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‘Was I tough? I hope so’: retiring Tory Senator David Tkachuk talks divisive politics, election 2019, and Senate reform

'I’m the happiest guy in the world that I got to do what I would have done for free, and got paid for it,' says Tory Senator David Tkachuk.

David Tkachuk will retire from the Senate when he turns 75 on Feb. 18. He has served as a Conservative Senator for Saskatchewan since Brian Mulroney appointed him to the Chamber in 1993. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

February 10, 2020

David Tkachuk will depart the Red Chamber after nearly 30 years of service as a Conservative Senator for Saskatchewan when he turns 75 on Feb. 18. Sen. Tkachuk was appointed to the Senate by Brian Mulroney in 1993, after a career as a conservative political organizer that began in the 1970s and inc...

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