14 Facts About Mac Harb

Mac Harb was born on November 10,1953 and is a former Canadian politician, who served successively in local Ottawa positions, as a Member of the House of Commons, and as a Senator for Ontario.

Mac Harb resigned his seat as Senator in 2013 amidst the Canadian Senate expenses scandal.

Mac Harb subsequently worked as an engineer at Northern Telecom and a professor at Algonquin College in Ottawa.

Mac Harb was elected to Ottawa City Council in 1985 and served as deputy mayor in 1987 and 1988.

Mac Harb was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1988 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre.

Mac Harb supported Jean Chretien's bid to succeed John Turner as leader of the Liberal Party in 1990 and remained a Chretien loyalist throughout his career as an MP.

In September 2003, Mac Harb was appointed to the Senate of Canada on Chretien's recommendation.

In March 2009, Mac Harb attempted to introduce a bill that would have limited the East Coast seal hunt to only those with aboriginal treaty rights.

Mac Harb attempted to introduce a bill in June 2011 that would outlaw commercial seal hunting, and had introduced a third bill against the seal hunt in May 2012.

On December 6,2012, Mac Harb was named in relation to the Canadian Senate expenses scandal due to expenses for a property in Pembroke, Ontario.

In May 2013, the Senate Internal Economy Committee found that Mac Harb had incorrectly claimed $51,482.92 of living and travel expenses and ordered him to repay it, which was done by July 5,2013.

The committee had earlier advised Mac Harb to repay $231,000 of claimed expenses dating back to 2005 to avoid an extensive audit into his finances.

Mac Harb stated that his repayment was done "under protest" since he intended to challenge the validity of the committee's findings in the Ontario Divisional Court.

In February 2014, Mac Harb was charged with fraud and breach of trust in connection with these expense claims.