List of senators in the 39th Parliament of Canada explained

This is a list of members of the Senate of Canada 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

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

Senators appointed during the 39th Parliament

align=left class="unsortable"	^[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		Retirement	Michael Fortier^7	Conservative	Quebec (Rougemont)	February 27, 2006	Jean	Harper		Resignation

• 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

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				colsnpa=1	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

• Web site: Government of Canada. Library of Parliament. Senators: 1867 to Date: By Parliament. 39th Parliament. 2007-04-19.
• Web site: Government of Canada. Library of Parliament. The Canadian Ministry in order of precedence (Current). Canadian Ministry (Cabinet). 2006-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20100409181034/http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainCabinetCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Current&Language=E. 2010-04-09. dead.
• Web site: Government of Canada. Library of Parliament. The Canadian Ministry in order of precedence (September 2001 to date). Canadian Ministry (Cabinet). 2006-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20071031024442/http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainCabinetCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Historical&Language=E. 2007-10-31. dead.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parliament of Canada. Party Standings (1974 to Date).
2. Web site: Parliament of Canada. Senators members of the Ministry. 2011-05-24.
3. Web site: Parliament of Canada. Senators: 40th Parliament of Canada. 2008-10-24.
4. News: Liberal Senator Lavigne kicked out of caucus. https://web.archive.org/web/20060611191540/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060608/misspent_funds_060608/20060608?hub=TopStories. dead. June 11, 2006. CTV News. June 9, 2008.
5. Web site: Raymond Lavigne federal political experience. 2008-10-24. Parliament of Canada.
6. Web site: Anne Cools Federal Political Experience . Parliament of Canada . 2007-08-18.
7. Web site: Party Standings in the Senate . Parliament of Canada . 2007-08-18.