Heard On The Hill

Pamela Wallin quietly signs off early from the Senate

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Now-former senator Pamela Wallin—pictured in the National Press Theatre on Feb. 1, 2024—left the Senate on Oct. 18, two years ahead of her mandatory retirement. She told The Canadian Press on Oct. 19 it was a very personal decision: 'We all know our time.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

October 21, 2026

Senator Pamela Wallin has signed off from the Upper Chamber two years ahead of schedule.

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