List of Canadian territorial senators
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This is a list of past and present Canadian senators from the territories of Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
Each territory is currently represented by a single senator.
The Northwest Territories was granted two Senate seats in 1879 and doubled to four seats in 1903. After Alberta and Saskatchewan were created, the territories would not have Senate representation until the Constitution Act of 1975 that gave one seat to the Northwest Territories and one seat to the Yukon.
Nunavut would be granted one seat in the Nunavut Act of 1993.
[edit] Current
| Name | Party | Division | Date Appointed | Appointed by | Mandatory retirement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Adams | Liberal | Northwest Territories (1977.04.05-1999.03.31) Nunavut (1999.04.01-) |
April 5, 1977 | Trudeau | June 22, 2009 | |
| Ione Christensen | Liberal | Yukon | September 2, 1999 | Chrétien | October 10, 2008 | |
| Nick Sibbeston | Liberal | Northwest Territories | September 2, 1999 | Chrétien | November 21, 2018 | |
[edit] Historic
The Territories had representation in the Senate in the early years post-Confederation. After the creation of Alberta and Saskachewan, however, the Territories were not represented in the Senate until 1975.
| Name | Party | Division | Date Appointed | Appointed by | End of Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Osborne Davis | Liberal | Prince Albert, NWT (1904.09.30-1905.08.31) Prince Albert, SK (1905.09.01-1917.01.23) |
September 30, 1904 | Laurier | January 23, 1917 | |
| Richard Hardisty | Conservative | Edmonton, NWT | February 23, 1888 | Macdonald | October 18, 1889 | |
| James Lougheed | Conservative | Calgary, NWT (1889.12.10-1905.08.31) Calgary, AB (1905.09.01-1925.11.02) |
December 10, 1889 | Macdonald | November 22, 1925 | |
| Paul Lucier | Liberal | Yukon | October 23, 1975 | Trudeau | July 23, 1999 | |
| William Perley | Conservative | Wolseley, NWT (1888.08.03 - 1905.08.31) Wolseley, SK (1905.09.01-1909.07.15) |
August 3, 1888 | Macdonald | July 15, 1909 | |
| James Hamilton Ross | Liberal | Regina, NWT (1904.09.30-1905.08.31) Regina, SK (1905.09.01-1932.12.14) |
September 30, 1904 | Laurier | December 14, 1932 | |
