List of Prince Edward Island senators
This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of Prince Edward Island.
Prince Edward Island, was guaranteed four Senate seats at the 1864 conference in Quebec City of the "Fathers of Confederation", Prince Edward Island representatives campaigned for equal representation claiming that the rights of small provinces needed to be safe guarded. Prince Edward Island delayed joining confederation until 1873 for various reasons including the Senate question. Under the Prince Edward Island Terms of Union, 1873 Prince Edward Island was given four Senate seats.
Current senators
[edit]| Name | Party | Division1 | Date appointed | Nominated by 2 |
Mandatory retirement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Downe | Canadian Senators Group | Charlottetown | March 26, 2003 | Chrétien | July 8, 2029 | |
| Brian Francis | Progressive Senate Group | Prince Edward Island | October 11, 2018 | J. Trudeau | September 28, 2032 | |
| Jane MacAdam | Independent Senators Group | Prince Edward Island | May 3, 2023 | J. Trudeau | March 1, 2032 | |
| Mary Robinson | Canadian Senators Group | Prince Edward Island | January 22, 2024 | J. Trudeau | August 3, 2045 |
Notes:
1 Senators are appointed to represent Prince Edward Island. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within the province as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.
Historical
[edit]| Name | Party | Division1 | Date appointed | Appointed by2 | End of term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doris Margaret Anderson | Liberal | St. Peter's, Kings County | September 21, 1995 | Chrétien | July 5, 1997 | |
| Joseph-Octave Arsenault | Conservative | Prince Edward Island | February 18, 1895 | Bowell | December 14, 1897 | |
| George Hilton Barbour | Liberal | Prince | July 6, 1949 | St. Laurent | February 6, 1962 | |
| Lorne Bonnell | Liberal | Murray River | November 15, 1971 | Trudeau, P. E. | January 4, 1998 | |
| Catherine Callbeck | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | September 23, 1997 | Chrétien | July 25, 2014 | |
| Jedediah Slason Carvell | Conservative | Charlottetown | December 18, 1879 | MacDonald | July 3, 1894 | |
| Mike Duffy | Conservative | Cavendish | January 2, 2009 | Harper | May 21, 2021 | |
| Donald Ferguson | Conservative | Queen's | September 4, 1893 | Thompson | September 3, 1909 | |
| Thomas Vincent Grant | Liberal | Montague | June 25, 1949 | St. Laurent | August 19, 1965 | |
| Diane Griffin | Independent | Prince Edward Island | November 10, 2016 | J. Trudeau | March 18, 2022 | |
| Thomas Heath Haviland | Conservative | Prince Edward Island | October 18, 1873 | Macdonald | July 1, 1879 | |
| Robert Haythorne | Liberal | Queen's | October 18, 1873 | Macdonald | May 7, 1891 | |
| George William Howlan | Liberal | Alberton | October 18, 1873 January 5, 1881 March 25, 1891 |
Macdonald | December 27, 1880 February 18, 1891 February 1, 1894 | |
| Elizabeth Hubley | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | March 8, 2001 | Chrétien | September 8, 2017 | |
| James Joseph Hughes | Liberal | King's | September 5, 1925 | King | March 5, 1941 | |
| Florence Elsie Inman | Liberal | Murray Harbour | July 28, 1955 | St. Laurent | May 31, 1986 | |
| Archibald Johnstone | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | March 6, 1998 | Chrétien | June 12, 1999 | |
| John Walter Jones | Liberal | Queen's | May 19, 1953 | St. Laurent | March 31, 1954 | |
| Thomas Joseph Kickham | Liberal | Cardigan | July 8, 1966 | Pearson | December 1, 1974 | |
| Creelman MacArthur | Liberal | Prince | September 5, 1925 | King | December 27, 1943 | |
| Andrew Macdonald | Liberal-Conservative | Charlottetown | May 11, 1891 | Macdonald | March 21, 1912 | |
| John Alexander Macdonald | Conservative | Cardigan | July 20, 1935 | Bennett | November 15, 1948 | |
| John Joseph MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | Queen's | January 27, 1958 | Diefenbaker | April 20, 1971 | |
| Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative | Hillsborough | October 3, 1979 | Clark | September 18, 1994 | |
| James P. McIntyre | Liberal | Mount Stewart | February 19, 1943 | King | April 8, 1957 | |
| John McLean | Conservative | Souris | December 3, 1915 | Borden | February 20, 1936 | |
| Donald Montgomery | Conservative | Park Corner | October 18, 1873 | Macdonald | July 31, 1893 | |
| Patrick Charles Murphy | Conservative | Tignish | November 20, 1912 | Borden | March 6, 1925 | |
| Melvin Perry | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | August 11, 1999 | Chrétien | August 23, 2000 | |
| Orville Howard Phillips | Progressive Conservative | Prince | February 5, 1963 | Diefenbaker | March 24, 1999 | |
| Benjamin Charles Prowse | Liberal | Charlottetown | May 5, 1911 | Laurier | February 22, 1930 | |
| Samuel Prowse | Liberal-Conservative | King's | September 14, 1889 | MacDonald | January 14, 1902 | |
| James Edwin Robertson | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | February 7, 1902 | Laurier | April 13, 1915 | |
| Brewer Waugh Robinson | Liberal | Summerside | April 19, 1945 | King | January 20, 1949 | |
| Eileen Rossiter | Progressive Conservative | Prince Edward Island | November 17, 1986 | Mulroney | July 14, 2004 | |
| John Ewen Sinclair | Liberal | Queen's | June 7, 1930 | King | December 23, 1949 | |
| John Yeo | Liberal | East Prince | November 19, 1898 | Laurier | December 14, 1924 |
Notes:
1 Senators are appointed to represent Prince Edward Island. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Prince Edward Island as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.
Maritimes regional senators
[edit]Senators listed were appointed to represent the Maritimes 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Forrestall | Conservative | Dartmouth/Eastern Shore, NS | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | November 10, 1994 | Nova Scotia | Robert Muir | June 9, 2006 | |
| James W. Ross | Progressive Conservative | Maritimes divisional | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | April 26, 1991 | New Brunswick | Richard Hatfield | May 25, 1993 |
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 on the recommendation of the prime minister.