Bev Busson

Beverley Ann Busson CM COM OBC (née MacDonald; born August 23, 1951) is a Canadian Senator and former police officer who served as the 21st commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) from December 2006 to June 2007.

She was the first woman to hold this position[1] and was appointed on an interim basis in the wake of Giuliano Zaccardelli's resignation amid controversy.

[2][3] Busson's subsequent appointment as a member of the Senate of Canada representing British Columbia was announced on September 24, 2018.

Prior to her appointment she was Deputy Commissioner for the Pacific Region (2000–2006) and took a leave from the force to head British Columbia's Organized Crime Agency (1999–2000).

On June 17, 2010, she was awarded the Doctor of Laws honorary degree by Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia.