List of Alberta senators

Template:Short description This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of Alberta.

It had one senator starting in 1888. Three more were added in 1905, at time of granting of province-hood. Two more were added in 1915, first appointed in February 1918.

But long-standing vacancies can exist, so at various times since 1918, Alberta has not always had six senators.

Since 1965, senators have been able to serve only until they reach the age of 75.

Current senators

	Name	Party	DivisionTemplate:Efn	Date appointed	Appointed byTemplate:Efn	Mandatory retirement		Canadian Senators Group	Alberta	Template:Dts	Harper	Template:Dts	Paula Simons	Independent Senators Group	Alberta	Template:Dts	Trudeau	Template:Dts	Patti LaBoucane-Benson	Non-affiliated	Alberta	Template:Dts	Trudeau	Template:Dts	Karen Sorensen	Independent Senators Group	Alberta	Template:Dts	Trudeau	Template:Dts		Progressive Senate Group	Alberta	Template:Dts	Trudeau	Template:Dts		Progressive Senate Group	Alberta	Template:Dts	Trudeau	Template:Dts

Historical

	Name	Party	DivisionTemplate:Efn	Date appointed	Appointed byTemplate:Efn	End of term	Tommy Banks	Liberal	Alberta	Template:Dts	Chrétien	Template:Dts	Martha Bielish	Progressive Conservative	Lakeland	Template:Dts	Clark	Template:Dts	Aristide Blais	Liberal	St. Albert	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts	Richard Hardisty	Conservative	District of Alberta	Template:Dts	MacDonald	Template:Dts	Bert BrownTemplate:Efn	Conservative	Alberta	Template:Dts	Harper	Template:Dts	John Alexander Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton	Template:Dts	Diefenbaker	Template:Dts	William Ashbury Buchanan	Liberal	Lethbridge	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts	Patrick Burns	Independent	Calgary	Template:Dts	Bennett	Template:Dts	Donald Cameron	Independent Liberal	Banff	Template:Dts	St. Laurent	Template:Dts	Thelma Chalifoux	Liberal	Alberta	Template:Dts	Chrétien	Template:Dts	Jean Côté	Liberal	Edmonton	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts	Leverett George DeVeber	Liberal	Lethbridge	Template:Dts	Laurier	Template:Dts	Joyce Fairbairn	Liberal	Lethbridge	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts	Jean Forest	Liberal	Edmonton	Template:Dts	Chrétien	Template:Dts	Amédée E. Forget	Liberal	Banff	Template:Dts	Laurier	Template:Dts	Frederick Gershaw	Liberal	Medicine Hat	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts	Ron Ghitter	Progressive Conservative	Alberta	Template:Dts	Mulroney	Template:Dts	James Gladstone	Independent Conservative	Lethbridge	Template:Dts	Diefenbaker	Template:Dts	William Griesbach	Conservative	Edmonton	Template:Dts	Meighen	Template:Dts	William Harmer	Liberal	Edmonton	Template:Dts	Borden	Template:Dts	Earl Hastings	Liberal	Palliser-Foothills	Template:Dts	Pearson	Template:Dts	Daniel Philip Hays	Liberal	Calgary	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts	Harry Hays	Liberal	Calgary	Template:Dts	Pearson	Template:Dts	Prosper-Edmond Lessard	Liberal	St. Paul	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts	James Lougheed	Liberal-Conservative	Calgary, NWT (1889.12.10 - 1905.08.31) Calgary, AB (1905.09.01 - 1925.11.02)	Template:Dts	MacDonald	Template:Dts	James A. MacKinnon	Liberal	Edmonton	Template:Dts	St. Laurent	Template:Dts	Ernest Manning	Social Credit	Edmonton West	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts	Elaine McCoy	Canadian Senators Group	Alberta	Template:Dts	Martin	Template:Dts	Edward Michener	Conservative	Alberta	Template:Dts	Borden	Template:Dts	Grant Mitchell	Non-affiliated	Alberta	Template:Dts	Martin	Template:Dts	Bud Olson	Liberal	Alberta South	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts	James Harper Prowse	Liberal	Edmonton	Template:Dts	Pearson	Template:Dts	Daniel Edward Riley	Liberal	Alberta	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts	Douglas Roche	Independent	Edmonton	Template:Dts	Chrétien	Template:Dts	George Henry Ross	Liberal	Calgary	Template:Dts	St. Laurent	Template:Dts	Philippe Roy	Liberal	Edmonton	Template:Dts	Laurier	Template:Dts	Wesley Stambaugh	Liberal	Bruce	Template:Dts	St. Laurent	Template:Dts	Peter Talbot	Liberal	Alberta	Template:Dts	Laurier	Template:Dts	Claudette Tardif	Liberal	Alberta	Template:Dts	Martin	Template:Dts	Nicholas Taylor	Liberal	Bon Accord (1996.03.07-1999.01.01) Sturgeon (1999.01.01-2002.11.17)	Template:Dts	Chrétien	Template:Dts	Walter Patrick Twinn	Progressive Conservative	Alberta	Template:Dts	Mulroney	Template:Dts	Betty UngerTemplate:Efn	Conservative	Alberta	Template:Dts	Harper	Template:Dts	Doug Black	Canadian Senators Group	Alberta	Template:Dts	Harper	Template:Dts

Western provinces regional senators

Senators listed were appointed to represent the Western Provinces under section 26 of the Constitution Act. This clause can be used to appoint two extra senators to represent four regional Senate divisions: Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes and the Western Provinces. It has been used only once, in 1990.

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	PartyTemplate:Efn	DivisionTemplate:Efn	Date appointed	Appointed byTemplate:Efn	Date shifted to provincial	Province shifted to	Provincial seat vacated by	End of term		Conservative	Winnipeg-Interlake	Template:Dts	Mulroney	Template:Dts	Manitoba	Joseph-Philippe Guay	Template:Dts		Progressive Conservative	Saskatchewan	Template:Dts	Mulroney	Template:Dts	Saskatchewan	David Steuart	Template:Dts

See also

• Alberta Senate nominee election
• Lists of Canadian senators

External links

• Current Senators List Parliament Website
• A Legislative and Historical Overview of the Canadian Senate