List of Canadian Senators from Alberta
The List of Canadian Senators from Alberta shows all former and current members of the Canadian Senate from the Province of Alberta . The province is represented by six senators.
The revised version of the British North America Act of 1915 created the possibility of appointing two additional senators per senatorial region. Alberta is part of the Western Canada region , which also includes British Columbia , Saskatchewan, and Manitoba .
Status: January 2016
Acting Senators
Surname | Political party | division | Appointment on | Suggestion from | Compulsory resignation |
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Doug Black | independent ( CSG ) | Alberta | Jan. 25, 2013 | Harper | May 10, 2027 | |
Patti LaBoucane-Benson | independently | Alberta | Oct 3, 2018 | J. Trudeau | Feb 20, 2044 | |
Elaine McCoy | independent ( CSG ) | Alberta | 24 Mar 2005 | Martin | 7th Mar 2021 | |
Paula Simons | independent ( ISG ) | Alberta | Oct 3, 2018 | J. Trudeau | Sep 7 2039 | |
Scott Tannas | independent ( CSG ) | Alberta | 25th Mar 2013 | Harper | Feb 25, 2037 |
Former Senators
Surname | Political party | division | Appointment on | Suggestion from | End of mandate | |
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Tommy Banks | liberal | Alberta | Apr 7, 2000 | Chrétien | Dec 17, 2011 | |
Martha Bielish | Progressive Conservatives | Lakeland | 27 Sep 1979 | Clark | 26 Sep 1990 | |
Aristide Blais | liberal | St. Albert | Jan. 29, 1940 | King | Nov 10, 1964 | |
Bert Brown | conservative | Alberta | July 10, 2007 | Harper | 22 Mar 2013 | |
John Alexander Buchanan | Progressive Conservatives | Edmonton | Jan 15, 1959 | Diefenbaker | Sep 2 1965 | |
William Ashbury Buchanan | liberal | Lethbridge | 5th Sep 1925 | King | July 11, 1954 | |
Patrick Burns | Independently | Calgary | July 6, 1931 | Bennett | June 1, 1936 | |
Donald Cameron | liberal | Banff | July 28, 1955 | Saint-Laurent | 19 Sep 1987 | |
Thelma Chalifoux | liberal | Alberta | Nov 26, 1997 | Chrétien | Feb 8, 2004 | |
Jean Côté | liberal | Edmonton | Aug 14, 1923 | King | 23 Sep 1924 | |
Leverett DeVeber | liberal | Lethbridge | March 8 1906 | Laurier | July 9, 1925 | |
Joyce Fairbairn | liberal | Lethbridge | June 29, 1984 | P. Trudeau | Jan. 18, 2013 | |
Jean Forest | liberal | Edmonton | May 16, 1996 | Chrétien | Aug 28, 1998 | |
Amédée Forget | liberal | Banff | May 2, 1911 | Laurier | June 8, 1923 | |
Frederick Gershaw | liberal | Medicine Hat | Apr 18, 1945 | King | 26th Mar 1968 | |
Ronald Ghitter | Progressive Conservatives | Alberta | 25th Mar 1993 | Mulroney | 31 Mar 2000 | |
James Gladstone | Progressive Conservatives | Lethbridge | Jan. 31, 1958 | Diefenbaker | 31 Mar 1971 | |
William Griesbach | conservative | Edmonton | Sep 15 1921 | Meighen | Jan. 21, 1945 | |
William Harmer | liberal | Edmonton | Feb 5, 1918 | Borden | Sep 9 1947 | |
Earl Hastings | liberal | Palliser foothills | Feb. 24, 1966 | Pearson | May 5, 1996 | |
Daniel Hays | liberal | Calgary | June 29, 1984 | P. Trudeau | June 30, 2007 | |
Harry Hays | liberal | Calgary | Feb. 24, 1966 | Pearson | May 4th 1982 | |
Prosper-Edmond Lessard | liberal | St. Paul | 5th Sep 1925 | King | Apr 11, 1931 | |
James Lougheed | conservative | Calgary (Northwest Territories), until 1905 Calgary (Alberta), from 1905 |
Dec 12, 1889 | Macdonald | Nov 2, 1925 | |
James Angus MacKinnon | liberal | Edmonton | May 9, 1949 | Saint-Laurent | Apr 18, 1958 | |
Ernest Manning | Social credit | Edmonton West | Oct 7, 1970 | P. Trudeau | Sep 20 1983 | |
Edward Michener | conservative | Alberta | Feb 5, 1918 | Borden | Jan. 16, 1947 | |
Grant Mitchell | independently | Alberta | 24 Mar 2005 | Martin | July 19, 2026 | |
Bud Olson | liberal | Alberta South | Apr 5, 1977 | P. Trudeau | 7th Mar 1996 | |
James Prowse | liberal | Edmonton | Feb. 24, 1966 | Pearson | 27 Sep 1976 | |
Daniel Edward Riley | liberal | Alberta | June 25, 1926 | King | Apr 27, 1948 | |
Douglas Roche | Independently | Edmonton | 17 Sep 1998 | Chrétien | June 14, 2004 | |
George Henry Ross | liberal | Calgary | Dec. 1, 1948 | Saint-Laurent | 26 Sep 1956 | |
Philippe Roy | liberal | Edmonton | March 8 1906 | Laurier | Apr 21, 1911 | |
Wesley Stambaugh | liberal | Bruce | Sep 7 1949 | Saint-Laurent | June 8, 1965 | |
Peter Talbot | liberal | Alberta | March 8 1906 | Laurier | December 6, 1919 | |
Claudette Tardif | liberal | Alberta | 24 Mar 2005 | Martin | Feb. 2, 2018 | |
Nicholas Taylor | liberal | Bon Accord, Sturgeon until 1998 , from 1999 |
7th Mar 1996 | Chrétien | Nov 17, 2002 | |
Walter Twinn | Progressive Conservatives | Alberta | 27 Sep 1990 | Mulroney | Oct 30, 1997 | |
Betty Unger | conservative | Alberta | Jan. 6, 2012 | Harper | 21 Aug 2018 | |
Stanley Waters | reform | Alberta | June 11, 1990 | Mulroney | 25 Sep 1991 |
Regional Senators of the Western Provinces
Subsequent senators were appointed additional representatives of the western provinces under Article 26 of the Constitution . This regulation has only been applied once so far.
Surname | Political party | division | Appointment on | Suggestion from | End of mandate | |
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Eric Berntson | Progressive Conservatives | Saskatchewan | 27 Sep 1990 | Mulroney | Feb. 27, 2001 | |
Janis Johnson | conservative | Winnipeg-Interlake | 27 Sep 1990 | Mulroney | Apr 27, 2021 |
Remarks
- ↑ a b c The party to which the senators last belonged is given.
- ↑ a b c Québec is the only province with Senate divisions that are prescribed by the constitution. In all other provinces, a division is merely an optional designation that the senator can choose himself and that has no constitutional or legal significance. A senator who does not elect a particular Senate division is considered to represent the province as a whole.
- ↑ a b c Senators are appointed by the Governor General on the proposal of the Prime Minister.
- ↑ Senators must resign after the age of 75.
- ↑ a b c d e Appointed after the election in a waiting position by the people.