# List of senators in the 36th Parliament of Canada

This is a list of members of the Senate of Canada in the 36th Parliament of Canada.
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 in the 26th Canadian Ministry.

## List of senators
### Senators at the beginning of the 36th Parliament

| Name | Party | Province (Division) | Date appointed | Appointed by | Left office | Reason |
| Willie Adams | Liberal | Northwest Territories, Nunavut | April 5, 1977 | Trudeau | June 22, 2009 | Retirement |
| Doris Margaret Anderson | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | September 21, 1995 | Chrétien | July 5, 1997 | Retirement |
| Raynell Andreychuk | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | March 11, 1993 | Mulroney | August 14, 2019 | Retirement |
| W. David Angus | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | June 10, 1993 | Mulroney | July 21, 2012 | Retirement |
| Norman Atkins | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | June 30, 1986 | Mulroney | June 27, 2009 | Retirement |
| Jack Austin | Liberal | British Columbia | August 19, 1975 | Trudeau | March 2, 2007 | Retirement |
| Lise Bacon | Liberal | Quebec | September 15, 1994 | Chrétien | August 25, 2009 | Retirement |
| James Balfour | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | September 13, 1979 | Clark | December 12, 1999 | Death |
| Gérald Beaudoin | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 26, 1988 | Mulroney | April 15, 2004 | Retirement |
| Eric Berntson | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | February 27, 2001 | Resignation |
| Roch Bolduc | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 26, 1988 | Mulroney | September 10, 2003 | Retirement |
| Lorne Bonnell | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | November 4, 1971 | Trudeau | January 4, 1998 | Retirement |
| Peter Bosa | Liberal | Ontario | April 5, 1977 | Trudeau | December 10, 1998 | Death |
| John G. Bryden | Liberal | New Brunswick | November 23, 1994 | Chrétien | October 31, 2009 | Resignation |
| John Buchanan | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | September 12, 1990 | Mulroney | April 22, 2006 | Retirement |
| Pat Carney | Progressive Conservative | British Columbia | August 30, 1990 | Mulroney | January 31, 2008 | Resignation |
| Sharon Carstairs | Liberal | Manitoba | September 15, 1994 | Chrétien | October 17, 2011 | Resignation |
| Guy Charbonneau | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 27, 1979 | Clark | June 21, 1997 | Retirement |
| Ethel Cochrane | Progressive Conservative | Newfoundland and Labrador | November 17, 1986 | Mulroney | September 23, 2012 | Retirement |
| Michel Cogger | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | May 2, 1986 | Mulroney | September 1, 2000 | Resignation |
| Erminie Cohen | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | June 4, 1993 | Mulroney | July 23, 2001 | Retirement |
| Gerald Comeau | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | August 30, 1990 | Mulroney | November 30, 2013 | Resignation |
| Anne Cools | Liberal | Ontario | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau | August 12, 2018 | Retirement |
| Eymard Corbin | Liberal | New Brunswick | July 9, 1984 | Turner | August 2, 2009 | Retirement |
| Pierre de Bané | Liberal | Quebec | June 29, 1984 | Trudeau | August 2, 2013 | Retirement |
| Mabel DeWare | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | September 23, 1990 | Mulroney | August 9, 2001 | Retirement |
| Consiglio Di Nino | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | August 30, 1990 | Mulroney | June 30, 2012 | Resignation |
| C. William Doody | Progressive Conservative | Newfoundland and Labrador | October 3, 1979 | Clark | December 27, 2005 | Death |
| Richard Doyle | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | March 19, 1985 | Mulroney | March 10, 1998 | Retirement |
| Trevor Eyton | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 23, 1990 | Mulroney | July 12, 2009 | Retirement |
| Joyce Fairbairn | Liberal | Alberta | June 29, 1984 | Trudeau | January 18, 2013 | Resignation |
| Jean Forest | Liberal | Alberta | May 16, 1996 | Chrétien | August 28, 1998 | Resignation |
| Michael Forrestall | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | June 8, 2006 | Death |
| Jean-Robert Gauthier | Liberal | Ontario | November 23, 1994 | Chrétien | October 22, 2004 | Retirement |
| Ron Ghitter | Progressive Conservative | Alberta | March 25, 1993 | Mulroney | March 31, 2000 | Resignation |
| Philippe Gigantès | Liberal | Quebec | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau | August 16, 1998 | Retirement |
| Jerry Grafstein | Liberal | Ontario | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau | January 2, 2010 | Retirement |
| Alasdair Graham | Liberal | Nova Scotia | April 27, 1972 | Trudeau | May 21, 2004 | Retirement |
| Normand Grimard | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | June 16, 2000 | Retirement |
| Lenard Gustafson | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | May 26, 1993 | Mulroney | November 10, 2008 | Retirement |
| Stanley Haidasz | Liberal | Ontario | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau | March 4, 1998 | Retirement |
| Dan Hays | Liberal | Alberta | June 29, 1984 | Trudeau | June 30, 2007 | Resignation |
| Jacques Hébert | Liberal | Quebec | April 20, 1983 | Trudeau | June 21, 1998 | Retirement |
| Céline Hervieux-Payette | Liberal | Quebec | March 21, 1995 | Chrétien | April 22, 2016 | Retirement |
| Duncan Jessiman | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | May 26, 1993 | Mulroney | June 5, 1998 | Retirement |
| Janis Johnson | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | September 27, 2016 | Resignation |
| James Kelleher | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 23, 1990 | Mulroney | October 2, 2005 | Retirement |
| William McDonough Kelly | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | December 23, 1982 | Trudeau | July 21, 2000 | Retirement |
| Colin Kenny | Liberal | Ontario | June 29, 1984 | Trudeau | February 2, 2018 | Resignation |
| Wilbert Keon | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | May 17, 2010 | Retirement |
| Noël Kinsella | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | September 12, 1990 | Mulroney | November 27, 2014 | Retirement |
| Michael J. L. Kirby | Liberal | Nova Scotia | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau | October 31, 2006 | Resignation |
| Leo Kolber | Liberal | Quebec | December 23, 1983 | Trudeau | January 18, 2004 | Retirement |
| Joseph P. Landry | Liberal | New Brunswick | February 26, 1996 | Chrétien | June 19, 1997 | Retirement |
| Thérèse Lavoie-Roux | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | March 12, 2001 | Resignation |
| Edward M. Lawson | Independent | British Columbia | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau | September 24, 2004 | Retirement |
| Marjory LeBreton | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | June 18, 1993 | Mulroney | July 4, 2015 | Retirement |
| Philip Lewis | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau | November 28, 1999 | Retirement |
| Rose-Marie Losier-Cool | Liberal | New Brunswick | March 21, 1995 | Chrétien | June 18, 2012 | Retirement |
| Paul Lucier | Liberal | Yukon | October 23, 1975 | Trudeau | July 23, 1999 | Death |
| John Lynch-Staunton | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 23, 1990 | Mulroney | June 19, 2005 | Retirement |
| Finlay MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | December 21, 1984 | Mulroney | January 4, 1998 | Retirement |
| John Michael Macdonald | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | June 24, 1960 | Diefenbaker | June 20, 1997 | Death |
| Shirley Maheu | Liberal | Quebec | February 1, 1996 | Chrétien | February 1, 2006 | Death |
| Leonard Marchand | Liberal | British Columbia | June 29, 1984 | Trudeau | March 1, 1998 | Resignation |
| Michael Meighen | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | February 6, 2012 | Resignation |
| Léonce Mercier | Liberal | Quebec | August 9, 1996 | Chrétien | August 11, 2001 | Retirement |
| Lorna Milne | Liberal | Ontario | September 21, 1995 | Chrétien | December 13, 2009 | Retirement |
| Gildas Molgat | Liberal | Manitoba | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau | February 28, 2001 | Death |
| Wilfred Moore | Liberal | Nova Scotia | September 26, 1996 | Chrétien | January 14, 2017 | Retirement |
| Lowell Murray | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 13, 1979 | Clark | September 26, 2011 | Retirement |
| Pierre Claude Nolin | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | June 18, 1993 | Mulroney | April 23, 2015 | Death |
| Donald Oliver | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | September 7, 1990 | Mulroney | November 16, 2013 | Retirement |
| Gerry Ottenheimer | Progressive Conservative | Newfoundland and Labrador | December 30, 1987 | Mulroney | January 18, 1998 | Death |
| Landon Pearson | Liberal | Ontario | September 15, 1994 | Chrétien | November 16, 2005 | Retirement |
| Lucie Pépin | Liberal | Quebec | April 8, 1997 | Chrétien | September 7, 2011 | Retirement |
| Ray Perrault | Liberal | British Columbia | October 5, 1973 | Trudeau | February 6, 2001 | Retirement |
| William Petten | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | April 8, 1968 | Pearson | January 28, 1998 | Retirement |
| Orville Howard Phillips | Progressive Conservative | Prince Edward Island | February 5, 1963 | Diefenbaker | March 24, 1999 | Resignation |
| Michael Pitfield | Independent | Ontario | December 22, 1982 | Trudeau | June 1, 2010 | Resignation |
| Marie Poulin | Liberal | Ontario | September 21, 1995 | Chrétien | April 17, 2015 | Resignation |
| Marcel Prud'homme | Independent | Quebec | May 26, 1993 | Mulroney | November 30, 2009 | Retirement |
| Jean-Claude Rivest | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | March 11, 1993 | Mulroney | January 31, 2015 | Resignation |
| Pietro Rizzuto | Liberal | Quebec | December 23, 1976 | Trudeau | August 3, 1997 | Death |
| Fernand Roberge | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | May 26, 1993 | Mulroney | July 19, 2000 | Resignation |
| Brenda Robertson | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | December 21, 1984 | Mulroney | May 23, 2004 | Retirement |
| Louis Robichaud | Liberal | New Brunswick | December 21, 1973 | Trudeau | October 21, 2000 | Retirement |
| Bill Rompkey | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | September 21, 1995 | Chrétien | May 13, 2011 | Retirement |
| Eileen Rossiter | Progressive Conservative | Prince Edward Island | November 17, 1986 | Mulroney | July 14, 2004 | Retirement |
| Jean-Maurice Simard | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | June 26, 1985 | Mulroney | June 16, 2001 | Death |
| Herbert O. Sparrow | Liberal | Saskatchewan | February 9, 1968 | Pearson | January 4, 2005 | Retirement |
| Mira Spivak | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | November 17, 1986 | Mulroney | July 12, 2009 | Retirement |
| Gerry St. Germain | Progressive Conservative | British Columbia | June 23, 1993 | Mulroney | November 6, 2012 | Retirement |
| Richard Stanbury | Liberal | Ontario | February 13, 1968 | Pearson | May 2, 1998 | Retirement |
| John Benjamin Stewart | Liberal | Nova Scotia | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau | November 19, 1999 | Retirement |
| Peter Stollery | Liberal | Ontario | July 2, 1981 | Trudeau | November 29, 2010 | Retirement |
| Terry Stratton | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | March 25, 1993 | Mulroney | March 16, 2013 | Retirement |
| Nicholas Taylor | Liberal | Alberta | March 7, 1996 | Chrétien | November 17, 2002 | Retirement |
| Andy Thompson | Liberal | Ontario | April 6, 1967 | Pearson | March 23, 1998 | Resignation |
| David Tkachuk | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | June 8, 1993 | Mulroney | Incumbent | |
| Walter Patrick Twinn | Progressive Conservative | Alberta | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | October 30, 1997 | Death |
| Charlie Watt | Liberal | Quebec | January 16, 1984 | Trudeau | March 16, 2018 | Resignation |
| Eugene Whelan | Liberal | Ontario | August 9, 1996 | Chrétien | July 11, 1999 | Retirement |
| Dalia Wood | Liberal | Quebec | March 26, 1979 | Trudeau | January 31, 1999 | Resignation |
$^a$ Willie Adams represented the Northwest Territories until the creation of Nunavut in 1999 when he became the Senator for Nunavut.

### Senators appointed during the 36th Parliament

| Name | Party | Province (Division) | Date appointed | Appointed by | Left office | Reason |
| Catherine Callbeck | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | July 25, 2014 | Retirement |
| Marisa Ferretti Barth | Liberal | Quebec | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | April 28, 2006 | Retirement |
| Fernand Robichaud | Liberal | New Brunswick | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | December 2, 2014 | Retirement |
| Peggy Butts | Liberal | Nova Scotia | September 22, 1997 | Chrétien | August 15, 1999 | Retirement |
| Thelma Chalifoux | Liberal | Alberta | November 26, 1997 | Chrétien | February 8, 2004 | Retirement |
| Serge Joyal | Liberal | Quebec | November 26, 1997 | Chrétien | Incumbent | |
| Ross Fitzpatrick | Liberal | British Columbia | March 6, 1998 | Chrétien | February 4, 2008 | Retirement |
| Archibald Johnstone | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | March 6, 1998 | Chrétien | June 12, 1999 | Retirement |
| Joan Cook | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | March 6, 1998 | Chrétien | October 6, 2009 | Retirement |
| Marian Maloney | Liberal | Ontario | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | August 16, 1999 | Retirement |
| Frank Mahovlich | Liberal | Ontario | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | January 10, 2013 | Retirement |
| Calvin Ruck | Liberal | Nova Scotia | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | September 4, 2000 | Retirement |
| Richard Kroft | Liberal | Manitoba | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | September 24, 2004 | Resignation |
| Lois Miriam Wilson | Independent | Ontario | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | April 8, 2002 | Retirement |
| Aurélien Gill | Liberal | Quebec | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | August 26, 2008 | Retirement |
| Douglas Roche | Independent | Alberta | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | June 14, 2004 | Retirement |
| Joan Fraser | Liberal | Quebec | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | February 2, 2018 | Resignation |
| Vivienne Poy | Liberal | Ontario | September 17, 1998 | Chrétien | September 17, 2012 | Resignation |
| George Furey | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | August 11, 1999 | Chrétien | May 12, 2023 | Retirement |
| Sheila Finestone | Liberal | Quebec | August 11, 1999 | Chrétien | January 28, 2002 | Retirement |
| Melvin Perry | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | August 11, 1999 | Chrétien | August 23, 2000 | Retirement |
| Ione Christensen | Liberal | Yukon | September 2, 1999 | Chrétien | December 31, 2006 | Resignation |
| Isobel Finnerty | Liberal | Ontario | September 2, 1999 | Chrétien | July 15, 2005 | Retirement |
| Nick Sibbeston | Liberal | Northwest Territories | September 2, 1999 | Chrétien | November 21, 2017 | Resignation |
| Bernie Boudreau | Liberal | Nova Scotia | October 4, 1999 | Chrétien | October 26, 2000 | Resignation |
| Jack Wiebe | Liberal | Saskatchewan | April 7, 2000 | Chrétien | January 31, 2004 | Resignation |
| Tommy Banks | Liberal | Alberta | April 7, 2000 | Chrétien | December 17, 2011 | Retirement |
| Jane Cordy | Liberal | Nova Scotia | June 9, 2000 | Chrétien | Incumbent | |
| Raymond Squires | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | June 9, 2000 | Chrétien | February 6, 2001 | Retirement |
| Raymond Setlakwe | Liberal | Quebec | June 20, 2000 | Chrétien | July 3, 2003 | Retirement |
| Betty Kennedy | Liberal | Ontario | June 20, 2000 | Chrétien | January 4, 2001 | Retirement |

### Left Senate during the 36th Parliament

| Date | Name | Party | Representing | Details |
| June 19, 1997 | Joseph P. Landry | Liberal | New Brunswick | Retirement |
| June 20, 1997 | John Michael Macdonald | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | Death |
| June 21, 1997 | Guy Charbonneau | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | Retirement |
| July 5, 1997 | Doris Margaret Anderson | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | Retirement |
| August 3, 1997 | Pietro Rizzuto | Liberal | Quebec | Death |
| October 30, 1997 | Walter Patrick Twinn | Progressive Conservative | Alberta | Death |
| January 4, 1998 | Lorne Bonnell | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | Retirement |
| January 4, 1998 | Finlay MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | Retirement |
| January 18, 1998 | Gerry Ottenheimer | Progressive Conservative | Newfoundland and Labrador | Death |
| January 28, 1998 | William Petten | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | Retirement |
| March 1, 1998 | Leonard Marchand | Liberal | British Columbia | Resignation |
| March 4, 1998 | Stanley Haidasz | Liberal | Ontario | Retirement |
| March 10, 1998 | Richard Doyle | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | Retirement |
| March 23, 1998 | Andy Thompson | Independent | Ontario | Resignation |
| May 2, 1998 | Richard Stanbury | Liberal | Ontario | Retirement |
| June 5, 1998 | Duncan Jessiman | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | Retirement |
| June 21, 1998 | Jacques Hébert | Liberal | Quebec | Retirement |
| August 16, 1998 | Philippe Gigantès | Liberal | Quebec | Retirement |
| August 28, 1998 | Jean Forest | Liberal | Alberta | Resignation |
| December 10, 1998 | Peter Bosa | Liberal | Ontario | Death |
| January 31, 1999 | Dalia Wood | Liberal | Quebec | Resignation |
| March 24, 1999 | Orville Howard Phillips | Progressive Conservative | Prince Edward Island | Resignation |
| June 12, 1999 | Archibald Johnstone | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | Retirement |
| July 11, 1999 | Eugene Whelan | Liberal | Ontario | Retirement |
| July 23, 1999 | Paul Lucier | Liberal | Yukon | Death |
| August 15, 1999 | Peggy Butts | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Retirement |
| August 16, 1999 | Marian Maloney | Liberal | Ontario | Retirement |
| November 19, 1999 | John Benjamin Stewart | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Retirement |
| November 28, 1999 | Philip Lewis | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | Retirement |
| December 12, 1999 | James Balfour | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | Death |
| March 31, 2000 | Ron Ghitter | Progressive Conservative | Alberta | Resignation |
| June 16, 2000 | Normand Grimard | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | Retirement |
| July 19, 2000 | Fernand Roberge | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | Resignation |
| July 21, 2000 | William McDonough Kelly | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | Retirement |
| August 23, 2000 | Melvin Perry | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | Retirement |
| September 1, 2000 | Michel Cogger | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | Resignation |
| September 4, 2000 | Calvin Ruck | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Retirement |
| October 21, 2000 | Louis Robichaud | Liberal | New Brunswick | Retirement |
| October 26, 2000 | Bernie Boudreau | Liberal | Nova Scotia | Resignation |

### Changes in party affiliation during the 36th Parliament

| Date | Name | Party (subsequent) | Party (previous) | Details |
| November 20, 1997 | Andy Thompson | Independent | Liberal | Expelled from the Liberal caucus |
| June 30, 2000 | Gerry St. Germain | Independent Conservative | Progressive Conservative | |
| October 18, 2000 | Gerry St. Germain | Canadian Alliance | Independent Conservative | |