Diane Bellemare (born October 13, 1949) is a

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economist and parliamentarian from

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, who was appointed to the

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on September 6, 2012 and served until she reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 on October 13, 2024. From September 2003 to April 2007, she held executive jobs with the ''

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'', including Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist from April 2006 to April 2007. Bellemare was appointed to the Senate by

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David Johnston on the advice of Prime Minister

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and sat as a member of the

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caucus until March 2016 when she resigned to sit as an Independent. In May 2016, she was appointed Deputy Government Representative to the Senate by Government Representative Peter Harder. On November 14, 2019, on the same day that the

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dissolved and was succeeded by the

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, Senator Bellemare left her position and joined the ISG. On September 17, 2021, Senator Bellemare joined the

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