Raymonde Gagné CM OM (born January 7, 1956)[1] is a Canadian politician and academic who has served as the speaker of the Senate of Canada since May 12, 2023.
She served as President of the Association of Colleges and Universities of the Canadian Francophonie from 2005 to 2009, was a member of the Advisory Committee on Official Languages for the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada from 2007 to 2009.
[5] Gagné was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 18, 2016.
On January 31, 2020, she was appointed Deputy to Representative of the Government in the Senate Marc Gold.
[6] Upon this appointment she left the ISG, becoming designated as non-affiliated with any Senate political group.