appointed birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title name alma_mater
stephen harper montreal , quebec conservative senator for halifax-the citadel , nova scotia 8 december 1949 january 2 , 2009 stephen greene -lrb- politician -rrb-
 stephen greene mcmaster university dalhousie university
stephen greene -lrb- politician -rrb-

stephen greene -lrb- born december 8 , 1949 -rrb- is a canadian politician and a conservative member of the canadian senate .
he was appointed on the advice of stephen harper to the senate on january 2 , 2009 .
greene served as chief of staff in the office of then reform party of canada leader preston manning from 1993 and 1996 and was an unsuccessful reform party candidate in halifax in the 1993 and 1997 federal elections .
he then worked as the executive director of the insurance brokers association of nova scotia .
in the two years prior to his senate appointment greene was principal secretary and deputy chief of staff to nova scotia premier rodney macdonald .
