After his defeat in 1958, he was offered a Senate appointment, but declined it as well.

The previous prime minister, Paul Martin, made 17 Senate appointments, of whom six (35.3%) were women.

However, this possibility was avoided since she had married an Australian citizen five weeks before her Senate appointment.

Duffy may have also claimed $40,333 in the two years after his Senate appointment in December 2008.

He continued to serve the governor as a senior adviser until his Senate appointment.

According to May, these discussions included discussion of a possible Senate appointment for May.

A series of Montreal residents were interviewed regarding his Senate appointment and they were generally positive about the move.

This created interest in abolishing Senate appointment by the governor.

For his efforts, he received a Senate appointment.

(He resigned his cabinet seat soon after the Senate appointment, however.)