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Brian Francis (born September 28, 1957) is a Mi'kmaq leader, Chief of the Abegweit First Nation from 2007 to 2018. On 11 October 2018 he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing Prince Edward Island.^[2] He is the first Mi'kmaq from Prince Edward Island appointed to the Senate.

Prior to becoming chief, he was an Aboriginal programs co-ordinator with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.^[2]

References

^ "Senate of Canada - Senator Brian Francis". Senate of Canada. 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
^ ^a ^b Ross, Shane (11 October 2018). "Chief Brian Francis appointed to Senate". CBC News. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

Current members of the Senate of Canada
Presiding officers: Speaker: Raymonde Gagné Speaker pro tempore: Pierrette Ringuette
AB	■ LaBoucane-Benson ■ Simons ■ Sorensen ■ Tannas 2 vacancies
BC	■ Busson ■ Greenwood ■ Jaffer ■ Martin ■ Woo 1 vacancy
MB	■ Gagné ■ McCallum ■ McPhedran ■ Osler ■ Plett 1 vacancy
NB	■ Cormier ■ Hartling ■ Kingston ■ McNair ■ Poirier ■ Quinn ■ Richards ■ Ringuette ■ Ross 1 vacancy
NL	■ Manning ■ Marshall ■ Petten ■ Ravalia ■ Wells ■ White
NS	■ Aucoin ■ Bernard ■ Cordy ■ Coyle ■ Cuzner ■ C. Deacon ■ Greene ■ Kutcher ■ MacDonald ■ Prosper
ON	■ Al Zaibak ■ Ataullahjan ■ Black ■ Boehm ■ Boniface ■ Boyer ■ Burey ■ Cardozo ■ Clement ■ Dasko ■ M. Deacon ■ Dean ■ Harder ■ Lankin ■ McBean ■ Moncion ■ Moodie ■ Oh ■ Omidvar ■ Pate ■ R. Patterson ■ Senior ■ Varone ■ Yussuff
PE	■ Downe ■ Francis ■ MacAdam ■ Robinson
QC	■ Audette ■ Bellemare ■ Brazeau ■ Carignan ■ Dagenais ■ Dalphond ■ Forest ■ Galvez ■ Gerba ■ Gignac ■ Gold ■ Housakos ■ Loffreda ■ Massicotte ■ Mégie ■ Miville-Dechêne ■ Oudar ■ Petitclerc ■ Saint-Germain ■Seidman ■ Smith ■ Verner 2 vacancies
SK	■ Arnot ■ Batters ■ Cotter ■ Klyne ■ Wallin 1 vacancy
Territories	NT ■ Anderson NU 1 vacancy YT ■ Duncan
■ Independent Senators Group (40) ■ Canadian Senators Group (17) ■ Progressive Senate Group (14) ■ Conservative (13) ■ Non-affiliated (12) vacant (9)

Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
Chair	Brian Francis
Vice Chair	Daniel Christmas
Members	David Arnot Michèle Audette Patrick Brazeau Mary Coyle Nancy Hartling Sandra Lovelace Nicholas Yonah Martin Kim Pate Dennis Patterson Scott Tannas

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Francis_(politician)