Senators
Canada’s 105 senators are men and women of accomplishment and experience. They are business people and scientists, judges and teachers, athletes, community leaders and senior civil servants who use their lifetimes of expertise to ensure Parliament acts in the best interests of Canadians.
Senators come from diverse ethnic, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds; they use the wisdom gleaned from their own experiences to give minorities a strong voice in Parliament.
Free to speak their minds and act on their consciences, senators play an essential role in Canada’s parliamentary democracy.
GOVERNMENT
![Gagné, Raymonde](/media/365414/sen_pho_gagne_official.jpg)
Legislative Deputy to the Government Representative in the Senate
Gagné, Raymonde
Non-affiliated - Manitoba
OPPOSITION
INDEPENDENT SENATORS GROUP (ISG)
CANADIAN SENATORS GROUP (CSG)
CURRENT SENATORS
Anderson, Margaret Dawn
ISG - Northwest Territories
Ataullahjan, Salma
C - Ontario (Toronto)
Batters, Denise
C - Saskatchewan
Bellemare, Diane
ISG - Quebec (Alma)
Bernard, Wanda Elaine Thomas
ISG - Nova Scotia (East Preston)
Beyak, Lynn
Non-affiliated - Ontario
Black, Douglas
CSG - Alberta
Black, Robert
CSG - Ontario
Boehm, Peter M.
ISG - Ontario
Boisvenu, Pierre-Hugues
C - Quebec (La Salle)
Boniface, Gwen
ISG - Ontario
Bovey, Patricia
ISG - Manitoba
Boyer, Yvonne
ISG - Ontario
Brazeau, Patrick
ISG - Quebec (Repentigny)
Busson, Bev
ISG - British Columbia
Campbell, Larry W.
CSG - British Columbia
Carignan, Claude, P.C.
C - Quebec (Mille Isles)
Christmas, Dan
ISG - Nova Scotia
Cordy, Jane
Non-affiliated - Nova Scotia
Cormier, René
ISG - New Brunswick
Cotter, Brent
ISG - Saskatchewan
Coyle, Mary
ISG - Nova Scotia (Antigonish)
Dagenais, Jean-Guy
CSG - Quebec (Victoria)
Dalphond, Pierre J.
ISG - Quebec (De Lorimier)
Dasko, Donna
ISG - Ontario
Dawson, Dennis
Non-affiliated - Quebec (Lauzon)
Deacon, Colin
ISG - Nova Scotia
Deacon, Marty
ISG - Ontario (Waterloo Region)
Dean, Tony
ISG - Ontario
Downe, Percy E.
CSG - Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown)
Doyle, Norman E.
C - Newfoundland and Labrador
Duffy, Michael
ISG - Prince Edward Island (Cavendish)
Duncan, Pat
ISG - Yukon
Dupuis, Renée
ISG - Quebec (The Laurentides)
Dyck, Lillian Eva
Non-affiliated - Saskatchewan
Forest, Éric
ISG - Quebec (Gulf)
Forest-Niesing, Josée
ISG - Ontario
Francis, Brian
ISG - Prince Edward Island
Frum, Linda
C - Ontario
Furey, George J.
Non-affiliated - Newfoundland and Labrador
Gagné, Raymonde
Non-affiliated - Manitoba
Galvez, Rosa
ISG - Quebec (Bedford)
Gold, Marc, P.C.
Non-affiliated - Quebec (Stadacona)
Greene, Stephen
CSG - Nova Scotia (Halifax - The Citadel)
Griffin, Diane F.
CSG - Prince Edward Island
Harder, Peter, P.C.
Non-affiliated - Ontario
Hartling, Nancy J.
ISG - New Brunswick
Housakos, Leo
C - Quebec (Wellington)
Jaffer, Mobina S.B.
ISG - British Columbia
Keating, Judith
ISG - New Brunswick
Klyne, Marty
ISG - Saskatchewan
Kutcher, Stan
ISG - Nova Scotia
LaBoucane-Benson, Patti
Non-affiliated - Alberta
Lankin, Frances, P.C.
ISG - Ontario
Loffreda, Tony
ISG - Quebec (Shawinegan)
Lovelace Nicholas, Sandra M.
Non-affiliated - New Brunswick
MacDonald, Michael L.
C - Nova Scotia (Cape Breton)
Manning, Fabian
C - Newfoundland and Labrador
Marshall, Elizabeth
C - Newfoundland and Labrador
Martin, Yonah
C - British Columbia
Marwah, Sabi
ISG - Ontario
Massicotte, Paul J.
ISG - Quebec (De Lanaudière)
McCallum, Mary Jane
ISG - Manitoba
McCoy, Elaine
CSG - Alberta
McInnis, Thomas J.
C - Nova Scotia
McPhedran, Marilou
ISG - Manitoba
Mégie, Marie-Françoise
ISG - Quebec (Rougemont)
Mercer, Terry M.
Non-affiliated - Nova Scotia (Northend Halifax)
Mitchell, Grant
Non-affiliated - Alberta
Miville-Dechêne, Julie
ISG - Quebec (Inkerman)
Mockler, Percy
C - New Brunswick
Moncion, Lucie
ISG - Ontario
Moodie, Rosemary
ISG - Ontario
Munson, Jim
Non-affiliated - Ontario (Ottawa / Rideau Canal)
Ngo, Thanh Hai
C - Ontario
Oh, Victor
C - Ontario (Mississauga)
Omidvar, Ratna
ISG - Ontario
Pate, Kim
ISG - Ontario
Patterson, Dennis Glen
C - Nunavut
Petitclerc, Chantal
ISG - Quebec (Grandville)
Plett, Donald Neil
C - Manitoba (Landmark)
Poirier, Rose-May
C - New Brunswick (Saint-Louis-de-Kent)
Ravalia, Mohamed-Iqbal
ISG - Newfoundland and Labrador
Richards, David
CSG - New Brunswick
Ringuette, Pierrette
ISG - New Brunswick
Saint-Germain, Raymonde
ISG - Quebec (De la Vallière)
Seidman, Judith G.
C - Quebec (De la Durantaye)
Simons, Paula
ISG - Alberta
Sinclair, Murray
ISG - Manitoba
Smith, Larry W.
C - Quebec (Saurel)
Stewart Olsen, Carolyn
C - New Brunswick
Tannas, Scott
CSG - Alberta
Verner, Josée, P.C.
CSG - Quebec (Montarville)
Wallin, Pamela
CSG - Saskatchewan
Wells, David M.
C - Newfoundland and Labrador
Wetston, Howard
ISG - Ontario
White, Vernon
CSG - Ontario
Woo, Yuen Pau
ISG - British Columbia
STANDINGS IN THE SENATE
Party | Number | Available |
---|---|---|
Independent Senators Group | 50 | |
Conservative Party of Canada | 22 | |
Non-affiliated | 13 | |
Canadian Senators Group | 13 | |
Vacant seats | 7 | British Columbia (1), New Brunswick (1), Ontario (1), Quebec (3), Saskatchewan (1) |
TOTAL | 105 |