He previously served as a Senior Advisor to the Leader of the Government in the Senate The Honourable Marjory LeBreton (2007–2009); Senior Advisor to the Speaker of the Senate The Honourable Noel Kinsella (2006–2007): and Executive Assistant to The Honourable Michael J.L. Kirby (2004–2006).
Senator Carignan was created Government Leader in the Senate on 30 August 2013 by virtue of his caucus leadership, upon the resignation of his predecessor as Leader, Senator Marjory LeBreton.
Marjory LeBreton (born 1940), Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate
She worked with four leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada - John Diefenbaker, Robert Stanfield, Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney - from 1962 to 1993 before being appointed to the Senate on the advice of Mulroney.
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She later worked in the office of Brian Mulroney while he was prime minister, rising to position of Deputy Chief of Staff and Government Appointments Director.
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Marjory LeBreton, PC (born July 4, 1940) is a former Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate, a position of cabinet-rank; and past national chair of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Canada.
### Marjory LeBreton PC, Leader of the Government in the Senate (February 6, 2006)
Before becoming an MLA, he worked as political staffer in New Brunswick and Ottawa, including the offices of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Senate Leader Marjory LeBreton.
Marjory LeBreton | Marjory Mecklenburg | Marjory Stephenson | LeBreton Flats | Marjory Stephenson Prize | Marjory Kennedy-Fraser | Marjory Gordon | Marjory Cobbe | Lebreton Flats | Joachim Lebreton |
As of June 4, 2013, the members of the committee are Stephen Harper (chair), Senator Marjory LeBreton (vice-chair), Peter MacKay, Vic Toews, Diane Finley, John Baird, Tony Clement, Jim Flaherty, Jason Kenney, Christian Paradis, James Moore, Denis Lebel, and Ed Fast.