List of senators in the 39th Parliament of Canada

This is a list of members of the Canadian Senate in the 39th Parliament of Canada.

At dissolution on September 7, 2008 there were 15 vacancies in the Senate: three each in British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Quebec; two in Ontario; and each one in Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Yukon.^[1] The resignation of Michael Fortier on September 7, 2008 subsequently created a 16th vacancy (4th in Quebec) on September 8.

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.

Names in bold indicate senators that served in the 28th Canadian Ministry.^[2]

List of senators

Senators at the beginning of the 39th Parliament

	Name	Party	Province (Division)	Date appointed	Appointed by	Left office	Reason
	Willie Adams	Liberal	Nunavut	April 5, 1977	Trudeau	incumbent
	Raynell Andreychuk	Conservative	Saskatchewan	March 11, 1993	Mulroney	incumbent
	W. David Angus	Conservative	Québec (Alma)	June 10, 1993	Mulroney	incumbent
	Norman Atkins	Progressive Conservative	Ontario (Markham)	July 2, 1986	Mulroney	incumbent
	Jack Austin	Liberal	British Columbia (Vancouver South)	August 19, 1975	Trudeau	March 2, 2007	Retirement
	Lise Bacon	Liberal	Québec (De la Durantaye)	September 15, 1994	Chrétien	incumbent
	George Baker	Liberal	Newfoundland and Labrador	March 26, 2002	Chrétien	incumbent
	Tommy Banks	Liberal	Alberta (Edmonton)	April 7, 2000	Chrétien	incumbent
	Marisa Ferretti Barth	Liberal	Québec (Repentigny)	September 23, 1997	Chrétien	April 28, 2006	Retirement
	Michel Biron	Liberal	Québec (Mille Isles)	October 4, 2001	Chrétien	incumbent
	John G. Bryden	Liberal	New Brunswick	November 23, 1994	Chrétien	incumbent
	John MacLellan Buchanan	Conservative	Nova Scotia (Halifax)	September 12, 1990	Mulroney	April 22, 2006	Retirement
	Catherine Callbeck	Liberal	Prince Edward Island	September 23, 1997	Chrétien	incumbent
	Larry Campbell	Liberal	British Columbia (Vancouver)	August 2, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Patricia Carney	Conservative	British Columbia	August 30, 1990	Mulroney	January 31, 2008	Resignation
	Sharon Carstairs	Liberal	Manitoba	September 15, 1994	Chrétien	incumbent
	Andrée Champagne	Conservative	Quebec (Grandville)	August 2, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Maria Chaput	Liberal	Manitoba	December 12, 2002	Chrétien	incumbent
	Ione Jean Christensen	Liberal	Yukon	September 2, 1999	Chrétien	December 31, 2006	Resignation
	Ethel M. Cochrane	Conservative	Newfoundland and Labrador	November 17, 1986	Mulroney	incumbent
	Gerald J. Comeau	Conservative	Nova Scotia	August 30, 1990	Mulroney	incumbent
	Joan Cook	Liberal	Newfoundland and Labrador	March 6, 1998	Chrétien	incumbent
	Anne Claire Cools	Conservative	Ontario (Toronto-Centre-York)	January 13, 1984	Trudeau	incumbent
	Eymard Georges Corbin	Liberal	New Brunswick (Grand-Sault)	July 9, 1984	Turner	incumbent
	Jane Marie Cordy	Liberal	Nova Scotia	June 9, 2000	Chrétien	incumbent
	Jim Cowan	Liberal	Nova Scotia (Halifax)	March 24, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Roméo Dallaire	Liberal	Quebec (Gulf)	March 24, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Dennis Dawson	Liberal	Quebec (Lauzon)	August 2, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Joseph A. Day	Liberal	New Brunswick (Saint John-Kennebecasis)	October 4, 2001	Chrétien	incumbent
	Pierre De Bané	Liberal	Québec (De la Vallière)	June 29, 1984	Trudeau	incumbent
	Consiglio Di Nino	Conservative	Ontario	August 30, 1990	Mulroney	incumbent
	Percy Downe	Liberal	Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown)	June 26, 2003	Chrétien	incumbent
	Lillian Dyck	New Democratic Party	Saskatchewan (North Battleford)	March 24, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Art Eggleton	Liberal	Ontario (Toronto)	March 24, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	John Trevor Eyton	Conservative	Ontario	September 23, 1990	Mulroney	incumbent
	Joyce Fairbairn	Liberal	Alberta (Lethbridge)	June 29, 1984	Trudeau	incumbent
	D. Ross Fitzpatrick	Liberal	British Columbia (Okanagan-Similkameen)	March 6, 1998	Chrétien	February 4, 2008	Retirement
	Michael Forrestall	Conservative	Nova Scotia (Dartmouth/Eastern Shore)	September 27, 1990	Mulroney	June 8, 2006	Death
	Francis Fox	Liberal	Québec (Rigaud)	August 29, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Joan Fraser	Liberal	Québec (De Lorimier)	September 17, 1998	Chrétien	incumbent
	George Furey	Liberal	Newfoundland and Labrador	August 11, 1999	Chrétien	incumbent
	Aurélien Gill	Liberal	Québec (Wellington)	September 17, 1998	Chrétien	August 26, 2008	Retirement
	Yoine Goldstein	Liberal	Québec (Rigaud)	August 29, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Jerry Grafstein	Liberal	Ontario (Metro Toronto)	January 13, 1984	Trudeau	incumbent
	Leonard Joe Gustafson	Conservative	Saskatchewan	May 26, 1993	Mulroney	incumbent
	Mac Harb	Liberal	Ontario	September 9, 2003	Chrétien	incumbent
	Daniel Philip Hays^3	Liberal	Alberta (Calgary)	June 29, 1984	Trudeau	June 30, 2007	Resignation
	Céline Hervieux-Payette^4	Liberal	Québec (Bedford)	March 21, 1995	Chrétien	incumbent
	Libbe Hubley	Liberal	Prince Edward Island	March 8, 2001	Chrétien	incumbent
	Mobina Jaffer	Liberal	British Columbia	June 13, 2001	Chrétien	incumbent
	Janis Gudrun Johnson	Conservative	Manitoba (Winnipeg - Interlake)	September 27, 1990	Mulroney	incumbent
	Serge Joyal	Liberal	Québec (Kennebec)	November 26, 1997	Chrétien	incumbent
	Colin Kenny	Liberal	Ontario (Rideau)	June 29, 1984	Trudeau	incumbent
	Wilbert Joseph Keon	Conservative	Ontario (Ottawa)	September 27, 1990	Mulroney	incumbent
	Noël A. Kinsella	Conservative	New Brunswick (Fredericton-York-Sunbury)	September 12, 1990	Mulroney	November 27, 2014	Retirement
	Michael J. L. Kirby	Liberal	Nova Scotia (South Shore)	January 13, 1984	Trudeau	October 31, 2006	Resignation
	Jean Lapointe	Liberal	Québec (Saurel)	June 13, 2001	Chrétien	incumbent
	Raymond Lavigne	Liberal	Québec (Montarville)	March 26, 2002	Chrétien	incumbent
	Marjory LeBreton	Conservative	Ontario	June 18, 1993	Mulroney	incumbent
	Rose-Marie Losier-Cool	Liberal	New Brunswick (Tracadie)	March 21, 1995	Chrétien	incumbent
	Sandra Lovelace Nicholas	Liberal	New Brunswick	September 21, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Shirley Maheu	Liberal	Québec (Rougemont)	February 1, 1996	Chrétien	February 1, 2006	Death
	Francis William Mahovlich	Liberal	Ontario	June 11, 1998	Chrétien	incumbent
	Paul J. Massicotte	Liberal	Québec (De Lanaudière)	June 26, 2003	Chrétien	incumbent
	Elaine McCoy	Progressive Conservative	Alberta (Calgary)	March 24, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Michael Arthur Meighen	Conservative	Ontario (St. Marys)	September 27, 1990	Mulroney	February 6, 2012	Resignation
	Terry M. Mercer	Liberal	Nova Scotia (Northend Halifax)	November 7, 2003	Chrétien	incumbent
	Pana Merchant	Liberal	Saskatchewan	December 12, 2002	Chrétien	incumbent
	Lorna Ann Milne	Liberal	Ontario (Peel County)	September 22, 1995	Chrétien	incumbent
	Grant Mitchell	Liberal	Alberta (Edmonton)	March 24, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Wilfred P. Moore	Liberal	Nova Scotia (Stanhope St./Bluenose)	September 26, 1996	Chrétien	incumbent
	Jim Munson	Liberal	Ontario (Ottawa/Rideau Canal)	December 10, 2003	Chrétien	incumbent
	Lowell Murray	Progressive Conservative	Ontario (Pakenham)	September 13, 1979	Clark	incumbent
	Pierre Claude Nolin	Conservative	Québec (De Salaberry)	June 18, 1993	Mulroney	incumbent
	Donald H. Oliver	Conservative	Nova Scotia	September 7, 1990	Mulroney	incumbent
	Lucie Pépin	Liberal	Québec (Shawinigan)	April 8, 1997	Chrétien	incumbent
	Robert Peterson	Liberal	Saskatchewan (Regina)	March 24, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Gerard Phalen	Liberal	Nova Scotia	October 4, 2001	Chrétien	incumbent
	Peter Michael Pitfield	Independent	Ontario (Ottawa-Vanier)	December 22, 1982	Trudeau	incumbent
	Madeleine Plamondon	Independent	Québec (The Laurentides)	September 9, 2003	Chrétien	September 21, 2006	Retirement
	Marie-Paule Poulin	Liberal	Ontario	September 22, 1995	Chrétien	incumbent
	Vivienne Poy	Liberal	Ontario (Toronto)	September 17, 1998	Chrétien	incumbent
	Marcel Prud'homme	Independent	Québec (La Salle)	May 26, 1993	Mulroney	incumbent
	Pierrette Ringuette	Liberal	New Brunswick	December 12, 2002	Chrétien	incumbent
	Jean-Claude Rivest	Independent	Québec (Stadacona)	March 11, 1993	Mulroney	incumbent
	Fernand Robichaud	Liberal	New Brunswick (Saint Louis de Kent)	September 23, 1997	Chrétien	December 2, 2014	Retirement
	William H. Rompkey	Liberal	Newfoundland and Labrador (North West River)	September 22, 1995	Chrétien	incumbent
	Nancy Ruth	Progressive Conservative	Ontario (Toronto)	March 24, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Hugh Segal	Conservative	Ontario (Kingston)	August 2, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	Nick Sibbeston	Liberal	Northwest Territories	September 2, 1999	Chrétien	incumbent
	David Paul Smith	Liberal	Ontario (Cobourg)	June 25, 2002	Chrétien	incumbent
	Mira Spivak	Independent	Manitoba (Manitoba)	November 17, 1986	Mulroney	incumbent
	Gerry St. Germain	Conservative	British Columbia (Langley-Pemberton-Whistler)	June 23, 1993	Mulroney	incumbent
	Peter Alan Stollery	Liberal	Ontario (Bloor & Yonge/Toronto)	July 2, 1981	Trudeau	incumbent
	Terrance Richard Stratton	Conservative	Manitoba (Red River)	March 25, 1993	Mulroney	incumbent
	Claudette Tardif	Liberal	Alberta (Edmonton)	March 24, 2005	Martin	incumbent
	David Tkachuk	Conservative	Saskatchewan	June 8, 1993	Mulroney	incumbent
	Marilyn Trenholme Counsell	Liberal	New Brunswick	September 9, 2003	Chrétien	incumbent
	Charlie Watt	Liberal	Québec (Inkerman)	January 16, 1984	Trudeau	incumbent
	Rod Zimmer	Liberal	Manitoba (Winnipeg)	August 2, 2005	Martin	incumbent

Senators appointed during the 39th Parliament

[3]	Name	Party	Province (Division)	Date appointed	Appointed by	On the Advice of	Left office	Reason
	Bert Brown^6	Conservative	Alberta	July 10, 2007	Jean	Harper	incumbent
	Michael Fortier^7	Conservative	Quebec (Rougemont)	February 27, 2006	Jean	Harper	September 8, 2008	resigned

• Senators in bold were cabinet ministers during the 39th Parliament

³ Senator Hays served as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate until 18 January 2007.

⁴ Senator Hervieux-Payette was appointed as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate on 18 January 2007.

⁶ Appointed from the list of elected Senators in waiting.

⁷ Appointed after the election but prior to the official start of the 39th Parliament.

Left Senate during the 39th Parliament

	Date	Name	Party	Province	Details
	February 1, 2006	Shirley Maheu^1	Liberal	Quebec	Died
	April 22, 2006	John Buchanan	Conservative	Nova Scotia	Reached mandatory retirement age of 75
	April 28, 2006	Marisa Ferretti Barth	Liberal	Quebec	Reached mandatory retirement age of 75
	June 8, 2006	Michael Forrestall	Conservative	Nova Scotia	Died
	September 21, 2006	Madeleine Plamondon	Independent	Quebec	Reached mandatory retirement age of 75
	October 31, 2006	Michael Kirby	Liberal	Nova Scotia	Resigned to move on to new challenges
	December 31, 2006	Ione Jean Christensen	Liberal	Yukon	Resigned to assist her ailing husband
	March 2, 2007	Jack Austin	Liberal	British Columbia	Reached mandatory retirement age of 75
	June 30, 2007	Daniel Philip Hays	Liberal	Alberta	Resigned
	January 31, 2008	Pat Carney	Conservative	British Columbia	Resigned
	February 4, 2008	Ross Fitzpatrick	Liberal	British Columbia	Reached mandatory retirement age of 75
	August 26, 2008	Aurelien Gill	Liberal	Quebec	Reached mandatory retirement age of 75
	September 8, 2008	Michael Fortier	Conservative	Quebec	Resigned to run in 2008 election.

¹ Died after the election but prior to the official start of the 39th Parliament.

Changes in party affiliation during the 39th Parliament

	Date	Name	Party (subsequent)	Party (previous)	Details
	March 29, 2006	Nancy Ruth^1	Conservative	Progressive Conservative	Appointed after the two parties merged, she originally listed her affiliation as Progressive Conservative
	June 8, 2006	Raymond Lavigne	Liberal without caucus	Liberal	Suspended from the caucus for allegedly spending Senate funds for personal use.[4] After being remove he continued to sit as a Liberal without caucus.[5]
	October 31, 2006	Lillian Dyck	Independent NDP	New Democrat	Dyck originally listed her official affiliation as NDP, but when this was not recognized by the party she changed her affiliation
	June 22, 2007	Anne Cools	Conservative without caucus	Conservative	Removed from caucus for speaking out against the budget[6]
	December 13, 2007	Anne Cools	Non-aligned	Conservative without caucus	Changed to non-aligned in the standings[6]

¹ Changed after the election but prior to the official start of the 39th Parliament.

Party standings since election

The party standings have changed as follows since the election preceding the 39th Parliament:

Number of members per party by date[7]		2006										2007					2008
		Jan 23	Feb 1	Feb 27	Mar 29	Apr 22	Apr 28	Jun 8	Sep 21	Oct 31	Dec 31	Mar 2	Jun 22	Jun 30	Jul 10	Dec 13	Jan 31	Feb 4	Aug 26	Sep 8
	Liberal	67	66				65	64		63	62	61		60				59	58
	Conservative	23		24	25	24		23					22		23		22			21
	Independent	5							4
	Progressive Conservative	4			3
	NDP	1								0
	Independent NDP	0								1
	Non-aligned	0														1
	Conservative without caucus	0											1			0
	Liberal without caucus	0						1
	vacant	5	6	5		6	7	8	9	10	11	12		13	12		13	14	15	16

See also

• List of House members of the 39th Parliament of Canada
• Women in the 39th Canadian Parliament
• List of current Canadian senators

References

1. "Parliament of Canada. Party Standings (1974 to Date)".
2. "Senators members of the Ministry". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
3. "Senators: 40th Parliament of Canada". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
4. "Liberal Senator Lavigne kicked out of caucus". CTV News. June 9, 2008.
5. "Raymond Lavigne federal political experience". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
6. "Anne Cools Federal Political Experience". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
7. "Party Standings in the Senate". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2007-08-18.

• Government of Canada. "39th Parliament". Senators: 1867 to Date: By Parliament. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
• Government of Canada. "The Canadian Ministry in order of precedence (Current)". Canadian Ministry (Cabinet). Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2006-12-01.
• Government of Canada. "The Canadian Ministry in order of precedence (September 2001 to date)". Canadian Ministry (Cabinet). Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2006-12-01.