# List of members of the Senate of Canada (R)
## List of members of the Senate of Canada

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| Senator | Lifespan | Party | 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 | | NB | 30 August 2017 | — | Trudeau, J. | — | |
| 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–present | 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 | Y |
| James Hamilton Ross | 1856–1932 | L | SK | 1 September 1905 | 14 December 1932 | Laurier | Death | Y |
| 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 |
* ↑ C=Conservative, I=Independent, L=Liberal, LC=Liberal-Conservative, PC=Progressive Conservative