Mac Harb
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The Honourable Mac Harb |
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| Senator for Ontario | |
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In office September 9, 2003 – August 26, 2013 |
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| Appointed by | Jean Chrétien |
| MP for Ottawa Centre | |
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In office November 21, 1988 – September 8, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Cassidy |
| Succeeded by | Ed Broadbent |
| Personal details | |
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November 10, 1953 Chaat, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Independent (May 10, 2013-August 26, 2013) Liberal Party of Canada (September 9, 2003-May 9, 2013) |
| Occupation | Politician, engineer, professor |
Mac Harb (born November 10, 1953) is a Canadian politician, who served successively in local Ottawa positions, as a Member of the House of Commons, and as a Senator for Ontario. He resigned his seat as Senator in 2013 amidst the Canadian Senate expenses scandal.
Harb was born in Chaat, Lebanon, and emigrated to Canada to study at the University of Ottawa in 1973. He subsequently worked as an engineer at Northern Telecom and a professor at Algonquin College in Ottawa. Harb was elected to Ottawa City Council in 1985 and served as deputy mayor in 1987 and 1988.
He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1988 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Ottawa Centre. He supported Jean Chrétien's bid to succeed John Turner as leader of the Liberal Party in 1990, and remained a Chrétien loyalist throughout his career as an MP.
In September 2003, Harb was appointed to the Canadian Senate on Chrétien's recommendation.
In March 2009, Harb attempted to introduce a bill that would have limited the East Coast seal hunt to only those with aboriginal treaty rights. He also attempted to introduce a bill in June 2011 that would outlaw commercial seal hunting, and had introduced a third bill against the seal hunt in May 2012. PETA subsequently honoured him as their "Canadian Person of the Year".
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