List of Saskatchewan senators explained

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

Current senators

NamePartyDivision1Date appointedAppointed by2Mandatory retirementDavid ArnotIndependent Senators GroupSaskatchewanTrudeauDenise BattersConservativeSaskatchewanHarperBrent CotterIndependent Senators GroupSaskatchewanTrudeauMarty KlyneIndependent Senators GroupSaskatchewanTrudeauNon-affiliatedSaskatchewanJ. TrudeauPamela WallinCanadian Senators GroupSaskatchewanHarper

Notes:

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

Historical senators

NamePartyDivision1Date appointedAppointed by2End of termHazen ArgueLiberalReginaPearsonWalter AseltineProgressive ConservativeRosetownBennettJames BalfourProgressive ConservativeReginaClarkStaff BarootesProgressive ConservativeRegina-Qu'AppelleMulroneyEric Berntson3Progressive ConservativeSaskatchewanMulroneyWilliam Albert BoucherLiberalPrince AlbertSt. LaurentSidney BuckwoldLiberalSaskatoonTrudeau, P. E.James CalderConservativeMoose JawMeighenThomas DavisLiberalPrince Albert4LaurierJames Moffat DouglasIndependent LiberalTantallonLaurierArchibald Beaton GillisConservativeSaskatchewanMeighenLenard GustafsonConservativeSaskatchewanMulroneyJohn HnatyshynProgressive ConservativeSaskatoonDiefenbakerRalph HornerProgressive ConservativeSaskatchewan NorthBennettJohn Frederick JohnstonLiberalCentral SaskatchewanKingHenry LairdConservativeReginaBordenArthur MarcotteConservativePonteixBennettAlexander Hamilton McDonaldLiberalMoosiminPearsonPana MerchantLiberalSaskatchewanChrétienArthur Maurice PearsonProgressive ConservativeLumsdenDiefenbakerWilliam Dell PerleyConservativeWolseley4MacdonaldRobert PetersonLiberalSaskatchewanMartinJoseph Benjamin PrinceLiberalSaskatchewanLaurierJames Hamilton RossLiberalRegina4LaurierHerbert O. SparrowLiberalSaskatchewanPearsonDavid SteuartLiberalPrince Albert-Duck LakeTrudeau, P. E.John StevensonLiberalPrince AlbertKingDavid TkachukConservativeSaskatchewanMulroneyJohn Gillanders TurriffLiberalAssiniboiaBordenJack WiebeLiberalSaskatchewanChrétienWellington WilloughbyConservativeMoose JawBordenThomas Harold WoodLiberalReginaSt. Laurent
Notes:

1 Senators are appointed to represent Saskatchewan. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Saskatchewan as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.
3 Two senators were appointed under a rarely used regional expansion clause by Brian Mulroney that increased the Senate seats from 104 to 112 on September 27, 1990. For the Western provinces, one designated a division in Saskatchewan and the other in Manitoba. The expansion includes two seats each for the Western provinces, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
4 These three senators held their respective territorial designations from there appointment until August 31, 1905, as senators from the Northwest Territories. From September 1, they held those designations as senators from the newly established Saskatchewan.

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