This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of Nova Scotia. There are ten senators currently appointed with no vacancies.
During the Quebec Conference of 1864, Nova Scotia was guaranteed ten Senate seats, but because Prince Edward Island stalled for equal representation in the upper house, Nova Scotia was awarded two of Prince Edward Island's Senate seats, until 1873 when Prince Edward Island gave in and joined confederation Nova Scotia dropped to 10 seats. The province kept its extra seats until the first two senators ended their term after 1873, they were not replaced.
Current senators
edit| Name | Party | Division1 | Date appointed | Appointed by2 | Mandatory retirement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Réjean Aucoin | Canadian Senators Group | Nova Scotia | October 31, 2023 | Trudeau, J. | July 4, 2030 | |
| Wanda Thomas Bernard | Progressive Senate Group | Nova Scotia | November 10, 2016 | Trudeau, J. | August 1, 2028 | |
| Jane Cordy | Progressive Senate Group | Nova Scotia | June 9, 2000 | Chrétien | July 2, 2025 | |
| Mary Coyle | Independent Senators Group | Nova Scotia | December 4, 2017 | Trudeau, J. | November 5, 2029 | |
| Rodger Cuzner | Non-affiliated | Nova Scotia | October 31, 2023 | Trudeau, J. | November 4, 2030 | |
| Colin Deacon | Canadian Senators Group | Nova Scotia | June 15, 2018 | Trudeau, J. | November 1, 2034 | |
| Stephen Greene | Canadian Senators Group | Halifax – The Citadel | January 2, 2009 | Harper | December 8, 2024 | |
| Stan Kutcher | Independent Senators Group | Nova Scotia | December 12, 2018 | Trudeau, J. | December 16, 2026 | |
| Michael L. MacDonald | Conservative | Cape Breton | January 2, 2009 | Harper | May 4, 2030 | |
| Paul Prosper | Canadian Senators Group | Nova Scotia | July 6, 2023 | Trudeau, J. | November 4, 2039 |
Notes:
1 Senators are appointed to represent Nova Scotia. 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 on the recommendation of the prime minister.
3 Division designated as Chester from 1996 to 1999 and as Stanhope St. / South Shore since 1999.
Historical
edit| Name | Party | Division1 | Date appointed | Appointed by2 | End of term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Johnston Almon | Liberal-Conservative | Halifax | April 15, 1879 | Macdonald | February 18, 1901 | |
| John Hawkins Anderson | Liberal | Nova Scotia | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | December 24, 1870 | |
| Thomas Dickson Archibald | Liberal-Conservative | North Sydney | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | October 18, 1890 | |
| Augustus Irvine Barrow | Liberal | Halifax-Dartmouth | May 8, 1974 | Trudeau, P. E. | February 15, 1988 | |
| Adam Carr Bell | Conservative | Pictou | October 23, 1911 | Borden | October 30, 1912 | |
| Caleb Rand Bill | Liberal-Conservative | North Sydney | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | February 1, 1872 | |
| Thomas Reuben Black | Liberal | Amherst | June 10, 1904 | Laurier | September 14, 1905 | |
| Frederick Murray Blois | Progressive Conservative | Colchester-Hants | January 14, 1960 | Diefenbaker | October 12, 1976 | |
| Bernie Boudreau | Liberal | Nova Scotia | October 4, 1999 | Chrétien | October 26, 2000 | |
| John George Bourinot | Liberal-Conservative | Nova Scotia | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | January 21, 1884 | |
| John MacLellan Buchanan | Conservative | Nova Scotia (Halifax) | September 12, 1990 | Mulroney | April 22, 2006 | |
| Mary Alice Butts | Liberal | Nova Scotia | September 23, 1997 | Chrétien | August 15, 1999 | |
| Thomas Cantley | Conservative | New Glasgow | July 20, 1935 | Bennett | February 24, 1945 | |
| James William Carmichael | Liberal | Nova Scotia | December 31, 1898 | Laurier | April 24, 1903 | |
| Daniel Christmas | Independent Senators Group | Nova Scotia | December 6, 2016 | Trudeau, J. | January 31, 2023 | |
| Charles Edward Church | Liberal | Lunenburg | February 28, 1902 | Laurier | January 3, 1906 | |
| Ezra Churchill | Liberal-Conservative | Nova Scotia | February 3, 1871 | Macdonald | May 8, 1874 | |
| Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau | Liberal | Digby County | January 15, 1907 | Laurier | August 25, 1911 | |
| Gerald J. Comeau | Conservative | Nova Scotia | August 30, 1990 | Mulroney | November 30, 2013 | |
| Joseph Willie Comeau | Liberal | Clare | December 1, 1948 | St. Laurent | January 10, 1966 | |
| Harold Joseph Connolly | Liberal | Halifax North | July 28, 1955 | St. Laurent | May 14, 1979 | |
| Jim Cowan | Liberal | Nova Scotia | March 24, 2005 | Martin | January 22, 2017 | |
| Ernest G. Cottreau | Liberal | South Western Nova | May 8, 1974 | Trudeau, P. E. | January 28, 1989 | |
| Adam Brown Crosby | Conservative | Halifax | January 20, 1917 | Borden | March 10, 1921 | |
| Nathaniel Curry | Conservative | Amherst | November 20, 1912 | Borden | October 23, 1931 | |
| Rufus Curry | Liberal | Nova Scotia | March 12, 1903 | Laurier | March 30, 1905 | |
| William Dennis | Independent Conservative | Halifax | November 20, 1912 | Borden | July 11, 1920 | |
| William Henry Dennis | Conservative | Halifax | February 3, 1932 | Bennett | January 18, 1954 | |
| Robert Barry Dickey | Conservative | Amherst | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | July 14, 1903 | |
| Fred Dickson | Conservative | Halifax | January 2, 2009 | Harper | February 9, 2012 | |
| Richard Donahoe | Progressive Conservative | Halifax | September 13, 1979 | Clark | September 27, 1984 | |
| William Duff | Liberal | Lunenburg | February 28, 1936 | King | April 25, 1953 | |
| Edward Matthew Farrell | Liberal | Liverpool | January 12, 1910 | Laurier | August 6, 1931 | |
| John Michael William Curphey Forrestall | Conservative | Nova Scotia (Dartmouth/Eastern Shore) | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | June 9, 2006 | |
| Edward Lavin Girroir | Conservative | Antigonish | November 20, 1912 | Borden | May 8, 1932 | |
| Alasdair Bernard Graham | Liberal | The Highlands | April 27, 1972 | Trudeau, P. E. | May 21, 2004 | |
| Robert Patterson Grant | Liberal | Pictou | February 2, 1877 | Mackenzie | November 13, 1892 | |
| Paul Lacombe Hatfield | Liberal | Yarmouth | October 7, 1926 | King | January 28, 1935 | |
| Charles G. Hawkins | Liberal | Milford-Hants | May 2, 1950 | St. Laurent | August 14, 1958 | |
| Henry Davies Hicks | Liberal | The Annapolis Valley | April 27, 1972 | Trudeau, P. E. | March 5, 1990 | |
| John Holmes | Conservative | Nova Scotia | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | June 3, 1876 | |
| Gordon Benjamin Isnor | Liberal | Halifax-Dartmouth | May 2, 1950 | St. Laurent | March 17, 1973 | |
| Henry Kaulback | Conservative | Lunenburg | March 27, 1872 | Macdonald | January 8, 1896 | |
| Edward Kenny | Conservative | Nova Scotia | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | April 11, 1876 | |
| John James Kinley | Liberal | Queens-Lunenburg | April 18, 1945 | King | June 12, 1971 | |
| Michael J. L. Kirby | Liberal | Nova Scotia (South Shore) | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau, P. E. | October 31, 2006 | |
| John Locke | Liberal | Nova Scotia | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | December 12, 1873 | |
| Hance James Logan | Liberal | Cumberland | February 5, 1929 | King | December 26, 1944 | |
| John Lovitt | Liberal | Yarmouth | December 18, 1896 | Laurier | April 13, 1908 | |
| Finlay MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | Halifax | December 21, 1984 | Mulroney | January 4, 1998 | |
| John Alexander Macdonald | Conservative | Richmond West-Cape Breton | March 2, 1932 | Bennett | June 11, 1945 | |
| John Michael Macdonald | Progressive Conservative | Cape Breton | June 24, 1960 | Diefenbaker | June 20, 1997 | |
| Allan MacEachen | Liberal | Highlands-Canso | June 29, 1984 | Trudeau, P. E. | July 6, 1996 | |
| Alexander MacFarlane | Conservative | Wallace | October 10, 1870 | Macdonald | December 14, 1898 | |
| David MacKeen | Conservative | Cape Breton | February 21, 1896 | Bowell | October 15, 1915 | |
| Donald MacLennan | Liberal | Margaree Forks | January 29, 1940 | King | October 19, 1953 | |
| Peter Francis Martin | Conservative | Halifax | December 5, 1921 | Meighen | May 2, 1935 | |
| John McCormick | Conservative | Sydney Mines | September 21, 1921 | Meighen | February 21, 1936 | |
| Jonathan McCully | Liberal | Nova Scotia | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | September 28, 1870 | |
| John Alexander McDonald | Liberal | King's | April 18, 1945 | King | April 16, 1962 | |
| William McDonald | Conservative | Cape Breton | May 12, 1884 | Macdonald | July 4, 1916 | |
| James Drummond McGregor | Liberal | New Glasgow | April 24, 1903 | Laurier | October 1, 1910 | |
| Thomas McKay | Liberal-Conservative | Colchester | December 24, 1881 | Macdonald | January 13, 1912 | |
| William McKay | Conservative | Cape Breton | November 20, 1912 | Borden | November 8, 1915 | |
| Archibald McLelan | Liberal-Conservative | Londonderry | June 21, 1869 | Macdonald | May 20, 1881 | |
| John Stewart McLennan | Conservative | Sydney | February 10, 1916 | Borden | September 15, 1939 | |
| Terry Mercer | Liberal | Northend Halifax | November 7, 2003 | Chrétien | May 6, 2022 | |
| William Miller | Liberal-Conservative | Richmond | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | February 23, 1912 | |
| Wilfred P. Moore | Liberal | Chester Stanhope St. / South Shore3 |
September 26, 1996 | Chrétien | January 14, 2017 | |
| Robert Muir | Progressive Conservative | Cape Breton-The Sydneys | March 26, 1979 | Trudeau, P. E. | November 10, 1994 | |
| Margaret Norrie | Liberal | Colchester-Cumberland | April 27, 1972 | Trudeau, P. E. | October 16, 1980 | |
| Jeremiah Northup | Liberal | Halifax | October 10, 1870 | Macdonald | April 10, 1879 | |
| Clement O'Leary | Progressive Conservative | Antigonish-Guysborough | September 25, 1962 | Diefenbaker | June 12, 1969 | |
| Kelvin Ogilvie | Conservative | Annapolis Valley – Hants | August 27, 2009 | Harper | November 6, 2017 | |
| Donald H. Oliver | Conservative | South Shore | September 7, 1990 | Mulroney | November 16, 2013 | |
| Gerard Phalen | Liberal | Nova Scotia | October 4, 2001 | Chrétien | March 28, 2009 | |
| Lawrence Geoffrey Power | Liberal | Halifax | February 2, 1877 | Mackenzie | September 12, 1921 | |
| Clarence Primrose | Liberal-Conservative | Pictou | November 28, 1892 | Abbott | December 2, 1902 | |
| Felix Patrick Quinn | Conservative | Bedford-Halifax | July 20, 1935 | Bennett | March 28, 1961 | |
| Edgar Nelson Rhodes | Conservative | Amherst | July 20, 1935 | Bennett | March 15, 1942 | |
| John William Ritchie | Conservative | Nova Scotia | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | September 28, 1870 | |
| Wishart McLea Robertson | Liberal | Shelburne | February 19, 1943 | King | December 24, 1965 | |
| Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau | Conservative | Digby-Clare | July 20, 1935 | Bennett | March 1, 1948 | |
| William Roche | Liberal | Halifax | January 12, 1910 | Laurier | October 19, 1925 | |
| William Ross | Liberal | Victoria | May 18, 1905 | Laurier | March 17, 1912 | |
| William Benjamin Ross | Conservative | Middleton | November 20, 1912 | Borden | January 10, 1929 | |
| Calvin Woodrow Ruck | Liberal | Nova Scotia | June 11, 1998 | Chrétien | September 4, 2000 | |
| Donald Smith | Liberal | Queens-Shelburne | July 28, 1955 | St. Laurent | July 7, 1980 | |
| George Isaac Smith | Progressive Conservative | Colchester | August 7, 1975 | Trudeau, P. E. | December 19, 1982 | |
| John Stanfield | Conservative | Colchester | February 17, 1921 | Meighen | January 22, 1934 | |
| John Benjamin Stewart | Liberal | Antigonish-Guysborough | January 13, 1984 | Trudeau, P. E. | November 19, 1999 | |
| Charles Elliott Tanner | Conservative | Pictou | January 20, 1917 | Borden | January 13, 1946 | |
| Edward Joseph Thériault | Liberal | Nova Scotia | April 20, 1968 | Trudeau, P. E. | December 20, 1968 | |
| Earl Wallace Urquhart | Liberal | Inverness-Richmond | February 24, 1966 | Pearson | August 17, 1971 | |
| Frank Corbett Welch | Progressive Conservative | King's | September 25, 1962 | Diefenbaker | July 14, 1975 | |
| Benjamin Wier | Liberal | Nova Scotia | October 23, 1867 | Royal Proclamation | April 14, 1868 |
Notes:
1 Senators are appointed to represent Nova Scotia. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Nova Scotia as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister. Senators appointed by royal proclamation were appointed at the Senate's founding directly by Queen Victoria.
Maritimes regional senators
editSenators 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 designate themselves to a senate division in any province of their choosing in their region.
| Name | Party1 | Division2 | Date appointed | Appointed by3 | Date shifted to provincial | Province shifted to | Provincial seat vacated by | End of term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Forrestall | Conservative | Dartmouth/Eastern Shore, NS | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | November 10, 1994 | Nova Scotia | Robert Muir | June 9, 2006 | |
| James W. Ross | Progressive Conservative | Maritimes divisional | September 27, 1990 | Mulroney | April 26, 1991 | New Brunswick | Richard Hatfield | May 25, 1993 |
Notes:
1 Party listed was the last party of which the senator was a member.
2 Senators are appointed to represent their region. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within their region as his or her division.
3 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.