Marjory LeBreton says she’s stepping down as Conservative leader in the Senate

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FILE- Senator Marjory LeBreton talks to media in Senate Foyer on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on May 9, 2013. LeBreton says she\'s stepping down as Conservative leader in the Senate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

OTTAWA – Sen. Marjory LeBreton says she is stepping down as government leader in the Senate.

The move comes before a cabinet shuffle expected in the next week or so.

LeBreton says she will stay on as a Conservative senator for Ontario.

The 73-year-old will have to retire when she hits age 75 in two years.

LeBreton is a veteran political organizer who worked closely with Brian Mulroney, who named her to the Senate in 1993.

She also worked as an adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who in 2006 brought her into his cabinet as government leader in the upper chamber.

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