- List of Ontario senators
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This is a list of past and present Canadian senators representing the province of Ontario. Ontario has had 24 Senators since the time of Confederation. The province is also one of four regional senate divisions under Section 26 of the Constitution Act that allows for the expansion of two Senators by region.
Current
Name Party Division1 Date appointed Appointed by2 Mandatory retirement Salma Ataullahjan Conservative Toronto July 9, 2010 Harper April 29, 2027 David Braley Conservative Ontario May 20, 2010 Harper May 31, 2016 Anne Cools Independent Toronto Centre
Toronto Centre-York3January 13, 1984 Trudeau August 12, 2018 Consiglio Di Nino Conservative Ontario August 30, 1990 Mulroney January 24, 2013 Nicole Eaton Conservative Ontario January 2, 2009 Harper January 21, 2020 Art Eggleton Liberal Ontario March 24, 2005 Martin September 29, 2018 Doug Finley Conservative Ontario-South Coast August 27, 2009 Harper July 25, 2021 Linda Frum Conservative Ontario August 27, 2009 Harper January 13, 2038 Irving Gerstein Conservative Ontario January 2, 2009 Harper February 10, 2016 Mac Harb Liberal Ontario September 9, 2003 Chrétien November 10, 2028 Colin Kenny Liberal Rideau June 29, 1984 Trudeau December 10, 2018 Marjory LeBreton Conservative Ontario June 18, 1993 Mulroney July 4, 2015 Frank Mahovlich Liberal Toronto June 11, 1998 Chrétien January 10, 2013 Michael Meighen4 Conservative St. Mary's September 27, 1990 Mulroney March 25, 2014 Don Meredith Conservative Ontario December 20, 2010 Harper July 13, 2039 Jim Munson Liberal Ottawa/Rideau Canal December 10, 2003 Chrétien July 24, 2021 Nancy Ruth Conservative Cluny March 24, 2005 Martin January 6, 2017 Marie-Paule Poulin Liberal Northern Ontario September 22, 1995 Chrétien June 21, 2020 Vivienne Poy Liberal Toronto September 17, 1998 Chrétien May 15, 2016 Bob Runciman Conservative Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes January 29, 2010 Harper August 10, 2017 Hugh Segal Conservative Kingston-Frontenac-Leeds August 2, 2005 Martin October 13, 2025 David Smith Liberal Cobourg June 25, 2002 Chrétien May 16, 2016 Notes:
1 Senators are appointed to represent Ontario. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Ontario as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada in The Queen's name on the recommendation of the prime minister.
3 Division designated as Toronto Centre from January 13, 1984 to February 14, 2001 and Toronto Centre-York from February 15, 2001 to the present.
4 Meighen was one of two senators appointed on September 27, 1990 by Brian Mulroney to represent Ontario under section 26 of the Constitution Act, the regional expansion clause that saw the Senate increase from 104 to 112 members.Historic
Name Party Division1 Date appointed Appointed by2 End of Term James Cox Aikins Liberal-Conservative Ontario October 23, 1867
January 7, 1896Royal Proclamation
BowellMay 30, 1882
August 6, 1904John Black Aird Liberal Toronto November 10, 1964 Pearson November 28, 1974 George Alexander Conservative Woodstock May 30, 1873 MacDonald May 29, 1891 George Allan Liberal-Conservative York October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation July 24, 1901 James Arthurs Conservative Ontario July 20, 1935 Bennett October 7, 1937 Norman Atkins Progressive Conservative Markham July 2, 1986 Mulroney June 27, 2009 Allen Bristol Aylesworth Liberal North York January 11, 1923 King February 13, 1952 Robert Beith Liberal Bowmanville January 15, 1907 Laurier January 26, 1922 Napoléon Belcourt Liberal Ottawa November 22, 1907 Laurier August 7, 1932 Rhéal Bélisle Progressive Conservative Sudbury February 4, 1963 Diefenbaker November 3, 1992 John Joseph Bench Liberal Lincoln November 19, 1942 King December 9, 1947 William Moore Benidickson Liberal Kenora-Rainy River July 7, 1965 Pearson April 1, 1985 William Bennett Conservative Simcoe East November 13, 1917 Borden March 15, 1925 James Rea Benson Liberal-Conservative St. Catharines March 14, 1868 Macdonald March 18, 1885 Florence Bird Liberal Carleton March 23, 1978 Trudeau January 15, 1983 Charles Lawrence Bishop Liberal Ottawa April 18, 1945 King September 23, 1966 Richard Blain Conservative Peel July 26, 1917 Borden November 27, 1926 Adam Blair Liberal Ontario October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation December 29, 1867 Oliver Blake Liberal Ontario October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation December 10, 1873 Peter Bosa Liberal York-Caboto April 5, 1977 Trudeau December 10, 1998 Mackenzie Bowell Conservative Hastings December 5, 1892 Thompson December 10, 1917 Joseph-Arthur Bradette Liberal Cochrane June 12, 1953 St. Laurent September 12, 1961 William Henry Brouse Independent Reformer Prescott August 9, 1878 Mackenzie August 23, 1881 George Brown Liberal Lambton December 16, 1873 Mackenzie May 9, 1880 William Brunt Progressive Conservative Hanover October 12, 1957 Diefenbaker July 7, 1962 Harcourt Burland Bull Conservative Hamilton February 24, 1879 Macdonald August 12, 1881 Asa Allworth Burnham Conservative Ontario October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation May 10, 1873 Alexander Campbell Conservative Cataraqui October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation February 7, 1887 Archibald Campbell Liberal Toronto West November 22, 1907 Laurier January 15, 1913 Gordon Peter Campbell Liberal Toronto February 19, 1943 King January 16, 1964 John Carling Liberal-Conservative London April 27, 1891
April 23, 1896Macdonald
BowellFebruary 17, 1892
November 6, 1911Richard John Cartwright Liberal Oxford September 20, 1904 Laurier September 24, 1912 Charles Eusèbe Casgrain Conservative Windsor January 12, 1887 Macdonald March 8, 1907 Lionel Choquette Progressive Conservative Ottawa East January 31, 1958 Diefenbaker March 6, 1981 David Christie Liberal Erie October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation December 15, 1880 Francis Clemow Conservative Rideau February 3, 1885 Macdonald May 28, 1902 Thomas Coffey Liberal London March 12, 1903 Laurier June 8, 1914 John Joseph Connolly Liberal Ottawa West June 12, 1953 St. Laurent October 31, 1981 Henry Corby Conservative Belleville October 17, 1912 Borden April 23, 1917 Louis Côté Conservative Ottawa East December 30, 1933 Bennett February 2, 1943 George Albertus Cox Liberal Saugeen November 13, 1896 Laurier January 16, 1914 George Crawford Conservative Ontario October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation July 4, 1870 David Croll Liberal Toronto-Spadina July 28, 1955 St. Laurent June 11, 1991 Thomas Wilson Crothers Conservative Ontario October 3, 1921 Meighen December 10, 1921 Keith Davey Liberal York February 24, 1966 Pearson July 1, 1996 Rupert Davies Liberal Kingston November 19, 1942 King March 11, 1967 Robert de Cotret Progressive Conservative Ottawa June 5, 1979 Clark January 14, 1980 Daniel Derbyshire Liberal Brockville November 22, 1907 Laurier June 18, 1916 Jean Noël Desmarais Progressive Conservative Sudbury June 4, 1993 Mulroney July 25, 1995 Walter Hamilton Dickson Conservative Niagara October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation February 19, 1884 John Dobson Conservative Lindsay February 23, 1892 Abbott January 27, 1907 James J. Donnelly Conservative South Bruce May 26, 1913 Borden October 20, 1948 Richard Doyle Progressive Conservative North York March 19, 1985 Mulroney March 10, 1998 Joseph James Duffus Liberal Peterborough West February 15, 1940 King February 7, 1957 William Cameron Edwards Liberal Russell March 17, 1903 Laurier September 17, 1921 John Elliott Liberal Middlesex January 29, 1940 King December 20, 1941 William Daum Euler Liberal Waterloo May 11, 1940 King July 15, 1961 Trevor Eyton Conservative Ontario September 23, 1990 Mulroney July 12, 2009 Iva Campbell Fallis Conservative Peterborough July 20, 1935 Bennett March 7, 1956 Thomas Farquhar Liberal Algoma September 10, 1948 King September 27, 1962 John Ferguson Conservative Ontario October 1, 1892 Abbott September 22, 1896 Isobel Finnerty Liberal Ontario September 2, 1999 Chrétien July 15, 2005 John Fisher Conservative Ontario July 26, 1917 Borden December 1, 1933 Billa Flint Liberal Trent October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation June 14, 1894 Gordon Fogo Liberal Carleton January 25, 1949 St. Laurent July 6, 1952 Eugene Forsey Liberal Nepean September 7, 1970 Trudeau May 29, 1979 George Foster Conservative Toronto September 22, 1921 Meighen December 30, 1931 William Fraser Liberal Trenton June 25, 1949 St. Laurent October 26, 1962 Alfred Ernest Fripp Conservative Toronto December 30, 1933 Bennett March 25, 1938 Royce Frith Liberal Glen Tay April 5, 1977 Trudeau August 29, 1994 Francis Theodore Frost Liberal Leeds and Grenville March 12, 1903 Laurier August 26, 1908 George Taylor Fulford Liberal Brockville January 29, 1900 Laurier October 15, 1905 Jean-Robert Gauthier Liberal Ontario
(1994.11.23-2001.12.03)
Ottawa-Vanier
(2001.12.04-2004.10.22)November 23, 1994 Chrétien October 22, 2004 Thomas Nicholson Gibbs Liberal-Conservative Newmarket April 3, 1880 Macdonald April 7, 1883 William Gibson Liberal Lincoln February 11, 1902 Laurier May 4, 1914 Robert Gladstone Liberal Wellington South September 7, 1949 St. Laurent June 1, 1951 John Morrow Godfrey Liberal Rosedale October 5, 1973 Trudeau June 28, 1987 William Henry Golding Liberal Huron-Perth June 25, 1949 St. Laurent December 31, 1961 George Gordon Conservative Nipissing October 17, 1912 Borden February 3, 1942 James Robert Gowan Liberal-Conservative Barrie January 29, 1885 Macdonald February 1, 1907 Jerry Grafstein Liberal Metro Toronto January 13, 1984 Trudeau January 2, 2010 George Perry Graham Liberal Eganville December 20, 1926 King January 1, 1943 John James Greene Liberal Niagara September 1, 1972 Trudeau October 23, 1978 Allister Grosart Progressive Conservative Pickering September 24, 1962 Diefenbaker December 13, 1981 Stanley Haidasz Liberal Toronto-Parkdale March 23, 1978 Trudeau March 4, 1998 John Hamilton Conservative Kingston October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation October 10, 1882 Arthur Charles Hardy Liberal Leeds February 10, 1922 King March 13, 1962 Salter Hayden Liberal Toronto February 9, 1940 King November 1, 1983 Andrew Haydon Liberal Ottawa March 10, 1924 King November 10, 1932 Horatio Clarence Hocken Conservative Toronto December 30, 1933 Bennett February 18, 1937 Adam Hope Liberal Hamilton January 3, 1877 MacKenzie August 7, 1882 Henry Herbert Horsey Liberal Prince Edward December 14, 1928 King January 6, 1942 Raoul Hurtubise Liberal Nipissing June 9, 1945 King January 31, 1955 Robert Jaffray Liberal Toronto March 8, 1906 Laurier December 16, 1914 Lyman Melvin Jones Liberal Toronto January 21, 1901 Laurier April 15, 1917 James Kelleher Conservative Ontario September 23, 1990 Mulroney October 2, 2005 William McDonough Kelly Progressive Conservative Port Severn December 23, 1982 Trudeau July 21, 2000 Albert Edward Kemp Conservative Toronto November 4, 1921 Meighen August 12, 1929 Betty Kennedy Liberal Ontario June 20, 2000 Chrétien January 4, 2001 Wilbert Keon Conservative Ottawa September 27, 1990 Mulroney May 17, 2010 James Kirkpatrick Kerr Liberal Toronto March 12, 1903 Laurier December 4, 1916 William Kerr Liberal Northumberland March 15, 1899 Laurier November 22, 1906 Mary Elizabeth Kinnear Liberal Welland April 6, 1967 Pearson April 3, 1973 Vim Kochhar Conservative Ontario January 29, 2010 Harper September 21, 2011 Joseph-Henri-Gustave Lacasse Liberal Essex January 10, 1928 King January 18, 1953 John Keith McBroom Laird Liberal Windsor April 6, 1967 Pearson January 12, 1982 Norman Platt Lambert Liberal Ottawa January 20, 1938 King November 4, 1965 George Landerkin Liberal Grey February 16, 1901 Laurier October 10, 1903 Daniel Lang Liberal South York February 14, 1964 Pearson June 13, 1994 Laurier LaPierre Liberal Ontario June 13, 2001 Chrétien November 21, 2004 Elijah Leonard Liberal London October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation May 14, 1891 Thomas D'Arcy Leonard Liberal Toronto-Rosedale July 28, 1955 St. Laurent April 29, 1970 John Lewis Liberal East Toronto September 5, 1925 King May 18, 1935 Edgar Sydney Little Liberal London January 10, 1928 King December 22, 1943 George Lynch-Staunton Conservative Hamilton January 20, 1917 Borden March 19, 1940 John Macdonald Independent Liberal Ontario November 9, 1887 Macdonald February 4, 1890 William Ross Macdonald Liberal Brantford June 12, 1953 St. Laurent December 22, 1967 Angus Claude Macdonell Conservative Toronto South August 1, 1917 Borden January 1, 1921 Archibald Hayes Macdonell Conservative Toronto South November 7, 1921 Meighen November 12, 1939 Donald MacInnes Liberal-Conservative Burlington December 24, 1881 Macdonald December 2, 1900 David Lewis Macpherson Conservative Saugeen October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation August 16, 1896 Duncan Kenneth MacTavish Liberal Ontario June 11, 1963 Pearson November 15, 1963 Marian Maloney Liberal Surprise Lake June 11, 1998 Chrétien August 16, 1999 Lorna Marsden Liberal Toronto-Taddle Creek January 24, 1984 Trudeau August 31, 1992 Duncan Marshall Liberal Peel January 20, 1938 King January 16, 1946 Paul Joseph James Martin Liberal Windsor-Walkerville April 20, 1968 Trudeau October 30, 1974 James Mason Conservative Toronto May 26, 1913 Borden July 16, 1918 Roderick Matheson Conservative Ontario October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation January 13, 1873 Alexander McCall Conservative Simcoe May 26, 1913 Borden June 10, 1925 Lachlin McCallum Liberal-Conservative Monck February 4, 1887 Macdonald January 13, 1903 Archibald McCoig Liberal Kent January 4, 1922 King November 21, 1927 Walter McCrea Liberal Ontario October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation January 5, 1871 Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon Progressive Conservative Gormley August 9, 1962 Diefenbaker May 13, 1968 Donald McDonald Liberal Ontario October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation January 20, 1879 William Henry McGuire Liberal East York December 20, 1926 King October 31, 1957 George McHugh Liberal Victoria January 21, 1901 Laurier November 28, 1926 George McIlraith Liberal Ottawa Valley April 27, 1972 Trudeau July 29, 1983 George Crawford McKindsey Conservative Milton January 11, 1884 Macdonald February 12, 1901 Peter McLaren Conservative Perth February 21, 1890 Macdonald May 23, 1919 William McMaster Liberal Midland October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation September 22, 1887 Donald McMillan Conservative Alexandria January 11, 1884 Macdonald July 26, 1914 James McMullen Liberal North Wellington February 11, 1902 Laurier March 18, 1913 Arthur Meighen Conservative St. Mary's March 3, 1932 Bennett January 16, 1942 Samuel Merner Conservative Hamburg January 12, 1887 Macdonald August 11, 1908 David Mills Liberal Bothwell November 13, 1896 Laurier February 7, 1902 Samuel Mills Conservative Ontario October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation January 24, 1874 John Milne Conservative Hamilton December 3, 1915 Borden March 4, 1922 Lorna Milne Liberal Brampton
(1995.09.22-1999.11.01)
Peel County
(1999.11.02-2009.12.13)September 22, 1995 Chrétien December 13, 2009 Oliver Mowat Liberal Ontario July 15, 1896 Laurier November 18, 1897 Robert Alexander Mulholland Conservative Port Hope March 12, 1918 Borden October 1, 1927 James Murdock Liberal Parkdale March 20, 1930 King May 15, 1949 Terrence Murphy Liberal Russell September 5, 1925 King November 24, 1935 Lowell Murray Progressive Conservative Pakenham September 13, 1979 Clark September 26, 2011 Joan Neiman Liberal Peel September 1, 1972 Trudeau September 9, 1995 Frederic Thomas Nicholls Conservative Toronto January 20, 1917 Borden October 25, 1921 Joseph Northwood Liberal-Conservative Lambton May 19, 1880 Macdonald October 29, 1886 Michael John O'Brien Liberal Renfrew September 1, 1918 Borden September 1, 1925 Frank Patrick O'Connor Liberal Scarborough Junction December 6, 1935 King August 21, 1939 John O'Donohoe Liberal-Conservative Erie May 21, 1882 Macdonald December 7, 1902 Grattan O'Leary Progressive Conservative Carleton September 24, 1962 Diefenbaker April 7, 1976 Frederick Forsyth Pardee Liberal Lambton March 11, 1922 King February 4, 1927 Norman McLeod Paterson Liberal Milton February 9, 1940 King June 18, 1981 Landon Pearson Liberal Ontario September 15, 1994 Chrétien November 16, 2005 Ebenezer Perry Conservative Ontario February 2, 1871 Macdonald May 1, 1876 Michael Pitfield Independent Ottawa-Vanier December 22, 1982 Trudeau June 1, 2010 Josiah Burr Plumb Conservative Ontario February 8, 1883 Macdonald March 12, 1888 Roderick Pringle Conservative Cobourg January 8, 1917 Borden May 2, 1920 William Proudfoot Liberal Huron November 6, 1919 Borden December 3, 1922 James Palmer Rankin Liberal Perth North September 9, 1925 King June 15, 1934 Valentine Ratz Liberal Parkhill January 18, 1909 Laurier March 1, 1924 Robert Read Conservative Quinté February 24, 1871 Macdonald June 29, 1896 David Reesor Liberal King's October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation January 1, 1901 John Dowsley Reid Conservative Grenville September 22, 1921 Meighen August 26, 1929 Henry Westman Richardson Conservative Kingston January 20, 1917 Borden October 27, 1918 Gideon Robertson Conservative Welland January 20, 1917 Borden August 5, 1933 John Alexander Robertson Progressive Conservative Kenora-Rainy River November 29, 1962 Diefenbaker February 19, 1965 Arthur Roebuck Liberal Toronto-Trinity April 18, 1945 King November 17, 1971 George William Ross Liberal Middlesex January 15, 1907 Laurier March 7, 1914 John Ross Conservative Ontario October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation January 31, 1871 William Eli Sanford Conservative Hamilton February 8, 1887 Macdonald July 10, 1899 Richard William Scott Liberal Ottawa March 13, 1874 Mackenzie April 23, 1913 Benjamin Seymour Conservative Newcastle October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation March 23, 1880 James Shaw Conservative Ontario October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation February 6, 1878 John Simpson Liberal Bowmanville October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation March 23, 1885 Ian David Sinclair Liberal Halton December 23, 1983 Trudeau September 27, 1988 James Skead Conservative Rideau October 23, 1867
December 23, 1881Royal Proclamation
MacdonaldJanuary 20, 1881
July 5, 1884Ernest D'Israeli Smith Conservative Wentworth May 26, 1913 Borden January 10, 1946 Frank Smith Conservative Toronto February 2, 1871 Macdonald January 1, 1900 James Houston Spence Liberal North Bruce January 10, 1928 King February 21, 1939 Thomas Simpson Sproule Conservative Grey December 3, 1915 Borden November 10, 1917 Richard Stanbury Liberal York Centre February 13, 1968 Pearson May 2, 1998 Peter Stollery Liberal Bloor & Yonge July 2, 1981 Trudeau November 29, 2010 Joseph Albert Sullivan Progressive Conservative North York October 12, 1957 Diefenbaker February 18, 1985 Michael Sullivan Conservative Kingston January 29, 1885 Macdonald November 29, 1912 Donald Sutherland Conservative Oxford July 20, 1935 Bennett January 1, 1949 George Taylor Conservative Leeds November 14, 1911 Borden March 26, 1919 William Horace Taylor Liberal Norfolk April 18, 1945 King June 1, 1966 Andy Thompson Liberal Dovercourt April 6, 1967 Pearson March 23, 1998 James Tunney Liberal Grafton March 8, 2001 Chrétien June 16, 2002 Charles Turner Liberal London July 9, 1984 Turner March 24, 1991 James Turner Liberal-Conservative Ontario January 11, 1884 Macdonald October 10, 1889 Alexander Vidal Conservative Sarnia January 15, 1873 Macdonald November 18, 1906 David James Walker Progressive Conservative Toronto February 4, 1963 Diefenbaker September 30, 1989 John Webster Conservative Brockville March 12, 1918 Borden December 1, 1928 Eugene Whelan Liberal South Western Ontario August 9, 1996 Chrétien July 11, 1999 George Stanley White Progressive Conservative Hastings-Frontenac September 20, 1957 Diefenbaker November 17, 1972 Gerald Verner White Conservative Pembroke November 6, 1919 Borden October 24, 1948 Harry Albert Willis Progressive Conservative Peel June 15, 1962 Diefenbaker March 23, 1972 Cairine Wilson Liberal Rockcliffe February 15, 1930 King March 3, 1962 John Henry Wilson Liberal St. Thomas March 8, 1904 Laurier July 3, 1912 Lois Miriam Wilson Independent Toronto June 11, 1998 Chrétien April 8, 2002 Andrew Trew Wood Liberal Hamilton January 21, 1901 Laurier January 21, 1903 Allan Lee Woodrow Liberal Toronto Centre May 19, 1953 St. Laurent March 3, 1966 Notes:
1 Senators are appointed to represent Ontario. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Ontario as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada in The Queen's name on the recommendation of the prime minister; the initial 24 senators were named by a Royal Proclamation at the time of confederation.See also
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