List of British Columbia senators

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

Under the British Columbia Terms of Union, 1871, the province was originally represented by three senators. The Constitution Act, 1915 increased British Columbia by three seats, to its current number of 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

	Name	Party	Division1	Date appointed	Appointed by2	Mandatory retirement		Independent Senators Group	British Columbia	Template:Dts	Trudeau, J.	Template:Dts		Independent Senators Group	British Columbia	Template:Dts	Trudeau, J.	November 13, 2041		Independent Senators Group	British Columbia	Template:Dts	Trudeau, J.	Template:Dts		Conservative	British Columbia	Template:Dts	Harper	Template:Dts		Independent Senators Group	British Columbia	Template:Dts	Trudeau, J.	Template:Dts

Notes:

¹ Senators are appointed to represent British Columbia. 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

	Name	Party	Division1	Date appointed	Appointed by	Retired		Independent Senators Group	British Columbia	Template:Dts	Chrétien	Template:Dts		Non-affiliated	British Columbia	Template:Dts	Martin	Template:Dts		Conservative	British Columbia	Template:Dts	Harper	Template:Dts	Jack Austin	Liberal	Vancouver South	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts		Progressive Conservative	Victoria	Template:Dts	Borden	Template:Dts		Liberal	Nanaimo-Malaspina	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts		Liberal	Kamloops	Template:Dts	Laurier	Template:Dts		Conservative	British Columbia	Template:Dts	Mulroney	Template:Dts		Conservative	British Columbia	Template:Dts	Macdonald	Template:Dts		Conservative	Ashcroft	Template:Dts	Macdonald	Template:Dts		Liberal-Unionist	Burrard	Template:Dts	Meighen	Template:Dts		Liberal	Vancouver South	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts		Liberal	Okanagan-Similkameen	Template:Dts	Chrétien	Template:Dts		Conservative	Kootenay	Template:Dts	Meighen	Template:Dts		Conservative	Thompson-Okanagan-Kootenay	Template:Dts	Harper	Template:Dts		Liberal	Victoria	Template:Dts	St. Laurent	Template:Dts		Liberal	Kootenay East	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts		Liberal	Vancouver South	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts		Independent	Vancouver	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts		Conservative	Victoria	Template:Dts	Macdonald	Template:Dts		Independent Liberal	Vancouver Centre	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts		Independent Liberal	University-Point Grey	Template:Dts	Pearson	Template:Dts		Liberal	Kamloops-Cariboo	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts		Liberal	British Columbia	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts		Liberal	Vancouver-Burrard	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts		Independent	Ashcroft	Template:Dts	Macdonald	Template:Dts		Liberal	Vancouver	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts		Conservative	Vancouver	Template:Dts	Bennett	Template:Dts		Liberal-Conservative	Barkerville	Template:Dts	Macdonald	Template:Dts		Liberal	Lion's Gate	Template:Dts	Pearson	Template:Dts		Liberal	North Shore-Burnaby	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts		Conservative	Nanaimo	Template:Dts	Borden	Template:Dts		Liberal-Conservative	Cariboo	Template:Dts	Macdonald	Template:Dts		Liberal	New Westminster	Template:Dts	St. Laurent	Template:Dts		Liberal	Victoria	Template:Dts	Laurier	Template:Dts		Conservative	Vancouver	Template:Dts	Borden	Template:Dts		Liberal	Kamloops	Template:Dts	St. Laurent	Template:Dts		Conservative	Langley-Pemberton-Whistler	Template:Dts	Mulroney	Template:Dts		Conservative	New Westminster	Template:Dts	Borden	Template:Dts		Liberal	New Westminster	Template:Dts	Laurier	Template:Dts		Liberal	Cariboo	Template:Dts	King	Template:Dts		Liberal	Vancouver-Points Grey	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts		Liberal	Richmond	Template:Dts	Trudeau, P. E.	Template:Dts

Notes:

¹ Senators are appointed to represent British Columbia. 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.

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.

	Name	Party1	Division2	Date appointed	Appointed by3	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

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.

See also

• Lists of Canadian senators

External links

• Current Senators List Parliament Website