List of Members of the Canadian Senate - B
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| Senator | Lifespan | Party | Prov. | Entered | Left | Appointed by | Left due to | For life? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lise Bacon Lise Bacon Lise Bacon, is a Canadian Liberal politician. She was appointed Senator, representing the area of De la Durantaye, Quebec, by Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn on September 14, 1994... |
1934– | L | QC | 15 September 1994 | 25 August 2009 | Chrétien | retirement | |
| Pierre Baillargeon Pierre Baillargeon Pierre Baillargeon was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He sat for Stadacona division in the Senate of Canada from 1874 to 1891.... |
1812–1891 | L | QC | 27 March 1874 | 15 December 1891 | Mackenzie | death | Y |
| Alexander Boyd Baird Alexander Boyd Baird Alexander Boyd Baird was a Canadian businessman and Senator.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, he was summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1949 and represented the senatorial division of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. A Liberal, he served until his death in 1967.-References:... |
1891–1967 | L | NL | 17 August 1949 | 23 November 1967 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| George Thomas Baird George Thomas Baird George Thomas Baird was a Canadian politician.Born in Andover, New Brunswick, the eldest son of George Baird of Scottish descent, he was educated at Carleton County Grammar School. He was married November 12, 1879 to Ida T. Sadler, of St. John, N.B... |
1847–1917 | C | NB | 19 June 1895 | 21 April 1917 | Bowell | death | Y |
| George Baker George Baker (politician) George S. Baker, PC is a Canadian politician and member of the Senate of Canada.Baker was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1974 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Gander—Twillingate, in Newfoundland and Labrador... |
1942– | L | NL | 26 March 2002 | present | Chrétien | ---- | |
| George Barnard Baker George Barnard Baker George Barnard Baker was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He was a Liberal-Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Missisquoi from 1870 to 1874, from 1879 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1896 and in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1875 to 1878... |
1834–1910 | LC | QC | 7 January 1896 | 9 February 1910 | Bowell | death | Y |
| James Balfour James Balfour (Canadian politician) R. James Balfour was first elected in the 1972 federal election as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Regina East, Saskatchewan. He also served in the Canadian Senate from 13 September 1979 until his death.... |
1928–1999 | PC | SK | 13 September 1979 | 12 December 1999 | Clark | death | |
| Charles Ballantyne Charles Ballantyne Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne, PC was a Canadian politician.A prominent manufacturer, Ballantyne was appointed to Sir Robert Borden's World War I Union government. He served briefly as Minister of Public Works before becoming Minister of Marine and Fisheries and Minister of the Naval Service... |
1867–1950 | C | QC | 3 February 1932 | 19 October 1950 | Bennett | death | Y |
| Tommy Banks Tommy Banks Thomas Benjamin "Tommy" Banks, OC, AOE is a Canadian pianist, conductor, arranger, composer, television personality and Senator.... |
1936– | L | AB | 7 April 2000 | present | Chrétien | ---- | |
| George Hilton Barbour George Hilton Barbour George Hilton Barbour was a farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 2nd Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1935 to 1942 and from 1943 to 1949 as a Liberal... |
1878–1962 | L | PE | 6 July 1949 | 6 February 1962 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| George Henry Barnard George Henry Barnard George Henry Barnard was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative politician.Born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of Francis Jones Barnard and Ellen Stillman, Barnard was educated... |
1868–1954 | C | BC | 23 October 1917 | 8 November 1945 | Borden | resignation | Y |
| Staff Barootes Staff Barootes Efstathios William Barootes was a Canadian physician, urologist, and parliamentarian.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, of Greek immigrants, he moved with his family to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 and a medical degree in 1943 from the University of Toronto... |
1918–2000 | PC | SK | 21 December 1984 | 25 May 1993 | Mulroney | resignation | |
| Irvine Barrow Irvine Barrow Augustus Irvine Barrow was a Canadian chartered accountant and Senator.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Hartley F. Barrow and Margaret E. , his family moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1918. He attended the Maritime Business College... |
1913–2005 | L | NS | 8 May 1974 | 15 February 1988 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Michael Basha Michael Basha Michael G. Basha was a Canadian businessman, manufacturer, and Senator.Born in Baalbeck, Lebanon, he was summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1951 and represented the senatorial division of West Coast, Newfoundland and Labrador. A Liberal, he resigned in November 1976 shortly before his... |
1896–1976 | L | NL | 24 January 1951 | 18 November 1976 | St-Laurent | resignation | |
| Jean Bazin Jean Bazin Jean Bazin is a Canadian lawyer and former senator.Born in Quebec City, he received a B.Comm. and an LL.L. from Université Laval in 1964. He was elected president of the Canadian Union of Students for the 1964-65 school year. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1965. He was appointed Queen's... |
1940– | PC | QC | 29 December 1986 | 8 December 1989 | Mulroney | resignation | |
| Arthur-Lucien Beaubien Arthur-Lucien Beaubien Arthur-Lucien Beaubien was a Canadian politician and farmer.Born in Arthabaska, Quebec, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1921 election as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Provencher. He was re-elected in 1926 then became a Liberal Progressive... |
1879–1971 | L | MB | 29 January 1940 | 1 February 1969 | King | resignation | Y |
| Charles-Philippe Beaubien Charles-Philippe Beaubien Charles-Philippe Beaubien was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He sat for Montarville division in the Senate of Canada from 1915 to 1949.... |
1870–1949 | C | QC | 3 December 1915 | 17 January 1949 | Borden | death | Y |
| Louis-Philippe Beaubien Louis-Philippe Beaubien Louis-Philippe Beaubien was a Canadian politician.Born in Montreal, Quebec, his father Charles-Philippe Beaubien was a Senator from 1919 to 1945 and his grandfather, Louis Beaubien, was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Canadian House of Commons.He was a stockbroker and Progressive... |
1903–1985 | PC | QC | 16 November 1960 | 28 March 1985 | Diefenbaker | death | Y |
| Gérald Beaudoin Gérald Beaudoin Gérald A. Beaudoin, OC, OQ, MSRC was a Canadian lawyer and Senator.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a B.A., an LL.L and an M.A. from the Université de Montréal. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1954.... |
1929–2008 | C | QC | 26 September 1988 | 15 April 2004 | Mulroney | retirement | |
| Mario Beaulieu Mario Beaulieu Mario Beaulieu was a Canadian notary, title attorney, Quebec politician and Senator.Born in Plantagenet, Ontario, the son of Henri de Montpellier Beaulieu and Berthe Lalonde, he was educated in Montreal and became a notary in 1956.He ran unsuccessfully for the National Assembly of Quebec as a... |
1930–1998 | PC | QC | 30 August 1990 | 22 June 1994 | Mulroney | resignation | |
| Elie Beauregard Elie Beauregard Elie Beauregard, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in La Patrie, Quebec, he studied law and was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1909. Active in the Liberal Party of Canada in Quebec, he was called to the Canadian Senate in 1940 representing the senatorial division of Rougemont, Quebec.... |
1884–1954 | L | QC | 9 February 1940 | 27 August 1954 | King | death | Y |
| François Béchard François Béchard François Béchard was a Quebec farmer and political figure. He represented Iberville and then St. Johns—Iberville in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1896... |
1830–1897 | L | QC | 17 July 1896 | 13 April 1897 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Frédéric Liguori Béique Frédéric Liguori Béique Frédéric Liguori Béique, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Saint-Mathias, Quebec, he was trained as a lawyer and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1868. From 1899 to 1905, he was the president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society. In 1902, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate... |
1845–1933 | L | QC | 7 February 1902 | 12 September 1933 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Robert Beith Robert Beith Robert Beith was a Canadian politician and farmer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party in 1891 to represent the riding of Durham West. He was re-elected in 1896 then lost in 1900 but re-elected in 1902 after the previous election was declared void on... |
1843–1922 | L | ON | 15 January 1907 | 26 January 1922 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Henri Sévérin Béland Henri Sévérin Béland Henri Sévérin Béland, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Rivière-du-Loup-en-Haut, Quebec , the son of Henri Béland and Sophie Lesage, he studied medicine at Université Laval. He practiced medicine in New Hampshire before moving to Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec... |
1869–1935 | L | QC | 5 September 1925 | 22 April 1935 | King | death | Y |
| Napoléon Belcourt Napoléon Belcourt Napoléon Antoine Belcourt, PC was a Franco-Ontarian parliamentarian in Canada.-Early life:Belcourt was born in Toronto to French-Canadian parents, Ferdinand-Napoléon Belcourt and Marie-Anne Clair, and raised in Trois-Rivières, Quebec... |
1860–1932 | L | ON | 22 November 1907 | 7 August 1932 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Rhéal Bélisle Rhéal Bélisle Rhéal Bélisle was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Nickel Belt in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1955 to 1963... |
1919–1992 | PC | ON | 4 February 1963 | 3 November 1992 | Diefenbaker | death | Y |
| Adam Carr Bell Adam Carr Bell Adam Carr Bell was a Canadian politician.Born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the son of Basil Bell and Mary Carr, Bell was educated in New Glasgow, Sackville Academy, and Glasgow University. From 1876 to 1877, he was the first mayor of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia... |
1847–1912 | C | NS | 23 October 1911 | 30 October 1912 | Borden | death | Y |
| Nancy Bell Nancy Bell Ann Elizabeth Haddon Heath Bell was a Canadian Senator.She was appointed to the Senate by Pierre Trudeau in 1970 and sat as a Liberal representing Nanaimo-Malaspina, British Columbia. Independently minded, she did not believe in party discipline and often voted against legislation proposed by the... |
1924–1989 | L | BC | 7 October 1970 | 29 November 1989 | Trudeau | death | |
| Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau Sir Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau, KCMG, QC was a Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman.He was born in Quebec City in 1808. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and went on to article in law, receiving his license to practice in 1832. In 1835, he married Marie-Reine-Josephte, the daughter... |
1808–1894 | C | QC | 23 October 1867 | 23 October 1867 | Royal Proclamation | declined | Y |
| Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose was a Canadian militiaman and politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, the Canadian House of Commons, the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, the Canadian Senate and as the mayor of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Quebec.- Early life... |
1820–1899 | C | QC | 7 October 1873 | 13 August 1899 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Aimé Bénard Aimé Bénard Aimé Bénard was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as interim leader of the provincial Conservatives in 1915, and was later appointed to the Canadian Senate.... |
1873–1938 | C | MB | 3 September 1917 | 8 January 1938 | Borden | death | Y |
| John Joseph Bench John Joseph Bench John Joseph Bench, K.C., was a Canadian lawyer and Senator.Bench was appointed to the Canadian Senate on November 19, 1942 by William Lyon Mackenzie King and, at 37, was Canada's youngest Senator when he first sat in the Upper House... |
1905–1947 | L | ON | 19 November 1942 | 9 December 1947 | King | death | Y |
| William Moore Benidickson William Moore Benidickson William Moore "Bill" Benidickson, PC was a Canadian politician. He was the Liberal-Labour Member of Parliament for Kenora—Rainy River for over twenty years.... |
1911–1985 | L | ON | 7 July 1965 | 1 April 1985 | Pearson | death | |
| William Humphrey Bennett William Humphrey Bennett William Humphrey Bennett was a Canadian politician.Born in Barrie, Canada West, the son of Humphrey Bennett and Anne A. Fraser, Bennett was educated at the Barrie Public and High Schools. After studying law he was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1881. Settling in Midland, Ontario, he was elected... |
1859–1925 | C | ON | 13 November 1917 | 15 March 1925 | Borden | death | Y |
| James Rea Benson James Rea Benson James Rea Benson was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Lincoln in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Liberal-Conservative member until March 14, 1868, when he was named to the Senate of Canada for St. Catharines.He was born in Ireland in 1807 and came to Kingston in Upper... |
1807–1885 | LC | ON | 14 March 1868 | 18 March 1885 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Thomas-Alfred Bernier Thomas-Alfred Bernier Thomas-Alfred Bernier was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, and senator.Born in Saint-Georges-d'Henryville, County of Iberville, Quebec, the son of Thomas Bernier and Julia Létourneau, Bernier was educated at the College of St. Hyacinthe... |
1844–1908 | C | MB | 27 October 1892 | 30 December 1908 | Abbot | death | Y |
| Eric Berntson Eric Berntson -Saskatchewan politics:Berntson was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a member of the Progressive Conservatives for the district of Souris-Cannington in the 1975 Saskatchewan general election... |
1941– | PC | SK | 27 September 1990 | 27 February 2001 | Mulroney | resignation | |
| Martha Bielish Martha Bielish Martha Palamarek Bielish was a politician, farmer, feminist, and teacher from Alberta, Canada. She served as a member of the Senate of Canada sitting with the Progressive Conservative caucus from 1979 to 1990.-Early life:... |
1915–2010 | PC | AB | 27 September 1979 | 26 September 1990 | Clark | resignation | |
| Caleb Rand Bill Caleb Rand Bill Caleb Rand Bill was a member of the Canadian Senate.Born in Billtown, Nova Scotia, a town founded by his ancestors, he was a farmer before entering politics. In 1828, he married Rebecca Cogswell. He represented Kings County from 1855 to 1859 and the northern region of Kings County from 1863 to... |
1806–1872 | LC | NS | 23 October 1867 | 1 February 1872 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Florence Bird Florence Bird Florence Bayard Bird, was a Canadian broadcaster, journalist, and Senator.Born Florence Rhein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended Bryn Mawr College and, in 1928, married journalist John Bird. They moved to Montreal in 1931... |
1908–1998 | L | ON | 23 March 1978 | 15 January 1983 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Michel Biron Michel Biron Michel Biron, CM was a Canadian Senator. He was appointed by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, to represent the Canadian senatorial division of Mille Isles, Quebec as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada, on October 4, 2001. Biron was appointed a... |
1934– | L | QC | 4 October 2001 | 16 March 2009 | Chrétien | retirement | |
| Charles Lawrence Bishop Charles Lawrence Bishop Charles Lawrence Bishop was a journalist and the first working reporter to be appointed to the Canadian Senate.... |
1876–1966 | L | ON | 18 April 1945 | 23 September 1966 | King | resignation | Y |
| Frank Bunting Black Frank Bunting Black Frank Bunting Black was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1912 to 1916 as a Conservative member... |
1869–1945 | C | NB | 25 November 1921 | 28 February 1945 | Meighen | death | Y |
| Thomas Reuben Black Thomas Reuben Black The Hon. Thomas Reuben Black was a Canadian politician, senator and farmer from Amherst, Nova Scotia.Black was educated at Amherst Academy and purchased the family farm where he was an innovative and progressive manager. He also acquired real estate in his home town demonstrating his commitment to... |
1832–1905 | L | NS | 10 June 1904 | 14 September 1905 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Richard Blain Richard Blain Richard Blain was a Canadian politician.Born in Vienna, Canada West, the son of Isaac Blain and Mary Brodrick, Blain was a hardware merchant. In 1888, he married Hattie James. He was a member of the Brampton Town Council for ten years. He was also Reeve and Deputy Reeve of Brampton and Warden of... |
1857–1926 | C | ON | 26 July 1917 | 27 November 1926 | Borden | death | Y |
| Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair, PC , known prior to 1862 as Adam Johnston Fergusson, was a Canadian lawyer and politician.... |
1815–1867 | L | ON | 23 October 1867 | 29 December 1867 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Aristide Blais Aristide Blais Aristide Blais was a Canadian physician and senator.Born in Berthier, Quebec, he was summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1940. A Liberal, he represented the senatorial division of St. Albert, Alberta. He served until his death in 1964.-External links:... |
1875–1964 | L | AB | 29 January 1940 | 10 November 1964 | King | death | Y |
| Oliver Blake Oliver Blake Oliver Blake was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1873.... |
1802–1873 | L | ON | 23 October 1867 | 10 December 1873 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Frederick Murray Blois Frederick Murray Blois Frederick Murray Blois was a Canadian politician.Born in Gore District, Nova Scotia, he was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for eight years starting in 1937 and was Conservative Party leader and Leader of the Opposition from 1941 until the 1945 provincial election wiped out the... |
1893–1984 | PC | NS | 14 January 1960 | 12 October 1976 | Diefenbaker | resignation | Y |
| Pierre Édouard Blondin Pierre Édouard Blondin Pierre Édouard Blondin, PC was a Canadian politician.He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Champlain in 1908 and 1911... |
1874–1943 | C | QC | 20 July 1918 | 29 October 1943 | Borden | death | Y |
| Henri Charles Bois Henri Charles Bois Henri-Charles Bois was an agronomist and Canadian Senator.He was born in St-Joseph de Lévis, Quebec, the son of Napoleon Bois and Lumina Belanger. He was a professor at the Institut Agricole d'Oka and founded the Corporation d'agronomie de Quebec.He was appointed to the Senate by Louis St... |
1897–1962 | L | QC | 3 January 1957 | 18 July 1962 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| Joseph Bolduc Joseph Bolduc Joseph Bolduc, PC was Speaker of the Canadian Senate from 1916 to 1922.He was born in Beauce County, Canada East in 1847, the son of Augustin Bolduc, and was educated at College Sainte-Marie and Université Laval. He graduated as a public notary in 1874 but also earned his living as a farmer and... |
1847–1924 | NC | QC | 3 October 1884 | 13 August 1924 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Roch Bolduc Roch Bolduc Roch Bolduc, OC, CQ is a former Canadian civil servant and Senator from the province of Quebec.Born in Saint-Raphaël, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948 and a Doctorate of Law degree in 1951 from Université Laval.... |
1928– | C | QC | 26 September 1988 | 10 September 2003 | Mulroney | retirement | |
| Lorne Bonnell | 1923–2006 | L | PE | 15 November 1971 | 4 January 1998 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Peter Bosa Peter Bosa Peter Bosa was a Canadian politician. He was a Senator from 1977 to 1998.Born in Friuli, Italy, he immigrated to Canada in 1948. He started working in his father's clothing shop as an apprentice cutter... |
1927–1998 | L | ON | 5 April 1977 | 10 December 1998 | Trudeau | death | |
| Joseph-Noël Bossé Joseph-Noël Bossé Joseph-Noël Bossé was a Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure. He was a Conservative Party of Canada member of the Senate of Canada for De la Durantaye division from 1867 to 1868.... |
1807–1881 | C | QC | 23 October 1867 | 1 January 1868 | Royal Proclamation | resignation | Y |
| Hewitt Bostock Hewitt Bostock Hewitt Bostock, PC was a Canadian publisher, businessman and politician.He was born in Walton Heath, Epsom, England and studied at Trinity College, Cambridge graduating with honours in mathematics. Bostock then studied law and was called to the bar in 1888... |
1864–1930 | L | BC | 6 June 1904 | 28 April 1930 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Amos Edwin Botsford Amos Edwin Botsford Amos Edwin Botsford, PC was a Canadian farmer, judge, politician, and businessman.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of William Botsford, and moved with his family to Westcock in 1808. He was a justice of the peace and a senior judge for the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in Westmorland... |
1804–1894 | C | NB | 23 October 1867 | 22 March 1894 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Télesphore-Damien Bouchard Télesphore-Damien Bouchard Télesphore-Damien Bouchard was a politician in Quebec, Canada.Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, he was the mayor of the municipality from 1917 to 1930 and from 1932 to 1944 and president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in 1918... |
1881–1962 | L | QC | 3 March 1944 | 13 November 1962 | King | death | Y |
| William Albert Boucher William Albert Boucher William Albert Boucher was a Métis politician, farmer and merchant.He was born in St. Louis in what is now Saskatchewan but was, at the time, part of the North West Territories... |
1889–1976 | L | SK | 3 January 1957 | 23 June 1976 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| Charles Boucher de Boucherville Charles Boucher de Boucherville Sir Charles-Eugène-Napoléon Boucher de Boucherville, KCMG was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He twice served as the third Premier of Quebec.... |
1822–1915 | C | QC | 12 February 1879 | 11 September 1915 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Bernie Boudreau Bernie Boudreau James Bernard "Bernie" Boudreau, PC, QC is a Canadian lawyer and politician.Boudreau was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from Cape Breton The Lakes, and served as Minister of Finance. From 1996, he served as Minister of Health in the provincial Liberal government of John Savage... |
1944– | L | NS | 4 October 1999 | 26 October 2000 | Chrétien | resignation | |
| Paul Henri Bouffard Paul Henri Bouffard Paul Henri Bouffard was a Liberal party member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec and became a lawyer and professor.... |
1895–1966 | L | QC | 27 December 1946 | 16 February 1966 | King | death | Y |
| Charles Arkoll Boulton Charles Arkoll Boulton Charles Arkoll Boulton is noted for his role in the Red River and North-West Rebellions.He was born in Cobourg, Canada West in 1841, the great-grandson of D’Arcy Boulton, and educated at Upper Canada College... |
1841–1899 | LC | MB | 10 December 1889 | 15 May 1899 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Charles Bourgeois Charles Bourgeois Charles Bourgeois was a politician in the Quebec, Canada. He served as a Member of Parliament and as a Senator.-Early life:He was born on July 29, 1879 in Trois-Rivières, Mauricie. He was an attorney.-Member of Parliament:... |
1879–1940 | C | QC | 15 August 1935 | 15 May 1940 | Bennett | death | Y |
| Maurice Bourget Maurice Bourget Maurice Bourget, PC was a Canadian politician who was Speaker of the Canadian Senate from April 27, 1963 to January 6, 1966.... |
1907–1979 | L | QC | 27 April 1963 | 29 March 1979 | Pearson | death | Y |
| John George Bourinot John George Bourinot (elder) John George Bourinot was a French Canadian merchant and politician, a member of the first Canadian Senate.... |
1814–1884 | LC | NS | 23 October 1867 | 21 January 1884 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Romuald Bourque Romuald Bourque Romuald Bourque was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Outremont—Saint-Jean in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1952 to 1963. Bourque was a member of the Senate of Canada for De la Vallière division from 1963 to 1974.He was born in Ottawa in 1889, the... |
1889–1974 | L | QC | 6 July 1963 | 14 August 1974 | Pearson | death | Y |
| Thomas-Jean Bourque Thomas-Jean Bourque Thomas-Jean Bourque was a physician and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Kent in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1908 to 1916 as a Conservative member. Bourque went on to serve in the Senate of Canada from 1917 to 1952 representing Richibucto division.He was... |
1864–1952 | C | NB | 20 January 1917 | 16 February 1952 | Borden | death | Y |
| Mackenzie Bowell Mackenzie Bowell Sir Mackenzie Bowell, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896.-Early life:Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, England to John Bowell and Elizabeth Marshall... |
1823–1917 | C | ON | 5 December 1892 | 10 December 1917 | Thompson | death | Y |
| John Boyd John Boyd (Canadian politician) John Boyd was a businessman and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick following Canadian confederation.... |
1826–1893 | LC | NB | 11 February 1880 | 21 September 1893 | Macdonald | resignation | Y |
| Arthur Boyer Arthur Boyer Arthur Boyer was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.Born in Montreal, Canada East, the son of Louis Boyer and Marie-Aurélie Mignault, Boyer studied in Montreal and at the University of London. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of... |
1851–1922 | L | QC | 28 June 1909 | 24 January 1922 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Gustave Benjamin Boyer Gustave Benjamin Boyer Gustave Benjamin Boyer was a Canadian journalist and politician.Born in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, the son of Benjamin Boyer and Angeline Latour, Boyer educated at the College of St. Laurent. He was official lecturer on agriculture in the Province of Quebec and contributed on agricultural questions... |
1871–1927 | L | QC | 11 March 1922 | 2 December 1927 | King | death | Y |
| George Henry Bradbury George Henry Bradbury George Henry Bradbury was a politician and manufacturer.Bradbury was the son of William Murray Bradbury and Matilda Morrow, immigrants from Ireland, and was educated in Ottawa. He came to Manitoba in 1881, worked there as a general contractor and later became managing director for the Northwest... |
1859–1925 | C | MB | 17 December 1917 | 6 September 1925 | Borden | death | Y |
| Joseph-Arthur Bradette Joseph-Arthur Bradette Joseph-Arthur Bradette was a Canadian politician, farmer and merchant. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1926 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Timiskaming North. He was re-elected in the elections of 1930, for the riding of Cochrane in 1935, 1940, 1945... |
1886–1961 | L | ON | 12 June 1953 | 12 September 1961 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| Frederick Gordon Bradley Frederick Gordon Bradley Frederick Gordon Bradley, PC, QC was a Canadian and Dominion of Newfoundland politician.-Education and employment:... |
1888–1966 | L | NL | 12 June 1953 | 30 March 1966 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| Patrick Brazeau Patrick Brazeau Patrick Brazeau is a Canadian aboriginal activist and senator sitting with the Conservative Party. At the age of , he is the youngest current Senator. From February 2006 until January 2009 he held the position of national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples.Brazeau is an Algonquin from the... |
1974– | C | QC | 22 December 2008 | present | Harper | ---- | |
| Alfred Johnson Brooks Alfred Johnson Brooks Alfred Johnson Brooks, PC, QC was a Canadian parliamentarian.A teacher and barrister by training, Brooks represented King's County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1925 to 1935. He first won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 general election as the Conservative... |
1890–1967 | PC | NB | 12 September 1960 | 7 November 1967 | Diefenbaker | resignation | Y |
| William Henry Brouse William Henry Brouse William Henry Brouse was a Canadian physician and politician.Born in Matilda Township, Dundas County, Upper Canada of German ancestry, he attended Upper Canada Academy in Cobourg, Canada West in 1839, Victoria College until 1845, and received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1847 from McGill... |
1824–1881 | R | ON | 9 August 1878 | 23 August 1881 | Mackenzie | death | Y |
| Albert Joseph Brown Albert Joseph Brown Albert Joseph Brown was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Windsor, Canada East, the son of Shepard Joseph Brown, a farmer, and Jennet Shanks, Brown was educated at St. Francis College and Morin College before receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1883 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1886... |
1861–1938 | C | QC | 6 October 1932 | 16 November 1938 | Bennett | death | Y |
| Bert Brown Bert Brown For the English footballer Bert Brown, see Sailor BrownBert Brown is a Canadian Senator and retired farmer and development consultant currently residing in Balzac, Alberta.-Early life:... |
1938– | C | AB | 10 July 2007 | present | Harper | ---- | |
| George Brown George Brown (Canadian politician) George Brown was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation... |
1818–1880 | L | ON | 16 December 1873 | 9 May 1880 | Mackenzie | death | Y |
| William Brunt William Brunt William Ralph Brunt was a Canadian Senator and a close, personal friend and advisor of Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker.... |
1902–1962 | PC | ON | 12 October 1957 | 7 July 1962 | Diefenbaker | death | Y |
| John G. Bryden John G. Bryden John G. Bryden is a former Canadian Senator.A lawyer, former public servant and businessman, Bryden was summoned to the Senate as a Liberal by Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn, on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, on November 23, 1994. He represented the province of New Brunswick until his... |
1937– | L | NB | 23 November 1994 | 31 October 2009 | Chrétien | resignation | |
| John Buchanan John Buchanan John MacLennan Buchanan, PC, QC is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 20th Premier of Nova Scotia from 1978 to 1990 and as a member of the Senate of Canada from 1990 to 2006.-Early life:... |
1931– | C | NS | 12 September 1990 | 22 April 2006 | Mulroney | retirement | |
| John Alexander Buchanan John Alexander Buchanan John Alexander Buchanan was a politician and civil engineer from Alberta, Canada.John was appointed to the Canadian Senate on January 15, 1959 on the advice of John Diefenbaker... |
1887–1976 | PC | AB | 15 January 1959 | 2 October 1965 | Diefenbaker | voluntary retirement | Y |
| William Ashbury Buchanan William Ashbury Buchanan William Ashbury Buchanan, was a journalist, publisher and politician based in Alberta.... |
1876–1954 | L | AB | 5 September 1925 | 11 July 1954 | King | death | Y |
| Sidney Buckwold Sidney Buckwold Sidney Labe Buckwold, O.C., B.Comm., LL.D. was a Canadian senator and mayor of Saskatoon.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Harry Buckwold and Dorothy Friedman , he moved to Saskatoon in 1925... |
1916–2001 | L | SK | 4 November 1971 | 3 November 1991 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Harcourt Burland Bull Harcourt Burland Bull Harcourt Burland Bull was an Ontario journalist and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada from 1879 to 1881.He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1824, the son of George Perkins Bull... |
1824–1881 | C | ON | 24 February 1879 | 12 August 1881 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| George Percival Burchill George Percival Burchill George Percival Burchill was a lumber merchant and political figure. He sat for Northumberland-Miramichi division in the Senate of Canada from 1945 to 1977 as a Liberal.... |
1889–1977 | L | NB | 19 April 1945 | 19 August 1977 | King | resignation | Y |
| Jacques Bureau Jacques Bureau Jacques Bureau, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Trois-Rivières, Canada East, the son of J. Napoleon Bureau and Sophie Gingras, Bureau was educated at Nicolet College and received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1881 from Laval University. A lawyer, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons... |
1860–1933 | L | QC | 5 September 1925 | 23 January 1933 | King | death | Y |
| Jacques-Olivier Bureau Jacques-Olivier Bureau Jacques-Olivier Bureau was a Quebec notary and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada for De Lorimier division from 1867 to 1883.... |
1820–1883 | L | QC | 23 October 1867 | 7 February 1883 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Vincent Burke Vincent Burke Vincent Patrick Burke was a Newfoundland educator and administrator and a member of the Canadian Senate.He was born in St. Jacques, Newfoundland to a Roman Catholic family of Irish descent. He was educated at St. Bonaventure's College in St. John's. He worked as a teacher and, at 19, he was... |
1878–1953 | L | NL | 25 January 1950 | 19 December 1953 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| Asa Allworth Burnham Asa Allworth Burnham Asa Allworth Burnham was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1873.... |
1808–1873 | C | ON | 23 October 1867 | 10 May 1873 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Kennedy Francis Burns Kennedy Francis Burns Kennedy Francis Burns was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Thomastown, Republic of Ireland, he emigrated to British North America. He worked as a clerk for a merchant at Chatham, New Brunswick and bought his employer's store at Bathurst in 1863. In 1865, Burns married Harriet McKenna... |
1842–1895 | L | NB | 21 March 1893 | 23 June 1895 | Thompson | death | Y |
| Patrick Burns | 1856–1937 | I | AB | 6 July 1931 | 1 June 1936 | Bennett | resignation | Y |
| Charles Burpee Charles Burpee Charles Burpee was a New Brunswick farmer and political figure. He represented Sunbury in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1887 as a Liberal member. He was a member of the Senate of Canada representing New Brunswick in 1900.He was born in Sheffield, Sunbury County, New Brunswick in 1817... |
1817–1909 | L | NB | 1 February 1900 | 19 July 1900 | Laurier | resignation | Y |
| Peggy Butts Peggy Butts Mary Alice "Peggy" Butts served as a Canadian Senator from September 23, 1997 to August 15, 1999.Born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on the Feast of the Assumption, Peggy was a Roman Catholic nun in the Sisters of Notre Dame order. She obtained several degrees, as a B.A. degree in Philosophy, a B.A.... |
1924–2004 | L | NS | 23 September 1997 | 15 August 1999 | Chrétien | retirement |