Jane Marie Cordy (born July 2, 1950) is a Canadian

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representing

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and former teacher and administrator.

Early life

Born in

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, she received a teaching certificate from the

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and a

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from

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. A teacher, she taught for the Sydney School Board, the Halifax County School Board, the New Glasgow School Board, and the Halifax Regional School Board.

Appointment to the Senate

Cordy was appointed to the Senate by

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on June 9, 2000. She has also served as Vice-Chair of the Halifax-Dartmouth Port Development Commission and as Chair of the Board of Referees for the Halifax Region of Human Resources Development Canada. She sat in the Senate as a

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representing the senatorial division of Nova Scotia. On January 29, 2014, Liberal Party leader

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announced all Liberal Senators, including Cordy, were removed from the Liberal caucus, and would continue sitting as Independents. The Senators referred to themselves as the

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even though they were no longer members of the parliamentary Liberal caucus. With the

facing losing official

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status in 2020 with a third of its caucus facing mandatory retirements on their turning age 75, Senator Joseph Day announced that the

had been dissolved and a new

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formed in its wake, with the entire membership joining the new group, including this senator. With Senator Day's mandatory retirement in January 2020, on December 12, 2019, Senator Jane Cordy tweeted that her colleagues in the PSG had selected her as the new leader, ostensibly effective that same date. Additionally, she subsequently announced later that day Senator

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would be moving into the Whip/Caucus Chair role, that Senator would become the new Deputy Leader, and that the interim monikers were being removed at the same time.

References

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Liberal Senate Forum
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