Senate of Canada - Canada's senators

Canada’s 105 senators come from all walks of life, and from every province and territory. They reflect our rich mix of geographical, religious, ethnic and linguistic communities, gender and age, interests and political perspectives, expertise and experience.

Senators are usually affiliated with a political party. The Government caucus is formed by the senators affiliated with the governing party in the House of Commons. The Opposition caucus is formed by the non-government party with the most seats in the Senate. (This means that the Official Opposition in the House of Commons and the Senate may be different parties.) Senators may also choose to sit as independents.

Senators are appointed by the Governor General of Canada on the advice of the Prime Minister according to geographical divisions set out by the Constitution Act, 1867. They must own property and live in the geographical division for which they are appointed. Although originally named for life, senators now serve until the age of 75.

Current senators

Abbreviations

C	Conservative Party of Canada	Ind	Independent
Lib	Liberal Party of Canada	PC	Progressive Conservative

Political officers

	Speaker of the Senate Noël A. Kinsella C — Fredericton–York–Sunbury, New Brunswick		Speaker pro tempore Donald H. Oliver C — South Shore, Nova Scotia

	Leader of the Government in the Senate Marjory LeBreton, P.C. C — Ontario		Leader of the Opposition in the Senate James S. Cowan Lib — Nova Scotia

	Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate Claude Carignan C — Mille Isles, Quebec		Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Claudette Tardif Lib — Alberta

	Government Whip Elizabeth (Beth) Marshall C — Newfoundland and Labrador		Opposition Whip Jim Munson Lib — Ottawa / Rideau Canal, Ontario

A. Raynell Andreychuk C — Saskatchewan	Salma Ataullahjan C — Toronto, Ontario	George Baker, P.C. Lib — Newfoundland and Labrador	Denise Batters C — Saskatchewan
Diane Bellemare C — Alma, Quebec	Lynn Beyak C — Ontario	Douglas Black C — Alberta	Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu C — La Salle, Quebec
David Braley C — Ontario	Patrick Brazeau Ind — Repentigny, Quebec	JoAnne L. Buth C — Manitoba	Catherine S. Callbeck Lib — Prince Edward Island
Larry W. Campbell Lib — British Columbia	Andrée Champagne, P.C. C — Grandville, Quebec	Maria Chaput Lib — Manitoba	Marie-P. Charette-Poulin Lib — Northern Ontario, Ontario
Gerald J. Comeau C — Nova Scotia	Anne C. Cools Ind — Toronto-Centre–York, Ontario	Jane Cordy Lib — Nova Scotia	Jean-Guy Dagenais C — Victoria, Quebec
Roméo Dallaire Lib — Gulf, Quebec	Dennis Dawson Lib — Lauzon, Quebec	Joseph A. Day Lib — Saint John– Kennebecasis, New Brunswick	Pierre De Bané, P.C. Lib — De la Vallière, Quebec
Jacques Demers C — Rigaud, Quebec	Percy E. Downe Lib — Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	Norman E. Doyle C — Newfoundland and Labrador	Michael Duffy Ind — Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
Lillian Eva Dyck Lib — Saskatchewan	Nicole Eaton C — Ontario	Art Eggleton, P.C. Lib — Ontario	Tobias C. Enverga Jr. C — Ontario
Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis C — Rougemont, Quebec	Joan Fraser Lib — De Lorimier, Quebec	Linda Frum C — Ontario	George J. Furey Lib — Newfoundland and Labrador
Irving Gerstein C — Ontario	Stephen Greene C — Halifax–The Citadel, Nova Scotia	Mac Harb Ind — Ontario	Céline Hervieux-Payette, P.C. Lib — Bedford, Quebec
Leo Housakos C — Wellington, Quebec	Elizabeth Hubley Lib — Prince Edward Island	Mobina S. B. Jaffer Lib — British Columbia	Janis G. Johnson C — Manitoba
Serge Joyal, P.C. Lib — Kennebec, Quebec	Colin Kenny Lib — Rideau, Ontario	Daniel Lang C — Yukon	Sandra M. Lovelace Nicholas Lib — New Brunswick
Michael L. MacDonald C — Cape Breton, Nova Scotia	Ghislain Maltais C — Shawinegan, Quebec	Fabian Manning C — Newfoundland and Labrador	Yonah Martin C — British Columbia
Paul J. Massicotte Lib — De Lanaudière, Quebec	Elaine McCoy Ind (PC) — Alberta	Thomas Johnson McInnis C — Nova Scotia	Paul E. McIntyre, Q.C. C — New Brunswick
Terry M. Mercer Lib — Northend Halifax, Nova Scotia	Pana Merchant Lib — Saskatchewan	Don Meredith C — Ontario	Grant Mitchell Lib — Alberta
Percy Mockler C — New Brunswick	Wilfred P. Moore Lib — Stanhope St. / South Shore, Nova Scotia	Nancy Ruth C — Cluny, Ontario	Richard Neufeld C — British Columbia
Thanh Hai Ngo C — Ontario	Pierre Claude Nolin C — De Salaberry, Quebec	Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie C — Annapolis Valley–Hants, Nova Scotia	Victor Oh C — Ontario
Dennis Glen Patterson C — Nunavut	Donald Neil Plett C — Landmark, Manitoba	Rose-May Poirier C — Saint-Louis-de-Kent, New Brunswick	Nancy Greene Raine C — Thompson– Okanagan– Kootenay, British Columbia
Pierrette Ringuette Lib — New Brunswick	Michel Rivard C — The Laurentides, Quebec	Jean-Claude Rivest Ind — Stadacona, Quebec	Fernand Robichaud, P.C. Lib — New Brunswick
Bob Runciman C — Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, Ontario	Hugh Segal C — Kingston– Frontenac–Leeds, Ontario	Judith Seidman C — De la Durantaye, Quebec	Asha Seth C — Ontario
Nick G. Sibbeston Lib — Northwest Territories	David P. Smith, P.C. Lib — Cobourg, Ontario	Larry W. Smith C — Saurel, Quebec	Carolyn Stewart Olsen C — New Brunswick
Scott Tannas C — Alberta	David Tkachuk C — Saskatchewan	Betty E. Unger C — Alberta	Josée Verner C — Montarville, Quebec
John D. Wallace C — Rothesay, New Brunswick	Pamela Wallin Ind — Saskatchewan	Charlie Watt Lib — Inkerman, Quebec	David M. Wells C — Newfoundland and Labrador
Vernon White C — Ontario	Rod A. A. Zimmer Lib — Winnipeg, Manitoba