List of senators in the 39th Parliament of Canada

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. 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.

List of senators

Senators at the beginning of the 39th Parliament NamePartyProvince (Division)Date appointedAppointed byLeft officeReasonWillie AdamsLiberalNunavutTrudeauRetirementRaynell AndreychukConservativeSaskatchewanMulroney RetirementW. David AngusConservativeQuébec (Alma)MulroneyRetirementNorman AtkinsProgressive ConservativeOntario (Markham)MulroneyRetirementJack Austin LiberalBritish Columbia (Vancouver South)TrudeauRetirementLise BaconLiberalQuébec (De la Durantaye)ChrétienRetirementGeorge BakerLiberalNewfoundland and LabradorChrétienRetirementTommy BanksLiberalAlberta (Edmonton)ChrétienRetirementMarisa Ferretti BarthLiberalQuébec (Repentigny)ChrétienRetirementMichel BironLiberalQuébec (Mille Isles)ChrétienRetirementJohn G. BrydenLiberalNew BrunswickChrétienResignationJohn MacLellan BuchananConservativeNova Scotia (Halifax)MulroneyRetirementCatherine CallbeckLiberalPrince Edward IslandChrétienRetirementLarry CampbellLiberalBritish Columbia (Vancouver)MartinIncumbentPatricia CarneyConservativeBritish ColumbiaMulroneyResignationSharon CarstairsLiberalManitobaChrétienResignationAndrée ChampagneConservativeQuebec (Grandville)MartinRetirementMaria ChaputLiberalManitobaChrétienResignationIone Jean ChristensenLiberalYukonChrétienResignationEthel M. CochraneConservativeNewfoundland and LabradorMulroneyRetirementGerald J. ComeauConservativeNova ScotiaMulroneyResignationJoan CookLiberalNewfoundland and LabradorChrétienRetirementAnne Claire CoolsConservativeOntario (Toronto-Centre-York)TrudeauRetirementEymard Georges CorbinLiberalNew Brunswick (Grand-Sault)TurnerRetirementJane Marie CordyLiberalNova ScotiaChrétienIncumbentJim CowanLiberalNova Scotia (Halifax)MartinRetirementRoméo DallaireLiberalQuebec (Gulf)MartinResignationDennis DawsonLiberalQuebec (Lauzon)MartinIncumbentJoseph A. DayLiberalNew Brunswick (Saint John-Kennebecasis)ChrétienIncumbentPierre de BanéLiberalQuébec (De la Vallière)TrudeauRetirementConsiglio Di NinoConservativeOntarioMulroneyResignationPercy DowneLiberalPrince Edward Island (Charlottetown)ChrétienIncumbentLillian DyckNew Democratic PartySaskatchewan (North Battleford)MartinIncumbentArt EggletonLiberalOntario (Toronto)MartinRetirementJohn Trevor EytonConservativeOntarioMulroneyRetirementJoyce FairbairnLiberalAlberta (Lethbridge)TrudeauResignationD. Ross FitzpatrickLiberalBritish Columbia (Okanagan-Similkameen)ChrétienRetirementMichael ForrestallConservativeNova Scotia (Dartmouth/Eastern Shore)MulroneyDeathFrancis FoxLiberalQuébec (Rigaud)MartinResignationJoan FraserLiberalQuébec (De Lorimier)ChrétienResignationGeorge FureyLiberalNewfoundland and LabradorChrétienRetirementAurélien GillLiberalQuébec (Wellington)ChrétienRetirementYoine GoldsteinLiberalQuébec (Rigaud)MartinRetirementJerry GrafsteinLiberalOntario (Metro Toronto)TrudeauRetirementLenard Joe GustafsonConservativeSaskatchewanMulroneyRetirementMac HarbLiberalOntarioChrétienResignationDaniel Philip Hays3LiberalAlberta (Calgary)TrudeauResignationCéline Hervieux-Payette4LiberalQuébec (Bedford)ChrétienRetirementLibbe HubleyLiberalPrince Edward IslandChrétienRetirementMobina JafferLiberalBritish ColumbiaChrétienIncumbentJanis Gudrun JohnsonConservativeManitoba (Winnipeg - Interlake)MulroneyResignationSerge JoyalLiberalQuébec (Kennebec)ChrétienIncumbentColin KennyLiberalOntario (Rideau)TrudeauResignationWilbert Joseph KeonConservativeOntario (Ottawa)MulroneyRetirementNoël A. Kinsella ConservativeNew Brunswick (Fredericton-York-Sunbury)MulroneyRetirementMichael J. L. KirbyLiberalNova Scotia (South Shore)TrudeauResignationJean LapointeLiberalQuébec (Saurel)ChrétienRetirementRaymond LavigneLiberalQuébec (Montarville)ChrétienResignationMarjory LeBretonConservativeOntarioMulroneyRetirementRose-Marie Losier-CoolLiberalNew Brunswick (Tracadie)ChrétienRetirementSandra Lovelace NicholasLiberalNew BrunswickMartinIncumbentShirley MaheuLiberalQuébec (Rougemont)ChrétienDeathFrancis William MahovlichLiberalOntarioChrétienRetirementPaul J. MassicotteLiberalQuébec (De Lanaudière)ChrétienIncumbentElaine McCoyProgressive ConservativeAlberta (Calgary)MartinIncumbentMichael Arthur MeighenConservativeOntario (St. Marys)MulroneyResignationTerry M. MercerLiberalNova Scotia (Northend Halifax)ChrétienIncumbentPana MerchantLiberalSaskatchewanChrétienResignationLorna Ann MilneLiberalOntario (Peel County)ChrétienRetirementGrant MitchellLiberalAlberta (Edmonton)MartinIncumbentWilfred P. MooreLiberalNova Scotia (Stanhope St./Bluenose)ChrétienRetirementJim Munson LiberalOntario (Ottawa/Rideau Canal)ChrétienIncumbentLowell MurrayProgressive ConservativeOntario (Pakenham)ClarkRetirementPierre Claude NolinConservativeQuébec (De Salaberry)MulroneyDeathDonald H. OliverConservativeNova ScotiaMulroneyRetirementLucie PépinLiberalQuébec (Shawinigan)ChrétienRetirementRobert PetersonLiberalSaskatchewan (Regina)MartinRetirementGerard PhalenLiberalNova ScotiaChrétienRetirementPeter Michael PitfieldIndependentOntario (Ottawa-Vanier)TrudeauResignationMadeleine PlamondonIndependentQuébec (The Laurentides)ChrétienRetirementMarie-Paule PoulinLiberalOntarioChrétienResignationVivienne PoyLiberalOntario (Toronto)ChrétienResignationMarcel Prud'hommeIndependentQuébec (La Salle)MulroneyRetirementPierrette RinguetteLiberalNew BrunswickChrétienIncumbentJean-Claude RivestIndependentQuébec (Stadacona)MulroneyResignationFernand RobichaudLiberalNew Brunswick (Saint Louis de Kent)ChrétienRetirementWilliam H. RompkeyLiberalNewfoundland and Labrador (North West River)ChrétienRetirementNancy RuthProgressive ConservativeOntario (Toronto)MartinRetirementHugh SegalConservativeOntario (Kingston)MartinResignationNick SibbestonLiberalNorthwest TerritoriesChrétienResignationDavid Paul SmithLiberalOntario (Cobourg)ChrétienRetirementMira SpivakIndependentManitoba (Manitoba)MulroneyRetirementGerry St. GermainConservativeBritish Columbia (Langley-Pemberton-Whistler)MulroneyRetirementPeter Alan StolleryLiberalOntario (Bloor & Yonge/Toronto)TrudeauRetirementTerrance Richard StrattonConservativeManitoba (Red River)MulroneyRetirementClaudette TardifLiberalAlberta (Edmonton)MartinResignationDavid TkachukConservativeSaskatchewanMulroneyIncumbentMarilyn Trenholme CounsellLiberalNew BrunswickChrétienRetirementCharlie WattLiberalQuébec (Inkerman)TrudeauResignationRod ZimmerLiberalManitoba (Winnipeg)MartinResignation

Senators appointed during the 39th Parliament NamePartyProvince (Division)Date appointedAppointed byOn the Advice ofLeft officeReasonBert Brown6ConservativeAlbertaJuly 10, 2007 JeanHarperRetirementMichael Fortier7ConservativeQuebec (Rougemont)February 27, 2006JeanHarperResignation

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 DateNamePartyProvinceDetailsFebruary 1, 2006Shirley Maheu1LiberalQuebecDiedApril 22, 2006John BuchananConservativeNova ScotiaReached mandatory retirement age of 75April 28, 2006Marisa Ferretti BarthLiberalQuebecReached mandatory retirement age of 75June 8, 2006Michael ForrestallConservativeNova ScotiaDiedSeptember 21, 2006Madeleine PlamondonIndependentQuebecReached mandatory retirement age of 75October 31, 2006Michael KirbyLiberalNova ScotiaResigned to move on to new challengesDecember 31, 2006Ione Jean ChristensenLiberalYukonResigned to assist her ailing husbandMarch 2, 2007Jack AustinLiberalBritish ColumbiaReached mandatory retirement age of 75June 30, 2007Daniel Philip HaysLiberalAlbertaResignedJanuary 31, 2008Pat CarneyConservativeBritish ColumbiaResignedFebruary 4, 2008Ross FitzpatrickLiberalBritish ColumbiaReached mandatory retirement age of 75August 26, 2008Aurelien GillLiberalQuebecReached mandatory retirement age of 75September 8, 2008Michael FortierConservativeQuebecResigned 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 DateNameParty (subsequent)Party (previous)Details March 29, 2006 Nancy Ruth1 Conservative Progressive Conservative Appointed after the two parties merged, she originally listed her affiliation as Progressive ConservativeJune 8, 2006Raymond LavigneLiberal without caucusLiberalSuspended from the caucus for allegedly spending Senate funds for personal use. After being remove he continued to sit as a Liberal without caucus. October 31, 2006 Lillian Dyck Independent NDP New Democrat Dyck originally listed her official affiliation as NDP, but when this was not recognized by the party she changed her affiliationJune 22, 2007Anne CoolsConservative without caucusConservativeRemoved from caucus for speaking out against the budgetDecember 13, 2007Anne CoolsNon-alignedConservative without caucusChanged to non-aligned in the standings 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 membersper party by date200620072008Jan 23Feb 1Feb 27Mar 29Apr 22Apr 28Jun 8Sep 21Oct 31Dec 31Mar 2Jun 22Jun 30Jul 10Dec 13Jan 31Feb 4Aug 26Sep 8Liberal67666564636261605958Conservative232425242322232221Independent54Progressive Conservative43NDP10Independent NDP01Non-aligned01Conservative without caucus010Liberal without caucus01vacant5656789101112131213141516

See also List of House members of the 39th Parliament of Canada Women in the 39th Canadian Parliament List of current Canadian senators

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