SENATOR FRANK MAHOVLICH ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM CANADIAN SENATE
Ottawa, Ontario (December 4, 2012) – After 14 distinguished years in the Canadian Senate, Senator Frank Mahovlich announced that he will be retiring from the Senate, leaving his seat in the Red Chamber on January 10, 2013.
To honour the occasion, on December 4, 2012, members of the board of directors of the Canadian-Croatian Chamber of Commerce John Marion, Ivan Grbesic and Joe Draganjac, and Mark Vuksan, a director of the Croatian Sports and Community Centre of Hamilton, were in Ottawa to attend a reception for the Croatian-Canadian sports icon and more recently senator. The reception was hosted by his Excellency Veselko Grubisic, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Canada, at the Croatian Embassy and was attended by a number of dignitaries, special guests and members of the Croatian-Canadian community in Ottawa.
Senator Mahovlich’s retirement will mark an end to more than 5,300 days in the Senate, which feat will be added to his list of hockey accomplishments, including six Stanley Cup wins and his membership in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
