# List of Manitoba senators

This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of Manitoba.
Manitoba can be represented by up to six senators, but this was not always the case. Stipulated in the Manitoba Act, 1870, the province was first represented by two senators, then to increase incrementally based on population, when the population reached 75,000 it would then be represented by a maximum of four senators. The Constitution Act, 1915 added two more senate seats for Manitoba, bringing the total to six.
The Constitution Act, 1915 also amended section 26 of the Constitution Act, 1867 to add a fourth regional division, called the Western provinces, made up of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, to allow two senators to be appointed on a regional basis.

## Current senators

| Name | Party$^1$ | Division$^2$ | Date appointed | Appointed by$^3$ | On the advice of | Mandatory retirement |
| Charles Adler | Non-affiliated | Manitoba | August 17, 2024 | Simon | J. Trudeau | August 25, 2029 |
| Raymonde Gagné | Non-affiliated | Manitoba | April 1, 2016 | Johnston | J. Trudeau | January 7, 2031 |
| Mary Jane McCallum | Non-affiliated | Manitoba | December 4, 2017 | Payette | J. Trudeau | May 1, 2027 |
| Marilou McPhedran | Non-affiliated | Manitoba | November 10, 2016 | Johnston | J. Trudeau | July 22, 2026 |
| Gigi Osler | Canadian Senators Group | Manitoba | September 26, 2022 | Simon | J. Trudeau | September 9, 2043 |
| Don Plett | Conservative | Landmark | August 27, 2009 | Jean | S. Harper | May 14, 2025 |
Notes:
$^1$ Party listed is the senator's current party. $^2$ Senators are appointed to represent Manitoba. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Manitoba as his or her division. $^3$ Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.

## Historical

| Name | Party $^1$ | Division$^2$ | Date appointed | Appointed by$^3$ | End of term |
| Arthur-Lucien Beaubien | Liberal | Provencher | January 29, 1940 | King | February 1, 1969 |
| Aimé Bénard | Conservative | St. Boniface | September 3, 1917 | Borden | January 8, 1938 |
| Thomas-Alfred Bernier | Conservative | St. Boniface | October 27, 1892 | Abbott | December 30, 1908 |
| JoAnne Buth | Conservative | Manitoba | January 6, 2012 | Harper | August 10, 2014 |
| Charles Arkoll Boulton | Liberal-Conservative | Marquette | December 10, 1889 | Macdonald | May 15, 1899 |
| Patricia Bovey | Progressive Senate Group | Manitoba | November 10, 2016 | J. Trudeau | May 15, 2023 |
| George Bradbury | Conservative | Selkirk | December 17, 1917 | Borden | September 6, 1925 |
| Sharon Carstairs | Liberal | Manitoba | September 15, 1994 | Chrétien | October 17, 2011 |
| Maria Chaput | Liberal | Manitoba | December 12, 2002 | Chrétien | March 1, 2016 |
| Noé Chevrier | Liberal | Winnipeg | January 18, 1909 | Laurier | October 9, 1911 |
| Thomas Crerar | Liberal | Churchill | April 18, 1945 | King | May 31, 1966 |
| John Caswell Davis | Liberal | Winnipeg | January 25, 1949 | St. Laurent | October 25, 1953 |
| Ron Duhamel | Liberal | Manitoba | January 15, 2002 | Chrétien | September 30, 2002 |
| Douglas Everett | Independent Liberal | Fort Rouge | November 8, 1966 | Pearson | January 20, 1994 |
| Robert Forke | Liberal-Progressive | Brandon | December 30, 1929 | King | February 2, 1934 |
| Marc-Amable Girard | Liberal | St. Boniface | December 13, 1871 | Macdonald | September 12, 1892 |
| Joseph-Philippe Guay | Liberal | St. Boniface | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau, P. E. | October 4, 1990 |
| James Campbell Haig | Progressive Conservative | River Heights | June 15, 1962 | Diefenbaker | December 29, 1977 |
| John Thomas Haig | Progressive Conservative | Winnipeg | August 14, 1935 | Richard Bennett | January 17, 1962 |
| John Power Howden | Liberal | St. Boniface | April 18, 1945 | King | November 4, 1959 |
| Olive Lillian Irvine | Progressive Conservative | Lisgar | January 14, 1960 | Diefenbaker | November 1, 1969 |
| Duncan Jessiman | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | May 26, 1993 | Mulroney | June 5, 1998 |
| Janis Johnson$^4$ | Conservative | Winnipeg-Interlake Manitoba$^5$ | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | September 27, 2016 |
| John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer | Conservative | Selkirk | December 16, 1892 | Thompson | December 22, 1914 |
| Richard Kroft | Liberal | Manitoba | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | September 24, 2004 |
| Alphonse Larivière | Conservative | Provencher | October 23, 1911 | Borden | September 1, 1917 |
| Lendrum McMeans | Conservative | Winnipeg | July 26, 1917 | Borden | September 13, 1941 |
| William Craig McNamara | Liberal | Winnipeg | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau, P. E. | August 8, 1979 |
| Gildas Molgat | Liberal | St. Rose | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau, P. E. | February 28, 2001 |
| John Patrick Molloy | Liberal | Provencher | October 6, 1925 | King | March 16, 1948 |
| Henry Mullins | Conservative | Marquette | August 14, 1935 | Bennett | September 5, 1950 |
| Nathan Nurgitz | Progressive Conservative | Winnipeg North | October 3, 1979 | Clark | February 9, 1993 |
| Dufferin Roblin | Progressive Conservative | Red River | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau, P. E. | June 17, 1992 |
| Frederick Laurence Schaffner | Conservative | Souris | October 23, 1917 | Borden | May 22, 1935 |
| John Christian Schultz | Liberal-Conservative | Manitoba | September 23, 1882 | Macdonald | July 1, 1888 |
| William Sharpe | Conservative | Manitou | February 10, 1916 | Borden | April 19, 1942 |
| Mira Spivak | Independent | Manitoba | November 17, 1986 | Mulroney | July 12, 2009 |
| Terry Stratton | Conservative | Red River | March 25, 1993 | Mulroney | March 16, 2013 |
| John Sutherland | Independent Conservative | Kildonan | December 13, 1871 | Macdonald | April 13, 1899 |
| Gunnar Thorvaldson | Progressive Conservative | Winnipeg South | January 29, 1958 | Diefenbaker | August 2, 1969 |
| William Michael Wall | Liberal | Winnipeg | July 28, 1955 | St. Laurent | July 7, 1962 |
| Robert Watson | Liberal | Portage la Prairie | January 29, 1900 | Laurier | May 19, 1929 |
| Finlay McNaughton Young | Liberal | Killarney | January 30, 1900 | Laurier | February 15, 1916 |
| Paul Yuzyk | Progressive Conservative | Fort Garry | February 4, 1963 | Diefenbaker | July 9, 1986 |
| Rod Zimmer | Liberal | Winnipeg | August 2, 2005 | Martin | August 6, 2013 |
| Murray Sinclair | Non-affiliated (ISG) | Manitoba | April 1, 2016 | Trudeau, J. | January 31, 2021 |
Notes:
$^1$ Party listed was the last party of which the senator was a member. $^2$ Senators are appointed to represent Manitoba. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Manitoba as his or her division. $^3$ Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. $^4$ Johnson was appointed as one of two senators under section 26 of the Constitution Act to represent the Western provinces, under the regional expansion clause that saw the Senate increase from 104 to 112 members. $^5$ Division designated as Winnipeg-Interlake from September 27, 1990 to March 29, 2009 and Manitoba from March 30, 2009 to the present.

## Western provinces regional senators

Senators listed were appointed to represent the Western Provinces 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.
| Name | Party$^1$ | Division$^2$ | Date appointed | Appointed by$^3$ | Date shifted to provincial | Province shifted to | Provincial seat vacated by | End of term |
| Janis Johnson | Conservative | Winnipeg-Interlake | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | October 4, 1990 | Manitoba | Joseph-Philippe Guay | September 27, 2016 |
| Eric Berntson | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | January 26, 1991 | Saskatchewan | David Steuart | February 27, 2001 |
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.