List of Saskatchewan senators
This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of Saskatchewan.
Current senators
[edit]| Name | Party | Division1 | Date appointed | Appointed by2 | Mandatory retirement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Arnot | Independent Senators Group | Saskatchewan | July 29, 2021 | Trudeau | April 16, 2027 | |
| Denise Batters | Conservative | Saskatchewan | January 25, 2013 | Harper | June 18, 2045 | |
| Brent Cotter | Independent Senators Group | Saskatchewan | January 31, 2020 | Trudeau | December 18, 2024 | |
| Marty Klyne | Independent Senators Group | Saskatchewan | September 27, 2018 | Trudeau | March 6, 2032 | |
| Tracy Muggli | Non-affiliated | Saskatchewan | August 17, 2024 | J. Trudeau | ||
| Pamela Wallin | Canadian Senators Group | Saskatchewan | January 2, 2009 | Harper | April 10, 2028 |
Notes:
1 Senators are appointed to represent Saskatchewan. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Saskatchewan as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.
Historical senators
[edit]| Name | Party | Division1 | Date appointed | Appointed by2 | End of term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazen Argue | Liberal | Regina | February 24, 1966 | Pearson | October 2, 2002 | |
| Walter Aseltine | Progressive Conservative | Rosetown | December 30, 1933 | Bennett | March 31, 1971 | |
| James Balfour | Progressive Conservative | Regina | September 13, 1979 | Clark | December 12, 1999 | |
| Staff Barootes | Progressive Conservative | Regina-Qu'Appelle | December 21, 1984 | Mulroney | May 25, 1993 | |
| Eric Berntson3 | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | February 27, 2001 | |
| William Albert Boucher | Liberal | Prince Albert | January 3, 1957 | St. Laurent | June 23, 1976 | |
| Sidney Buckwold | Liberal | Saskatoon | November 4, 1971 | Trudeau, P. E. | November 3, 1991 | |
| James Calder | Conservative | Moose Jaw | September 22, 1921 | Meighen | July 20, 1956 | |
| Thomas Davis | Liberal | Prince Albert4 | September 30, 1904 | Laurier | January 23, 1917 | |
| James Moffat Douglas | Independent Liberal | Tantallon | March 8, 1906 | Laurier | August 19, 1920 | |
| Archibald Beaton Gillis | Conservative | Saskatchewan | October 17, 1921 | Meighen | January 18, 1940 | |
| Lenard Gustafson | Conservative | Saskatchewan | May 26, 1993 | Mulroney | November 10, 2008 | |
| John Hnatyshyn | Progressive Conservative | Saskatoon | January 15, 1959 | Diefenbaker | May 2, 1967 | |
| Ralph Horner | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan North | December 30, 1933 | Bennett | December 14, 1964 | |
| John Frederick Johnston | Liberal | Central Saskatchewan | October 5, 1943 | King | May 9, 1948 | |
| Henry Laird | Conservative | Regina | January 31, 1917 | Borden | September 30, 1940 | |
| Arthur Marcotte | Conservative | Ponteix | July 6, 1931 | Bennett | August 18, 1958 | |
| Alexander Hamilton McDonald | Liberal | Moosimin | August 13, 1965 | Pearson | March 31, 1980 | |
| Pana Merchant | Liberal | Saskatchewan | December 12, 2002 | Chrétien | March 31, 2017 | |
| Arthur Maurice Pearson | Progressive Conservative | Lumsden | October 12, 1957 | Diefenbaker | March 31, 1971 | |
| William Dell Perley | Conservative | Wolseley4 | August 3, 1888 | Macdonald | July 15, 1909 | |
| Robert Peterson | Liberal | Saskatchewan | March 24, 2005 | Martin | October 19, 2012 | |
| Joseph Benjamin Prince | Liberal | Saskatchewan | July 29, 1909 | Laurier | October 26, 1920 | |
| James Hamilton Ross | Liberal | Regina4 | September 30, 1904 | Laurier | December 14, 1932 | |
| Herbert O. Sparrow | Liberal | Saskatchewan | February 9, 1968 | Pearson | January 4, 2005 | |
| David Steuart | Liberal | Prince Albert-Duck Lake | December 9, 1976 | Trudeau, P. E. | January 26, 1991 | |
| John Stevenson | Liberal | Prince Albert | January 29, 1940 | King | September 21, 1956 | |
| David Tkachuk | Conservative | Saskatchewan | June 8, 1993 | Mulroney | February 18, 2020 | |
| John Gillanders Turriff | Liberal | Assiniboia | September 23, 1918 | Borden | November 10, 1930 | |
| Jack Wiebe | Liberal | Saskatchewan | April 7, 2000 | Chrétien | January 31, 2004 | |
| Wellington Willoughby | Conservative | Moose Jaw | October 23, 1917 | Borden | August 1, 1932 | |
| Thomas Harold Wood | Liberal | Regina | January 25, 1949 | St. Laurent | November 26, 1965 |
Notes:
1 Senators are appointed to represent Saskatchewan. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Saskatchewan as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.
3 Two senators were appointed under a rarely used regional expansion clause by Brian Mulroney that increased the Senate seats from 104 to 112 on September 27, 1990. For the Western provinces, one designated a division in Saskatchewan and the other in Manitoba. The expansion includes two seats each for the Western provinces, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
4 These three senators held their respective territorial designations from there appointment until August 31, 1905, as senators from the Northwest Territories. From September 1, they held those designations as senators from the newly established Saskatchewan.