independent, citing 'irreconcilable' differences for leaving Tory caucus". CBC News. November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/senmemb/senate/isenator_det.asp?senator_id=2804&sortord=N&Language=E&M=M
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