predecessor successor appointed birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
léonce mercier claude carignan jean chrétien nicolet , quebec , canada liberal party of canada senator for mille isles senate division 16 march 1934 october 4 , 2001 michel biron
 march 16 , 2009 michel biron
michel biron

michel biron , cm -lrb- born march 16 , 1934 -rrb- was a canadian senator .
he was appointed by governor general adrienne clarkson , on the advice of prime minister jean chrétien , to represent the canadian senatorial division of mille isles , quebec as a member of the liberal party of canada , on october 4 , 2001 .
biron was appointed a member of the order of canada in 2001 .
he presently lives in nicolet , quebec .
he left the senate on march 16 , 2009 , upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 .
on 10 june 2005 , senator michel biron declared that the conditions placed on karla homolka 's release were `` totalitarian '' , according to an interview with ctv newsnet .
two weeks later , biron apologized .
