Senators
Canada’s 105 senators are men and women of accomplishment and experience. They are business people and scientists, judges and teachers, athletes, community leaders and senior civil servants who use their lifetimes of expertise to ensure Parliament acts in the best interests of Canadians.
Senators come from diverse ethnic, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds; they use the wisdom gleaned from their own experiences to give minorities a strong voice in Parliament.
Free to speak their minds and act on their consciences, senators play an essential role in Canada’s parliamentary democracy.
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Standings
GOVERNMENT
Legislative Deputy to the Government Representative in the Senate
Gagné, Raymonde
Non-affiliated - Manitoba
OPPOSITION
INDEPENDENT SENATORS GROUP (ISG)
CANADIAN SENATORS GROUP (CSG)
PROGRESSIVE SENATE GROUP (PSG)
CURRENT SENATORS
Anderson, Margaret Dawn
PSG - Northwest Territories
Arnot, David M.
ISG - Saskatchewan
Ataullahjan, Salma
C - Ontario (Toronto)
Audette, Michèle
ISG - Quebec (De Salaberry)
Batters, Denise
C - Saskatchewan
Bellemare, Diane
PSG - Quebec (Alma)
Bernard, Wanda Elaine Thomas
PSG - Nova Scotia (East Preston)
Black, Robert
CSG - Ontario
Boehm, Peter M.
ISG - Ontario
Boisvenu, Pierre-Hugues
C - Quebec (La Salle)
Boniface, Gwen
ISG - Ontario
Bovey, Patricia
PSG - Manitoba
Boyer, Yvonne
ISG - Ontario
Brazeau, Patrick
Non-affiliated - Quebec (Repentigny)
Busson, Bev
ISG - British Columbia
Campbell, Larry W.
CSG - British Columbia
Carignan, Claude, P.C.
C - Quebec (Mille Isles)
Christmas, Dan
ISG - Nova Scotia
Clement, Bernadette
ISG - Ontario
Cordy, Jane
PSG - Nova Scotia
Cormier, René
ISG - New Brunswick
Cotter, Brent
ISG - Saskatchewan
Coyle, Mary
ISG - Nova Scotia (Antigonish)
Dagenais, Jean-Guy
CSG - Quebec (Victoria)
Dalphond, Pierre J.
PSG - Quebec (De Lorimier)
Dasko, Donna
ISG - Ontario
Dawson, Dennis
PSG - Quebec (Lauzon)
Deacon, Colin
ISG - Nova Scotia
Deacon, Marty
ISG - Ontario (Waterloo Region)
Dean, Tony
ISG - Ontario
Downe, Percy E.
CSG - Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown)
Duncan, Pat
ISG - Yukon
Dupuis, Renée
ISG - Quebec (The Laurentides)
Forest, Éric
ISG - Quebec (Gulf)
Forest-Niesing, Josée
ISG - Ontario
Francis, Brian
PSG - Prince Edward Island
Furey, George J.
Non-affiliated - Newfoundland and Labrador
Gagné, Raymonde
Non-affiliated - Manitoba
Galvez, Rosa
ISG - Quebec (Bedford)
Gerba, Amina
PSG - Quebec (Rigaud)
Gignac, Clément
PSG - Quebec (Kennebec)
Gold, Marc, P.C.
Non-affiliated - Quebec (Stadacona)
Greene, Stephen
CSG - Nova Scotia (Halifax - The Citadel)
Griffin, Diane F.
CSG - Prince Edward Island
Harder, Peter, P.C.
PSG - Ontario
Hartling, Nancy J.
ISG - New Brunswick
Housakos, Leo
C - Quebec (Wellington)
Jaffer, Mobina S. B.
ISG - British Columbia
Klyne, Marty
PSG - Saskatchewan
Kutcher, Stan
ISG - Nova Scotia
LaBoucane-Benson, Patti
Non-affiliated - Alberta
Lankin, Frances, P.C.
ISG - Ontario
Loffreda, Tony
ISG - Quebec (Shawinegan)
Lovelace Nicholas, Sandra M.
PSG - New Brunswick
MacDonald, Michael L.
C - Nova Scotia (Cape Breton)
Manning, Fabian
C - Newfoundland and Labrador
Marshall, Elizabeth
C - Newfoundland and Labrador
Martin, Yonah
C - British Columbia
Marwah, Sabi
ISG - Ontario
Massicotte, Paul J.
ISG - Quebec (De Lanaudière)
McCallum, Mary Jane
ISG - Manitoba
McPhedran, Marilou
Non-affiliated - Manitoba
Mégie, Marie-Françoise
ISG - Quebec (Rougemont)
Mercer, Terry M.
PSG - Nova Scotia (Northend Halifax)
Miville-Dechêne, Julie
ISG - Quebec (Inkerman)
Mockler, Percy
C - New Brunswick
Moncion, Lucie
ISG - Ontario
Moodie, Rosemary
ISG - Ontario
Ngo, Thanh Hai
C - Ontario
Oh, Victor
C - Ontario (Mississauga)
Omidvar, Ratna
ISG - Ontario
Pate, Kim
ISG - Ontario
Patterson, Dennis Glen
C - Nunavut
Petitclerc, Chantal
ISG - Quebec (Grandville)
Plett, Donald Neil
C - Manitoba (Landmark)
Poirier, Rose-May
C - New Brunswick (Saint-Louis-de-Kent)
Quinn, Jim
CSG - New Brunswick
Ravalia, Mohamed-Iqbal
ISG - Newfoundland and Labrador
Richards, David
CSG - New Brunswick
Ringuette, Pierrette
ISG - New Brunswick
Saint-Germain, Raymonde
ISG - Quebec (De la Vallière)
Seidman, Judith G.
C - Quebec (De la Durantaye)
Simons, Paula
ISG - Alberta
Smith, Larry W.
C - Quebec (Saurel)
Sorensen, Karen
ISG - Alberta
Tannas, Scott
CSG - Alberta
Verner, Josée, P.C.
CSG - Quebec (Montarville)
Wallin, Pamela
CSG - Saskatchewan
Wells, David M.
C - Newfoundland and Labrador
Wetston, Howard
ISG - Ontario
White, Vernon
CSG - Ontario
Woo, Yuen Pau
ISG - British Columbia
Yussuff, Hassan
ISG - Ontario
STANDINGS IN THE SENATE
Party | Number | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Independent Senators Group | 43 | |
| Conservative Party of Canada | 18 | |
| Progressive Senate Group | 14 | |
| Canadian Senators Group | 12 | |
| Non-affiliated | 6 | |
| Vacant seats | 12 | Alberta (2), British Columbia (1), Manitoba (1), New Brunswick (2), Newfoundland and Labrador (1), Nova Scotia (1), Ontario (2), Prince Edward Island (1), Saskatchewan (1) |
| TOTAL | 105 |