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OTTAWA — The youngest senator in the upper chamber also has the poorest attendance record for this session of Parliament and now it appears he could also have worst manners when it comes to speaking to female reporters on Twitter.

After an earlier version of this report was filed by Jennifer Ditchburn of The Canadian Press, Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau took to social media to voice his displeasure with the story, though he has subsequently aplogized.

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Brazeau, 37, was absent for 25% of the 72 sittings between June 2011 and April 2012, the Senate attendance register shows.

By the end of that period, the Quebecer who came to prominence after being defeated by Liberal MP Justin Trudeau in a charity boxing match, was four days away from being fined. Senators are allowed to miss up to 21 days in each parliamentary session, without explanation. After that, they can be fined $250 for each day missed.