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Originally Posted by Rerun
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.
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Under what law did I agree as an Albertan to elect a Senator for a 10 year term? Also, if there is such a law in place that allows for 10 year terms, why did Brown have to get "re-elected" in 2004, a mere 6 years after the start of his inaugral 10 year term? One would suppose he would have been a Senator-in-waiting until 2008, why the need to get elected in 2004? It would make sense to have an election to replace Morton, as he stepped down I suppose from his "Senator in waiting" position to run for the legislature, but Bert had time left on his alleged term.