Michael Basha
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Michael G. Basha was a Canadian
Canada
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 businessman, manufacturer, and Senator
Canadian Senate
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Born in Baalbeck, Lebanon
Lebanon
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, he was summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1951 and represented the senatorial division of West Coast, Newfoundland and Labrador. A Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
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, he resigned in November 1976 shortly before his death.

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