Tributes are pouring in after the passing of New Brunswick Senator Judith Keating.
Keating was appointed to the Upper Chamber as an independent in January of last year.
Fellow New Brunswick Senator Percy Mockler sponsored Keating when she entered the Senate.
“She was a great representative of our province. I will miss you dear friend!” Mockler said in a post on Twitter.
A legal and constitutional expert, Keating was the first woman to serve as deputy justice minister and deputy attorney general in New Brunswick.
During her 30-plus years in the public service, Keating also served as chief legislative counsel, chief legal advisor to the premier, and New Brunswick’s First Nations representative.
Senator George Furey, the speaker of the Senate, issued a statement on Friday morning following news of Keating’s death.
“Of her many contributions, Senator Keating will be remembered as a tireless advocate for the equal status of the English and French languages in New Brunswick, the equal and just treatment of women in the legal profession, and the promotion of Indigenous issues in her role as provincial chair of the Working Group on Truth and Reconciliation in New Brunswick,” said Furey.
Keating was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2002 and is the recipient of the 2015 Muriel Corkery-Ryan Q.C. Award, recognizing her outstanding contributions to the legal profession and significant role as a mentor to women.
Sad to hear of the passing of my colleague in the Senate and NB, Senator Judith Keating
I had the honor of being her sponsor when she entered the Senate in 2020. She was a great representative of our province. I will miss you dear friend!@SenateCA #nbpoli #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/ls79vdiMqr— Sen Percy Mockler (@SenMockler) July 16, 2021
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