Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Brian Francis | |
Office: | Senator for Prince Edward Island |
Term Start: | October 11, 2018 |
Nominator: | Justin Trudeau |
Appointed: | Julie Payette |
Party: | Progressive Senate Group |
Birth Date: | 28 September 1957 |
Birth Place: | Lennox Island, Prince Edward Island, Canada[1] |
Brian Francis (born September 28, 1957) is a Mi'kmaq leader, Chief of the Abegweit First Nation from 2007 to 2018. On 11 October 2018 he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing Prince Edward Island.[2] He is the first Mi'kmaq from Prince Edward Island appointed to the Senate.
Prior to becoming chief, he was an Aboriginal programs co-ordinator with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.[2]