List of Prince Edward Island senators

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This is a list of past and present Canadian senators from the province of Prince Edward Island.

Prince Edward Island, was guaranteed four Senate seats at the 1864 conference in Quebec City of the "Fathers of Confederation", Prince Edward Island representatives campaigned for equal representation claiming that the rights of small provinces needed to be safe guarded. Prince Edward Island delayed joining confederation until 1873 for various reasons including the Senate question. Under the Prince Edward Island Terms of Union, 1873 Prince Edward Island was given four Senate seats.

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[edit] Current Senators

Name Party Division1 Date appointed Appointed by2 Mandatory retirement
     Catherine Callbeck Liberal Prince Edward Island September 23, 1997 Chrétien July 25, 2014
     Percy Downe Liberal Charlottetown June 26, 2003 Chrétien July 8, 2029
     Elizabeth Hubley Liberal Prince Edward Island March 8, 2001 Chrétien September 8, 2017

Notes:

1 Senators are appointed to represent Prince Edward Island. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within the province as his or her division.

2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada on the recommendation of the prime minister.

[edit] Historical

Name Party Division1 Date appointed Appointed by2 End of Term
     Doris M. Anderson Liberal St. Peter's, Kings County September 21, 1995 Chrétien July 5, 1997
     Joseph Arsenault Conservative Prince Edward Island February 18, 1895 Bowell December 14, 1897
     George Barbour Liberal Prince July 6, 1949 St. Laurent February 6, 1962
     Mark Bonnell Liberal Murray River November 17, 1971 Trudeau January 4, 1998
     Jedediah Carvell Conservative Charlottetown December 18, 1879 MacDonald July 3, 1894
     Donald Ferguson Conservative Queen's September 4, 1893 Thompson September 3, 1909
     Thomas Vincent Grant Liberal Montague June 25, 1949 St. Laurent August 19, 1965
     Thomas Haviland Conservative Prince Edward Island October 18, 1873 Macdonald July 1, 1879
     Robert Haythorne Liberal Queen's October 18, 1873 Macdonald May 7, 1891
     George Howlan Liberal Alberton November 18, 1873
January 5, 1881
March 25, 1891		 Macdonald December 27, 1880
February 18, 1891
February 1, 1894
     James Hughes Liberal King's September 5, 1945 King March 3, 1941
     Florence Inman Liberal Murray Harbour July 28, 1955 St. Laurent May 31, 1986
     Archibald Johnstone Liberal Prince Edward Island March 6, 1998 Chrétien June 12, 1999
     John Walter Jones Liberal Queen's May 19, 1953 St. Laurent March 31, 1954
     Thomas Kickham Liberal Cardigan July 8, 1966 Pearson December 1, 1974
     Creelman MacArthur Liberal Prince September 5, 1925 King December 27, 1943
     Andrew Macdonald Liberal-Conservative Charlottetown May 11, 1891 Macdonald March 21, 1912
     John Alexander Macdonald Conservative Cardigan July 20, 1935 Bennett November 15, 1948
     John J. MacDonald Progressive Conservative Queen's January 27, 1958 Diefenbaker April 20, 1971
     Heath MacQuarrie Progressive Conservative Hillsborough October 3, 1979 Clark September 18, 1994
     James McIntyre Liberal Mount Stewart February 19, 1943 King April 8, 1957
     John McLean Conservative Souris December 3, 1915 Borden February 20, 1936
     Donald Montgomery Conservative Park Corner October 18, 1873 Macdonald July 31, 1893
     Patrick Charles Murphy Conservative Tignish November 20, 1912 Borden March 6, 1925
     Melvin Perry Liberal Prince Edward Island August 11, 1999 Chrétien August 23, 2000
     Orville Phillips Progressive Conservative Prince February 5, 1963 Diefenbaker March 24, 1999
     Benjamin Prowse Liberal Charlottetown May 5, 1911 Laurier February 22, 1930
     Samuel Prowse Liberal-Conservative King's September 14, 1889 MacDonald January 14, 1902
     James Robertson Liberal Prince Edward Island February 7, 1902 Laurier April 13, 1915
     Brewer Robinson Liberal Summerside April 19, 1945 King January 20, 1949
     Eileen Rossiter Progressive Conservative Prince Edward Island November 11, 1986 Mulroney July 14, 2004
     John Sinclair Liberal Queen's June 7, 1930 King December 12, 1949
     John Yeo Liberal East Prince November 19, 1898 Laurier December 12, 1924

Notes:

1 Senators are appointed to represent Prince Edward Island. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Prince Edward Island as his or her division.

2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada on the recommendation of the prime minister.

[edit] Maritimes regional senators

Senators listed, were appointed to represent the Maritimes under section 26 of the Constitution Act. This clause has only been used once before to appoint two extra senators to represent four regional Senate divisions: Ontario, Quebec, The Maritimes and the Western Provinces.

As vacancies open up among the normal members of the Senate, they are automatically filled by the regional Senators. Regional Senators may also appoint themselves to a senate division in any province of their choosing in their region.

Name Party3 Division1 Date appointed Appointed by2 End of Term
     Michael Forrestall Conservative Dartmouth/Eastern Shore, NS September 27, 1990 Mulroney June 9, 2006
     James Ross4 Progressive Conservative Maritimes Divisional September 27, 1990 Mulroney May 25, 1993

Notes:

1 Senators are appointed to represent their region. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within their region as his or her division.

2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada on the recommendation of the prime minister.

3 Party listed, was the last party the Senator was a member of.

4 Senator James Ross is the only one Canadian Senator to not represent a specific province during his term in office.

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