Patricia Bovey
Patricia Bovey | |
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 Patricia Bovey in 2017 | |
| Senator for Manitoba | |
| Assumed office November 11, 2016 | |
| Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
| Appointed by | David Johnston |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 15, 1948 |
| Political party | Progressive Senate Group |
| Other political affiliations | Independent Senators Group (2016–2020) |
| Occupation | Art historian |
| Website | www.patriciabovey.com |
Patricia E. Bovey (born May 15, 1948) is a Canadian art historian from Manitoba. Bovey was the director of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1980–1999) and the Winnipeg Art Gallery (1999–2004); art consultant (2004–2016); founder and director/curator, Buhler Gallery, St Boniface Hospital (2007–2016); past chair of the board of governors of the University of Manitoba and a former member of the board of trustees for the National Gallery of Canada. She also sat on the board of the Canada Council for the Arts. She was appointed director emerita, Winnipeg Art Gallery (2014).
On October 27, 2016, Bovey was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[1] Bovey assumed her seat on November 10, 2016 as a member of the Independent Senators Group. On May 8, 2020, Bovey left the ISG and joined the Progressive Senate Group.[2]
References[]
- ^ Bryden, Joan (27 October 2016). "Justin Trudeau set to name nine new senate appointments". Global News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ^ Tasker, John Paul (8 May 2020). "Independent senator defects to the Progressives as senators spar over committee seats". CBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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- Women members of the Senate of Canada
- Independent Canadian senators
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- Independent Senators Group
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