Marjory LeBreton

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**Hon. Marjory LeBreton**<tr><th style="text-align:center; font-size: 110%; " colspan="2">**Leader of the Government in the Senate**</th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center; height: 15px; background:cornflowerblue;" colspan="2"></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center; " colspan="2">Incumbent</th></tr><tr><th>Summoned on</th><td>June 18, 1993</td></tr><tr><th>Appointed by</th><td>Brian Mulroney</td></tr><tr><th>Province</th><td>Ontario</td></tr><tr><th>Senatorial Division</th><td>Ontario</td></tr>
Born	July 4, 1940 Nepean, Ontario<tr><th>Political party</th> <td> Conservative </td></tr><tr><th>Profession(s)</th><td>Political advisor</td></tr><tr><th>Spouse</th><td>Douglas LeBreton</td></tr>

Marjory LeBreton, P.C. (born July 4 1940) is a Canadian Senator and vice-chair of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Canada. She was a senior political advisor in the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and was appointed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to the Senate on June 18 1993, shortly before Mulroney's retirement from politics.

LeBreton is considered to be a Red Tory and is progressive on social issues such as abortion rights. She was also one of the few politicians in the Parliament of Canada to oppose Bill 36, Canada's anti-terrorism legislation in 2001.

She was a long-time foe of proposals to merge the Progressive Conservatives with the Canadian Alliance but reluctantly supported the late 2003 proposal to unite the parties and subsequently became a Conservative Party of Canada senator once the merge was complete. Over time, she warmed to the new party, and later served as one of Stephen Harper's top advisors in the 2006 federal election.

See also List of Ontario senators.

She is currently the Leader of the Government in the Senate in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Cabinet Post
28th Ministry - Government of Stephen Harper
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Jack Austin	Leader of the Government in the Senate (2006–present)	incumbent

Members of the current Canadian Cabinet		Image:Flag of Canada.svg
Ambrose \| Baird \| Bernier \| Blackburn \| Cannon \| Clement \| Day \| Emerson \| Finley \| Flaherty \| Fortier \| Harper \| Hearn \| LeBreton \| Lunn \| MacKay \| Nicholson \| O'Connor \| Oda \| Prentice \| Skelton \| Solberg \| Strahl \| Thompson \| Toews \| Van Loan \| Verner

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Persondata
NAME	LeBreton, Marjory
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 4, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nepean, Ontario
DATE OF DEATH	living
PLACE OF DEATH