List of Canadian Senate appointments by prime minister

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List of Canadian Senate appointments by prime minister

This is a list of Canadian Senate appointments during a Prime Minister
Prime minister

A prime minister is the most senior minister of Cabinet in the Executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. The position is usually held by, but need not always be held by, a politician....
's tenure. Members of the Canadian Senate

Canadian Senate

The Senate of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Canadian monarchy and the Canadian House of Commons. The Senate consists of 105 members appointed by the Governor General of Canada on the Advice of the Prime Minister of Canada....
are appointed by the Governor General of Canada

Governor General of Canada

The Governor General of Canada is the viceroy representative in Canada of the Monarchy of Canada, who is the head of state. Canada is one of sixteen Commonwealth realms, all of which share the same person as their respective sovereign....
on the recommendation of his or her Prime Minister. This list is broken-down by party, and further sorted into three categories: Senators appointed who sat in the government caucus

Caucus

A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States. The exact definition varies among political cultures....
, Senators appointed who sat in opposition caucuses, and Senators appointed who sat in neither.

Only Prime Minsters Pierre Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Order of the Companions of Honour, Queen's Counsel, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada , was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984....
, Sir John A. Macdonald

John A. Macdonald

Sir John Alexander Macdonald, Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, was the first Prime Minister of Canada and the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation....
, John Thompson, and Paul Martin

Paul Martin

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John A. Macdonald

Paul Martin

Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, Queen's Privy Council for Canada was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....
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 the Official Opposition. Of those four, three were appointed on the recommendation of Prime Minister Robert Borden

Robert Borden

Sir Robert Laird Borden, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of St. Michael and St. George, King's Counsel was a Canadian lawyer and politician....
, who was trying to create a cross-party coalition National Government

National government

A national government is a broad coalition government consisting of all parties in the legislature, usually formed during a time of war or other national emergency....
during World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
. The other appointment was made on the recommendation of Louis St. Laurent

Louis St. Laurent

Louis Stephen St-Laurent, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Queen's Counsel , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from November 15, 1948, to June 21, 1957....
, upon the advice of his strategists, as the PC Party was in danger of losing official party status in the Senate by dropping below five seats. No other Prime Minister appointed opposition senators, and one, Kim Campbell

Kim Campbell

Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Queen's Counsel was the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993 ....
, appointed none.

Prime Minister		Term(s)		Total	Party											Government		Opposition		Non-Partisan
Prime Minister		From	To	Total	Lib. Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is a major political party in Canada. The party is positioned in the centre-left of the Politics of Canada....	Cons. Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Tories, is a major political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada....	NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party is a political party in Canada with a progressivism social democracy philosophy that contests elections at both the federal and provincial levels....	PC Progressive Conservative Party of Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canada political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and a centrism stance on social issues....	Ref. Reform Party of Canada The Reform Party of Canada was a Canada federation political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s....	SC Social Credit Party of Canada The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservatism - populism political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform....	L-P Liberal-Progressive *Liberal-Progressive* was a label used by a number of candidates in Canada elections between 1926 and 1953. In federal and Ontario politics, there was no formal Liberal-Progressive party - it was an alliance between two separate parties....	L-U Liberal-Unionist For the British party see Liberal Unionist PartyLiberal-Unionists were supporters of the Liberal Party of Canada who, as a result of the Conscription Crisis of 1917 rejected Sir Wilfrid Laurier's leadership and supported the coalition government Unionist Party of Sir Robert Borden....	Ind. Lib.	Ind. Cons.	Ind.	#	%	#	%	#	%
Royal Proclamation		1867-10-23		73	27	—	—	45	—	—	—	—	0	1	0
	Macdonald John A. Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald, Order of the Bath, Order of St Michael and St George, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, was the first Prime Minister of Canada and the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation....	1867-07-01	1873-11-05	91	10	—	—	78	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	78	85.7	10	11.0	3	3.3
		1878-10-17	1891-06-06	91	10	—	—	78	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	78	85.7	10	11.0	3	3.3
	Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie, Queen's Privy Council for Canada , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Canada Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 9, 1878....	1873-11-07	1878-10-08	16	16	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	16	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Abbott John Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of St. Michael and St. George, Queen's Counsel was the third Prime Minister of Canada....	1891-06-16	1892-11-24	6	0	—	—	6	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	6	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Thompson	1892-12-05	1894-12-12	5	1	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	4	80.0	1	20.0	0	0.0
	Bowell Mackenzie Bowell Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Queen's Privy Council of Canada , Order of St. Michael and St. George was the fifth Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896....	1894-12-21	1896-04-27	13	0	—	—	13	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	13	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Tupper Charles Tupper Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Bath, Queen's Privy Council for Canada was a Canada father of Confederation: as the Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Canadian Confederation....	1896-05-01	1896-07-08	1	0	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Laurier Wilfrid Laurier Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Order of St. Michael and St. George, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, King's Counsel, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from July 11, 1896, to October 5, 1911....	1896-07-11	1911-10-06	81	80	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	1	0	0	80	98.8	0	0.0	1	1.2
	Borden	1911-10-10	1920-07-10	62	3	—	—	57	—	—	—	1	0	1	0	58	93.6	3	4.8	1	1.6
	Meighen Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen , Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Queen's Counsel was the ninth Prime Minister of Canada from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921 and June 29 to September 25, 1926....	1920-07-10	1921-12-29	15	0	—	—	13	—	—	0	1	0	0	1	14	93.3	0	0.0	1	6.7
		1926-06-29	1926-09-25	15	0	—	—	13	—	—	0	1	0	0	1	14	93.3	0	0.0	1	6.7
	King William Lyon Mackenzie King William Lyon Mackenzie King, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Merit , Order of St Michael and St George was a Canadian lawyer, economist, university professor, civil servant, journalist, and politician....	1921-12-29	1926-06-29	103	102	—	—	0	—	0	1	0	0	0	0	102	99.0	1	1.0	0	0.0
		1926-09-25	1930-08-06
		1935-10-23	1948-11-15
	Bennett	1930-08-07	1935-10-23	33	0	—	—	32	—	0	—	—	0	0	1	32	97.0	0	0.0	1	3.0
	St. Laurent Louis St. Laurent Louis Stephen St-Laurent, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Queen's Counsel , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from November 15, 1948, to June 21, 1957....	1948-11-15	1957-06-21	55	51	—	—	1	—	0	—	—	2	0	1	51	92.7	1	1.8	3	5.5
	Diefenbaker John Diefenbaker John George Diefenbaker, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of the Companions of Honour, Queen's Counsel, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of Arts was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957 to April 22, 1963....	1957-06-21	1963-04-22	37	0	—	0	36	—	0	—	—	0	1	0	36	97.3	0	0.0	1	2.7
	Pearson Lester B. Pearson Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Merit , Companion of the Order of Canada, Order of the British Empire was a Canadian statesman, diplomat and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957....	1963-04-22	1968-04-20	39	38	—	0	0	—	0	—	—	1	0	0	38	97.4	0	0.0	1	2.6
	Trudeau Pierre Trudeau Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Order of the Companions of Honour, Queen's Counsel, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada , was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984....	1968-04-20	1979-06-04	81	70	—	0	7	—	1	—	—	0	0	3	70	86.4	8	9.9	3	3.7
		1980-03-03	1984-06-30	81	70	—	0	7	—	1	—	—	0	0	3	70	86.4	8	9.9	3	3.7
	Clark Joe Clark Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Alberta Order of Excellence is a Canadian journalist, politician, statesman, businessman, and university professor....	1979-06-04	1980-03-03	11	0	—	0	11	—	0	—	—	0	0	0	11	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Turner John Turner John Napier Wyndham Turner, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Queen's Counsel is a retired Canadian lawyer and politician, who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada from June 30 to September 17, 1984....	1984-06-30	1984-09-17	3	3	—	0	0	—	0	—	—	0	0	0	3	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Mulroney Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec was the List of Prime Ministers of Canada Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993....	1984-09-17	1993-06-25	57	0	—	0	55	1	0	—	—	0	0	1	55	96.4	1	1.8	1	1.8
	Campbell Kim Campbell Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Queen's Counsel was the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993 to November 4, 1993 ....	1993-06-25	1993-11-04	0	0	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	—	0	—	0	—
	Chrétien Jean Chrétien Joseph Jacques Jean Chr?tien, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Order of Canada, Queen's Counsel , is a Canadian politician who was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003, and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1990 to 2003....	1993-11-04	2003-12-11	75	72	—	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	0	3	72	96.0	0	0.0	3	4.0
	Martin Paul Martin Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, Queen's Privy Council for Canada was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....	2003-12-12	2006-02-06	17	12	2	1	2	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	12	70.6	5	29.4	0	0.0
	Harper Stephen Harper Stephen Joseph Harper, Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Member of the Canadian House of Commons is the List of Prime Ministers of Canada and current Prime Minister of Canada, and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada....	2006-02-06	—	20	0	20	0	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	20	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0
Total				894	485	22	1	361	1	1	1	2	5	4	11	772	94.0	30	3.7	19	2.3