List of Canadian Senators from British Columbia

The list of Canadian Senators from British Columbia shows all former and current members of the Canadian Senate from the province of British Columbia . The province is represented by six senators.

Under the terms of the Union Treaty of 1871, British Columbia was initially entitled to three senators. With the revised version of the British North America Act of 1915, the number was increased to six. It also included an amendment to the Constitutional Act of 1867 to create a fourth senatorial region consisting of British Columbia, Alberta , Saskatchewan, and Manitoba . This created the opportunity to appoint two additional senators on a regional basis.

Status: December 2019

Liberal Party

Conservative Party

Conservative Party (historical) , Liberal Conservative Party , Progressive Conservative Party

Independent Senators Group

Canadian Senators Group

Acting Senators

	Surname	Political party	division	Appointment on	Suggestion from	Compulsory resignation
	Bev Busson	independent ( ISG )	British Columbia	Sep 24 2018	J. Trudeau	23 Aug 2026
	Larry Campbell	independent ( CSG )	British Columbia	0Aug 2, 2005	Martin	Feb 28, 2023
	Mobina Jaffer	independent ( ISG )	British Columbia	June 13, 2001	Chrétien	Aug 20, 2024
	Yonah Martin	conservative	Vancouver	0Jan. 2, 2009	Harper	Apr 11, 2040
	Yuen Pau Woo	independent ( ISG )	British Columbia	Nov 10, 2016	J. Trudeau	02nd Mar 2038

Former Senators

	Surname	Political party	division	Appointment on	Suggestion from	End of mandate
	Jack Austin	liberal	Vancouver South	Aug 19, 1975	P. Trudeau	02nd Mar 2007
	George Henry Barnard	Progressive Conservatives	Victoria	Oct 23, 1917	Borden	0Nov 8, 1945
	Nancy Bell	liberal	Nanaimo Malaspina	0Oct 7, 1970	P. Trudeau	Nov 29, 1989
	Hewitt Bostock	liberal	Kamloops	0June 6, 1904	Laurier	Apr 28, 1930
	Patricia Carney	conservative	British Columbia	Aug 30, 1990	Mulroney	Jan. 31, 2008
	Robert Carrall	conservative	British Columbia	Dec 13, 1871	Macdonald	19 Sep 1879
	Clement Francis Cornwall	conservative	Ashcroft	Dec 13, 1871	Macdonald	0July 1, 1881
	Sanford Cowe	liberal	Burrard	0Dec. 1, 1921	Meighen	23 Aug 1931
	John Wallace de Beque Farris	liberal	Vancouver South	0Jan. 9, 1937	King	Feb 25, 1970
	Ross Fitzpatrick	liberal	Okanagan similkameen	06th Mar 1998	Chrétien	0Feb 4, 2008
	Nancy Greene	conservative	Thompson-Okanagan-Kootenay	0Jan. 2, 2009	Harper	May 11, 2018
	Robert Francis Green	Progressive Conservatives	Kootenay	0Oct. 3, 1921	Meighen	0Oct 5, 1946
	Nancy Hodges	liberal	Victoria	0Nov 5, 1953	Saint-Laurent	June 12, 1965
	James Horace King	liberal	Kootenay East	0June 7, 1930	King	July 14, 1955
	Arthur Laing	liberal	Vancouver South	0Sep 1 1972	P. Trudeau	Feb 12, 1975
	Edward M. Lawson	Independently	Vancouver	0Oct 7, 1970	P. Trudeau	Sep 24 2004
	William John Macdonald	conservative	Victoria	Dec 13, 1871	Macdonald	Apr 13, 1915
	Ian Mackenzie	liberal	Vancouver Center	Jan. 19, 1948	King	0Sep 2 1949
	Norman MacKenzie	liberal	University-Point Gray	Feb. 24, 1966	Pearson	0Jan. 5, 1969
	Leonard Marchand	liberal	Kamloops Cariboo	June 29, 1984	P. Trudeau	01st Mar 1998
	Charles Mcdonald	liberal	British Columbia	Dec 30, 1935	King	0Oct 6, 1936
	Gerry McGeer	liberal	Vancouver Burrard	0June 9, 1945	King	Aug 11, 1947
	Thomas Robert McInnes	Independently	Ashcroft	Dec. 24, 1881	Macdonald	Nov 18, 1897
	Stanley McKeen	liberal	Vancouver	Jan. 27, 1947	King	0Dec. 1, 1966
	Alexander Duncan McRae	conservative	Vancouver	0Dec. 4, 1931	Bennett	26 Sep 1946
	Hugh Nelson	Liberal Conservatives	Barkerville	Dec 12, 1879	Macdonald	01st Mar 1887
	Richard Neufeld	conservative	Charlie Lake	0Jan. 2, 2009	Harper	0Nov 6, 2019
	John Lang Nichol	liberal	Lion's Gate	Feb. 24, 1966	Pearson	Apr 19, 1973
	Raymond Perrault	liberal	North Shore Burnaby	0Oct 5, 1973	P. Trudeau	0Feb 6, 2001
	Albert Planta	conservative	Nanaimo	June 26, 1917	Borden	Dec 11, 1935
	James Reid	Liberal Conservatives	Cariboo	0Oct 8, 1888	Macdonald	0May 3, 1904
	Thomas Reid	liberal	New Westminster	0Sep 7 1949	Saint-Laurent	Oct 14, 1967
	George Riley	liberal	Victoria	22 Mar 1906	Laurier	Jan. 19, 1916
	Lytton Shatford	conservative	Vancouver	June 26, 1917	Borden	0Nov 8, 1920
	Sydney John Smith	liberal	Kamloops	0Jan. 3, 1957	Saint-Laurent	Dec 31, 1968
	Gerry St. Germain	conservative	Langley-Pemberton-Whistler	June 23, 1993	Mulroney	0Nov 6, 2012
	James David Taylor	conservative	New Westminster	Oct 23, 1917	Borden	May 11, 1941
	William Templeman	liberal	New Westminster	Nov 18, 1897	Laurier	Feb 16, 1906
	James Gray Turgeon	liberal	Cariboo	Jan. 27, 1947	King	Feb 14, 1964
	George Van Rye	liberal	Vancouver Point Gray	0Nov 4, 1971	P. Trudeau	0June 8, 1992
	Guy Williams	liberal	Richmond	0Dec 9, 1970	P. Trudeau	0Oct 7, 1982

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
	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

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The party to which the senators last belonged is given.
2. ↑ ^{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.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Senators are appointed by the Governor General on the proposal of the Prime Minister.
4. ↑ Senators must resign after the age of 75.

Web links

• Current composition of the Senate
• Senators in the past