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This is a list of current members of the Senate of Canada (French: Le Sénat du Canada), the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Unlike the members of Parliament in the House of Commons, the 105 senators are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister. [1]
26th Parliament of Canada. 27th Parliament of Canada. 28th Parliament of Canada. 29th Parliament of Canada. 30th Parliament of Canada. 31st Parliament of Canada. 32nd Parliament of Canada. 33rd Parliament of Canada. 34th Parliament of Canada.
The Senate came into existence in 1867, when the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the British North America Act 1867 (now entitled the Constitution Act, 1867), uniting the Province of Canada (as two separate provinces, Quebec and Ontario), Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into a single federal Dominion.
This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of Ontario. Ontario has had an allocation of 24 senators since the time ...
Politics of Canada. Canadian Senate divisions refers to two aspects of the Senate of Canada. First, it refers to the division of Canada into four regional Senate divisions of 24 senators each, as set out in section 22 of the Constitution Act, 1867. [1] The four regions are the Western Provinces, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
List of Canadian federal parliaments. The Parliament of Canada is the legislative body of the government of Canada. The Parliament is composed of the House of Commons (lower house), the Senate (upper house), and the sovereign, represented by the governor general. Most major legislation originates from the House, as it is the only body that is ...
Only Prime Ministers John A. Macdonald, John Thompson, Pierre Trudeau, and Paul Martin recommended with any frequency the appointment of senators belonging to opposition parties; all together, only six opposition senators have been appointed on the recommendation of other prime ministers. Of those six, only four have been from the party forming ...
Ontario (Toronto-Centre-York) January 13, 1984: Trudeau, P. E. August 12, 2018: Retirement Yes No Independent Senators Group Jane Cordy: Liberal (Senate caucus) Nova Scotia June 9, 2000: Chrétien Incumbent Yes Yes René Cormier: Non-affiliated Manitoba November 10, 2016: Trudeau, J. Incumbent No Yes Independent Senators Group Jim Cowan