List of Ontario senators
This is a list of past and present Senators of Canada representing the province of Ontario. Ontario has had an allocation of 24 senators since the time of Confederation. The province is also one of four regional Senate divisions under Section 26 of the Constitution Act that allows for the expansion of the Senate by one or two senators per region.
| Name | Senate political affiliation | Province | Date appointed | Appointed on the advice of | Retirement date | Titles and notes | Conservative | Ontario | Harper | Lynn Beyak | Non-affiliated | Ontario | Harper | Robert Black | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Peter M. Boehm | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Gwen Boniface | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Yvonne Boyer | Non-affiliated | Ottawa | Trudeau, J. | Donna Dasko | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Marty Deacon | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Tony Dean | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Nicole Eaton | Conservative | Ontario | Harper | Josée Forest-Niesing | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Linda Frum | Conservative | Ontario | Harper | Peter Harder | Non-affiliated | Ottawa | Trudeau, J. | Frances Lankin | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Sarabjit Marwah S. | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Lucie Moncion | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Rosemary Moodie | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Jim Munson | Liberal | Ottawa/Rideau Canal | Chrétien | Conservative | Ontario | Harper | Victor Oh | Conservative | Ontario | Harper | Ratna Omidvar | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Kim Pate | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Howard Wetston | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Trudeau, J. | Vernon White | Conservative | Ontario | Harper |
Notes:
1 Senators are appointed to represent Ontario. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Ontario as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada in the Queen's name on the recommendation of the prime minister.
3 Division designated as Toronto Centre from to and Toronto Centre-York from to the present.
Historic
| Name | Party | Division1 | Date appointed | Appointed by2 | End of Term | James Cox Aikins | Liberal-Conservative | Ontario | | Royal Proclamation Bowell | | John Black Aird | Liberal | Toronto | Pearson | George Alexander | Conservative | Woodstock | MacDonald | George Allan | Liberal-Conservative | York | Royal Proclamation | James Arthurs | Conservative | Ontario | Bennett | Norman Atkins | Progressive Conservative | Markham | Mulroney | Allen Bristol Aylesworth | Liberal | North York | King | Robert Beith | Liberal | Bowmanville | Laurier | Napoléon Belcourt | Liberal | Ottawa | Laurier | Rhéal Bélisle | Progressive Conservative | Sudbury | Diefenbaker | John Joseph Bench | Liberal | Lincoln | King | William Moore Benidickson | Liberal | Kenora-Rainy River | Pearson | William Bennett | Conservative | Simcoe East | Borden | James Rea Benson | Liberal-Conservative | St. Catharines | Macdonald | Florence Bird | Liberal | Carleton | Trudeau, P.E. | Charles Lawrence Bishop | Liberal | Ottawa | King | Richard Blain | Conservative | Peel | Borden | Adam Blair | Liberal | Ontario | Royal Proclamation | Oliver Blake | Liberal | Ontario | Royal Proclamation | Peter Bosa | Liberal | York-Caboto | Trudeau, P. E. | Mackenzie Bowell | Conservative | Hastings | Thompson | Joseph-Arthur Bradette | Liberal | Cochrane | St. Laurent | David Braley | Conservative | Ontario | Harper | William Henry Brouse | Independent Reformer | Prescott | Mackenzie | George Brown | Liberal | Lambton | Mackenzie | William Brunt | Progressive Conservative | Hanover | Diefenbaker | Harcourt Burland Bull | Conservative | Hamilton | Macdonald | Asa Allworth Burnham | Conservative | Ontario | Royal Proclamation | Alexander Campbell | Conservative | Cataraqui | Royal Proclamation | Archibald Campbell | Liberal | Toronto West | Laurier | Gordon Peter Campbell | Liberal | Toronto | King | John Carling | Liberal-Conservative | London | | Macdonald Bowell | | Richard John Cartwright | Liberal | Oxford | Laurier | Charles Eusèbe Casgrain | Conservative | Windsor | Macdonald | Marie-Paule Charette-Poulin | Liberal | Northern Ontario | Chrétien | Lionel Choquette | Progressive Conservative | Ottawa East | Diefenbaker | David Christie | Liberal | Erie | Royal Proclamation | Francis Clemow | Conservative | Rideau | Macdonald | Thomas Coffey | Liberal | London | Laurier | John Joseph Connolly | Liberal | Ottawa West | St. Laurent | Anne Cools | Independent Senators Group | Toronto Centre Toronto Centre-York3 | Trudeau, P. E. | Henry Corby | Conservative | Belleville | Borden | Louis Côté | Conservative | Ottawa East | Bennett | George Albertus Cox | Liberal | Saugeen | Laurier | George Crawford | Conservative | Ontario | Royal Proclamation | David Croll | Liberal | Toronto-Spadina | St. Laurent | Thomas Wilson Crothers | Conservative | Ontario | Meighen | Keith Davey | Liberal | York | Pearson | Rupert Davies | Liberal | Kingston | King | Robert de Cotret | Progressive Conservative | Ottawa | Clark | Daniel Derbyshire | Liberal | Brockville | Laurier | Jean Noël Desmarais | Progressive Conservative | Sudbury | Mulroney | Walter Hamilton Dickson | Conservative | Niagara | Royal Proclamation | Consiglio Di Nino | Conservative | Ontario | Mulroney | John Dobson | Conservative | Lindsay | Abbott | James J. Donnelly | Conservative | South Bruce | Borden | Richard Doyle | Progressive Conservative | North York | Mulroney | Joseph James Duffus | Liberal | Peterborough West | King | William Cameron Edwards | Liberal | Russell | Laurier | Art Eggleton | Liberal | Ontario | Martin | John Elliott | Liberal | Middlesex | King | Conservative | Ontario | Harper | William Daum Euler | Liberal | Waterloo | King | Trevor Eyton | Conservative | Ontario | Mulroney | Iva Campbell Fallis | Conservative | Peterborough | Bennett | Thomas Farquhar | Liberal | Algoma | King | John Ferguson | Conservative | Ontario | Abbott | Doug Finley | Conservative | Ontario-South Coast | Harper | Isobel Finnerty | Liberal | Ontario | Chrétien | John Henry Fisher | Conservative | Ontario | Borden | Billa Flint | Liberal | Trent | Royal Proclamation | Gordon Fogo | Liberal | Carleton | St. Laurent | Eugene Forsey | Liberal | Nepean | Trudeau, P. E. | George Foster | Conservative | Toronto | Meighen | William Fraser | Liberal | Trenton | St. Laurent | Alfred Ernest Fripp | Conservative | Toronto | Bennett | Royce Frith | Liberal | Glen Tay | Trudeau, P. E. | Francis Theodore Frost | Liberal | Leeds and Grenville | Laurier | George Taylor Fulford | Liberal | Brockville | Laurier | Jean-Robert Gauthier | Liberal | Ontario Ottawa-Vanier | Chrétien | Irving Gerstein | Conservative | Ontario | Harper | Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | Liberal-Conservative | Newmarket | Macdonald | William Gibson | Liberal | Lincoln | Laurier | Robert Gladstone | Liberal | Wellington South | St. Laurent | John Morrow Godfrey | Liberal | Rosedale | Trudeau, P. E. | William Henry Golding | Liberal | Huron-Perth | St. Laurent | George Gordon | Conservative | Nipissing | Borden | James Robert Gowan | Liberal-Conservative | Barrie | Macdonald | Jerry Grafstein | Liberal | Metro Toronto | Trudeau, P. E. | George Perry Graham | Liberal | Eganville | King | John James Greene | Liberal | Niagara | Trudeau, P. E. | Allister Grosart | Progressive Conservative | Pickering | Diefenbaker | Stanley Haidasz | Liberal | Toronto-Parkdale | Trudeau, P. E. | John Hamilton | Conservative | Kingston | Royal Proclamation | Mac Harb | Liberal/Independent | Ontario | Chrétien | Arthur Charles Hardy | Liberal | Leeds | King | Salter Hayden | Liberal | Toronto | King | Andrew Haydon | Liberal | Ottawa | King | Horatio Clarence Hocken | Conservative | Toronto | Bennett | Adam Hope | Liberal | Hamilton | MacKenzie | Henry Herbert Horsey | Liberal | Prince Edward | King | Raoul Hurtubise | Liberal | Nipissing | King | Robert Jaffray | Liberal | Toronto | Laurier | Lyman Melvin Jones | Liberal | Toronto | Laurier | James Kelleher | Conservative | Ontario | Mulroney | William McDonough Kelly | Progressive Conservative | Port Severn | Trudeau, P. E. | Albert Edward Kemp | Conservative | Toronto | Meighen | Betty Kennedy | Liberal | Ontario | Chrétien | Colin Kenny | Liberal | Rideau | Trudeau, P. E. | Wilbert Keon | Conservative | Ottawa | Mulroney | James Kirkpatrick Kerr | Liberal | Toronto | Laurier | William Kerr | Liberal | Northumberland | Laurier | Mary Elizabeth Kinnear | Liberal | Welland | Pearson | Vim Kochhar | Conservative | Ontario | Harper | Joseph-Henri-Gustave Lacasse | Liberal | Essex | King | John Keith McBroom Laird | Liberal | Windsor | Pearson | Norman Platt Lambert | Liberal | Ottawa | King | George Landerkin | Liberal | Grey | Laurier | Daniel Lang | Liberal | South York | Pearson | Laurier LaPierre | Liberal | Ontario | Chrétien | Marjory LeBreton | Conservative | Ontario | Mulroney | Elijah Leonard | Liberal | London | Royal Proclamation | Thomas D'Arcy Leonard | Liberal | Toronto-Rosedale | St. Laurent | John Lewis | Liberal | East Toronto | King | Edgar Sydney Little | Liberal | London | King | George Lynch-Staunton | Conservative | Hamilton | Borden | John Macdonald | Independent Liberal | Ontario | Macdonald | William Ross Macdonald | Liberal | Brantford | St. Laurent | Angus Claude Macdonell | Conservative | Toronto South | Borden | Archibald Hayes Macdonell | Conservative | Toronto South | Meighen | Donald MacInnes | Liberal-Conservative | Burlington | Macdonald | David Lewis Macpherson | Conservative | Saugeen | Royal Proclamation | Duncan Kenneth MacTavish | Liberal | Ontario | Pearson | Frank Mahovlich | Liberal | Toronto | Chrétien | Marian Maloney | Liberal | Surprise Lake | Chrétien | Lorna Marsden | Liberal | Toronto-Taddle Creek | Trudeau, P. E. | Duncan Marshall | Liberal | Peel | King | Paul Martin Sr. | Liberal | Windsor-Walkerville | Trudeau, P. E. | James Mason | Conservative | Toronto | Borden | Roderick Matheson | Conservative | Ontario | Royal Proclamation | Alexander McCall | Conservative | Simcoe | Borden | Lachlin McCallum | Liberal-Conservative | Monck | Macdonald | Archibald McCoig | Liberal | Kent | King | Walter McCrea | Liberal | Ontario | Royal Proclamation | Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon | Progressive Conservative | Gormley | Diefenbaker | Donald McDonald | Liberal | Ontario | Royal Proclamation | William Henry McGuire | Liberal | East York | King | George McHugh | Liberal | Victoria | Laurier | George McIlraith | Liberal | Ottawa Valley | Trudeau, P. E. | George Crawford McKindsey | Conservative | Milton | Macdonald | Peter McLaren | Conservative | Perth | Macdonald | William McMaster | Liberal | Midland | Royal Proclamation | Donald McMillan | Conservative | Alexandria | Macdonald | James McMullen | Liberal | North Wellington | Laurier | Arthur Meighen | Conservative | St. Mary's | Bennett | Michael Meighen | Conservative | St. Mary's | Mulroney | Don Meredith | Non-affiliated | Ontario | Harper | Samuel Merner | Conservative | Hamburg | Macdonald | David Mills | Liberal | Bothwell | Laurier | Samuel Mills | Conservative | Ontario | Royal Proclamation | John Milne | Conservative | Hamilton | Borden | Lorna Milne | Liberal | Brampton Peel County | Chrétien | Oliver Mowat | Liberal | Ontario | Laurier | Robert Alexander Mulholland | Conservative | Port Hope | Borden | James Murdock | Liberal | Parkdale | King | Charles Murphy | Liberal | Russell | King | Lowell Murray | Progressive Conservative | Pakenham | Clark | Nancy Ruth | Conservative | Cluny | Martin | Joan Neiman | Liberal | Peel | Trudeau, P. E. | Frederic Thomas Nicholls | Conservative | Toronto | Borden | Joseph Northwood | Liberal-Conservative | Lambton | Macdonald | Michael John O'Brien | Liberal | Renfrew | Borden | Frank Patrick O'Connor | Liberal | Scarborough Junction | King | John O'Donohoe | Liberal-Conservative | Erie | Macdonald | Grattan O'Leary | Progressive Conservative | Carleton | Diefenbaker | Frederick Forsyth Pardee | Liberal | Lambton | King | Norman McLeod Paterson | Liberal | Milton | King | Landon Pearson | Liberal | Ontario | Chrétien | Ebenezer Perry | Conservative | Ontario | Macdonald | Michael Pitfield | Independent | Ottawa-Vanier | Trudeau, P. E. | Josiah Burr Plumb | Conservative | Ontario | Macdonald | Vivienne Poy | Liberal | Toronto | Chrétien | Clive Pringle | Conservative | Cobourg | Borden | William Proudfoot | Liberal | Huron | Borden | James Palmer Rankin | Liberal | Perth North | King | Valentine Ratz | Liberal | Parkhill | Laurier | Robert Read | Conservative | Quinté | Macdonald | David Reesor | Liberal | King's | Royal Proclamation | John Dowsley Reid | Conservative | Grenville | Meighen | Henry Westman Richardson | Conservative | Kingston | Borden | Gideon Robertson | Conservative | Welland | Borden | John Alexander Robertson | Progressive Conservative | Kenora-Rainy River | Diefenbaker | Arthur Roebuck | Liberal | Toronto-Trinity | King | George William Ross | Liberal | Middlesex | Laurier | John Ross | Conservative | Ontario | Royal Proclamation | Bob Runciman | Conservative | Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes | Harper | William Eli Sanford | Conservative | Hamilton | Macdonald | Richard William Scott | Liberal | Ottawa | Mackenzie | Hugh Segal | Conservative | Kingston-Frontenac-Leeds | Martin | Asha Seth | Conservative | Ontario | Harper | Benjamin Seymour | Conservative | Newcastle | Royal Proclamation | James Shaw | Conservative | Ontario | Royal Proclamation | John Simpson | Liberal | Bowmanville | Royal Proclamation | Ian David Sinclair | Liberal | Halton | Trudeau, P. E. | James Skead | Conservative | Rideau | Royal Proclamation Macdonald | | David Smith | Liberal | Cobourg | Chrétien | 16 5 2016 | Ernest D'Israeli Smith | Conservative | Wentworth | Borden | Frank Smith | Conservative | Toronto | Macdonald | James Houston Spence | Liberal | North Bruce | King | Thomas Simpson Sproule | Conservative | Grey | Borden | Richard Stanbury | Liberal | York Centre | Pearson | Peter Stollery | Liberal | Bloor & Yonge | Trudeau, P. E. | Joseph Albert Sullivan | Progressive Conservative | North York | Diefenbaker | Michael Sullivan | Conservative | Kingston | Macdonald | Donald Sutherland | Conservative | Oxford | Bennett | George Taylor | Conservative | Leeds | Borden | William Horace Taylor | Liberal | Norfolk | King | Andy Thompson | Liberal | Dovercourt | Pearson | James Tunney | Liberal | Grafton | Chrétien | Charles Turner | Liberal | London | Turner | James Turner | Liberal-Conservative | Ontario | Macdonald | Alexander Vidal | Conservative | Sarnia | Macdonald | David James Walker | Progressive Conservative | Toronto | Diefenbaker | John Webster | Conservative | Brockville | Borden | Eugene Whelan | Liberal | South Western Ontario | Chrétien | George Stanley White | Progressive Conservative | Hastings-Frontenac | Diefenbaker | Gerald Verner White | Conservative | Pembroke | Borden | Harry Albert Willis | Progressive Conservative | Peel | Diefenbaker | Cairine Wilson | Liberal | Rockcliffe | King | John Henry Wilson | Liberal | St. Thomas | Laurier | Lois Miriam Wilson | Independent | Toronto | Chrétien | Andrew Trew Wood | Liberal | Hamilton | Laurier | Allan Lee Woodrow | Liberal | Toronto Centre | St. Laurent |
Notes:
1 Senators are appointed to represent Ontario. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Ontario as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada in the Queen's name on the recommendation of the prime minister; the initial 24 senators were named by a Royal Proclamation at the time of confederation.