List of New Brunswick senators

This is a list of past and present Canadian Senators from New Brunswick.

During the Quebec Conference of 1864, New Brunswick was guaranteed 10 Senate seats, but because Prince Edward Island stalled for equal representation in the upper house, New Brunswick was awarded two of Prince Edward Island's Senate seats, until 1873 when Prince Edward Island gave in and joined confederation New Brunswick dropped to 10 seats. New Brunswick kept 12 seats until the first two Senators ended their term after 1873, they were not replaced.

Current senators

Name		Party	Division1	Date appointed	Appointed by2	Mandatory retirement	John Bryden	Liberal	New Brunswick	November 23, 1994	Chrétien	August 25, 2012	Eymard Corbin	Liberal	Grand-Sault	July 7, 1984	Turner	August 2, 2009	Joseph Day	Liberal	Saint John-Kennebecasis	October 4, 2001	Chrétien	January 24, 2020	Noël Kinsella	Conservative	Fredericton-York-Sunbury	September 12, 1990	Mulroney	November 28, 2014	Rose-Marie Losier-Cool	Liberal	Tracadie	March 21, 1995	Chrétien	June 18, 2012	Pierrette Ringuette	Liberal	New Brunswick	December 12, 2002	Chrétien	December 31, 2030	Fernand Robichaud	Liberal	Saint Louis de Kent	September 22, 1997	Chrétien	December 2, 2014	Marilyn Trenholme Counsell	Liberal	New Brunswick	September 9, 2003	Chrétien	October 22, 2008	Sandra Lovelace Nicholas	Liberal	New Brunswick	September 21, 2005	Martin	April 15, 2023

Notes:

¹ Senators are appointed to represent New Brunswick. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within the province 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	Michael Adams	Conservative	Northumberland	January 7, 1896	Bowell	January 1, 1899	Margaret Anderson	Liberal	Northumberland-Miramichi	January 7, 1978	Trudeau	August 7, 1990	George Thomas Baird	Conservative	Victoria	June 19, 1895	Bowell	April 21, 1917	Frank Black	Conservative	Westmorland	November 25, 1921	Meighen	February 28, 1945	Amos Botsford	Conservative	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation	March 22, 1894	Thomas-Jean Bourque	Conservative	Richibucto	January 20, 1917	Borden	February 16, 1952	John Boyd	Liberal-Conservative	St. John	February 11, 1880	MacDonald	September 21, 1893	Alfred Johnson Brooks	Progressive Conservative	Royal	September 12, 1960	Diefenbaker	November 7, 1967	George Burchill	Liberal	Northumberland-Miramichi	April 19, 1945	King	August 19, 1977	Kennedy Burns	Liberal	New Brunswick	March 23, 1893	Thompson	June 23, 1895	Charles Burpee	Liberal	New Brunswick	February 1, 1900	Laurier	July 19, 1900	Ermine Cohen	Progressive Conservative	Saint John	June 4, 1993	Mulroney	July 23, 2001	Arthur Copp	Liberal	Westmorland	September 25, 1925	King	December 5, 1946	John Costigan	Liberal	Victoria	January 15, 1907	Laurier	September 29, 1916	John Waterhouse Daniel	Conservative	St. John City	March 18, 1912	Bordon	January 11, 1933	James Denver	Liberal	St. John	March 14, 1868	MacDonald	May 7, 1904	Mable Deware	Progressive Conservative	Moncton	September 23, 1990	Mulroney	August 9, 2001	James Domville	Liberal	Rothesay	August 20, 1903	Laurier	July 30, 1921	J.J. Hayes Doone	Liberal	Charlotte	June 25, 1949	St. Laurent	April 6, 1953	John Ellis	Liberal	St. John	September 3, 1900	Laurier	June 10, 1913	Clarence Emerson	Progressive Conservative	Saint John-Albert	October 12, 1957	Diefenbaker	September 25, 1963	Henry Emmerson	Liberal	Dorchester	June 25, 1949	St. Laurent	June 21, 1954	John Ferguson	Conservative	Bathurst	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation	August 21, 1888	Muriel Fergusson	Liberal	Fredericton	May 19, 1953	St. Laurent	May 23, 1975	Walter Foster	Liberal	Saint John	December 6, 1928	King	November 14, 1947	Edgar Fournier	Progressive Conservative	Madawaska-Restigouche	September 24, 1962	Diefenbaker	February 11, 1983	Joseph Fournier	Liberal	Restigouche-Gloucester	December 9, 1971	Trudeau	September 29, 1980	George Fowler	Conservative	Kings and Albert	June 29, 1917	Borden	September 2, 1924	Arthur Gillmor	Liberal	New Brunswick	April 2, 1900	Laurier	April 13, 1903	Daniel Gillmor	Liberal	St. George	January 15, 1907	Laurier	February 22, 1918	John Glasier	Liberal	Sunbury	March 14, 1868	MacDonald	July 7, 1894	Richard Hatfield	Progressive Conservative	New Brunswick	September 7, 1990	Mulroney	April 26, 1991	Robert Hazen	Conservative	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation	August 15, 1874	George Burpee Jones	Conservative	New Brunswick	July 20, 1935	Bennett	April 27, 1950	George King	Liberal	Queen's	December 18, 1896	Laurier	April 28, 1928	Joseph Landry	Liberal	Village of Cap-Pelé	February 26, 1996	Chrétien	June 19, 1997	Roméo LeBlanc	Liberal	Beauséjour	June 29, 1984	Trudeau	November 21, 1994	Antoine Léger	Conservative	L'Acadie	August 14, 1935	Bennett	April 7, 1950	Aurel Léger	Liberal	Kent	June 12, 1953	St. Laurent	December 28, 1961	Viola Léger	Liberal	L'Acadie	June 13, 2001	Chrétien	June 29, 2005	James Lewin	Liberal	St. John (Lancaster)	November 10, 1876	Mackenzie	March 11, 1900	Abner McClelan	Liberal	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation	December 9, 1896	John Anthony McDonald	Independent	Shediac	February 17, 1921	Meighen	December 12, 1948	Charles McElman	Liberal	Nashwaak Valley	February 24, 1966	Pearson	April 1, 1990	Frederick McGrand	Liberal	Sunbury	July 28, 1955	St. Laurent	January 22, 1988	Alexander Neil McLean	Liberal	Southern New Brunswick	April 18, 1945	King	March 12, 1967	Donald McLean	Liberal	Charlotte County	March 15, 1968	Pearson	November 5, 1973	Peter McSweeney	Liberal	Northumberland	March 15, 1899	Laurier	February 2, 1921	Hervé Michaud	Liberal	Kent	March 15, 1968	Pearson	June 5, 1978	Peter Mitchell	Liberal	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation	July 13, 1872	William Muirhead	Liberal	Chatham	January 4, 1873	MacDonald	December 29, 1884	William Odell	Conservative	Rockwood	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation	July 25, 1891	Frederick Pirie	Liberal	Victoria-Carleton	April 19, 1945	King	October 3, 1956	Pascal Poirier	Liberal-Conservative	L'Acadie	March 9, 1885	MacDonald	September 9, 1933	Nelson Rattenbury	Liberal	Saint John	February 14, 1964	Pearson	May 27, 1973	Daniel Riley	Liberal	Saint John	December 21, 1973	Trudeau	September 13, 1984	Brenda Robertson	Progressive Conservative	Riverview	October 18, 1973	Mulroney	May 23, 2004	John Robertson	Liberal	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation	January 1, 1876	Hédard-J. Robichaud	Liberal	Gloucester	June 28, 1968	Trudeau	October 8, 1971	Louis Robichaud	Liberal	L'Acadie-Acadia	December 21, 1973	Trudeau	October 21, 2000	Clifford Robinson	Liberal	Moncton	May 5, 1924	King	July 27, 1944	Calixte Savoie	Independent Liberal	L'Acadie	July 28, 1955	St. Laurent	August 23, 1970	Cyril Sherwood	Progressive Conservative	Royal	October 3, 1979	Clark	July 1, 1990	Jean-Maurice Simard	Progressive Conservative	Edmundston	June 26, 1985	Mulroney	June 16, 2001	Benjamin Franklin Smith	Conservative	Victoria-Carleton	April 14, 1935	Bennett	May 19, 1944	Jabez Snowball	Liberal	Chatham	May 5, 1891	MacDonald	February 1, 1902	William Steeves	Liberal	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation	December 9, 1873	Austin Taylor	Liberal	Westmorland	January 3, 1957	St. Laurent	January 17, 1965	Nancy Teed	Progressive Conservative	Saint John	August 30, 1990	Mulroney	January 29, 1993	Thomas Temple	Conservative	York	April 23, 1896	Bowell	August 25, 1899	Norbert Thériault	Liberal	Baie-du-Vin	March 26, 1979	Trudeau	February 16, 1996	Frederick Thompson	Liberal	Fredericton	February 7, 1902	Laurier	April 27, 1922	William Thorne	Conservative	St. John	July 26, 1913	Borden	July 8, 1923	Irving Todd	Conservative	Milltown	March 7, 1918	Borden	December 27, 1932	Onésiphore Turgeon	Liberal	Gloucester	October 27, 1922	King	November 18, 1944	Clarence Veniot	Liberal	Gloucester	April 18, 1945	King	June 1, 1966	David Wark	Liberal	Fredericton	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation	August 20, 1905	Robert Wilmot	Conservative	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation	February 10, 1880	Josiah Wood	Conservative	Westmorland	August 5, 1895	Bowell	March 12, 1912

Notes:

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

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

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

Name		Party3	Division1	Date appointed	Appointed by2	End of Term	John Michael William Curphey Forrestall	Conservative	Dartmouth/Eastern Shore, NS	September 27, 1990	Mulroney	June 9, 2006	James Ross4	Progressive Conservative	Maritimes Divisional	September 27, 1990	Mulroney	May 25, 1993

Notes:

¹ Senators are appointed to represent their 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.

⁴ Senator James Ross is the only one Canadian Senator to not represent a specific province during his term in office.

Declined Senate Appointments

Only three people have ever declined a Senate Appointment, two from New Brunswick and one from Quebec.

Name		Party	Date appointed	Appointed by	William Todd	Conservative	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation	Edward Chandler	Liberal-Conservative	October 23, 1867	Royal Proclamation

See also

• List of Canadian senators

External links

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