Senator Lifespan PartyC=Conservative, I=Independent, L=Liberal, LC=Liberal-Conservative, PC=Progressive Conservative Prov. Entered Left Appointed by Left due to For life? Joseph Hormisdas Rainville 1875–1942 C QC 6 October 1932 14 April 1942 Bennett Death Y James Palmer Rankin 1855–1934 L ON 9 September 1925 15 June 1934 King Death Y Nelson Rattenbury 1907–1973 L NB 14 February 1964 27 May 1973 Pearson Death Y Valentine Ratz 1848–1924 L ON 18 January 1909 1 March 1924 Laurier Death Y Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia 1957–present NL 1 June 2018 — Trudeau, J. — Donat Raymond 1880–1963 L QC 20 December 1926 5 June 1963 King Death Y Robert Read 1814–1896 C ON 24 February 1871 29 June 1896 Macdonald Death Y David Reesor 1823–1902 L ON 23 October 1867 1 January 1901 Royal proclamation Resignation Y James Reid 1839–1904 LC BC 8 October 1888 3 May 1904 Macdonald Death Y John Dowsley Reid 1859–1929 C ON 22 September 1921 26 August 1929 Meighen Death Y Thomas Reid 1886–1968 L BC 7 September 1949 14 October 1967 St. Laurent Resignation Y Louis Renaud 1818–1878 C QC 23 October 1867 1 October 1873 Royal proclamation Resignation Y Edgar Nelson Rhodes 1877–1942 C NS 20 July 1935 15 March 1942 Bennett Death Y David Adams Richards 1950–present C NB 30 August 2017 17 October 2025 Trudeau, J. — Y Henry Westman Richardson 1855–1918 C ON 20 January 1917 27 October 1918 Borden Death Y Maurice Riel 1922–2007 L QC 5 October 1973 3 April 1997 Trudeau, P. Retirement Daniel Aloysius Riley 1916–1984 L NB 21 December 1973 13 September 1984 Trudeau, P. Death Daniel Edward Riley 1860–1948 L AB 25 June 1926 27 April 1948 King Death Y George Riley 1843–1916 L BC 22 March 1906 19 January 1916 Laurier Death Y Pierrette Ringuette 1955–present L→NA NB 12 December 2002 — Chrétien — John William Ritchie 1808–1890 C NS 23 October 1867 28 September 1870 Royal proclamation Resignation Y Michel Rivard 1941–present C QC 22 December 2008 7 August 2016 Harper Retirement Jean-Claude Rivest 1943–present I QC 11 March 1993 31 January 2015 Mulroney Resignation Pietro Rizzuto 1934–1997 L QC 23 December 1976 3 August 1997 Trudeau, P. Death Fernand Roberge 1940–2026 PC QC 26 May 1993 19 July 2000 Mulroney Resignation Brenda Robertson 1929–2020 C NB 21 December 1984 23 May 2004 Mulroney Retirement Gideon Robertson 1874–1933 C ON 20 January 1917 5 August 1933 Borden Death Y James Edwin Robertson 1840–1915 L PE 7 February 1902 13 April 1915 Laurier Resignation Y John Robertson 1799–1876 L NB 23 October 1867 1 January 1876 Royal proclamation Death Y John Alexander Robertson 1913–1965 PC ON 29 November 1962 19 February 1965 Diefenbaker Death Y Wishart McLea Robertson 1891–1967 L NS 19 February 1943 24 December 1965 King Resignation Y Fernand Robichaud 1939–present L NB 23 September 1997 2 December 2014 Chrétien Retirement Hédard Robichaud 1911–1999 L NB 28 June 1968 8 October 1971 Trudeau, P. Resignation Louis Robichaud 1925–2005 L NB 21 December 1973 21 October 2000 Trudeau, P. Retirement Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau 1874–1948 C NS 20 July 1935 1 March 1948 Bennett Death Y Brewer Waugh Robinson 1891–1949 L PE 19 April 1945 20 January 1949 King Death Y Clifford William Robinson 1866–1944 L NB 5 May 1924 27 July 1944 King Death Y Mary Robinson 1970–present PE 22 January 2024 — Trudeau, J. — Louis Robitaille 1836–1888 C QC 8 February 1883 28 December 1884 Macdonald Resignation Y Théodore Robitaille 1834–1897 C QC 29 January 1885 17 August 1897 Macdonald Death Y Dufferin Roblin 1917–2010 PC MB 23 March 1978 17 June 1992 Trudeau, P. Retirement Douglas Roche 1929–present I AB 17 September 1998 14 June 2004 Chrétien Retirement William Roche 1842–1925 L NS 12 January 1910 19 October 1925 Laurier Death Y Charles-Séraphin Rodier Jr 1818–1890 C QC 1 December 1888 26 January 1890 Macdonald Death Y Arthur Roebuck 1878–1971 L ON 18 April 1945 17 November 1971 King Death Y Jean-Baptiste Rolland 1815–1888 C QC 22 October 1887 22 March 1888 Macdonald Death Y Bill Rompkey 1936–2017 L NL 21 September 1995 13 May 2011 Chrétien Retirement George Henry Ross 1878–1956 L AB 1 December 1948 26 September 1956 St. Laurent Death Y George William Ross 1841–1914 L ON 15 January 1907 7 March 1914 Laurier Death Y James Gibb Ross 1819–1888 C QC 11 January 1884 1 October 1888 Macdonald Death Y James Hamilton Ross 1856–1932 L NT 30 September 1904 31 August 1905 Laurier Death YSK1 September 190514 December 1932 James W. Ross 1938–present PC NB 27 September 1990 25 May 1993 Mulroney Resignation John Ross 1818–1871 C ON 23 October 1867 31 January 1871 Royal proclamation Death Y John Jones Ross 1831–1901 C QC 12 April 1887 4 May 1901 Macdonald Death Y Krista Ann Ross 1967–present NB 31 October 2023 — Trudeau, J. — William Ross 1824–1912 L NS 18 May 1905 17 March 1912 Laurier Death Y William Benjamin Ross 1855–1929 C NS 20 November 1912 10 January 1929 Borden Death Y Eileen Rossiter 1929–2007 PC PE 17 November 1986 14 July 2004 Mulroney Retirement Yvette Boucher Rousseau 1917–1988 L QC 27 March 1979 17 March 1988 Trudeau, P. Death Jean-Louis Roux 1923–2013 L QC 31 August 1994 8 August 1996 Chrétien Resignation Frederick William Rowe 1912–1994 L NL 9 December 1971 28 September 1987 Trudeau, P. Retirement Philippe Roy 1868–1948 L AB 8 March 1906 21 April 1911 Laurier Resignation Y Calvin Ruck 1925–2004 L NS 11 June 1998 4 September 2000 Chrétien Retirement Bob Runciman 1942–present C ON 29 January 2010 10 August 2017 Harper Retirement Nancy Ruth 1942–present C ON 24 March 2005 6 January 2017 Martin Retirement Thomas Ryan 1804–1889 LC QC 23 October 1867 25 May 1889 Royal proclamation Death Y