List of Prince Edward Island senators

This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of Prince Edward Island.

Prince Edward Island, was guaranteed four Senate seats at the 1864 conference in Quebec City of the "Fathers of Confederation", Prince Edward Island representatives campaigned for equal representation claiming that the rights of small provinces needed to be safe guarded. Prince Edward Island delayed joining confederation until 1873 for various reasons including the Senate question. Under the Prince Edward Island Terms of Union, 1873 Prince Edward Island was given four Senate seats.

Current senators

Name Party Division1 Date appointed Nominatedby 2 Mandatory retirement Percy Downe Canadian Senators Group Charlottetown Chrétien Brian Francis Progressive Senate Group Prince Edward Island J. Trudeau Jane MacAdam Independent Senators Group Prince Edward Island J. Trudeau Mary Robinson Canadian Senators Group Prince Edward Island J. Trudeau

Notes:

1 Senators are appointed to represent Prince Edward Island. 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

Name Party Division1 Date appointed Appointed by2 End of term Doris Margaret Anderson Liberal St. Peter's, Kings County Chrétien Joseph-Octave Arsenault Conservative Prince Edward Island Bowell George Hilton Barbour Liberal Prince St. Laurent Lorne Bonnell Liberal Murray River Trudeau, P. E. Catherine Callbeck Liberal Prince Edward Island Chrétien Jedediah Slason Carvell Conservative Charlottetown MacDonald Mike Duffy Conservative Cavendish Harper Donald Ferguson Conservative Queen's Thompson Thomas Vincent Grant Liberal Montague St. Laurent Diane Griffin Independent Prince Edward Island J. Trudeau Thomas Heath Haviland Conservative Prince Edward Island Macdonald Robert Haythorne Liberal Queen's Macdonald George William Howlan Liberal Alberton Macdonald Elizabeth Hubley Liberal Prince Edward Island Chrétien James Joseph Hughes Liberal King's King Florence Elsie Inman Liberal Murray Harbour St. Laurent Archibald Johnstone Liberal Prince Edward Island Chrétien John Walter Jones Liberal Queen's St. Laurent Thomas Joseph Kickham Liberal Cardigan Pearson Creelman MacArthur Liberal Prince King Andrew Macdonald Liberal-Conservative Charlottetown Macdonald John Alexander Macdonald Conservative Cardigan Bennett John Joseph MacDonald Progressive Conservative Queen's Diefenbaker Heath MacQuarrie Progressive Conservative Hillsborough Clark James P. McIntyre Liberal Mount Stewart King John McLean Conservative Souris Borden Donald Montgomery Conservative Park Corner Macdonald Patrick Charles Murphy Conservative Tignish Borden Melvin Perry Liberal Prince Edward Island Chrétien Orville Howard Phillips Progressive Conservative Prince Diefenbaker Benjamin Charles Prowse Liberal Charlottetown Laurier Samuel Prowse Liberal-Conservative King's MacDonald James Edwin Robertson Liberal Prince Edward Island Laurier Brewer Waugh Robinson Liberal Summerside King Eileen Rossiter Progressive Conservative Prince Edward Island Mulroney John Ewen Sinclair Liberal Queen's King John Yeo Liberal East Prince Laurier

Notes:

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

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.

NameParty1Division2Date appointedAppointed by3Date shifted to provincialProvince shifted toProvincial seat vacated byEnd of termMichael ForrestallConservativeDartmouth/Eastern Shore, NSMulroneyNova ScotiaRobert MuirJames W. RossProgressive ConservativeMaritimes divisionalMulroneyNew BrunswickRichard 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.

List of Prince Edward Island senators

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