Answer the following question: Facts: - profession: lawyer , rancher - successor: noel kinsella celine hervieux-payette - party: liberal - spouse: kathy 1 -rrb- hays -lrb- 2 -rrb- '' unknown '' -lrb- - predecessor: gildas molgat noel kinsella - office: senator senate leader of the opposition in the senate from alberta -lrb- calgary -rrb- speaker of the - term end: june 17 , 2007 30 , 2007 february 7 , 2006 january - children: carol hays janet hays sarah hays - term start: june 1 , 2006 29 , 1984 january 26 , 2001 february - appointed: pierre trudeau jean chretien - name: daniel hays - birth date: 24 april 1939 - parents: harry hays -lrb- father -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dan hays .
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daniel phillip hays , pc -lrb- born april 24 , 1939 -rrb- is a canadian politician .he was speaker of the canadian senate from 2001 to 2006 , when he became liberal leader in the senate .he was the leader of the opposition in the senate in the 39th canadian parliament from 2006 until 2007 .hays is the son of harry hays , who served as minister of agriculture in prime minister lester b. pearson 's government .he has been married to his wife , kathy , since 2001 .hays has three daughters from a previous marriage : carol , janet and sarah .he also has two granddaughters , theodora and alexandra .hays attended western canada high school in calgary and appleby college prep-school in oakville .he went on to obtain his b.a. degree in history from the university of alberta and an ll.b .degree from the university of toronto .after articling with the calgary-based firm of macleod dixon , he was called to the alberta bar in 1966 , and became known as a prominent lawyer .he has been involved with the cattle industry since 1957 as a breeder , exhibitor and marketer .with his father , he developed the only recognized canadian pure breed of cattle , the hays converter .he continues to raise a small herd of 200 hays converters .among his other accomplishments , hays is an honorary colonel of the king 's own calgary regiment -lrb- rcac -rrb- .additionally , he was admitted to the pantheon of l'order of la pleiade by the canadian branch of the apf .in the past , he has served for five years as a board member of the canadian broadcasting corporation .he is also the former director the calgary district foundation , of enviros , and of the calgary ymca .hays is a member of the law society of alberta , the canadian tax foundation and the canadian hays converter association .he also sits on the advisory council of the canadian defence and foreign affairs institute .hays was appointed to the senate of canada -lrb- gaining the style '' the honourable '' for life -rrb- on advice of prime minister pierre trudeau on...