List of Alberta senators

This is a list of past and present Canadian senators from the province of Alberta.

Current senators

Name		Party	Division1	Date appointed	Appointed by2	Mandatory retirement	align=left|Tommy Banks	Liberal	Edmonton	April 7, 2000	Chrétien	December 17, 2011	align=left|Joyce Fairbairn	Liberal	Lethbridge	June 29, 1984	Trudeau	November 6, 2014	align=left|Daniel Philip Hays	Liberal	Calgary	June 29, 1984	Trudeau	April 24, 2014	align=left|Elaine McCoy	Progressive Conservative	Calgary	March 24, 2005	Martin	March 7 2021	align=left|Grant Mitchell	Liberal	Edmonton	March 24, 2005	Martin	July 19 2026	align=left|Claudette Tardif	Liberal	Edmonton	March 24, 2005	Martin	July 27 2023

Notes:

¹ Senators are appointed to represent Alberta. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Alberta as his or her division.

² Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada on the recommendation of the prime minister.

Historical

Name		Party	Division1	Date appointed	Appointed by2	End of Term	align=left|Martha Bielish	Progressive Conservative	Lakeland	September 27, 1979	Clark	September 26, 1990	align=left|Aristide Blais	Liberal	St. Albert	January 29, 1940	King	November 10, 1964	align=left|John Alexander Buchanan	Progressive Conservative	Edmonton	January 15, 1959	Diefenbaker	October 2, 1965	align=left|William Ashbury Buchanan	Liberal	Lethbridge	September 5, 1925	King	July 11, 1954	align=left|Patrick Burns	Independent	Calgary	July 6, 1931	Bennett	June 1, 1936	align=left|Donald Cameron	Independent Liberal	Banff	July 28, 1955	St. Laurent	September 19, 1987	align=left|Thelma Chalifoux	Liberal	Alberta	November 26, 1997	Chrétien	February 8, 2004	align=left|Jean Côté	Liberal	Edmonton	August 14, 1923	King	September 23, 1924	align=left|Leverett DeVeber	Liberal	Lethbridge	March 8, 1906	Laurier	July 9, 1925	align=left|Jean Beatrice Forest	Liberal	Edmonton	May 16, 1996	Chrétien	August 28, 1998	align=left|Amédée-Emmanuel Forget	Liberal	Banff	May 2, 1911	Laurier	June 8, 1923	align=left|Frederick Gershaw	Liberal	Medicine Hat	April 18, 1945	King	March 26, 1968	align=left|Ron Ghitter	Progressive Conservative	Alberta	March 25, 1993	Mulroney	March 31, 2000	align=left|James Gladstone	Independent Conservative	Lethbridge	January 31, 1958	Diefenbaker	March 31, 1971	align=left|William Griesbach	Conservative	Edmonton	September 15, 1921	Meighen	January 21, 1945	align=left|William Harmer	Liberal	Edmonton	February 5, 1918	Borden	September 9, 1947	align=left|Earl Hastings	Liberal	Palliser-Foothills	February 24, 1966	Pearson	May 5, 1996	align=left|Harry Hays	Liberal	Calgary	February 24, 1966	Pearson	May 4, 1982	align=left|Prosper-Edmond Lessard	Liberal	St. Paul	September 5, 1925	King	April 11, 1931	align=left|James Lougheed	Liberal-Conservative	Calgary, NWT (1889.12.10 - 1905.08.31) Calgary, AB (1905.09.01 - 1925.11.02)	December 12, 1889	MacDonald	November 2, 1925	align=left|James A. MacKinnon	Liberal	Edmonton	May 9, 1949	St. Laurent	April 18, 1958	align=left|Ernest Manning	Social Credit	Edmonton West	October 7, 1970	Trudeau	September 20, 1983	align=left|Edward Michener	Conservative	Alberta	February 5, 1918	Borden	June 16, 1947	align=left|Bud Olson	Liberal	Alberta South	April 5, 1977	Trudeau	March 7, 1996	align=left|James Harper Prowse	Liberal	Edmonton	February 24, 1966	Pearson	September 27, 1976	align=left|Daniel Riley	Liberal	Alberta	June 25, 1926	King	April 27, 1948	align=left|Douglas Roche	Independent	Edmonton	September 17, 1998	Chrétien	June 14, 2004	align=left|George Henry Ross	Liberal	Calgary	December 1, 1948	St. Laurent	September 26, 1956	align=left|Philippe Roy	Liberal	Edmonton	March 8, 1906	Laurier	April 21, 1911	align=left|Wesley Stambaugh	Liberal	Bruce	September 7, 1949	St. Laurent	June 8, 1965	align=left|Peter Talbot	Liberal	Alberta	March 8, 1906	Laurier	December 6, 1919	align=left|Nicholas Taylor	Liberal	Bon Accord (1996.03.07-1999.01.01) Sturgeon (1999.01.01-2002.11.17)	March 7, 1996	Chrétien	November 17, 2002	align=left|Walter Twinn	Progressive Conservative	Alberta	September 27, 1990	Mulroney	October 30, 1997	align=left|Stanley Waters3	Reform	Alberta	June 11, 1990	Mulroney	September 25, 1991

Notes:

¹ Senators are appointed to represent Alberta. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Alberta as his or her division.

² Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada on the recommendation of the prime minister.

³ Waters was the only Canadian senator to be elected in a popular election to date.

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 appoint themselves to a senate division in any province of their choosing in their region.

Name		Party3	Division1	Date appointed	Appointed by2	Mandatory retirement	align=left|Janis Johnson	Conservative	Winnipeg-Interlake	September 27, 1990	Mulroney	April 27, 2021	align=left|Eric Berntson	Progressive Conservative	Saskatchewan	September 27, 1990	Mulroney	February 27, 2001

Notes:

¹ Senators are appointed to represent a region. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within their region as his or her division.

² Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada on the recommendation of the prime minister.

³ Party listed, was the last party the Senator was a member of.

See also

*Alberta Senate nominee election, 1989
*Alberta Senate nominee election, 1998
*Alberta Senate nominee election, 2004
*List of Canadian senators

External links

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