Jane Marie Cordy (born July 2, 1950) is a former Canadian Senator who represented Nova Scotia from 2000 to 2024.
[1] Cordy was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on June 9, 2000.
She sat in the Senate as a Liberal representing the senatorial division of Nova Scotia.
[4] With Day's mandatory retirement in January 2020, on December 12, 2019, Cordy tweeted[6] that her colleagues in the PSG had selected her as the new leader, ostensibly effective that same date.
[6] Additionally, she subsequently announced[7] later that day Senator Terry Mercer would be moving into the Whip/Caucus Chair role, that Senator Dennis Dawson would become the new Deputy Leader, and that the interim monikers were being removed at the same time.