Appointments To Senate
Manning was appointed to the Senate by Stephen Harper, on January 2, 2009. Manning resigned his seat in the senate on March 28, 2011 in order to run in the 2011 federal election in a bid to retake the same seat he had lost in 2008. Manning's bid for the riding of Avalon was unsuccessful.
On May 18, 2011 Prime Minister Steven Harper announced his intention to re-appoint Manning to the Senate. The Prime Minister followed through with that intention. Mr Manning as a senator for Newfoundland and Labrador is also a member of the Fisheries and Oceans committee and the National Security and Defence committee.
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