List of New Brunswick senators explained

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

During the Quebec Conference of 1864, New Brunswick was guaranteed 10 Senate seats, but because Prince Edward Island stalled for equal representation in the upper house, New Brunswick was awarded two of Prince Edward Island's Senate seats until 1873 when Prince Edward Island gave in and joined confederation New Brunswick dropped to 10 seats. New Brunswick kept 12 seats until the first two senators ended their term after 1873, they were not replaced.

Current senators

align=left class="unsortable"		Name	Party	Division^1	Date appointed	Appointed by^2	Mandatory retirement	Jim Quinn	Canadian Senators Group	New Brunswick		Trudeau, J.		René Cormier	Independent Senators Group	New Brunswick		Trudeau, J.		Nancy Hartling	Independent Senators Group	New Brunswick		Martin		John McNair		New Brunswick		Trudeau, J.		Victor Boudreau	Non-affiliated	New Brunswick		Trudeau, J.		Rose-May Poirier	Conservative	Saint-Louis-de-Kent		Harper		David Adams Richards	Non-affiliated	New Brunswick		Trudeau, J.		Pierrette Ringuette	Independent Senators Group	New Brunswick		Chrétien		Krista Ann Ross		New Brunswick		Trudeau, J.

Notes:

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

Historical

align=left class="unsortable"		Name	Party	Division^1	Date appointed	Appointed by^2	End of term	Michael Adams	Conservative	Northumberland		Bowell		Margaret Jean Anderson	Liberal	Northumberland-Miramichi		Trudeau, P. E.		George Thomas Baird	Conservative	Victoria		Bowell		Frank Black	Conservative	Westmorland		Meighen		Amos Botsford	Conservative	New Brunswick		Royal Proclamation		Thomas-Jean Bourque	Conservative	Richibucto		Borden		John Boyd	Liberal-Conservative	Saint John		MacDonald		Alfred Johnson Brooks	Progressive Conservative	Royal		Diefenbaker		John Bryden	Liberal	New Brunswick		Chrétien		George Burchill	Liberal	Northumberland-Miramichi		King		Kennedy Burns	Liberal	New Brunswick		Thompson		Charles Burpee	Liberal	New Brunswick		Laurier		Erminie Cohen	Progressive Conservative	Saint John		Mulroney		Arthur Copp	Liberal	Westmorland		King		Eymard Corbin	Liberal	Grand-Sault		Turner		John Costigan	Liberal	Victoria		Laurier		Joseph Day	Liberal	Saint John-Kennebecasis		Chrétien		John Waterhouse Daniel	Conservative	Saint John City		Bordon		James Dever	Liberal	Saint John		MacDonald		Mabel DeWare	Progressive Conservative	Moncton		Mulroney		James Domville	Liberal	Rothesay		Laurier		J.J. Hayes Doone	Liberal	Charlotte		St. Laurent		John Ellis	Liberal	Saint John		Laurier		Clarence Emerson	Progressive Conservative	Saint John-Albert		Diefenbaker		Henry Emmerson	Liberal	Dorchester		St. Laurent		John Ferguson	Conservative	Bathurst		Royal Proclamation		Muriel McQueen Fergusson	Liberal	Fredericton		St. Laurent		Walter Edward Foster	Liberal	Saint John		King		Edgar Fournier	Progressive Conservative	Madawaska-Restigouche		Diefenbaker		J. Michel Fournier	Liberal	Restigouche-Gloucester		Trudeau, P. E.		George Fowler	Conservative	Kings and Albert		Borden		Arthur Gillmor	Liberal	New Brunswick		Laurier		Daniel Gillmor	Liberal	St. George		Laurier		John Glasier	Liberal	Sunbury		MacDonald		Richard Hatfield	Progressive Conservative	New Brunswick		Mulroney		Robert Leonard Hazen	Conservative	New Brunswick		Royal Proclamation		George Burpee Jones	Conservative	New Brunswick		Bennett		Judith Keating	Independent Senators Group	New Brunswick		Trudeau, J.		George King	Liberal	Queen's		Laurier		Noël Kinsella	Conservative	Fredericton-York-Sunbury		Mulroney		Joseph Landry	Liberal	Village of Cap-Pelé		Chrétien		Roméo LeBlanc	Liberal	Beauséjour		Trudeau, P. E.		Antoine Joseph Léger	Conservative	L'Acadie		Bennett		Aurel Léger	Liberal	Kent		St. Laurent		Viola Léger	Liberal	L'Acadie		Chrétien		James Lewin	Liberal	Saint John (Lancaster)		Mackenzie		Rose-Marie Losier-Cool	Liberal	Tracadie		Chrétien		Abner Reid McClelan	Liberal	New Brunswick		Royal Proclamation		John Anthony McDonald	Independent	Shediac		Meighen		Charles McElman	Liberal	Nashwaak Valley		Pearson		Frederic McGrand	Liberal	Sunbury		St. Laurent			Conservative	New Brunswick		Harper		Alexander Neil McLean	Liberal	Southern New Brunswick		King		Donald A. McLean	Liberal	Charlotte County		Pearson		Peter McSweeney	Liberal	Northumberland		Laurier		Hervé Michaud	Liberal	Kent		Pearson		Peter Mitchell	Liberal	New Brunswick		Royal Proclamation		Percy Mockler	Conservative	New Brunswick		Harper		William Muirhead	Liberal	Chatham		MacDonald		William Hunter Odell	Conservative	Rockwood		Royal Proclamation		Frederick William Pirie	Liberal	Victoria-Carleton		King		Pascal Poirier	Liberal-Conservative	L'Acadie		MacDonald		Nelson Rattenbury	Liberal	Saint John		Pearson		Daniel Riley	Liberal	Saint John		Trudeau, P. E.		Brenda Robertson	Progressive Conservative	Riverview		Mulroney		John Robertson	Liberal	New Brunswick		Royal Proclamation		Fernand Robichaud	Liberal	Saint-Louis-de-Kent New Brunswick^3		Chrétien		Hédard-J. Robichaud	Liberal	Gloucester		Trudeau, P. E.		Louis Robichaud	Liberal	L'Acadie-Acadia		Trudeau, P. E.		Clifford Robinson	Liberal	Moncton		King		Calixte Savoie	Independent Liberal	L'Acadie		St. Laurent		Cyril Sherwood	Progressive Conservative	Royal		Clark		Jean-Maurice Simard	Progressive Conservative	Edmundston		Mulroney		Benjamin Franklin Smith	Conservative	Victoria-Carleton		Bennett		Jabez Bunting Snowball	Liberal	Chatham		MacDonald		William Steeves	Liberal	New Brunswick		Royal Proclamation		Carolyn Stewart-Olsen	Conservative	New Brunswick		Harper		Austin C. Taylor	Liberal	Westmorland		St. Laurent		Nancy Teed	Progressive Conservative	Saint John		Mulroney		Thomas Temple	Conservative	York		Bowell		Norbert Thériault	Liberal	Baie-du-Vin		Trudeau, P. E.		Frederick Thompson	Liberal	Fredericton		Laurier		William Henry Thorne	Conservative	Saint John		Borden		Irving Randall Todd	Conservative	Milltown		Borden		Marilyn Trenholme Counsell	Liberal	New Brunswick		Chrétien		Onésiphore Turgeon	Liberal	Gloucester		King		Clarence Joseph Veniot	Liberal	Gloucester		King		John D. Wallace	No Affiliation ^[1]	New Brunswick		Harper		David Wark	Liberal	Fredericton		Royal Proclamation		Robert Wilmot	Conservative	New Brunswick		Royal Proclamation		Josiah Wood	Conservative	Westmorland		Bowell

Notes:

¹ Senators are appointed to represent New Brunswick. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within New Brunswick as his or her division.
² Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.³ Division designated as Saint-Louis-de-Kent from to and New Brunswick from to the present.

Maritimes regional senators

Senators listed were appointed to represent the Maritimes under section 26 of the Constitution Act. This clause has only been used once before to appoint two extra senators to represent four regional Senate divisions: Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes and the Western Provinces.

As vacancies open up among the normal members of the Senate, they are automatically filled by the regional senators. Regional senators may also designate themselves to a senate division in any province of their choosing in their region.

align=left class="unsortable"		Name	Party^1	Division^2	Date appointed	Appointed by^3	Date shifted to provincial	Province shifted to	Provincial seat vacated by	End of term	Michael Forrestall	Conservative	Dartmouth/Eastern Shore, NS		Mulroney		Nova Scotia	Robert Muir		James W. Ross	Progressive Conservative	Maritimes divisional		Mulroney		New Brunswick	Richard Hatfield

Notes:

¹ Party listed was the last party of which the senator was a member.
² Senators are appointed to represent their region. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within their region as his or her division.
³ Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.

Declined Senate appointments

Only three people have ever declined a Senate appointment, two from New Brunswick and one from Quebec.

align=left class="unsortable"		Name	Party	Date appointed	Appointed by	William Todd	Conservative		Royal Proclamation	Edward Chandler	Liberal-Conservative		Royal Proclamation

See also

• Lists of Canadian senators

External links

• Current Senators List Parliament Website
• A Legislative and Historical Overview of the Senate

Notes and References

1. Previously was an independent senator but political affiliation was reclassified by the Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration on June 12, 2016.