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 Party1 Division2 Date appointed Appointed by3 On the advice of Mandatory retirementNon-affiliatedManitobaSimonJ. TrudeauNon-affiliatedManitobaJohnstonJ. Trudeau ConservativeManitobaPayetteJ. TrudeauNon-affiliatedManitobaJohnstonJ. Trudeau Canadian Senators GroupManitobaSimonJ. Trudeau Conservative Landmark Jean S. HarperNon-affiliatedManitobaArbourCarney

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 their division. 3 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.

Historical Name Party 1 Division2 Date appointed Appointed by3 End of term Arthur-Lucien Beaubien Liberal Provencher King Aimé Bénard Conservative St. Boniface Borden Thomas-Alfred Bernier Conservative St. Boniface Abbott JoAnne Buth Conservative Manitoba Harper Charles Arkoll Boulton Liberal-Conservative Marquette Macdonald Progressive Senate Group Manitoba J. Trudeau George Bradbury Conservative Selkirk Borden Sharon Carstairs Liberal Manitoba Chrétien Maria Chaput Liberal Manitoba Chrétien Noé Chevrier Liberal Winnipeg Laurier Thomas Crerar Liberal Churchill King John Caswell Davis Liberal Winnipeg St. Laurent Ron Duhamel Liberal Manitoba Chrétien Douglas Everett Independent Liberal Fort Rouge Pearson Robert Forke Liberal-Progressive Brandon King Marc-Amable Girard Liberal St. Boniface Macdonald Joseph-Philippe Guay Liberal St. Boniface Trudeau, P. E. James Campbell Haig Progressive Conservative River Heights Diefenbaker John Thomas Haig Progressive Conservative Winnipeg Richard Bennett John Power Howden Liberal St. Boniface King Olive Lillian Irvine Progressive Conservative Lisgar Diefenbaker Duncan Jessiman Progressive Conservative Manitoba Mulroney Janis Johnson4 Conservative Winnipeg-InterlakeManitoba5 Mulroney John Nesbitt Kirchhoffer Conservative Selkirk Thompson Richard Kroft Liberal Manitoba Chrétien Alphonse Larivière Conservative Provencher Borden Lendrum McMeans Conservative Winnipeg Borden William Craig McNamara Liberal Winnipeg Trudeau, P. E. Gildas Molgat Liberal St. Rose Trudeau, P. E. John Patrick Molloy Liberal Provencher King Henry Mullins Conservative Marquette Bennett Nathan Nurgitz Progressive Conservative Winnipeg North Clark Dufferin Roblin Progressive Conservative Red River Trudeau, P. E. Frederick Laurence Schaffner Conservative Souris Borden John Christian Schultz Liberal-Conservative Manitoba Macdonald William Sharpe Conservative Manitou Borden Mira Spivak Independent Manitoba Mulroney Terry Stratton Conservative Red River Mulroney John Sutherland Independent Conservative Kildonan Macdonald Gunnar Thorvaldson Progressive Conservative Winnipeg South Diefenbaker William Michael Wall Liberal Winnipeg St. Laurent Robert Watson Liberal Portage la Prairie Laurier Finlay McNaughton Young Liberal Killarney Laurier Paul Yuzyk Progressive Conservative Fort Garry Diefenbaker Rod Zimmer Liberal Winnipeg Martin Non-affiliated (ISG)ManitobaTrudeau, J. 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 their 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 to and Manitoba from 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.

NameParty1Division2Date appointedAppointed by3Date shifted to provincialProvince shifted toProvincial seat vacated byEnd of termConservativeWinnipeg-InterlakeMulroneyManitobaJoseph-Philippe GuayProgressive ConservativeSaskatchewanMulroneySaskatchewanDavid Steuart 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 their division. 3 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.

List of Manitoba senators

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