title: List of senators in the 31st Parliament of Canada
text: # List of senators in the 31st Parliament of Canada
  
  This is a list of members of the Senate of Canada in the 31st Parliament of Canada.
  
  The province of Quebec has 24 Senate divisions which are constitutionally mandated. In all other provinces, a Senate division is strictly an optional designation of the senator's own choosing, and has no real constitutional or legal standing. A senator who does not choose a special senate division is designated a senator for the province at large.
  
  Names in bold indicate senators in the 21st Canadian Ministry.
  
  ## List of senators
  
  ### Senators at the beginning of the 31st Parliament
  
  | Name | Party | Province (Division) | Date appointed | Appointed by | Left office | Reason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Willie Adams | Liberal | Northwest Territories | April 5, 1977 | Trudeau | June 22, 2009 | Retirement |
  | Margaret Jean Anderson | Liberal | New Brunswick | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau | August 7, 1990 | Retirement |
  | Hazen Argue | Liberal | Saskatchewan | February 24, 1966 | Pearson | October 2, 1991 | Death |
  | Martial Asselin | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 1, 1972 | Trudeau | August 7, 1990 | Resignation |
  | Jack Austin | Liberal | British Columbia | August 19, 1975 | Trudeau | March 2, 2007 | Retirement |
  | Irvine Barrow | Liberal | Nova Scotia | May 8, 1974 | Trudeau | February 15, 1988 | Retirement |
  | Louis-Philippe Beaubien | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | November 16, 1960 | Diefenbaker | March 28, 1985 | Death |
  | Rhéal Bélisle | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | February 4, 1963 | Diefenbaker | November 3, 1992 | Death |
  | Nancy Bell | Liberal | British Columbia | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau | November 29, 1989 | Death |
  | William Moore Benidickson | Liberal | Ontario | July 7, 1965 | Pearson | January 4, 1985 | Death |
  | Florence Bird | Liberal | Ontario | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau | January 15, 1983 | Retirement |
  | Lorne Bonnell | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | November 4, 1971 | Trudeau | January 4, 1998 | Retirement |
  | Peter Bosa | Liberal | Ontario | April 5, 1977 | Trudeau | December 10, 1998 | Death |
  | Sidney Buckwold | Liberal | Saskatchewan | November 4, 1971 | Trudeau | November 3, 1991 | Retirement |
  | Donald Cameron | Independent Liberal | Alberta | July 28, 1955 | St. Laurent | September 19, 1987 | Resignation |
  | Lionel Choquette | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | January 31, 1958 | Diefenbaker | March 6, 1981 | Resignation |
  | John Joseph Connolly | Liberal | Ontario | June 12, 1953 | St. Laurent | October 31, 1981 | Resignation |
  | Eric Cook | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | February 14, 1964 | Pearson | July 26, 1984 | Resignation |
  | Ernest G. Cottreau | Liberal | Nova Scotia | May 8, 1974 | Trudeau | January 28, 1989 | Retirement |
  | David Croll | Liberal | Ontario | July 28, 1955 | St. Laurent | June 11, 1991 | Death |
  | Keith Davey | Liberal | Ontario | February 24, 1966 | Pearson | July 1, 1996 | Resignation |
  | Azellus Denis | Liberal | Quebec | February 3, 1964 | Pearson | September 4, 1991 | Death |
  | Jean-Paul Deschatelets | Liberal | Quebec | February 24, 1966 | Pearson | January 10, 1986 | Resignation |
  | Paul Desruisseaux | Liberal | Quebec | July 8, 1966 | Pearson | May 1, 1980 | Retirement |
  | Raymond Eudes | Liberal | Quebec | April 8, 1968 | Pearson | October 25, 1980 | Death |
  | Douglas Everett | Liberal | Manitoba | November 8, 1966 | Pearson | January 20, 1994 | Resignation |
  | Jacques Flynn | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | November 9, 1962 | Diefenbaker | August 22, 1990 | Resignation |
  | Eugene Forsey | Liberal | Ontario | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau | May 29, 1979 | Retirement |
  | Edgar Fournier | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | September 24, 1962 | Diefenbaker | February 11, 1983 | Resignation |
  | J. Michel Fournier | Liberal | New Brunswick | December 9, 1971 | Trudeau | September 29, 1980 | Retirement |
  | Sarto Fournier | Liberal | Quebec | June 12, 1953 | St. Laurent | July 23, 1980 | Death |
  | Royce Frith | Liberal | Ontario | April 5, 1977 | Trudeau | August 29, 1994 | Resignation |
  | Louis Giguère | Liberal | Quebec | September 10, 1968 | Trudeau | December 18, 1986 | Retirement |
  | John Morrow Godfrey | Liberal | Ontario | October 5, 1973 | Trudeau | June 28, 1987 | Retirement |
  | Carl Goldenberg | Liberal | Quebec | November 4, 1971 | Trudeau | October 20, 1982 | Retirement |
  | Alasdair Graham | Liberal | Nova Scotia | April 27, 1972 | Trudeau | May 21, 2004 | Retirement |
  | Allister Grosart | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 24, 1962 | Diefenbaker | December 13, 1981 | Resignation |
  | Joseph-Philippe Guay | Liberal | Manitoba | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau | October 4, 1990 | Retirement |
  | Stanley Haidasz | Liberal | Ontario | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau | March 4, 1998 | Retirement |
  | Earl Hastings | Liberal | Alberta | February 24, 1966 | Pearson | May 5, 1996 | Death |
  | Salter Hayden | Liberal | Ontario | February 9, 1940 | King | November 1, 1983 | Resignation |
  | Harry Hays | Liberal | Alberta | February 24, 1966 | Pearson | May 4, 1982 | Death |
  | Henry Hicks | Liberal | Nova Scotia | April 27, 1972 | Trudeau | March 5, 1990 | Retirement |
  | Florence Elsie Inman | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | July 28, 1955 | St. Laurent | May 31, 1986 | Death |
  | Paul Lafond | Liberal | Quebec | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau | May 27, 1988 | Death |
  | John Keith McBroom Laird | Liberal | Ontario | April 6, 1967 | Pearson | January 12, 1982 | Retirement |
  | Maurice Lamontagne | Liberal | Quebec | April 6, 1967 | Pearson | June 12, 1983 | Death |
  | Daniel Lang | Liberal | Ontario | February 14, 1964 | Pearson | June 13, 1994 | Resignation |
  | Léopold Langlois | Liberal | Quebec | July 8, 1966 | Pearson | October 2, 1988 | Retirement |
  | Renaude Lapointe | Liberal | Quebec | November 10, 1971 | Trudeau | January 3, 1987 | Retirement |
  | Edward M. Lawson | Independent | British Columbia | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau | September 24, 2004 | Retirement |
  | Fernand Leblanc | Liberal | Quebec | March 27, 1979 | Trudeau | July 1, 1992 | Retirement |
  | Philip Lewis | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau | November 28, 1999 | Retirement |
  | Paul Lucier | Liberal | Yukon | October 23, 1975 | Trudeau | July 23, 1999 | Death |
  | John Michael Macdonald | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | June 24, 1960 | Diefenbaker | June 20, 1997 | Death |
  | Ernest Manning | Social Credit | Alberta | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau | September 20, 1983 | Retirement |
  | Jean Marchand | Liberal | Quebec | December 9, 1976 | Trudeau | December 15, 1983 | Resignation |
  | Jack Marshall | Progressive Conservative | Newfoundland and Labrador | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau | November 26, 1994 | Retirement |
  | Alexander Hamilton McDonald | Liberal | Saskatchewan | August 13, 1965 | Pearson | March 31, 1980 | Death |
  | Charles McElman | Liberal | New Brunswick | February 24, 1966 | Pearson | April 1, 1990 | Resignation |
  | Frederic McGrand | Liberal | New Brunswick | July 28, 1955 | St. Laurent | January 22, 1988 | Resignation |
  | George McIlraith | Liberal | Ontario | April 27, 1972 | Trudeau | July 29, 1983 | Retirement |
  | William Craig McNamara | Liberal | Manitoba | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau | August 8, 1979 | Retirement |
  | Gildas Molgat | Liberal | Manitoba | October 7, 1970 | Trudeau | February 28, 2001 | Death |
  | Hartland Molson | Independent | Quebec | July 28, 1955 | St. Laurent | May 31, 1993 | Resignation |
  | Robert Muir | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | March 26, 1979 | Trudeau | November 10, 1994 | Retirement |
  | Joan Neiman | Liberal | Ontario | September 1, 1972 | Trudeau | September 9, 1995 | Retirement |
  | Margaret Norrie | Liberal | Nova Scotia | April 27, 1972 | Trudeau | October 16, 1980 | Retirement |
  | Bud Olson | Liberal | Alberta | April 5, 1977 | Trudeau | March 7, 1996 | Resignation |
  | Norman McLeod Paterson | Liberal | Ontario | February 9, 1940 | King | June 18, 1981 | Resignation |
  | Ray Perrault | Liberal | British Columbia | October 5, 1973 | Trudeau | February 6, 2001 | Retirement |
  | William Petten | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | April 8, 1968 | Pearson | January 28, 1998 | Retirement |
  | Orville Howard Phillips | Progressive Conservative | Prince Edward Island | February 5, 1963 | Diefenbaker | March 24, 1999 | Resignation |
  | Josie Alice Quart | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | November 16, 1960 | Diefenbaker | April 17, 1980 | Death |
  | Maurice Riel | Liberal | Quebec | October 5, 1973 | Trudeau | April 3, 1997 | Retirement |
  | Daniel Aloysius Riley | Liberal | New Brunswick | December 21, 1973 | Trudeau | September 13, 1984 | Death |
  | Pietro Rizzuto | Liberal | Quebec | December 23, 1976 | Trudeau | August 3, 1997 | Death |
  | Louis Robichaud | Liberal | New Brunswick | December 21, 1973 | Trudeau | October 21, 2000 | Retirement |
  | Dufferin Roblin | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | March 23, 1978 | Trudeau | June 17, 1992 | Retirement |
  | Yvette Boucher Rousseau | Liberal | Quebec | March 27, 1979 | Trudeau | March 17, 1988 | Death |
  | Frederick William Rowe | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | December 9, 1971 | Trudeau | September 28, 1987 | Retirement |
  | Donald Smith | Liberal | Nova Scotia | July 28, 1955 | St. Laurent | July 7, 1980 | Resignation |
  | George Isaac Smith | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | August 7, 1975 | Trudeau | December 19, 1982 | Death |
  | Herbert O. Sparrow | Liberal | Saskatchewan | February 9, 1968 | Pearson | January 4, 2005 | Retirement |
  | Richard Stanbury | Liberal | Ontario | February 13, 1968 | Pearson | May 2, 1998 | Retirement |
  | David Steuart | Liberal | Saskatchewan | December 9, 1976 | Trudeau | January 26, 1991 | Retirement |
  | Joseph Albert Sullivan | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | October 12, 1957 | Diefenbaker | February 18, 1985 | Resignation |
  | Norbert Thériault | Liberal | New Brunswick | March 26, 1979 | Trudeau | February 16, 1996 | Retirement |
  | Andy Thompson | Liberal | Ontario | April 6, 1967 | Pearson | March 23, 1998 | Resignation |
  | George Van Roggen | Liberal | British Columbia | November 4, 1971 | Trudeau | June 8, 1992 | Death |
  | Claude Wagner | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | April 21, 1978 | Trudeau | July 11, 1979 | Death |
  | David James Walker | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | February 4, 1963 | Diefenbaker | September 30, 1989 | Resignation |
  | Guy Williams | Liberal | British Columbia | December 9, 1971 | Trudeau | October 7, 1982 | Retirement |
  | Dalia Wood | Liberal | Quebec | March 26, 1979 | Trudeau | January 31, 1999 | Resignation |
  | Paul Yuzyk | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | February 4, 1963 | Diefenbaker | July 9, 1986 | Death |
  
  ### Senators appointed during the 31st Parliament
  
  | Name | Party | Province (Division) | Date appointed | Appointed by | Left office | Reason |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Robert de Cotret | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | June 5, 1979 | Clark | January 14, 1980 | Resignation |
  | Richard Donahoe | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | September 13, 1979 | Clark | September 27, 1984 | Retirement |
  | Lowell Murray | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | September 13, 1979 | Clark | September 26, 2011 | Retirement |
  | James Balfour | Progressive Conservative | Saskatchewan | September 13, 1979 | Clark | December 12, 1999 | Death |
  | Arthur Tremblay | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 27, 1979 | Clark | June 18, 1992 | Retirement |
  | Guy Charbonneau | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | September 27, 1979 | Clark | June 21, 1997 | Retirement |
  | Martha Bielish | Progressive Conservative | Alberta | September 27, 1979 | Clark | September 26, 1990 | Resignation |
  | Nathan Nurgitz | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | October 3, 1979 | Clark | February 9, 1993 | Resignation |
  | Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative | Prince Edward Island | October 3, 1979 | Clark | September 18, 1994 | Retirement |
  | C. William Doody | Progressive Conservative | Newfoundland and Labrador | October 3, 1979 | Clark | December 27, 2005 | Death |
  | Cyril Sherwood | Progressive Conservative | New Brunswick | October 3, 1979 | Clark | July 1, 1990 | Retirement |
  
  ### Left Senate during the 31st Parliament
  
  | Date | Name | Party | Representing | Details |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | May 29, 1979 | Eugene Forsey | Liberal | Ontario | Retirement |
  | July 11, 1979 | Claude Wagner | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | Death |
  | August 8, 1979 | William Craig McNamara | Liberal | Manitoba | Retirement |
  | January 14, 1980 | Robert de Cotret | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | Resignation |
  
  ### Changes in party affiliation during the 31st Parliament
  
  There were no changes in party affiliation during the 31st Parliament.
  
  