Marjory LeBreton
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The Honourable Marjory LeBreton PC |
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| Senator from Ontario | |
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In office June 18, 1993 – July 4, 2015 |
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July 4, 1940 Nepean, Ontario |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Douglas LeBreton |
| Profession | Political advisor |
| Cabinet | Leader of the Government in the Senate (2006-2013) |
Marjory LeBreton, PC (born July 4, 1940) is a former Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate, a cabinet-rank position; and past national chair of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Canada. She worked with four leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada - John Diefenbaker, Robert Stanfield, Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney - from 1962 to 1993 before being appointed to the Senate on the advice of Mulroney. She sat as a Progressive Conservative Senator from her appointment until moving with most of her caucus colleagues to the new Conservative Party of Canada in 2004, of which she was soon elected to Chief Whip. She served as an advisor to then opposition leader Stephen Harper during the 2006 election, which the Conservative Party won. After the election, she was named to the cabinet position Leader of the Government in the Senate. On July 4, 2013, LeBreton announced she would not continue in the position as of the next cabinet shuffle, which occurred later that summer. She retired from the Senate upon reaching her 75th birthday on July 4, 2015.
Marjory LeBreton was born in and completed her elementary and secondary school education in the neighbourhood of City View, in the city of Nepean, Ontario which is today part of Ottawa. She is married to Douglas LeBreton, with whom she had two children: Linda and Michael. Linda was killed in an accident involving a drunk driver which led to LeBreton's active involvement in the Mothers Against Drunk Driving organization.
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