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Pension and Severance Payments to Defeated and Resigned MPs - 2004 General Election Member Party Constituency First Highest Accrued Pension Severance Reason (Alphabetical) Elected Position Pension Carole-Marie Allard MP LIB Alfred-Pellan PQ 2000.11.27 Parliamentary Secretary 10.5% none$ 58,750 Defeated Mark Assad MP LIB Gatineau PQ 1988.11.21 Parliamentary Secretary 66.2%$ 71,092 none Resigned Sarkis Assadourin MP LIB Brampton Centre ON 1993.10.25 Parliamentary Secretary 45.5%$ 54,431 none Resigned Roy Bailey MP CPC Souris-Moose Mountain SK 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned Andre Banchand MP Ind Richmond Arthabaska PQ 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned Rex Barnes MP CPC Gander Grand Falls NL 2002.05.13 Member 6.0% none$ 23,667 Defeated Reginald Belair MP LIB Timmins-James Bay ON 1988.11.21 Member 66.2%$ 67,780 none Resigned Eugene Bellemare MP LIB Ottawa-Orleans ON 1988.11.21 Member 66.2%$ 67,780 none Resigned Robert Bertand MP LIB Pontiac-Gatineau-Labelle PQ 1988.11.21 Member 66.2%$ 67,780 none Resigned Gerard Binet MP LIB Portnef PQ 2000.11.27 Member 10.5% none$ 58,750 Defeated Paul Bonwick MP LIB Simcoe-Grey ON 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Defeated Rick Borotsik MP CPC Brandon-Souris MB 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned John Bryden MP CPC Wentworth-Burlington ON 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 none Resigned Andy Burton MP CPC Skeena BC 2000.11.27 Member 10.5% none$ 58,750 Defeated Hon. Charles Caccia LIB Davenport ON 1968.06.25 Member 75.0%$ 86,663 none Resigned Murray Calder MP LIB Dufferin-Caledon ON 1993.10.25 Parliamentary Secretary 45.5%$ 52,610 $ 70,500 Defeated Elinor Caplan MP LIB Thornhill ON 1997.06.02 Cabinet Minister 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned Jeannot Castonguay MP LIB Madawaska-Restigouce NB 2000.11.27 Member 10.5% none$ 58,750 Resigned Hon. Martin Cauchon LIB Outremont PQ 1993.10.25 Cabinet Minister 40.8%$ 65,257 $ 70,500 Resigned Helene Chalifour-Scherre MPLIB Louis-Hebert PQ 2000.11.27 Member 10.5% none$ 58,750 Defeated Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien LIB Saint-Maurice PQ 1963.04.08 Prime Minister 75.0%$ 154,179 none Resigned Rt. Hon. Joe Clark Ind Calgary Centre ON 1972.10.30 Prime Minister 75.0%$ 111,030 none Resigned Hon. David Collenette LIB Don Valley East ON 1974.07.08 Cabinet Minister 75.0%$ 119,869 none Resigned Hon. Sheila Copps LIB Hamilton East ON 1984.09.04 Cabinet Minister 75.0%$ 119,869 $ 70,500 Resigned Hon. Herb Dhaliwal LIB Vancouver South-Burnaby BC 1993.10.25 Cabinet Minister 40.8%$ 65,257 $ 70,500 Resigned Nick Discepola MP LIB Vaudreuil-Soulanges PQ 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 $ 70,500 Defeated Stan Dromisky MP LIB Thunder-Bay-Atikokan ON 1993.10.25 Parliamentary Secretary 45.5%$ 54,431 none Resigned Hon. Claude Drouin LIB Beauce PQ 1997.06.02 Secretary of State 24.5% none$ 70,500 Defeated Claude Duplain MP LIB Potrneuf PQ 2000.11.27 Member 10.5% none$ 58,750 Defeated Reed Elly MP CPC Nanaimo-Cowichan BC 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned Georges Farrah MP LIB Bonaventure-Gaspé-Illes-de-la PQ 2000.11.27 Member 10.5% none$ 58,750 Defeated John Finlay MP LIB Oxford ON 1993.10.25 Parliamentary Secretary 45.5%$ 54,431 none Resigned Ghislain Fournier MP BQ Manicouagan PQ 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned Deb Grey CPC Edmonton AB 1989.03.13 Leader 64.0%$ 73,940 $ 70,500 Resigned Canadian Taxpayers Federation www.taxpayer.com Page 1 of 3 Pension and Severance Payments to Defeated and Resigned MPs - 2004 General Election Member Party Constituency First Highest Accrued Pension Severance Reason (Alphabetical) Elected Position Pension Ivan Grose MP LIB Oshawa ON 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 none Resigned Mac Harb MP LIB Ottawa Centre ON 1988.11.21 Member 64.7%$ 66,245 none Resigned John Harvard MP LIB Charleswood-St. James MB 1988.11.21 Parliamentary Secretary 66.2%$ 68,442 none Resigned Andre Harvey MP LIB Chicoutimi-Le Fijord PQ 1984.09.04 Member 69.5%$ 80,307 none Defeated John Herron MP Ind Fundy NB 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Defeated Grant Hill MP CPC MacLeod AB 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 none Resigned Howard Hillstron MP CPC Selkirk-Interlake MB 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned Ovid Jackson MP LIB Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound ON 1993.10.25 Minister 45.5%$ 52,610 none Defeated Christian Jobim MP LIB Levis-Bellechasse PQ 2003.06.16 Member 3.0% none$ 11,833 Defeated Joe Jordan MP LIB Leeds-Grenville ON 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Defeated Stan Keyes MP LIB Hamilton West ON 1988.11.21 Cabinet Minister 66.2%$ 72,271 $ 70,500 Defeated Bob Kilger MP LIB Stormont-Dundas-South Gleng ON 1988.11.21 Member 66.2%$ 67,780 none Defeated Gar Knutson MP LIB Elgin-Middlesex-London ON 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 $ 70,500 Defeated Karen Kraft-Sloan MP LIB York North ON 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 $ 70,500 Resigned Rick Laliberte MP Ind Churchill MB 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Defeated Robert Lancôt MP LIB Chateauguay PQ 2000.11.27 Member 10.5% none$ 58,750 Defeated Sophia Leung MP LIB Vancouver Kingsway BC 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned Wendy Lill MP NDP Dartmouth NS 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned Clifford Lincoln MP LIB Lac Saint Louis PQ 1993.10.25 Member 40.8%$ 47,179 none Resigned Steve Mahoney MP LIB Mississaugua West ON 1997.06.20 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned Hon. John Manley LIB Ottawa South ON 1988.11.21 Cabinet Minister 66.2%$ 105,868 $ 70,500 Resigned Philip Mayfield MP CPC Cariboo-Chilcotin BC 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 $ 70,500 Resigned Grant McNally MP CPC Dewdney-Alouette BC 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned Dennis Mills MP LIB Toronto-Danforth ON 1988.11.21 Member 66.2%$ 67,780 none Defeated Val Merideth MP CPC South Surrey-White Rock-LangBC 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 $ 70,500 Resigned Hon. Robert Nault LIB Kenora ON 1988.11.21 Cabinet Minister 66.2%$ 105,868 $ 70,500 Resigned Hon. Gilbert Normand LIB Bellechasse-Etchemins-Montm PQ 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Resigned Hon. Lorne Nystrom NDP Qu'apelle SK 1968.06.25 Member 75.0%$ 86,663 none Defeated John O'Reilly MP LIB Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-BroON 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 $ 70,500 Defeated Hon. Rey Pagtakhan LIB Winnipeg North-St. Paul MB 1988.11.21 Cabinet Minister 66.2%$ 105,868 none Defeated Jim Pankiw MP IND Saskatoon-Humboldt SK 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Defeated Janko Peric MP LIB Cambridge ON 1993.10.25 Member 45.5% $ 52,610 none Defeated Gary Pilliteri MP LIB Niagara Falls ON 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 none Resigned Canadian Taxpayers Federation www.taxpayer.com Page 2 of 3 Pension and Severance Payments to Defeated and Resigned MPs - 2004 General Election Member Party Constituency First Highest Accrued Pension Severance Reason (Alphabetical) Elected Position Pension Hon. David Pratt LIB Nepean-Carleton ON 1997.06.02 Cabinet Minister 24.5% none$ 70,500 Defeated David Price MP LIB Compton-Stanstead PQ 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Defeated Carmen Provenzano MP LIB Sault Ste. Marie ON 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Defeated Joe Peschisolido MP LIB Richmond BC 2000.11.27 Member 10.5% none$ 58,750 Resigned Julian Reed MP LIB Halton ON 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 none Resigned Svend Robinson MP NDP Burnaby-Douglas BC 1979.05.22 Member 75.0%$ 86,663 none Disability Yves Rocheleau MP BQ Trois-Rivieres PQ 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 none Resigned Hon. Allan Rock LIB Etobicoke Centre ON 1993.10.25 Cabinet Minister 39.3%$ 62,859 none Resigned Hon. Robert Speller LIB Norfolk ON 1988.11.21 Cabinet Minister 66.2%$ 72,271 $ 70,500 Defeated Dianne St. Jacques MP LIB Shefford PQ 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Defeated Guy St-Julien MP LIB Abitibi PQ 1984.09.04 Member 75.0%$ 86,663 none Defeated Hon. Jane Stewart LIB Brant ON 1993.10.25 Cabinet Minister 40.8%$ 65,257 $ 70,500 Resigned Yolabde Thibeault MP LIB Saint-Lambert PQ 1997.06.02 Member 24.5% none$ 70,500 Defeated Hon. Lyle Vanclief LIB Prince Edward ON 1988.11.21 Cabinet Minister 66.2%$ 105,868 none Resigned Elsie Wayne MP CPC Saint John NB 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 none Resigned Hon. Susan Whelan LIB Essex ON 1993.10.25 Minister 45.5%$ 76,577 $ 70,500 Defeated Ted White MP CPC North Vancouver BC 1993.10.25 Member 45.5%$ 52,610 none Defeated Total severance payments: $ 3,384,250 Total annual pension payments: $ 3,558,585 Notes: A member receives a severance equal to one month for every year served, up to a maximum of six months of 2004 member indemnity A member who is over 55 is not eligible for severance as he/she will immediately receive a pension A member under the age of 55 is eligible for severance even if he/she qualifies for a pension Canadian Taxpayers Federation www.taxpayer.com Page 3 of 3.
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