Rodney Anthony Allan Zimmer was a Canadian senator, businessman, and philanthropist.
16 Facts About Rod Zimmer
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Rod Zimmer was a significant fundraiser for the Liberal Party of Canada.
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Rod Zimmer resigned suddenly from the Senate due to ill health on August 2,2013.
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Rod Zimmer was then Director of Marketing and Communications for the Manitoba Lotteries Foundation.
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Rod Zimmer served as Vice President for the Festivals for the Pan American Games Society Inc from 1995 to 1998.
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From 1968 to 1971, Zimmer was an assistant to Cyril MacDonald, the Liberal Minister of Welfare in Saskatchewan, for most of the 1970s he was an assistant to James Richardson, the Minister of Defence.
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Rod Zimmer was the Manitoba chair for the federal Liberal campaign in 1980.
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In 1999, Rod Zimmer was reportedly among the final two candidates for the posting of Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.
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Rod Zimmer was a member of the fundraising committee for Paul Martin's leadership campaign in 2003 and revenue chair for the Liberal Party of Canada in Manitoba from 2004 to 2006.
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Rod Zimmer was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin on August 2,2005.
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Rod Zimmer officially resigned exactly eight years later in 2013.
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Auditor General Michael Ferguson determined in 2015 that Rod Zimmer had inappropriately claimed $176,012 in expenses which were not repaid before his death.
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Rod Zimmer married Maygan Sensenberger was born on April 15,1989 and on August 27,2011, in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Rod Zimmer suffered ill health in 2013 spending three weeks in hospital with pneumonia during the spring and then continuing to go in and out of hospital with respiratory complaints.
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Rod Zimmer reportedly informed Liberal leader Justin Trudeau in July of his intention to resign due to his health and submitted a resignation letter to the Governor General of Canada on August 2,2013, the eighth anniversary of his appointment to the Senate, with his resignation taking immediate effect.
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Rod Zimmer was 70 at the time of his departure from the upper house.