- Current senators
- Historical
- Western provinces regional senators
- See also
- References
- External links
This is a list of past and present Canadian senators from the province of Alberta. Current senators | Name | Party | Division1 | Date appointed | Appointed by2 | Mandatory retirement{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent Senators Group|row}} | Doug Black3 | Non-affiliated (ISG)4 | Alberta | 2013|1|25}} | Harper | 2027|5|10}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent Senators Group|row}} | Elaine McCoy | Non-affiliated (ISG)5 | Alberta | 2005|3|24}} | Martin | 2021|3|7}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Non-affiliated|row}} | Grant Mitchell | Non-affiliated | Alberta | 2005|3|24}} | Martin | 2026|7|19}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row}} | Scott|Tannas}}3 | Conservative | Alberta | 2013|3|25}} | Harper | 2037|2|25}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|vacant|row}} | Vacant seats: 2 | Notes:1 Senators are appointed to represent Alberta. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Alberta as his or her division. 2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada on the recommendation of the prime minister.
3 Appointed after winning a senator-in-waiting position in an Alberta Senate nominee election.
4 Originally a Conservative, Black changed his designation to Independent in July 2016, and later joined the Independent Senators Group.
5 Elaine McCoy was the last remaining member of the Canadian Senate to sit as a Progressive Conservative following the retirement of Senator Lowell Murray on September 26, 2011. On February 11, 2013 she changed her designation to Independent Progressive Conservative, before changing it once again, to Independent, on February 17, 2016.[1] McCoy later was a founding member of the Independent Senators Group. Historical | Name | Party | Division1 | Date appointed | Appointed by2 | End of Term{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Tommy Banks | Liberal | Alberta | 2000|4|7}} | Chrétien | 2011|12|17}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | Martha Bielish | Progressive Conservative | Lakeland | 1979|9|27}} | Clark | 1990|9|26}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Aristide Blais | Liberal | St. Albert | 1940|1|29}} | King | 1964|11|10}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row}} | Bert Brown3 | Conservative | Alberta | 2007|7|10}} | Harper | 2013|3|22}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | John Alexander Buchanan | Progressive Conservative | Edmonton | 1959|1|15}} | Diefenbaker | 1965|10|2}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | William Ashbury Buchanan | Liberal | Lethbridge | 1925|9|5}} | King | 1954|7|11}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Patrick Burns | Independent | Calgary | 1931|7|6}} | Bennett | 1936|6|1}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Donald Cameron | Independent Liberal | Banff | 1955|7|28}} | St. Laurent | 1987|9|19}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Thelma Chalifoux | Liberal | Alberta | 1997|11|26}} | Chrétien | 2004|2|8}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Jean Côté | Liberal | Edmonton | 1923|8|14}} | King | 1924|9|23}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Leverett George DeVeber | Liberal | Lethbridge | 1906|3|8}} | Laurier | 1925|7|9}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Joyce Fairbairn | Liberal | Lethbridge | 1984|6|29}} | Trudeau, P. E. | 2013|1|18}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Jean Forest | Liberal | Edmonton | 1996|5|16}} | Chrétien | 1998|8|28}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Amédée E. Forget | Liberal | Banff | 1911|5|2}} | Laurier | 1923|6|8}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Frederick Gershaw | Liberal | Medicine Hat | 1945|4|18}} | King | 1968|3|26}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | Ron Ghitter | Progressive Conservative | Alberta | 1993|3|25}} | Mulroney | 2000|3|31}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | James Gladstone | Independent Conservative | Lethbridge | 1958|1|31}} | Diefenbaker | 1971|3|31}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | William Griesbach | Conservative | Edmonton | 1921|9|15}} | Meighen | 1945|1|21}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | William Harmer | Liberal | Edmonton | 1918|2|5}} | Borden | 1947|9|9}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Earl Hastings | Liberal | Palliser-Foothills | 1966|2|24}} | Pearson | 1996|5|5}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Daniel Philip Hays | Liberal | Calgary | 1984|6|29}} | Trudeau, P. E. | 2007|6|30}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Harry Hays | Liberal | Calgary | 1966|2|24}} | Pearson | 1982|5|4}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Prosper-Edmond Lessard | Liberal | St. Paul | 1925|9|5}} | King | 1931|4|11}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | James Lougheed | Liberal-Conservative | Calgary, NWT (1889.12.10 - 1905.08.31) Calgary, AB (1905.09.01 - 1925.11.02) | 1889|12|12}} | MacDonald | 1925|11|2}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | James A. MacKinnon | Liberal | Edmonton | 1949|5|9}} | St. Laurent | 1958|4|18}}{{Canadian_politics/party_colours/Social_Credit/row}} | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | Edmonton West | 1970|10|7}} | Trudeau, P. E. | 1983|9|20}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | Edward Michener | Conservative | Alberta | 1918|2|5}} | Borden | 1947|6|16}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Bud Olson | Liberal | Alberta South | 1977|4|5}} | Trudeau, P. E. | 1996|3|7}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | James Harper Prowse | Liberal | Edmonton | 1966|2|24}} | Pearson | 1976|9|27}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Daniel Edward Riley | Liberal | Alberta | 1926|6|25}} | King | 1948|4|27}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Douglas Roche | Independent | Edmonton | 1998|9|17}} | Chrétien | 2004|6|14}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | George Henry Ross | Liberal | Calgary | 1948|12|1}} | St. Laurent | 1956|9|26}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Philippe Roy | Liberal | Edmonton | 1906|3|8}} | Laurier | 1911|4|21}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Wesley Stambaugh | Liberal | Bruce | 1949|9|7}} | St. Laurent | 1965|6|8}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Peter Talbot | Liberal | Alberta | 1906|3|8}} | Laurier | 1919|12|6}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Claudette Tardif | Liberal | Alberta | 2005|3|24}} | Martin | 2018|2|2}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Nicholas Taylor | Liberal | Bon Accord (1996.03.07-1999.01.01) Sturgeon (1999.01.01-2002.11.17) | 1996|3|7}} | Chrétien | 2002|11|17}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | Walter Patrick Twinn | Progressive Conservative | Alberta | 1990|9|27}} | Mulroney | 1997|10|30}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row}} | Betty Unger3 | Conservative | Alberta | 2012|1|6}} | Harper | 2018|8|20}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|Reform|row}} | Stanley Waters3 | Reform | Alberta | 1990|6|11}} | Mulroney | 1991|9|25}} | Notes:1 Senators are appointed to represent Alberta. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Alberta as his or her division. 2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada on the Strong recommendation of the prime minister.
3 Appointed after winning a senator-in-waiting position in an Alberta Senate nominee election. Western provinces regional senatorsSenators 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 | Party1 | Division2 | Date appointed | Appointed by3 | Date shifted to provincial | Province shifted to | Provincial seat vacated by | End of Term{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row}} | {{sort|Johnson Janis|Janis Johnson}} | Conservative | Winnipeg-Interlake | {{dts|1990|09|27}} | Mulroney | 1990|10|04}} | Manitoba | Joseph-Philippe Guay | {{dts|2016|09|27}}{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | {{sort|Berntson|Eric Berntson}} | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | {{dts|1990|09|27}} | Mulroney | 1991|01|26}} | Saskatchewan | David Steuart | {{dts|2001|02|27}} | 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 of Canada on the recommendation of the prime minister. See also- Alberta Senate nominee election
- Lists of Canadian senators
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=1c69a9e8-42ad-48b3-a506-37cab1a579dd&Language=E&Section=ALL|title=MCCOY, The Hon. Elaine, Q.C., B.A., LL.B.|publisher=PARLINFO|accessdate=March 19, 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402140746/http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=1c69a9e8-42ad-48b3-a506-37cab1a579dd&Language=E&Section=ALL|archivedate=April 2, 2016|df=}})
External links- Current Senators List Parliament Website
- A Legislative and Historical Overview of the Canadian Senate
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