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.

[edit] Current

Name Party Division1 Date appointed Appointed by2 Mandatory retirement
     Norman Atkins Progressive Conservative Markham July 2, 1986 Mulroney June 27, 2009
     Anne Cools Conservative Toronto Centre
(1984.01.13-2001.02.14)
Toronto Centre-York
(2001.02.15- )		 January 13, 1984 Trudeau August 12, 2018
     Consiglio Di Nino Conservative Ontario August 30, 1990 Mulroney January 24, 2013
     Art Eggleton Liberal Toronto March 24, 2005 Martin September 29, 2018
     Trevor Eyton Conservative Ontario September 23, 1990 Mulroney July 12, 2009
     Jerry Grafstein Liberal Metro Toronto January 13, 1984 Trudeau January 2, 2010
     Mac Harb Liberal Ontario September 9, 2003 Chrétien November 10, 2028
     Colin Kenny Liberal Rideau June 29, 1984 Trudeau December 10, 2018
     Wilbert Keon3 Conservative Ottawa September 27, 1990 Mulroney May 17, 2010
     Marjory LeBreton Conservative Ontario June 18, 1993 Mulroney July 4, 2015
     Frank Mahovlich Liberal Ontario June 11, 1998 Chrétien January 10, 2013
     Michael Meighen3 Conservative St. Mary's September 27, 1990 Mulroney March 25, 2014
     Lorna Milne Liberal Brampton
(1995.09.22-1999.11.01)
Peel County
(1999.11.02-)		 September 22, 1995 Chrétien December 13, 2009
     Jim Munson Liberal Ottawa/Rideau Canal December 10, 2003 Chrétien July 24, 2021
     Lowell Murray Progressive Conservative Pakenham September 13, 1979 Clark September 26, 2011
     Landon Pearson Liberal Ontario September 15, 1994 Chrétien November 16, 2005
     Michael Pitfield Independent Ottawa-Vanier December 22, 1982 Trudeau June 18, 2012
     Marie-Paule Poulin Liberal Northern Ontario September 22, 1995 Jean Chrétien June 21, 2020
     Vivienne Poy Liberal Toronto September 17, 1998 Chrétien May 15, 2016
     Nancy Ruth Conservative Toronto March 24, 2005 Martin January 6, 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
     Peter Stollery Liberal Bloor & Yonge/Toronto July 2, 1981 Trudeau November 29, 2010
Vacant seats 1

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 on the recommendation of the prime minister.

3 Two senators were appointed under a rarely used regional expansion clause by Brian Mulroney that increased the Senate seats from 104 to 112 on September 27, 1990. This included two seats each for the Western provinces, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.

[edit] Historic

Name Party Division1 Date appointed Appointed by2 End of Term
     James Cox Aikins Liberal-Conservative Ontario October 23, 1867
January 7, 1896		 Royal Proclamation
Bowell		 May 30, 1882
August 6, 1904
     John 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
     Allen 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 Bench Liberal Lincoln November 19, 1942 King December 9, 1947
     William 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 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 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 Bull Conservative Hamilton February 24, 1879 Macdonald August 12, 1881
     Asa 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, 1896		 Macdonald
Bowell		 February 17, 1892
November 6, 1911
     Richard John Cartwright Liberal Oxford September 20, 1904 Laurier September 24, 1912
     Charles 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 Crothers Conservative Ontario October 3, 1921 Meighen December 10, 1921
     Keith Davey Liberal York February 24, 1966 Pearson July 1, 1996
     William Davies Liberal Kingston November 19, 1942 King March 11, 1967
     Robert de Cotret Progressive Conservative Ottawa June 5, 1879 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 Dickson Conservative Niagara October 23, 1867 Royal Proclamation February 19, 1884
     John Dobson Conservative Lindsay February 23, 1892 Abbott January 27, 1907
     James 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 Duffus Liberal Peterborough West February 15, 1940 King February 7, 1957
     William Edwards Liberal Russell March 17, 1903 Laurier September 17, 1921
     John Elliot Liberal Middlesex January 29, 1940 King December 20, 1941
     William Euler Liberal Waterloo May 11, 1940 King July 15, 1941
     Iva Fallis Conservative Peterborough May 11, 1940 Bennett July 15, 1941
     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
     James Fogo Liberal Carleton January 25, 1949 St. Laurent July 6, 1952
     Eugene Forsey Liberal Nepean October 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 Fripp Conservative Toronto December 30, 1933 Bennett March 25, 1938
     Royce Frith Liberal Glen Tay April 5, 1977 Trudeau August 29, 1994
     Francis Frost Liberal Leeds and Grenville March 12, 1903 Laurier August 26, 1908
     George Taylor Fulford Liberal Brockville 1900.01.29 Laurier 1905.10.15
     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 1880.04.03 Macdonald 1883.04.07
     William Gibson Liberal Lincoln February 11, 1902 Laurier May 4, 1914
     Robert William 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 1949.06.25 St. Laurent 1961.12.31
     George Gordon Conservative Nipissing 1912.10.17 Borden 1942.02.03
     James Robert Gowan Liberal-Conservative Barrie 1885.01.29 Macdonald 1907.02.01
     George Perry Graham Liberal Eganville 1926.12.20 King 1943.01.01
     John James Greene Liberal Niagara September 1, 1972 Trudeau October 23, 1978
     Allister Grosart Progressive Conservative Pickering 1962.09.24 Diefenbaker 1981.12.13
     Stanley Haidasz Liberal Toronto-Parkdale 1978.03.23 Trudeau 1998.03.04
     John Hamilton Conservative Kingston 1867.10.23 Royal Proclamation 1882.10.10
     Arthur Charles Hardy Liberal Leeds 1922.02.10 King 1962.03.13
     Salter Adrian Hayden Liberal Toronto 1940.02.09 King 1983.11.01
     Andrew Haydon Liberal Ottawa 1924.03.10 King 1932.11.10
     Horatio Clarence Hocken Conservative Toronto 1933.12.30 Bennett 1937.02.18
     Adam Hope Liberal Hamilton January 3, 1877 MacKenzie August 7, 1882
     Henry Herbert Horsey Liberal Prince Edward 1928.12.14 King 1942.01.06
     Joseph Hurtubise Liberal Nipissing 1945.06.09 King 1955.01.31
     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 1921.11.04 Meighen 1929.08.12
     Betty Kennedy Liberal Ontario 2000.06.20 Chrétien 2001.01.04
     James Kirkpatrick Kerr Liberal Toronto 1903.03.12 Laurier 1916.12.04
     William Kerr Liberal Northcumberland 1899.03.15 Laurier 1906.11.22
     Mary Elizabeth Kinnear Liberal Welland 1967.04.06 Pearson 1973.04.03
     Joseph-Henri-Gustave Lacasse Liberal Essex 1928.01.10 King 1953.01.18
     John Keith McBroom Laird Liberal Windsor 1967.04.06 Pearson 1982.01.12
     Norman Platt Lambert Liberal Ottawa 1938.01.20 King 1965.11.04
     George Landerkin Liberal Grey February 16, 1901 Laurier October 10, 1903
     Daniel Aiken Lang Liberal South York February 14, 1964 Pearson June 13, 1994
     Laurier LaPierre Liberal Ontario 2001.06.13 Chrétien 2004.11.21
     Elijah Leonard Liberal London 1867.10.23 Royal Proclamation 1891.05.14
     Thomas D'Arcy Leonard Liberal Toronto-Rosedale 1955.07.28 St. Laurent 1970.04.29
     John Lewis Liberal East Toronto 1925.09.05 King 1935.05.18
     Edgar Sydney Little Liberal London 1928.01.10 King 1943.12.22
     George Lynch-Staunton Conservative Hamilton 1917.01.20 Borden 1940.03.19
     John Macdonald Independent Liberal Ontario 1887.11.09 Macdonald 1890.02.04
     William Ross Macdonald Liberal Brantford 1953.06.12 St. Laurent 1967.12.22
     Angus Claude Macdonell Conservative Toronto South 1917.08.01 Borden 1921.01.01
     Archibald Hayes Macdonell Conservative Toronto South November 7, 1921 Meighen November 12, 1939
     Donald MacInnes Liberal-Conservative Burlington 1881.12.24 Macdonald 1900.12.02
     David Lewis Macpherson Conservative Saugeen 1867.10.23 Royal Proclamation 1896.08.16
     Duncan Kenneth MacTavish Liberal Ontario 1963.06.11 Pearson 1963.11.15
     Marian Maloney Liberal Surprise Lake 1998.06.11 Chrétien 1999.08.16
     Lorna Marsden Liberal Toronto-Taddle Creek 1984.01.24 Trudeau 1992.08.31
     Duncan Marshall Liberal Peel 1938.01.20 King 1946.01.16
     Paul Joseph James Martin Liberal Windsor-Walkerville 1968.04.20 Trudeau 1974.10.30
     James Mason Conservative Toronto 1913.05.26 Borden 1918.07.16
     Roderick Matheson Conservative Ontario 1867.10.23 Royal Proclamation 1873.01.13
     Alexander McCall Conservative Simcoe 1913.05.26 Borden 1925.06.10
     Lachlan McCallum Liberal-Conservative Monck 1887.02.04 Macdonald 1903.01.13
     Archibald McCoig Liberal Kent 1922.01.04 King 1927.11.21
     Walter McCrea Liberal Ontario 1867.10.23 Royal Proclamation 1871.01.05
     Malcolm McCutcheon Progressive Conservative Gormley 1962.08.09 Diefenbaker 1968.05.13
     Donald McDonald Liberal Ontario 1867.10.23 Royal Proclamation 1879.01.20
     William Henry McGuire Liberal East York 1926.12.20 King 1957.10.31
     George McHugh Liberal Victoria 1901.01.21 Laurier 1926.11.28
     George McIlraith Liberal Ottawa Valley 1972.04.27 Trudeau 1983.07.29

(Retirement)
     George McKindsey Conservative Milton 1884.01.11 Macdonald 1901.02.12
     Peter McLaren Conservative Perth 1890.02.21 Macdonald 1919.05.23
     William McMaster Liberal Midland 1867.10.23 Royal Proclamation 1887.09.22
     Donald McMillan Conservative Alexandria 1884.01.11 Macdonald 1914.07.26
     James McMullen Liberal North Wellington 1902.02.11 Laurier 1913.03.18
     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
     Oliver Mowat Liberal Ontario 1896.07.15 Laurier 1897.11.18
     Robert Mulholland Conservative Port Hope 1918.03.12 Borden 1927.10.01
     James Murdock Liberal Parkdale 1930.03.20 King 1949.05.15
     Charles T. Murphy Liberal Russell 1925.09.05 King 1935.11.24
     Joan Bissett Neiman Liberal Peel 1972.09.01 Trudeau 1995.09.09

(Retirement)
     Frederic Nicholls Conservative Toronto 1917.01.20 Borden 1921.10.25
     Joseph Northwood Liberal-Conservative Lambton 1880.05.19 Macdonald 1886.10.29
     Michael John O'Brien Liberal Renfrew 1918.09.01 Borden 1925.09.01
     Frank O'Connor Liberal Scarborough Junction 1935.12.06 King 1939.08.21
     John O'Donohoe Liberal-Conservative Erie 1882.05.21 Macdonald 1902.12.07
     Grattan O'Leary Progressive Conservative Carleton 1962.09.24 Diefenbaker 1976.04.07
     Frederick Pardee Liberal Lambton 1922.03.11 King 1927.02.04
     Norman Paterson Liberal Milton 1940.02.09 King 1981.06.18
     Ebenezer Perry Conservative Ontario 1871.02.02 Macdonald 1876.05.01
     Josiah Plumb Conservative Ontario 1883.02.08 Macdonald 1888.03.12
     Roderick Pringle Conservative Cobourg 1917.01.08 Borden 1920.05.02
     William Proudfoot Liberal Huron 1919.11.06 Borden 1922.12.03
     James Palmer Rankin Liberal Perth North 1925.09.09 King 1934.06.15
     Valentine Ratz Liberal Parkhill 1909.01.18 Laurier 1924.03.01
     Robert Read Conservative Quinté 1871.02.24 Macdonald 1896.06.29
     David Reesor Liberal King's 1867.10.23 Royal Proclamation 1901.01.01
     John Dowsley Reid Conservative Grenville 1921.09.22 Meighen 1929.08.26
     Henry Westman Richardson Conservative Kingston 1917.01.20 Borden 1918.10.27
     Gideon Robertson Conservative Welland 1917.01.20 Borden 1933.08.05
     John Alexander Robertson Progressive Conservative Kenora-Rainy River 1962.11.29 Diefenbaker 1965.02.19
     Arthur Roebuck Liberal Toronto-Trinity 1945.04.18 King 1971.11.17
     George William Ross Liberal Middlesex 1907.01.15 Laurier 1914.03.07
     John Ross Conservative Ontario 1867.10.23 Royal Proclamation 1871.01.31
     William Eli Sanford Conservative Hamilton 1887.02.08 Macdonald 1899.07.10
     Richard William Scott Liberal Ottawa 1874.03.13 Mackenzie 1913.04.23
     Benjamin Seymour Conservative Newcastle 1867.10.23 Royal Proclamation 1880.03.23
     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

(Retirement)
     James Skead Conservative Rideau October 23, 1867
December 23, 1881		 Royal Proclamation
Macdonald		 January 20, 1881
July 5, 1884
     Ernest D'Israeli Smith Conservative Wentworth 1913.05.26 Borden 1946.01.10
     Frank Smith Conservative Toronto 1871.02.02 Macdonald 1900.01.01
     James Houston Spence Liberal North Bruce 1928.01.10 King 1939.02.21
     Thomas Simpson Sproule Conservative Grey 1915.12.03 Borden 1917.11.10
     Richard Stanbury Liberal York Centre 1968.02.13 Pearson 1998.05.02
     Joseph Albert Sullivan Progressive Conservative North York 1957.10.12 Diefenbaker 1985.02.18
     Michael Sullivan Conservative Kingston 1885.01.29 Macdonald 1912.11.29
     Donald M. Sutherland Conservative Oxford 1935.07.20 Bennett 1949.01.01
     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 Robert Turner Liberal London 1984.07.09 Turner 1991.03.24
     James Turner Liberal-Conservative Ontario 1884.01.11 Macdonald 1889.10.10
     Alexander Vidal Conservative Sarnia 1873.01.15 Macdonald 1906.11.18
     David James Walker Progressive Conservative Toronto 1963.02.04 Diefenbaker 1989.09.30
     John Webster Conservative Brockville 1918.03.12 Borden 1928.12.01
     Eugene Whelan Liberal South Western Ontario 1996.08.09 Chrétien 1999.07.11
     George Stanley White Progressive Conservative Hastings-Frontenac 1957.09.20 Diefenbaker 1972.11.17
     Gerald Verner White Conservative Pembroke 1919.11.06 Borden 1948.10.24
     Harry Albert Willis Progressive Conservative Peel 1962.06.15 Diefenbaker 1972.03.23
     Cairine Wilson Liberal Rockcliffe 1930.02.15 King 1962.03.03
     John Henry Wilson Liberal St. Thomas 1904.03.08 Laurier 1912.07.03
     Lois Miriam Wilson Independent Toronto 1998.06.11 Chrétien 2002.04.08
     Andrew Trew Wood Liberal Hamilton 1901.01.21 Laurier 1903.01.21
     Allan 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 on the recommendation of the prime minister; the initial 24 senators were named by a Royal Proclamation at the time of confederation.

[edit] See also

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