This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of Nova Scotia. There are nine senators currently appointed with one vacancy.
During the Quebec Conference of 1864, Nova Scotia was guaranteed ten Senate seats, but because Prince Edward Island stalled for equal representation in the upper house, Nova Scotia was awarded two of Prince Edward Island's Senate seats, until 1873 when Prince Edward Island gave in and joined confederation Nova Scotia dropped to 10 seats. The province kept its extra seats until the first two senators ended their term after 1873, they were not replaced.
Current senators
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!Name
!Party
!Division
!Date appointed
!Appointed by
!Mandatory retirement
|Réjean Aucoin
|Canadian Senators Group
|Nova Scotia
|
|Trudeau, J.
|
|Wanda Thomas Bernard
|Progressive Senate Group
|East Preston
|
|Trudeau, J.
|
|Mary Coyle
|Independent Senators Group
|Nova Scotia
|
|Trudeau, J.
|
|Rodger Cuzner
|Progressive Senate Group
|Nova Scotia
|
|Trudeau, J.
|
|Colin Deacon
|Canadian Senators Group
|Nova Scotia
|
|Trudeau, J.
|
|Stan Kutcher
|Independent Senators Group
|Nova Scotia
|
|Trudeau, J.
|
|Michael L. MacDonald
|Conservative
|Cape Breton
|
|Harper
|
|Paul Prosper
|Canadian Senators Group
|Nova Scotia
|
|Trudeau, J.
|
|Allister Surette
|Independent Senators Group
|Nova Scotia
|
|Trudeau, J.
|
|}
Historical
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!Name
!Party
!Division
!Date appointed
!Appointed by
!End of term
|William Johnston Almon
|Liberal-Conservative
|Halifax
|
|Macdonald
|
|John Hawkins Anderson
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
|Royal Proclamation
|
|Thomas Dickson Archibald
|Liberal-Conservative
|North Sydney
|
|Royal Proclamation
|
|Augustus Irvine Barrow
|Liberal
|Halifax-Dartmouth
|
|Trudeau, P. E.
|
|Adam Carr Bell
|Conservative
|Pictou
|
|Borden
|
|Caleb Rand Bill
|Liberal-Conservative
|North Sydney
|
|Royal Proclamation
|
|Thomas Reuben Black
|Liberal
|Amherst
|
|Laurier
|
|Frederick Murray Blois
|Progressive Conservative
|Colchester-Hants
|
|Diefenbaker
|
|Bernie Boudreau
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
|Chrétien
|
|John George Bourinot
|Liberal-Conservative
|Nova Scotia
|
|Royal Proclamation
|
|John MacLellan Buchanan
|Conservative
|Nova Scotia (Halifax)
|
|Mulroney
|
|Mary Alice Butts
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
|Chrétien
|
|Thomas Cantley
|Conservative
|New Glasgow
|
|Bennett
|
|James William Carmichael
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
|Laurier
|
|Daniel Christmas
|Independent Senators Group
|Nova Scotia
|
|Trudeau, J.
|
|Charles Edward Church
|Liberal
|Lunenburg
|
|Laurier
|
|Ezra Churchill
|Liberal-Conservative
|Nova Scotia
|
|Macdonald
|
|Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
|Liberal
|Digby County
|
|Laurier
|
|Gerald J. Comeau
|Conservative
|Nova Scotia
|
|Mulroney
|
|Jane Cordy
|Progressive Senators Group
|Nova Scotia
|
|Chrétien
|
|Joseph Willie Comeau
|Liberal
|Clare
|
|St. Laurent
|
|Harold Joseph Connolly
|Liberal
|Halifax North
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|St. Laurent
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|Jim Cowan
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
|Martin
|
|Ernest G. Cottreau
|Liberal
|South Western Nova
|
|Trudeau, P. E.
|
|Adam Brown Crosby
|Conservative
|Halifax
|
|Borden
|
|Nathaniel Curry
|Conservative
|Amherst
|
|Borden
|
|Rufus Curry
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
|Laurier
|
|William Dennis
|Independent Conservative
|Halifax
|
|Borden
|
|William Henry Dennis
|Conservative
|Halifax
|
|Bennett
|
|Robert Barry Dickey
|Conservative
|Amherst
|
|Royal Proclamation
|
|Fred Dickson
|Conservative
|Halifax
|
|Harper
|
|Richard Donahoe
|Progressive Conservative
|Halifax
|
|Clark
|
|William Duff
|Liberal
|Lunenburg
|
|King
|
|Edward Matthew Farrell
|Liberal
|Liverpool
|
|Laurier
|
|John Michael William Curphey Forrestall
|Conservative
|Nova Scotia (Dartmouth/Eastern Shore)
|
|Mulroney
|
|Edward Lavin Girroir
|Conservative
|Antigonish
|
|Borden
|
|Alasdair Bernard Graham
|Liberal
|The Highlands
|
|Trudeau, P. E.
|
|Robert Patterson Grant
|Liberal
|Pictou
|
|Mackenzie
|
|Stephen Greene
|Canadian Senators Group
|Halifax – The Citadel
|
|Harper
|
|Paul Lacombe Hatfield
|Liberal
|Yarmouth
|
|King
|
|Charles G. Hawkins
|Liberal
|Milford-Hants
|
|St. Laurent
|
|Henry Davies Hicks
|Liberal
|The Annapolis Valley
|
|Trudeau, P. E.
|
|John Holmes
|Conservative
|Nova Scotia
|
|Royal Proclamation
|
|Gordon Benjamin Isnor
|Liberal
|Halifax-Dartmouth
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|St. Laurent
|
|Henry Kaulback
|Conservative
|Lunenburg
|
|Macdonald
|
|Edward Kenny
|Conservative
|Nova Scotia
|
|Royal Proclamation
|
|John James Kinley
|Liberal
|Queens-Lunenburg
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|King
|
|Michael J. L. Kirby
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia (South Shore)
|
|Trudeau, P. E.
|
|John Locke
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
|Royal Proclamation
|
|Hance James Logan
|Liberal
|Cumberland
|
|King
|
|John Lovitt
|Liberal
|Yarmouth
|
|Laurier
|
|Finlay MacDonald
|Progressive Conservative
|Halifax
|
|Mulroney
|
|John Alexander Macdonald
|Conservative
|Richmond West-Cape Breton
|
|Bennett
|
|John Michael Macdonald
|Progressive Conservative
|Cape Breton
|
|Diefenbaker
|
|Allan MacEachen
|Liberal
|Highlands-Canso
|
|Trudeau, P. E.
|
|Alexander MacFarlane
|Conservative
|Wallace
|
|Macdonald
|
|David MacKeen
|Conservative
|Cape Breton
|
|Bowell
|
|Donald MacLennan
|Liberal
|Margaree Forks
|
|King
|
|Peter Francis Martin
|Conservative
|Halifax
|
|Meighen
|
|John McCormick
|Conservative
|Sydney Mines
|
|Meighen
|
|Jonathan McCully
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
|Royal Proclamation
|
|John Alexander McDonald
|Liberal
|King's
|
|King
|
|William McDonald
|Conservative
|Cape Breton
|
|Macdonald
|
|James Drummond McGregor
|Liberal
|New Glasgow
|
|Laurier
|
|Tom McInnis
|Conservative
|Nova Scotia
|
|Harper
|
|Thomas McKay
|Liberal-Conservative
|Colchester
|
|Macdonald
|
|William McKay
|Conservative
|Cape Breton
|
|Borden
|
|Archibald McLelan
|Liberal-Conservative
|Londonderry
|
|Macdonald
|
|John Stewart McLennan
|Conservative
|Sydney
|
|Borden
|
|Terry Mercer
|Liberal
|Northend Halifax
|
|Chrétien
|
|William Miller
|Liberal-Conservative
|Richmond
|
|Royal Proclamation
|
|Wilfred P. Moore
|Liberal
|Chester<br>Stanhope St. / South Shore
|
|Chrétien
|
|Robert Muir
|Progressive Conservative
|Cape Breton-The Sydneys
|
|Trudeau, P. E.
|
|Margaret Norrie
|Liberal
|Colchester-Cumberland
|
|Trudeau, P. E.
|
|Jeremiah Northup
|Liberal
|Halifax
|
|Macdonald
|
|Clement O'Leary
|Progressive Conservative
|Antigonish-Guysborough
|
|Diefenbaker
|
|Kelvin Ogilvie
|Conservative
|Annapolis Valley – Hants
|
|Harper
|
|Donald H. Oliver
|Conservative
|South Shore
|
|Mulroney
|
|Gerard Phalen
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
|Chrétien
|
|Lawrence Geoffrey Power
|Liberal
|Halifax
|
|Mackenzie
|
|Clarence Primrose
|Liberal-Conservative
|Pictou
|
|Abbott
|
|Felix Patrick Quinn
|Conservative
|Bedford-Halifax
|
|Bennett
|
|Edgar Nelson Rhodes
|Conservative
|Amherst
|
|Bennett
|
|John William Ritchie
|Conservative
|Nova Scotia
|
|Royal Proclamation
|
|Wishart McLea Robertson
|Liberal
|Shelburne
|
|King
|
|Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
|Conservative
|Digby-Clare
|
|Bennett
|
|William Roche
|Liberal
|Halifax
|
|Laurier
|
|William Ross
|Liberal
|Victoria
|
|Laurier
|
|William Benjamin Ross
|Conservative
|Middleton
|
|Borden
|
|Calvin Woodrow Ruck
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
|Chrétien
|
|Donald Smith
|Liberal
|Queens-Shelburne
|
|St. Laurent
|
|George Isaac Smith
|Progressive Conservative
|Colchester
|
|Trudeau, P. E.
|
|John Stanfield
|Conservative
|Colchester
|
|Meighen
|
|John Benjamin Stewart
|Liberal
|Antigonish-Guysborough
|
|Trudeau, P. E.
|
|Charles Elliott Tanner
|Conservative
|Pictou
|
|Borden
|
|Edward Joseph Thériault
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
|Trudeau, P. E.
|
|Earl Wallace Urquhart
|Liberal
|Inverness-Richmond
|
|Pearson
|
|Frank Corbett Welch
|Progressive Conservative
|King's
|
|Diefenbaker
|
|Benjamin Wier
|Liberal
|Nova Scotia
|
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Maritimes regional senators
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.
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!Name
!Party
!Division
!Date appointed
!Appointed by
!Date shifted to provincial
!Province shifted to
!Provincial seat vacated by
!End of term
|Michael Forrestall
|Conservative
|Dartmouth/Eastern Shore, NS
|
|Mulroney
|
|Nova Scotia
|Robert Muir
|
|James W. Ross
|Progressive Conservative
|Maritimes divisional
|
|Mulroney
|
|New Brunswick
|Richard Hatfield
|
|}
Notes
See also
- Lists of Canadian senators
External links
- Current Senators List Parliament Website
- A Legislative and Historical Overview of the Senate