Pana Pappas Merchant (born April 2, 1943) is a

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from the

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. She has held the position since her appointment to the Senate by Prime Minister

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in 2002. On January 29, 2014, Liberal Party leader

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

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even though they are no longer members of the parliamentary Liberal caucus. Pana Merchant was a longtime member of the Board of Directors of The Parliamentary Network, a founding and long term member of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, and a longtime member of the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association. Senator Pana announced her resignation from the Senate on March 31, 2017, approximately a year ahead of her mandatory retirement date.

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