List of senators in the 36th Parliament of Canada
This is a list of members of the Senate of Canada in the 36th Parliament of Canada.
The province of Quebec has 24 Senate divisions which are constitutionally mandated. In all other provinces, a Senate division is strictly an optional designation of the senator's own choosing, and has no real constitutional or legal standing. A senator who does not choose a special senate division is designated a senator for the province at large.[1]
Names in bold indicate senators in the 26th Canadian Ministry.[2]
List of senators
Senators at the beginning of the 36th Parliament
[3] | Name | Party | Province (Division) | Date appointed | Appointed by | Left office | Reason |
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Willie Adams | Liberal | Northwest Territories, Nunavut[a] | April 5, 1977 | Trudeau | June 22, 2009 | Retirement | |
Doris Margaret Anderson | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | September 21, 1995 | Chrétien | July 5, 1997 | Retirement | |
Raynell Andreychuk | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | March 11, 1993 | Mulroney | August 14, 2019 | Retirement | |
W. David Angus | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | June 10, 1993 | Mulroney | July 21, 2012 | Retirement | |
Norman Atkins | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | June 30, 1986 | Mulroney | June 27, 2009 | Retirement | |
Jack Austin | Liberal | British Columbia | August 19, 1975 | Trudeau | March 2, 2007 | Retirement | |
Lise Bacon | Liberal | Quebec | September 15, 1994 | Chrétien | August 25, 2009 | Retirement | |
James Balfour | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | September 13, 1979 | Clark | December 12, 1999 | Death | |
Gérald Beaudoin | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 26, 1988 | Mulroney | April 15, 2004 | Retirement | |
Eric Berntson | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | February 27, 2001 | Resignation | |
Roch Bolduc | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 26, 1988 | Mulroney | September 10, 2003 | Retirement | |
Lorne Bonnell | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | November 4, 1971 | Trudeau | January 4, 1998 | Retirement | |
Peter Bosa | Liberal | Ontario | April 5, 1977 | Trudeau | December 10, 1998 | Death | |
John G. Bryden | Liberal | New Brunswick | November 23, 1994 | Chrétien | October 31, 2009 | Resignation | |
John Buchanan | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | September 12, 1990 | Mulroney | April 22, 2006 | Retirement | |
Pat Carney | Progressive Conservative | British Columbia | August 30, 1990 | Mulroney | January 31, 2008 | Resignation | |
Sharon Carstairs | Liberal | Manitoba | September 15, 1994 | Chrétien | October 17, 2011 | Resignation | |
Guy Charbonneau | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 27, 1979 | Clark | June 21, 1997 | Retirement | |
Ethel Cochrane | Progressive Conservative | Newfoundland and Labrador | November 17, 1986 | Mulroney | September 23, 2012 | Retirement | |
Michel Cogger | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | May 2, 1986 | Mulroney | September 1, 2000 | Resignation | |
Erminie Cohen | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | June 4, 1993 | Mulroney | July 23, 2001 | Retirement | |
Gerald Comeau | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | August 30, 1990 | Mulroney | November 30, 2013 | Resignation | |
Anne Cools | Liberal | Ontario | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau | August 12, 2018 | Retirement | |
Eymard Corbin | Liberal | New Brunswick | July 9, 1984 | Turner | August 2, 2009 | Retirement | |
Pierre de Bané | Liberal | Quebec | June 29, 1984 | Trudeau | August 2, 2013 | Retirement | |
Mabel DeWare | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | September 23, 1990 | Mulroney | August 9, 2001 | Retirement | |
Consiglio Di Nino | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | August 30, 1990 | Mulroney | June 30, 2012 | Resignation | |
C. William Doody | Progressive Conservative | Newfoundland and Labrador | October 3, 1979 | Clark | December 27, 2005 | Death | |
Richard Doyle | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | March 19, 1985 | Mulroney | March 10, 1998 | Retirement | |
Trevor Eyton | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 23, 1990 | Mulroney | July 12, 2009 | Retirement | |
Joyce Fairbairn | Liberal | Alberta | June 29, 1984 | Trudeau | January 18, 2013 | Resignation | |
Jean Forest | Liberal | Alberta | May 16, 1996 | Chrétien | August 28, 1998 | Resignation | |
Michael Forrestall | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | June 8, 2006 | Death | |
Jean-Robert Gauthier | Liberal | Ontario | November 23, 1994 | Chrétien | October 22, 2004 | Retirement | |
Ron Ghitter | Progressive Conservative | Alberta | March 25, 1993 | Mulroney | March 31, 2000 | Resignation | |
Philippe Gigantès | Liberal | Quebec | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau | August 16, 1998 | Retirement | |
Jerry Grafstein | Liberal | Ontario | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau | January 2, 2010 | Retirement | |
Alasdair Graham | Liberal | Nova Scotia | April 27, 1972 | Trudeau | May 21, 2004 | Retirement | |
Normand Grimard | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | June 16, 2000 | Retirement | |
Lenard Gustafson | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | May 26, 1993 | Mulroney | November 10, 2008 | Retirement | |
Stanley Haidasz | Liberal | Ontario | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau | March 4, 1998 | Retirement | |
Dan Hays | Liberal | Alberta | June 29, 1984 | Trudeau | June 30, 2007 | Resignation | |
Jacques Hébert | Liberal | Quebec | April 20, 1983 | Trudeau | June 21, 1998 | Retirement | |
Céline Hervieux-Payette | Liberal | Quebec | March 21, 1995 | Chrétien | April 22, 2016 | Retirement | |
Duncan Jessiman | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | May 26, 1993 | Mulroney | June 5, 1998 | Retirement | |
Janis Johnson | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | September 27, 2016 | Resignation | |
James Kelleher | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 23, 1990 | Mulroney | October 2, 2005 | Retirement | |
William McDonough Kelly | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | December 23, 1982 | Trudeau | July 21, 2000 | Retirement | |
Colin Kenny | Liberal | Ontario | June 29, 1984 | Trudeau | February 2, 2018 | Resignation | |
Wilbert Keon | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | May 17, 2010 | Retirement | |
Noël Kinsella | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | September 12, 1990 | Mulroney | November 27, 2014 | Retirement | |
Michael J. L. Kirby | Liberal | Nova Scotia | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau | October 31, 2006 | Resignation | |
Leo Kolber | Liberal | Quebec | December 23, 1983 | Trudeau | January 18, 2004 | Retirement | |
Joseph P. Landry | Liberal | New Brunswick | February 26, 1996 | Chrétien | June 19, 1997 | Retirement | |
Thérèse Lavoie-Roux | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | March 12, 2001 | Resignation | |
Edward M. Lawson | Independent | British Columbia | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau | September 24, 2004 | Retirement | |
Marjory LeBreton | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | June 18, 1993 | Mulroney | July 4, 2015 | Retirement | |
Philip Lewis | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau | November 28, 1999 | Retirement | |
Rose-Marie Losier-Cool | Liberal | New Brunswick | March 21, 1995 | Chrétien | June 18, 2012 | Retirement | |
Paul Lucier | Liberal | Yukon | October 23, 1975 | Trudeau | July 23, 1999 | Death | |
John Lynch-Staunton | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 23, 1990 | Mulroney | June 19, 2005 | Retirement | |
Finlay MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | December 21, 1984 | Mulroney | January 4, 1998 | Retirement | |
John Michael Macdonald | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | June 24, 1960 | Diefenbaker | June 20, 1997 | Death | |
Shirley Maheu | Liberal | Quebec | February 1, 1996 | Chrétien | February 1, 2006 | Death | |
Leonard Marchand | Liberal | British Columbia | June 29, 1984 | Trudeau | March 1, 1998 | Resignation | |
Michael Meighen | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | February 6, 2012 | Resignation | |
Léonce Mercier | Liberal | Quebec | August 9, 1996 | Chrétien | August 11, 2001 | Retirement | |
Lorna Milne | Liberal | Ontario | September 21, 1995 | Chrétien | December 13, 2009 | Retirement | |
Gildas Molgat | Liberal | Manitoba | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau | February 28, 2001 | Death | |
Wilfred Moore | Liberal | Nova Scotia | September 26, 1996 | Chrétien | January 14, 2017 | Retirement | |
Lowell Murray | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 13, 1979 | Clark | September 26, 2011 | Retirement | |
Pierre Claude Nolin | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | June 18, 1993 | Mulroney | April 23, 2015 | Death | |
Donald Oliver | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | September 7, 1990 | Mulroney | November 16, 2013 | Retirement | |
Gerry Ottenheimer | Progressive Conservative | Newfoundland and Labrador | December 30, 1987 | Mulroney | January 18, 1998 | Death | |
Landon Pearson | Liberal | Ontario | September 15, 1994 | Chrétien | November 16, 2005 | Retirement | |
Lucie Pépin | Liberal | Quebec | April 8, 1997 | Chrétien | September 7, 2011 | Retirement | |
Ray Perrault | Liberal | British Columbia | October 5, 1973 | Trudeau | February 6, 2001 | Retirement | |
William Petten | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | April 8, 1968 | Pearson | January 28, 1998 | Retirement | |
Orville Howard Phillips | Progressive Conservative | Prince Edward Island | February 5, 1963 | Diefenbaker | March 24, 1999 | Resignation | |
Michael Pitfield | Independent | Ontario | December 22, 1982 | Trudeau | June 1, 2010 | Resignation | |
Marie Poulin | Liberal | Ontario | September 21, 1995 | Chrétien | April 17, 2015 | Resignation | |
Marcel Prud'homme | Independent | Quebec | May 26, 1993 | Mulroney | November 30, 2009 | Retirement | |
Jean-Claude Rivest | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | March 11, 1993 | Mulroney | January 31, 2015 | Resignation | |
Pietro Rizzuto | Liberal | Quebec | December 23, 1976 | Trudeau | August 3, 1997 | Death | |
Fernand Roberge | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | May 26, 1993 | Mulroney | July 19, 2000 | Resignation | |
Brenda Robertson | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | December 21, 1984 | Mulroney | May 23, 2004 | Retirement | |
Louis Robichaud | Liberal | New Brunswick | December 21, 1973 | Trudeau | October 21, 2000 | Retirement | |
Bill Rompkey | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | September 21, 1995 | Chrétien | May 13, 2011 | Retirement | |
Eileen Rossiter | Progressive Conservative | Prince Edward Island | November 17, 1986 | Mulroney | July 14, 2004 | Retirement | |
Jean-Maurice Simard | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | June 26, 1985 | Mulroney | June 16, 2001 | Death | |
Herbert O. Sparrow | Liberal | Saskatchewan | February 9, 1968 | Pearson | January 4, 2005 | Retirement | |
Mira Spivak | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | November 17, 1986 | Mulroney | July 12, 2009 | Retirement | |
Gerry St. Germain | Progressive Conservative | British Columbia | June 23, 1993 | Mulroney | November 6, 2012 | Retirement | |
Richard Stanbury | Liberal | Ontario | February 13, 1968 | Pearson | May 2, 1998 | Retirement | |
John Benjamin Stewart | Liberal | Nova Scotia | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau | November 19, 1999 | Retirement | |
Peter Stollery | Liberal | Ontario | July 2, 1981 | Trudeau | November 29, 2010 | Retirement | |
Terry Stratton | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | March 25, 1993 | Mulroney | March 16, 2013 | Retirement | |
Nicholas Taylor | Liberal | Alberta | March 7, 1996 | Chrétien | November 17, 2002 | Retirement | |
Andy Thompson | Liberal | Ontario | April 6, 1967 | Pearson | March 23, 1998 | Resignation | |
David Tkachuk | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | June 8, 1993 | Mulroney | Incumbent | ||
Walter Patrick Twinn | Progressive Conservative | Alberta | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | October 30, 1997 | Death | |
Charlie Watt | Liberal | Quebec | January 16, 1984 | Trudeau | March 16, 2018 | Resignation | |
Eugene Whelan | Liberal | Ontario | August 9, 1996 | Chrétien | July 11, 1999 | Retirement | |
Dalia Wood | Liberal | Quebec | March 26, 1979 | Trudeau | January 31, 1999 | Resignation |
a Willie Adams represented the Northwest Territories until the creation of Nunavut in 1999 when he became the Senator for Nunavut.[4]
Senators appointed during the 36th Parliament
[5] | Name | Party | Province (Division) | Date appointed | Appointed by | Left office | Reason |
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Catherine Callbeck | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | July 25, 2014 | Retirement | |
Marisa Ferretti Barth | Liberal | Quebec | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | April 28, 2006 | Retirement | |
Fernand Robichaud | Liberal | New Brunswick | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | December 2, 2014 | Retirement | |
Peggy Butts | Liberal | Nova Scotia | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | August 15, 1999 | Retirement | |
Thelma Chalifoux | Liberal | Alberta | November 26, 1997 | Chrétien | February 8, 2004 | Retirement | |
Serge Joyal | Liberal | Quebec | November 26, 1997 | Chrétien | Incumbent | ||
Ross Fitzpatrick | Liberal | British Columbia | March 6, 1998 | Chrétien | February 4, 2008 | Retirement | |
Archibald Johnstone | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | March 6, 1998 | Chrétien | June 12, 1999 | Retirement | |
Joan Cook | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | March 6, 1998 | Chrétien | October 6, 2009 | Retirement | |
Marian Maloney | Liberal | Ontario | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | August 16, 1999 | Retirement | |
Frank Mahovlich | Liberal | Ontario | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | January 10, 2013 | Retirement | |
Calvin Ruck | Liberal | Nova Scotia | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | September 4, 2000 | Retirement | |
Richard Kroft | Liberal | Manitoba | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | September 24, 2004 | Resignation | |
Lois Miriam Wilson | Independent | Ontario | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | April 8, 2002 | Retirement | |
Aurélien Gill | Liberal | Quebec | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | August 26, 2008 | Retirement | |
Douglas Roche | Independent | Alberta | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | June 14, 2004 | Retirement | |
Joan Fraser | Liberal | Quebec | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | February 2, 2018 | Resignation | |
Vivienne Poy | Liberal | Ontario | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | September 17, 2012 | Resignation | |
George Furey | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | August 11, 1999 | Chrétien | May 12, 2023 | Retirement | |
Sheila Finestone | Liberal | Quebec | August 11, 1999 | Chrétien | January 28, 2002 | Retirement | |
Melvin Perry | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | August 11, 1999 | Chrétien | August 23, 2000 | Retirement | |
Ione Christensen | Liberal | Yukon | September 2, 1999 | Chrétien | December 31, 2006 | Resignation | |
Isobel Finnerty | Liberal | Ontario | September 2, 1999 | Chrétien | July 15, 2005 | Retirement | |
Nick Sibbeston | Liberal | Northwest Territories | September 2, 1999 | Chrétien | November 21, 2017 | Resignation | |
Bernie Boudreau | Liberal | Nova Scotia | October 4, 1999 | Chrétien | October 26, 2000 | Resignation | |
Jack Wiebe | Liberal | Saskatchewan | April 7, 2000 | Chrétien | January 31, 2004 | Resignation | |
Tommy Banks | Liberal | Alberta | April 7, 2000 | Chrétien | December 17, 2011 | Retirement | |
Jane Cordy | Liberal | Nova Scotia | June 9, 2000 | Chrétien | Incumbent | ||
Raymond Squires | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | June 9, 2000 | Chrétien | February 6, 2001 | Retirement | |
Raymond Setlakwe | Liberal | Quebec | June 20, 2000 | Chrétien | July 3, 2003 | Retirement | |
Betty Kennedy | Liberal | Ontario | June 20, 2000 | Chrétien | January 4, 2001 | Retirement |
Left Senate during the 36th Parliament
Changes in party affiliation during the 36th Parliament
[5] | Date | Name | Party (subsequent) | Party (previous) | Details |
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November 20, 1997 | Andy Thompson | Independent | Liberal | Expelled from the Liberal caucus[6] | |
June 30, 2000 | Gerry St. Germain | Independent Conservative | Progressive Conservative | ||
October 18, 2000 | Gerry St. Germain | Canadian Alliance | Independent Conservative |
See also
References
- ^ Normandin, Pierre G. (1939). The Canadian parliamentary guide. The University of California.
- ^ "Senators members of the Ministry". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ "Senators: 36th Parliament of Canada". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ "ADAMS, The Hon. Willie". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ a b c "Party Standings - 36th Parliament of Canada". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ "Senators who Changed Political Affiliation while in the Senate". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
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