11 Facts About Denise Batters

Denise Batters was briefly ousted from the national Conservative Party of Canada caucus from November 2021 to February 2022, after criticizing then-leader Erin O'Toole, but remained a member of the Senate Conservative Caucus.

Denise Batters was in private practice until 2007 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2008.

From 2012 to 2013, Denise Batters worked for Saskatchewan's Crown Investments Corporation as executive director of regulatory affairs.

Denise Batters organized a number of Dave Batters Memorial Golf Tournaments, which raised more than $215,000 for mental illness awareness and suicide prevention.

Denise Batters was awarded the Canadian Association on Mental Illness and Mental Health Champion of Mental Health Award in 2015.

Senator Denise Batters served as Deputy Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs until 2021.

Denise Batters served as Deputy Chair of the Senate Standing Committee of Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration from November 2017 to April 2020.

Denise Batters has been a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament, and the Subcommittee on Senate Communications.

In February 2022, after O'Toole's ouster as Conservative leader, Denise Batters returned to the national caucus.

Denise Batters met her future husband, Dave Batters, in 1989, while they were crossing the street at a political convention.

Dave Denise Batters served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for the federal Saskatchewan riding of Palliser from 2004 to 2008.