List of Saskatchewan senators

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This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of Saskatchewan.

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Current senators

NamePartyDivision1Date appointedAppointed by2Mandatory retirement
  David Arnot Independent Senators Group SaskatchewanJuly 29, 2021 Trudeau April 16, 2027
  Denise Batters Conservative SaskatchewanJanuary 25, 2013 Harper June 18, 2045
  Marty Klyne Independent Senators Group SaskatchewanSeptember 27, 2018 Trudeau March 6, 2032
  Todd Lewis Independent Senators Group SaskatchewanFebruary 7, 2025 Trudeau
  Tracy Muggli Non-affiliatedSaskatchewanAugust 17, 2024 Trudeau September 18, 2040
  Pamela Wallin Canadian Senators Group SaskatchewanJanuary 18, 2009 Harper April 10, 2028


Notes:

1 Senators are appointed to represent Saskatchewan. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Saskatchewan as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.

Historical senators

NamePartyDivision1Date appointedAppointed by2End of term
  Hazen Argue Liberal ReginaFebruary 24, 1966 Pearson October 2, 2002
  Walter Aseltine Progressive Conservative RosetownDecember 30, 1933 Bennett March 31, 1971
  James Balfour Progressive Conservative ReginaSeptember 13, 1979 Clark December 12, 1999
  Staff Barootes Progressive Conservative Regina-Qu'AppelleDecember 21, 1984 Mulroney May 25, 1993
  Eric Berntson 3 Progressive Conservative SaskatchewanSeptember 27, 1990 Mulroney February 27, 2001
  William Albert Boucher Liberal Prince AlbertJanuary 3, 1957 St. Laurent June 23, 1976
  Sidney Buckwold Liberal SaskatoonNovember 4, 1971 Trudeau, P. E. November 3, 1991
  James Calder Conservative Moose JawSeptember 22, 1921 Meighen July 20, 1956
  Brent Cotter Independent Senators Group SaskatchewanJanuary 31, 2020 J. Trudeau December 18, 2024
  Thomas Davis Liberal Prince Albert4September 30, 1904 Laurier January 23, 1917
  James Moffat Douglas Independent LiberalTantallonMarch 8, 1906 Laurier August 19, 1920
  Archibald Beaton Gillis Conservative SaskatchewanOctober 17, 1921 Meighen January 18, 1940
  Lenard Gustafson Conservative SaskatchewanMay 26, 1993 Mulroney November 10, 2008
  John Hnatyshyn Progressive Conservative SaskatoonJanuary 15, 1959 Diefenbaker May 2, 1967
  Ralph Horner Progressive Conservative Saskatchewan NorthDecember 30, 1933 Bennett December 14, 1964
  John Frederick Johnston Liberal Central SaskatchewanOctober 5, 1943 King May 9, 1948
  Henry Laird Conservative ReginaJanuary 31, 1917 Borden September 30, 1940
  Arthur Marcotte Conservative PonteixJuly 6, 1931 Bennett August 18, 1958
  Alexander Hamilton McDonald Liberal MoosiminAugust 13, 1965 Pearson March 31, 1980
  Pana Merchant Liberal SaskatchewanDecember 12, 2002 Chrétien March 31, 2017
  Arthur Maurice Pearson Progressive Conservative LumsdenOctober 12, 1957 Diefenbaker March 31, 1971
  William Dell Perley Conservative Wolseley4August 3, 1888 Macdonald July 15, 1909
  Robert Peterson Liberal SaskatchewanMarch 24, 2005 Martin October 19, 2012
  Joseph Benjamin Prince Liberal SaskatchewanJuly 29, 1909 Laurier October 26, 1920
  James Hamilton Ross Liberal Regina4September 30, 1904 Laurier December 14, 1932
  Herbert O. Sparrow Liberal SaskatchewanFebruary 9, 1968 Pearson January 4, 2005
  David Steuart Liberal Prince Albert-Duck LakeDecember 9, 1976 Trudeau, P. E. January 26, 1991
  John Stevenson Liberal Prince AlbertJanuary 29, 1940 King September 21, 1956
  David Tkachuk Conservative SaskatchewanJune 8, 1993 Mulroney February 18, 2020
  John Gillanders Turriff Liberal AssiniboiaSeptember 23, 1918 Borden November 10, 1930
  Jack Wiebe Liberal SaskatchewanApril 7, 2000 Chrétien January 31, 2004
  Wellington Willoughby Conservative Moose JawOctober 23, 1917 Borden August 1, 1932
  Thomas Harold Wood Liberal ReginaJanuary 25, 1949 St. Laurent November 26, 1965

Notes:

1 Senators are appointed to represent Saskatchewan. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Saskatchewan as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the governor general 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. For the Western provinces, one designated a division in Saskatchewan and the other in Manitoba. The expansion includes two seats each for the Western provinces, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
4 These three senators held their respective territorial designations from there appointment until August 31, 1905, as senators from the Northwest Territories. From September 1, they held those designations as senators from the newly established Saskatchewan.

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