List of Alberta senators


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

Current senators

NamePartyDivision1Date appointedAppointed by2Mandatory retirement
Doug Black3Non-affiliated 4AlbertaHarper
Elaine McCoyNon-affiliated 5AlbertaMartin
Grant MitchellNon-affiliatedAlbertaMartin
3ConservativeAlbertaHarper
Paula SimonsNon-affiliatedAlbertaTrudeau
Patti LaBoucane-BensonNon-affiliatedAlbertaTrudeau

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 Appointed after winning a senator-in-waiting position in an Alberta Senate nominee election.
4 Originally a Conservative, Black changed his designation to Independent in July 2016, and later joined the Independent Senators Group.
5 Elaine McCoy was the last remaining member of the Canadian Senate to sit as a Progressive Conservative following the retirement of Senator Lowell Murray on September 26, 2011. On February 11, 2013 she changed her designation to Independent Progressive Conservative, before changing it once again, to Independent, on February 17, 2016. McCoy later was a founding member of the Independent Senators Group.

Historical

NamePartyDivision1Date appointedAppointed by2End of Term
Tommy BanksLiberalAlbertaChrétien
Martha BielishProgressive ConservativeLakelandClark
Aristide BlaisLiberalSt. AlbertKing
Bert Brown3ConservativeAlbertaHarper
John Alexander BuchananProgressive ConservativeEdmontonDiefenbaker
William Ashbury BuchananLiberalLethbridgeKing
Patrick BurnsIndependentCalgaryBennett
Donald CameronIndependent LiberalBanffSt. Laurent
Thelma ChalifouxLiberalAlbertaChrétien
Jean CôtéLiberalEdmontonKing
Leverett George DeVeberLiberalLethbridgeLaurier
Joyce FairbairnLiberalLethbridgeTrudeau, P. E.
Jean ForestLiberalEdmontonChrétien
Amédée E. ForgetLiberalBanffLaurier
Frederick GershawLiberalMedicine HatKing
Ron GhitterProgressive ConservativeAlbertaMulroney
James GladstoneIndependent ConservativeLethbridgeDiefenbaker
William GriesbachConservativeEdmontonMeighen
William HarmerLiberalEdmontonBorden
Earl HastingsLiberalPalliser-FoothillsPearson
Daniel Philip HaysLiberalCalgaryTrudeau, P. E.
Harry HaysLiberalCalgaryPearson
Prosper-Edmond LessardLiberalSt. PaulKing
James LougheedLiberal-ConservativeCalgary, NWT

Calgary, AB
MacDonald
James A. MacKinnonLiberalEdmontonSt. Laurent
Ernest ManningSocial CreditEdmonton WestTrudeau, P. E.
Edward MichenerConservativeAlbertaBorden
Bud OlsonLiberalAlberta SouthTrudeau, P. E.
James Harper ProwseLiberalEdmontonPearson
Daniel Edward RileyLiberalAlbertaKing
Douglas RocheIndependentEdmontonChrétien
George Henry RossLiberalCalgarySt. Laurent
Philippe RoyLiberalEdmontonLaurier
Wesley StambaughLiberalBruceSt. Laurent
Peter TalbotLiberalAlbertaLaurier
Claudette TardifLiberalAlbertaMartin
Nicholas TaylorLiberalBon Accord
Sturgeon
Chrétien
Walter Patrick TwinnProgressive ConservativeAlbertaMulroney
Betty Unger3ConservativeAlbertaHarper
Stanley Waters3ReformAlbertaMulroney

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 Strong recommendation of the prime minister.
3 Appointed after winning a senator-in-waiting position in an Alberta Senate nominee election.

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 designate themselves to a senate division in any province of their choosing in their region.
NameParty1Division2Date appointedAppointed by3Date shifted to provincialProvince shifted toProvincial seat vacated byEnd of Term
ConservativeWinnipeg-InterlakeMulroneyManitobaJoseph-Philippe Guay
Progressive ConservativeSaskatchewanMulroneySaskatchewanDavid Steuart

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 of Canada on the recommendation of the prime minister.