Patricia E. Bovey (born May 15, 1948) is a Canadian art historian from Manitoba. Bovey was the director of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1980–1999) and the Winnipeg Art Gallery (1999–2004); art consultant (2004–2016); founder and director/curator, Buhler Gallery, St Boniface Hospital (2007–2016); past chair of the board of governors of the University of Manitoba and a former member of the board of trustees for the National Gallery of Canada. She also sat on the board of the Canada Council for the Arts. She was appointed director emerita, Winnipeg Art Gallery (2014).

On October 27, 2016, Bovey was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Bovey assumed her seat on November 10, 2016 as a member of the Independent Senators Group. On May 8, 2020, Bovey left the ISG and joined the Progressive Senate Group.

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Bovey retired from the Senate on May 15, 2023, upon turning 75, the mandatory retirement age for senators.

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1948 births

Art museum people

Canadian art historians

Canadian senators from Manitoba

Women members of the Senate of Canada

Independent Canadian senators

Living people

21st-century Canadian politicians

21st-century Canadian women politicians

Independent Senators Group

Women art historians

Canadian women historians

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