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Former senator Joyce Fairbairn has died at the age of 82
OTTAWA — Former Liberal senator Joyce Fairbairn has died at the age of 82.
She began her career as a journalist working in the parliamentary press gallery before entering the political realm, becoming an adviser to then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
During her nearly three decades in the upper chamber, Fairbairn was the first woman named government leader in the Senate.
She retired from the Senate in 2013.