Politics · Canada · 2 hrs ago
Pamela Wallin resigns from Senate two years before retirement age
Pamela Wallin resigned from Canada's Senate effective Oct.
18, according to the Senate clerk.
She represented Saskatchewan and was appointed in 2009 on the advice of then-prime minister Stephen Harper.
Wallin is 73, so she stepped down two years before the mandatory retirement age of 75.
Her departure follows the Senate expenses scandal that began in 2013, when an audit found some of her expense claims inappropriate.
She repaid about $150,000, including interest, and the RCMP said in 2016 that she would not be charged.
Her reason for resigning is not yet known, and no further next steps have been announced.
Pamela Wallin resigned from Canada’s Senate, effective Oct. 18, 2026.
The Senate clerk received a resignation letter from the longtime senator, who represented Saskatchewan.
Wallin was 73 and two years short of the Senate’s mandatory retirement age of 75.
The reason for her resignation was not known.
Wallin was a central figure in the Senate expenses scandal that began in 2013.
- Who
- Pamela Wallin, a senator representing Saskatchewan.
- What
- She resigned from the Senate.
- When
- Effective Oct. 18, 2026.
- Where
- Canada’s Senate, the Upper Chamber.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Wallin was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The Senate expenses scandal began, and Wallin became a focus of media reports and police investigations.
The RCMP announced that Wallin would not be charged.
Wallin’s resignation from the Senate took effect.
- Appointment
- 2009
- Province represented
- Saskatchewan
- Age at resignation
- 73
- Effective resignation date
- Oct. 18, 2026
- Mandatory retirement age
- 75
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