elaine mccoy, (born march 7, 1946 in brandon, manitoba) is a canadian senator from alberta and formerly served as the first facilitator of the independent senators group. she was the last remaining member of the canadian senate to sit as a progressive conservative following the retirement of senator lowell murray on september 26, 2011. on february 11, 2013 she changed her designation to independent progressive conservative, before changing it once again, to independent, on february 17, 2016.