List of current senators of Canada

This article provides an up-to-date list of the members of the Senate of Canada (Le Sénat du Canada), the upper house of the Parliament of Canada, including their names, provinces or territories, political affiliations, and appointment dates. The list reflects the latest official records and is presented in a sortable table format. The 105 senators are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister, unlike the elected members of the House of Commons. ^[1][2]

The Senate Chamber, located in the Centre Block of Parliament Hill

Senators originally held their seats for life; however, under the British North America Act, 1965, members may not sit in the Senate after reaching the age of 75.

Regional allocation

Senate seats are allocated on a regional basis:

• 24 seats each for Ontario, Quebec, the Maritime provinces, and the Western provinces
• 6 seats for Newfoundland and Labrador
• 1 seat each for the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut

Quebec is unique in having 24 constitutionally mandated Senate divisions. See Quebec Senate divisions for details. In other provinces, senators may choose a division name, but this has no constitutional significance.

As of 26 May 2025^[update], there are 104 sitting senators: 45 are members of the Independent Senators Group, 21 are members of the Canadian Senators Group, 18 are members of the Progressive Senate Group, 11 are members of the senate caucus of the Conservative Party of Canada, and 9 are non-affiliated. There is one vacancy.^[3] Current senators have been appointed on the advice of Justin Trudeau, Stephen Harper, and Jean Chrétien.

Pierrette Ringuette is the longest-serving current senator; she was appointed on the advice of Jean Chrétien in 2002.

Notable positions

• Speaker of the Senate: Raymonde Gagné
• Speaker pro tempore: Pierrette Ringuette
• Government Representative: Marc Gold
• Legislative Deputy to the Government Representative: Patti LaBoucane-Benson
• Leader of the Opposition: Leo Housakos
• Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Yonah Martin
• Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group: Raymonde Saint-Germain
• Leader of the Canadian Senators Group: Scott Tannas
• Leader of the Progressive Senate Group: Pierre Dalphond

Current senators

See also: Lists of Canadian senators

Name[4]		Senate affiliation	Province or territory (Senate division)[5]	Date nominated	Appointed on the advice of		Mandatory retirement	Titles
	Pierrette Ringuette	ISG	NB	2002-12-12		Chrétien	2030-12-31	Speaker pro tempore
	Percy Downe	CSG	PE	2003-06-26		Chrétien	2029-07-08
	Paul Massicotte	ISG	QC (De Lanaudière)	2003-06-26		Chrétien	2026-09-10
	Michael L. MacDonald	CPC	NS	2009-01-02		Harper	2030-05-04
	Yonah Martin	CPC	BC	2009-01-02		Harper	2040-04-11	Deputy Opposition Leader
	Pamela Wallin	CSG	SK	2009-01-02		Harper	2028-04-10
	Patrick Brazeau	NA	QC (Repentigny)	2009-01-08		Harper	2049-11-11
	Leo Housakos	CPC	QC (Wellington)	2009-01-08		Harper	2043-01-10	Leader of the Opposition in the Senate [a]
	Claude Carignan	CPC	QC (Mille Isles)	2009-08-27		Harper	2039-12-04	[b]
	Judith Seidman	CPC	QC (De la Durantaye)	2009-08-27		Harper	2025-09-01
	Elizabeth Marshall	CPC	NL	2010-01-29		Harper	2026-09-07
	Rose-May Poirier	CPC	NB	2010-02-28		Harper	2029-03-02
	Salma Ataullahjan	CPC	ON	2010-07-09		Harper	2027-04-29
	Fabian Manning	CPC	NL	2011-05-25		Harper	2039-05-21
	Larry Smith	CSG	QC (Saurel)	2011-05-25		Harper	2026-04-28
	Josée Verner	CSG	QC (Montarville)	2011-06-13		Harper	2034-12-30
	Denise Batters	CPC	SK	2013-01-25		Harper	2045-06-18
	David Wells	CPC	NL	2013-01-25		Harper	2037-02-28
	Scott Tannas	CSG	AB	2013-03-25		Harper	2037-02-25	Leader of the CSG
	Peter Harder	PSG	ON	2016-03-23		Trudeau, J.	2027-08-25	[c]
	Raymonde Gagné	NA	MB	2016-04-01		Trudeau, J.	2031-01-07	Speaker of the Senate
	Chantal Petitclerc	ISG	QC (Grandville)	2016-04-01		Trudeau, J.	2044-12-15	Chair of ISG Deliberations
	Wanda Thomas Bernard	PSG	NS	2016-11-10		Trudeau, J.	2028-08-01
	Gwen Boniface	ISG	ON	2016-11-10		Trudeau, J.	2030-08-05
	René Cormier	ISG	NB	2016-11-10		Trudeau, J.	2031-04-27
	Tony Dean	ISG	ON	2016-11-10		Trudeau, J.	2028-08-19
	Marilou McPhedran	NA	MB	2016-11-10		Trudeau, J.	2026-07-22
	Lucie Moncion	ISG	ON	2016-11-10		Trudeau, J.	2033-10-25
	Kim Pate	ISG	ON	2016-11-10		Trudeau, J.	2034-11-10
	Yuen Pau Woo	ISG	BC	2016-11-10		Trudeau, J.	2038-03-02	[d]
	Éric Forest	ISG	QC (Gulf)	2016-11-21		Trudeau, J.	2027-04-06
	Marc Gold	NA	QC (Stadacona)	2016-11-25		Trudeau, J.	2025-06-30	Gov. Rep. in the Senate
	Marie-Françoise Mégie	ISG	QC (Rougemont)	2016-11-25		Trudeau, J.	2025-09-21
	Raymonde Saint-Germain	ISG	QC (De la Vallière)	2016-11-25		Trudeau, J.	2026-10-07	Facilitator of the ISG
	Rosa Galvez	ISG	QC (Bedford)	2016-12-06		Trudeau, J.	2036-06-21
	David Richards	NA	NB	2017-08-30		Trudeau, J.	2025-10-17
	Mary Coyle	ISG	NS	2017-12-04		Trudeau, J.	2029-11-05
	Mary Jane McCallum	NA	MB	2017-12-04		Trudeau, J.	2027-05-01
	Robert Black	CSG	ON	2018-02-15		Trudeau, J.	2037-03-27
	Marty Deacon	ISG	ON	2018-02-15		Trudeau, J.	2033-04-23
	Yvonne Boyer	ISG	ON	2018-03-15		Trudeau, J.	2028-10-25
	Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia	ISG	NL	2018-06-01		Trudeau, J.	2032-08-15
	Pierre Dalphond	PSG	QC (De Lorimier)	2018-06-06		Trudeau, J.	2029-05-01	Leader of the PSG.
	Donna Dasko	ISG	ON	2018-06-06		Trudeau, J.	2026-08-19
	Colin Deacon	CSG	NS	2018-06-15		Trudeau, J.	2034-11-01
	Julie Miville-Dechêne	ISG	QC (Inkerman)	2018-06-20		Trudeau, J.	2034-07-10
	Bev Busson	ISG	BC	2018-09-24		Trudeau, J.	2026-08-23
	Marty Klyne	PSG	SK	2018-09-24		Trudeau, J.	2032-03-06
	Peter Boehm	ISG	ON	2018-10-03		Trudeau, J.	2029-04-26
	Patti LaBoucane-Benson	NA	AB	2018-10-03		Trudeau, J.	2044-02-20	Deputy Gov. Representative
	Paula Simons	ISG	AB	2018-10-03		Trudeau, J.	2039-09-07
	Brian Francis	PSG	PE	2018-10-11		Trudeau, J.	2032-09-28
	Dawn Anderson	PSG	NT	2018-12-12		Trudeau, J.	2042-04-14
	Pat Duncan	ISG	YT	2018-12-12		Trudeau, J.	2035-04-08
	Stan Kutcher	ISG	NS	2018-12-12		Trudeau, J.	2026-12-16
	Rosemary Moodie	ISG	ON	2018-12-12		Trudeau, J.	2031-11-24
	Tony Loffreda	ISG	QC (Shawinegan)	2019-07-22		Trudeau, J.	2037-08-14
	Bernadette Clement	ISG	ON	2021-06-22		Trudeau, J.	2040-05-17	Deputy Facilitator of the ISG
	Jim Quinn	CSG	NB	2021-06-22		Trudeau, J.	2032-01-25
	Hassan Yussuff	ISG	ON	2021-06-22		Trudeau, J.	2031-12-15
	David Arnot	ISG	SK	2021-07-29		Trudeau, J.	2027-04-16
	Michèle Audette	PSG	QC (De Salaberry)	2021-07-29		Trudeau, J.	2046-07-20	Liaison (whip) of the PSG
	Amina Gerba	PSG	QC (Rigaud)	2021-07-29		Trudeau, J.	2036-03-14	PSG Caucus Chair
	Clément Gignac	CSG	QC (Kennebec)	2021-07-29		Trudeau, J.	2030-05-07
	Karen Sorensen	ISG	AB	2021-07-29		Trudeau, J.	2034-05-20
	Flordeliz (Gigi) Osler	CSG	MB	2022-09-26		Trudeau, J.	2043-09-09
	Margo Greenwood	ISG	BC	2022-11-10		Trudeau, J.	2028-09-02
	Sharon Burey	CSG	ON	2022-11-21		Trudeau, J.	2032-12-04
	Andrew Cardozo	PSG	ON	2022-11-21		Trudeau, J.	2031-03-21
	Rebecca Patterson	CSG	ON	2022-11-21		Trudeau, J.	2040-06-15	Deputy Leader of the CSG
	Jane MacAdam	ISG	PE	2023-05-03		Trudeau, J.	2032-03-01
	Iris Petten	NA	NL	2023-05-03		Trudeau, J.	2034-02-05
	Paul (PJ) Prosper	CSG	NS	2023-07-06		Trudeau, J.	2039-11-04
	Judy White	PSG	NL	2023-07-06		Trudeau, J.	2039-01-11
	Réjean Aucoin	CSG	NS	2023-10-31		Trudeau, J.	2030-07-04
	Rodger Cuzner	PSG	NS	2023-10-31		Trudeau, J.	2030-11-04
	Joan Kingston	ISG	NB	2023-10-31		Trudeau, J.	2030-01-08
	John McNair	ISG	NB	2023-10-31		Trudeau, J.	2032-06-03
	Krista Ross	CSG	NB	2023-10-31		Trudeau, J.	2042-09-30
	Marnie McBean	ISG	ON	2023-12-20		Trudeau, J.	2043-01-28
	Paulette Senior	ISG	ON	2023-12-20		Trudeau, J.	2036-12-04
	Toni Varone	ISG	ON	2023-12-20		Trudeau, J.	2033-06-20
	Mary Robinson	CSG	PE	2024-01-22		Trudeau, J.	2045-08-03
	Mohammad Al Zaibak	CSG	ON	2024-01-28		Trudeau, J.	2026-08-09
	Manuelle Oudar	ISG	QC (La Salle)	2024-02-13		Trudeau, J.	2038-07-05
	Victor Boudreau	ISG	NB	2024-06-28		Trudeau, J.	2045-05-03
	Charles Adler	CSG	MB	2024-08-16		Trudeau, J.	2029-08-25
	Tracy Muggli	PSG	SK	2024-08-16		Trudeau, J.	2040-09-18
	Daryl Fridhandler	PSG	AB	2024-08-30		Trudeau, J.	2031-10-09
	Kristopher Wells	PSG	AB	2024-08-30		Trudeau, J.	2046-10-07
	Pierre Moreau	PSG	QC (The Laurentides)	2024-09-10		Trudeau, J.	2032-12-12
	Suze Youance	ISG	QC (Lauzon)	2024-09-25		Trudeau, J.	2045-08-11
	Nancy Karetak-Lindell	ISG	NU	2024-12-19		Trudeau, J.	2032-12-10
	Allister Surette	ISG	NS	2024-12-19		Trudeau, J.	2036-09-21
	Baltej Dhillon	ISG	BC	2025-02-07		Trudeau, J.	2041-11-13
	Martine Hébert	ISG	QC (Victoria)	2025-02-07		Trudeau, J.	2040-10-07
	Todd Lewis	CSG	SK	2025-02-07		Trudeau, J.	2036-07-21
	Danièle Henkel	PSG	QC (Alma)	2025-02-14		Trudeau, J.	2031-01-16
	Duncan Wilson	PSG	BC	2025-02-28		Trudeau, J.	2042-09-26
	Dawn Arnold	ISG	NB	2025-03-07		Trudeau, J.	2041-04-23
	Katherine Hay	PSG	ON	2025-03-07		Trudeau, J.	2036-01-16
	Tony Ince	CSG	NS	2025-03-07		Trudeau, J.	2032-12-16
	Farah Mohamed	NA	ON	2025-03-07		Trudeau, J.	2045-07-05
	Sandra Pupatello	CSG	ON	2025-03-07		Trudeau, J.	2037-10-06

Notes

1. former speaker of the Senate of Canada
2. former government representative in the Senate and former leader of the opposition in the Senate (Canada)
3. former representative of the Government in the Senate
4. former facilitator of the ISG

Standings

As of 26 May 2025^[update], the Senate of Canada has 105 seats, of which 104 are filled, and one is vacant (MB).

Members of the Senate of Canada may sit as representatives of a group or political party, if agreed by both the senator and the group.

Current composition of the Senate by affiliation and province^[6]

Affiliation		AB	BC	MB	NB	NL	NT	NS	NU	ON	PE	QC	SK	YT	Total
	ISG	2	4	0	6	1	0	3	1	14	1	11	1	1	45
	CSG	1	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	5	2	3	2	0	21
	PSG	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	1	5	2	0	18
	CPC	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	11
	Non-affiliated	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	9
	Vacant	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total:		6	6	6	10	6	1	10	1	24	4	24	6	1	105

Seating plan of the Canadian Senate

Appointment breakdown

Appointments by prime minister and current affiliation^[7]

Prime Minister		Term	ISG	CSG	PSG	CPC	NA	Total
	Jean Chrétien	1993–2003	2	1	0	0	0	3
	Stephen Harper	2006–2015	0	4	0	11	1	16
	Justin Trudeau	2015–2025	43	15	19	0	8	85
	Mark Carney	2025–present	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total:			45	21	18	11	9	104

Vacancies

	Province (Division)	Seat last held by	Affiliation	Reason for vacancy	Vacant since
	Manitoba	Don Plett	Conservative	Mandatory retirement	May 14, 2025	14 days

Membership changes since the last election
Date Name Province or territory (Senate division) Affiliation before Affiliation after Reason 2025-05-14 Don Plett Manitoba Conservative Vacant Mandatory retirement 2025-05-14 Tony Ince Nova Scotia NA CSG Joined CSG 2025-05-20 Sandra Pupatello Ontario NA CSG Joined CSG 2025-05-20 Charles Adler Ontario NA CSG Joined CSG

Standings changes since the last election
Senate group changes during 45th Parliament Date ISG CSG PSG CPC NA Vac Tot 2025-04-28 45 18 18 12 12 0 105 2025-05-14 19 11 11 1 2025-05-20 21 9

Upcoming retirements

Senators scheduled to retire before the next federal election me Mandatory retirement date Appointed on the advice of Province or territory (Senate division) Marc Gold 2025-06-30 Trudeau, J. Quebec (Stadacona) Judith Seidman 2025-09-01 Harper Québec (De la Durantaye) Marie-Françoise Mégie 2025-09-21 Trudeau, J. Quebec (Rougemont) David Adams Richards 2025-10-17 Trudeau, J. New Brunswick Larry Smith 2026-04-28 Harper Quebec (Saurel) Marilou McPhedran 2026-07-22 Trudeau, J. Manitoba Mohammad Al Zaibak 2026-08-09 Trudeau, J. Ontario Donna Dasko 2026-08-19 Trudeau, J. Ontario Bev Busson 2026-08-23 Trudeau, J. British Columbia Elizabeth Marshall 2026-09-07 Harper Newfoundland and Labrador Paul Massicotte 2026-09-10 Chrétien Quebec (De Lanaudière) Raymonde Saint-Germain 2026-10-07 Trudeau, J. Quebec (De la Vallière) Stan Kutcher 2026-12-16 Trudeau, J. Nova Scotia Éric Forest 2027-04-06 Trudeau, J. Quebec (Gulf) David Arnot 2027-04-16 Trudeau, J. Saskatchewan Salma Ataullahjan 2027-04-29 Harper Ontario Mary Jane McCallum 2027-05-01 Trudeau, J. Manitoba Peter Harder 2027-08-25 Trudeau, J. Ontario Pamela Wallin 2028-04-10 Harper Saskatchewan Wanda Thomas Bernard 2028-08-01 Trudeau, J. Nova Scotia Tony Dean 2028-08-19 Trudeau, J. Ontario Margo Greenwood 2028-09-02 Trudeau, J. British Columbia Yvonne Boyer 2028-10-25 Trudeau, J. Ontario Rose-May Poirier 2029-03-02 Harper New Brunswick Peter Boehm 2029-04-26 Trudeau, J. Ontario Pierre Dalphond 2029-05-01 Trudeau, J. Quebec (De Lorimier) Percy Downe 2029-07-08 Chrétien Prince Edward Island Charles Adler 2029-08-25 Trudeau, J. Manitoba

Longevity

Furthest year of retirement of existing senators, by prime minister

• Pierrette Ringuette, appointed by Jean Chrétien, is due to retire on December 31, 2030
• Kristopher Wells, appointed by Justin Trudeau, is due to retire on October 7, 2046
• Patrick Brazeau, appointed by Stephen Harper, is due to retire on November 11, 2049

See also

• Senate of Canada
• List of Senate of Canada appointments by prime minister
• List of women appointed to the Canadian Senate