This is a list of members of the Senate of Canada in the 36th Parliament of Canada.
The province of Quebec has 24 Senate divisions which are constitutionally mandated. In all other provinces, a Senate division is strictly an optional designation of the senator's own choosing, and has no real constitutional or legal standing. A senator who does not choose a special senate division is designated a senator for the province at large. [1]
Names in bold indicate senators in the 26th Canadian Ministry. [2]
a Willie Adams represented the Northwest Territories until the creation of Nunavut in 1999 when he became the Senator for Nunavut. [4]
[5] | Name | Party | Province (Division) | Date appointed | Appointed by | Left office | Reason |
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Catherine Callbeck | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | July 25, 2014 | Retirement | |
Marisa Ferretti Barth | Liberal | Quebec | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | April 28, 2006 | Retirement | |
Fernand Robichaud | Liberal | New Brunswick | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | December 2, 2014 | Retirement | |
Peggy Butts | Liberal | Nova Scotia | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | August 15, 1999 | Retirement | |
Thelma Chalifoux | Liberal | Alberta | November 26, 1997 | Chrétien | February 8, 2004 | Retirement | |
Serge Joyal | Liberal | Quebec | November 26, 1997 | Chrétien | Incumbent | ||
Ross Fitzpatrick | Liberal | British Columbia | March 6, 1998 | Chrétien | February 4, 2008 | Retirement | |
Archibald Johnstone | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | March 6, 1998 | Chrétien | June 12, 1999 | Retirement | |
Joan Cook | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | March 6, 1998 | Chrétien | October 6, 2009 | Retirement | |
Marian Maloney | Liberal | Ontario | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | August 16, 1999 | Retirement | |
Frank Mahovlich | Liberal | Ontario | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | January 10, 2013 | Retirement | |
Calvin Ruck | Liberal | Nova Scotia | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | September 4, 2000 | Retirement | |
Richard Kroft | Liberal | Manitoba | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | September 24, 2004 | Resignation | |
Lois Miriam Wilson | Independent | Ontario | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | April 8, 2002 | Retirement | |
Aurélien Gill | Liberal | Quebec | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | August 26, 2008 | Retirement | |
Douglas Roche | Independent | Alberta | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | June 14, 2004 | Retirement | |
Joan Fraser | Liberal | Quebec | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | February 2, 2018 | Resignation | |
Vivienne Poy | Liberal | Ontario | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | September 17, 2012 | Resignation | |
George Furey | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | August 11, 1999 | Chrétien | May 12, 2023 | Retirement | |
Sheila Finestone | Liberal | Quebec | August 11, 1999 | Chrétien | January 28, 2002 | Retirement | |
Melvin Perry | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | August 11, 1999 | Chrétien | August 23, 2000 | Retirement | |
Ione Christensen | Liberal | Yukon | September 2, 1999 | Chrétien | December 31, 2006 | Resignation | |
Isobel Finnerty | Liberal | Ontario | September 2, 1999 | Chrétien | July 15, 2005 | Retirement | |
Nick Sibbeston | Liberal | Northwest Territories | September 2, 1999 | Chrétien | November 21, 2017 | Resignation | |
Bernie Boudreau | Liberal | Nova Scotia | October 4, 1999 | Chrétien | October 26, 2000 | Resignation | |
Jack Wiebe | Liberal | Saskatchewan | April 7, 2000 | Chrétien | January 31, 2004 | Resignation | |
Tommy Banks | Liberal | Alberta | April 7, 2000 | Chrétien | December 17, 2011 | Retirement | |
Jane Cordy | Liberal | Nova Scotia | June 9, 2000 | Chrétien | Incumbent | ||
Raymond Squires | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | June 9, 2000 | Chrétien | February 6, 2001 | Retirement | |
Raymond Setlakwe | Liberal | Quebec | June 20, 2000 | Chrétien | July 3, 2003 | Retirement | |
Betty Kennedy | Liberal | Ontario | June 20, 2000 | Chrétien | January 4, 2001 | Retirement |
[5] | Date | Name | Party (subsequent) | Party (previous) | Details |
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November 20, 1997 | Andy Thompson | Independent | Liberal | Expelled from the Liberal caucus [6] | |
June 30, 2000 | Gerry St. Germain | Independent Conservative | Progressive Conservative | ||
October 18, 2000 | Gerry St. Germain | Canadian Alliance | Independent Conservative |
Willie Adams is a Canadian Inuit politician who was a member of the Senate of Canada from 1977 to 2009.
The 36th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 22, 1997, until October 22, 2000. The membership was set by the 1997 federal election on June 2, 1997, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 2000 election.
Canadian Senate divisions refers to two aspects of the Senate of Canada. First, it refers to the division of Canada into four regional Senate divisions of 24 senators each, as set out in section 22 of the Constitution Act, 1867. The four regions are the Western Provinces, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. These regions are intended to serve the Senate's purpose of providing regional representation in the Parliament of Canada, in contrast to the popular representation that the House of Commons is intended to provide. While not within any of the original four Senate divisions, Senate seats are also allocated to Newfoundland and Labrador and the three territories. The four divisions can be expanded when the need arises to have an extra two senators appointed to each regional division.