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Officers and Officials of Parliament Political Officers - Senate - Speakers
1867 to Date
The Speaker is appointed by the Governor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. The Speaker presides over the Senate Chamber, maintaining order and overseeing daily business.

NamePolitical Affiliation
during Tenure
Term (year)
Kinsella, Noël A. Conservative 2006 -
Hays, Daniel Liberal 2001 - 2006
Molgat, Gildas L. Liberal 1994 - 2001
LeBlanc, Roméo Liberal 1993 - 1994
Charbonneau, Guy Progressive Conservative 1984 - 1993
Riel, Maurice Liberal 1983 - 1984
Marchand, Jean Liberal 1980 - 1983
Grosart, Allister, H.G. Progressive Conservative 1979 - 1980
Lapointe, Louise Marguerite Renaude Liberal 1974 - 1979
Fergusson, Muriel McQueen First woman Speaker of the Senate. Liberal 1972 - 1974
Deschatelets, Jean-Paul Liberal 1968 - 1972
Smith, Sydney John Liberal 1966 - 1968
Bourget, Maurice Liberal 1963 - 1966
White, George Stanley Progressive Conservative 1962 - 1963
Drouin, Mark Robert Progressive Conservative 1957 - 1962
Robertson, Wishart McLea Liberal 1953 - 1957
Beauregard, Elie Liberal 1949 - 1953
King, James Horace Liberal 1945 - 1949
Vien, Thomas Liberal 1943 - 1945
Parent, Georges Liberal 1940 - 1942
Foster, Walter Edward Liberal 1936 - 1940
Blondin, Pierre Édouard Conservative (1867-1942) 1930 - 1936
Hardy, Arthur Charles Liberal 1930 - 1930
Bostock, Hewitt Liberal 1922 - 1930
Bolduc, Joseph Nationalist Conservative 1916 - 1922
Landry, Auguste-Charles-Philippe-Robert Conservative (1867-1942) 1911 - 1916
Kerr, James Kirkpatrick Liberal 1909 - 1911
Dandurand, Raoul Liberal 1905 - 1909
Power, Lawrence Geoffrey Liberal 1901 - 1905
Pelletier, Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Liberal 1896 - 1901
Ross, John Jones Conservative (1867-1942) 1891 - 1896
Lacoste, Alexandre Conservative (1867-1942) 1891 - 1891
Allan, George William Conservative (1867-1942) 1888 - 1891
Plumb, Josiah Burr Conservative (1867-1942) 1887 - 1888
Miller, William Liberal-Conservative 1883 - 1887
Macpherson, David Lewis Conservative (1867-1942) 1880 - 1883
Botsford, Amos Edwin Conservative (1867-1942) 1880 - 1880
Macpherson, David Lewis Conservative (1867-1942) 1880 - 1880
Wilmot, Robert Duncan Conservative (1867-1942) 1878 - 1880
Christie, David Liberal 1874 - 1878
Chauveau, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Conservative (1867-1942) 1873 - 1874
Cauchon, Joseph Édouard Independent Conservative 1872 - 1872
Botsford, Amos Edwin Conservative (1867-1942) 1872 - 1872
Cauchon, Joseph Édouard Independent Conservative 1869 - 1872
Ross, John Conservative (1867-1942) 1869 - 1869
Cauchon, Joseph Édouard Independent Conservative 1867 - 1869
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Updated on: 2007.01.15

Revised on: 2007.01.15

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