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Originally Posted by EddyBeers
I wonder when that true reformer Bert Brown will be facing re-election, or does getting elected in 2004 mean that he is my Senator until he retires in 2013? How long is that guys term?
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10 years or until he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 75.... which ever comes first.....
All un-elected Conservative Senators have agreed, if there is a Senate election in the area they represent, that they will step down and either retire or run for election. All Liberal Senators have refused to do this. The only way a current Liberal Senator will leave the Senate will be either feet first (he's dead) or he absolutely has to because he has reached the mandatory retirement age.
Even with Senate reform, it will be quite some time (10 years minimum) before we get an elected Senate. As I said before, any Liberal Senators will fight any change tooth and nail and kicking and screaming all the way.