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Mary Robinson appointed to help represent P.E.I. in Canada's Senate

Mary Robinson appointed to help represent P.E.I. in Canada's Senate

CBC
Monday, January 22, 2024 8:52 PM GMT

Prince Edward Island no longer has any vacant Senate seats, with Monday's news that Mary Robinson has been appointed to Canada's upper house of Parliament.

The Prime Minister's Office announced that Robinson, whom it called "a globally recognized leader in the agricultural sector," would sit as an independent senator.

"She is currently vice-president of the World Farmers' Organisation and a managing partner of the Robinson Group of Companies, a sixth-generation farm and agribusiness in Albany, P.E.I.," Justin Trudeau's office said in a news release. 

Robinson joins Percy Downe, Brian Francis and Jane MacAdam to form P.E.I.'s constitutionally guaranteed contingent of four.

The Island had not had the full four seats occupied since Mike Duffy left the Red Chamber in May 2021 at the mandatory retirement age of 75.  

His departure was followed a year later by the retirement from the Senate of Diane Griffin, who went on to be named Chancellor of UPEI last month.  

Back in 2019, Robinson was the first person from Canada's smallest province to be elected president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. 

"There's been a lot of support from home which has been lovely and I think P.E.I. typically is viewed at the national table as sending people who are quality people," she said at the time. "I think we've always been proud of the people we've sent."

In Monday's news release, Trudeau said that Robinson's experience in agriculture and business "will bring an important perspective to the Senate, where she will be a strong voice for Atlantic Canada."

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