List of Members of the Canadian Senate - L
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| Senator | Lifespan | Party | Prov. | Entered | Left | Appointed by | Left due to | For life? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Ovide L'Espérance David Ovide L'Espérance David Ovide L'Espérance was a manufacturer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Montmagny in the Canadian House of Commons from 1911 to 1916 as a Conservative. L'Espérance sat for Gulf division in the Senate of Canada from 1917 to 1941.He was born in Montmagny, Canada East, the son of... |
1864–1941 | C | QC | 26 July 1917 | 31 August 1941 | Borden | death | Y |
| Joseph-Henri-Gustave Lacasse Joseph-Henri-Gustave Lacasse Joseph-Henri-Gustave Lacasse was a journalist, physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He sat for Essex division in the Senate of Canada from 1928 to 1953.... |
1890–1953 | L | ON | 10 January 1928 | 18 January 1953 | King | death | Y |
| Alexandre Lacoste Alexandre Lacoste Sir Alexandre Lacoste, PC was a Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician.He was born in Boucherville, Quebec in 1842, the son of Louis Lacoste. From 1880 to 1923, he was a professor of law at the Université de Montréal.In 1882, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec... |
1842–1923 | C | QC | 11 January 1884 | 13 September 1891 | Macdonald | resignation | Y |
| Louis Lacoste Louis Lacoste Louis Lacoste was a Quebec notary and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1878.... |
1798–1878 | C | QC | 23 October 1867 | 26 November 1878 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Napoléon Kemner Laflamme Napoléon Kemner Laflamme Napoléon Kemner Laflamme was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Lyster, Canada East, the son of Jacques K. Laflamme and Marie Gagné, and became a lawyer.... |
1865–1929 | L | QC | 21 December 1927 | 10 August 1929 | King | death | Y |
| Paul Lafond Paul Lafond Paul C. Lafond was a Canadian politician.Born in Hull, Quebec, he served with the Royal Canadian Air Force as an officer during World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1944 for his part in sinking a German submarine in the Atlantic... |
1919–1988 | L | QC | 7 October 1970 | 7 May 1988 | Trudeau | death | |
| Arthur Laing Arthur Laing Arthur Laing, PC was a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Vancouver, British Columbia.... |
1904–1975 | L | BC | 1 September 1972 | 3 February 1975 | Trudeau | death | |
| Henry Laird Henry Laird Henry Willoughby Laird was a journalist, wholesale merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He sat for Regina division in the Senate of Canada from 1917 to 1940.... |
1868–1940 | C | SK | 31 January 1917 | 30 September 1940 | Borden | death | Y |
| John Keith McBroom Laird John Keith McBroom Laird John Keith McBroom Laird was a Canadian author, barrister, and solicitor. He was a member of the Canadian Liberal Party, a well-known tax lawyer in Windsor, and a law partner of Paul Martin, Sr., who was the father of Prime Minister Paul Martin.He served as Senator for Windsor, Ontario in the... |
1907–1985 | L | ON | 6 April 1967 | 12 January 1982 | Pearson | retirement | |
| Norman Platt Lambert Norman Platt Lambert Norman Platt Lambert was a Canadian journalist and Senator.Born in Mount Forest, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 1909. After graduating, he started as a staff writer at the Toronto Globe where he would remain until 1918... |
1885–1965 | L | ON | 20 January 1938 | 4 November 1965 | King | death | Y |
| Maurice Lamontagne Maurice Lamontagne Maurice Lamontagne, was a Canadian economist and politician.Born in Mont-Joli, Quebec, he graduated from Université Laval with a master's degree in social science and Harvard University with a master's in economics. He was a professor of economics at Université Laval... |
1917–1983 | L | QC | 6 April 1967 | 12 June 1983 | Pearson | death | |
| George Landerkin George Landerkin George Landerkin was a Canadian physician and political figure. He represented Grey South in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1878 and from 1882 to 1900... |
1839–1903 | L | ON | 16 February 1901 | 4 October 1903 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Auguste Landry Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry was a Canadian parliamentarian who served as Speaker of the Canadian Senate from 1911 to 1916.... |
1846–1919 | C | QC | 23 February 1892 | 20 December 1919 | Abbot | death | Y |
| Joseph Gérard Lauri P. Landry Joseph Gérard Lauri P. Landry Joseph Gérard Lauri P. Landry was a Liberal Canadian senator.He established Cape Bald Packers, a lobster processing plant in Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick, in 1948... |
1922–2008 | L | NB | 26 February 1996 | 19 June 1997 | Chrétien | retirement | |
| Daniel Lang | 1919–1997 | L | ON | 14 February 1964 | 13 June 1994 | Pearson | voluntary retirement | Y |
| Daniel Lang Daniel Lang (Yukon politician) Hector Daniel Lang is a Canadian politician and a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate. He was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on January 2, 2009.-Political career:... |
1948– | C | YK | 22 December 2008 | Harper | ---- | ||
| Léopold Langlois Léopold Langlois J. G. Léopold Langlois was a Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian.Born in Ste-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec, he was a lawyer specializing in maritime law. During World War II, he served in the Royal Canadian Navy as a lieutenant commander.In 1940, he was defeated when he ran as an Independent Liberal in... |
1913–1996 | L | QC | 8 July 1966 | 2 October 1988 | Pearson | retirement | |
| Laurier LaPierre Laurier LaPierre Laurier L. LaPierre, OC is a retired Canadian Senator and former broadcaster, journalist and author. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.... |
1929– | L | ON | 13 June 2001 | 21 November 2004 | Chrétien | retirement | |
| Jean Lapointe Jean Lapointe Jean Lapointe, is a Quebecois actor, comedian and singer as well as a former Canadian Senator.Lapointe began his stage career as part of the duo Les Jérolas performing in such venues as the Ed Sullivan Show and at the Olympia in Paris.He launched his solo career in 1974 and has performed on... |
1935– | L | QC | 13 June 2001 | Chrétien | ---- | ||
| Renaude Lapointe Renaude Lapointe Louise Marguerite Renaude Lapointe, PC, CC was a Canadian journalist and a Senator. She was among the first Canadian women to work as a professional journalist and the first French-Canadian woman to preside over the Senate.Born in Disraeli, Quebec the daughter of Joseph-Alphonse Lapointe and... |
1912–2002 | L | QC | 10 November 1971 | 3 January 1987 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière was a Canadian politician and journalist.Born in Montreal, Canada East, the son of Abraham C. Larivière and Adelaide Marcil, he was educated at the Collège Saint-Marie and the Montreal School of Military Instruction there. In 1867, he married Marie Melvina Bourdeau... |
1842–1925 | C | MB | 23 October 1911 | 1 September 1917 | Borden | resignation | Y |
| Louis Lavergne Louis Lavergne Louis Lavergne was a Canadian politician.Born in St. Pierre de Montmagny, Canada East, Lavergne was educated at the Collège Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière... |
1845–1931 | L | QC | 13 October 1910 | 1 January 1930 | Laurier | resignation | Y |
| Raymond Lavigne Raymond Lavigne Raymond Lavigne was a Canadian senator and businessman, and a former Member of Parliament .Lavigne first ran as a Liberal candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the Quebec riding of Verdun—Saint-Paul at the 1988 election but was unsuccessful. He successfully contested the riding in the... |
1945– | L | QC | 26 March 2002 | Chrétien | ---- | ||
| Thérèse Lavoie-Roux Thérèse Lavoie-Roux Thérèse Lavoie-Roux was a Quebec politician and Canadian Senator.Born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, the daughter of Lauréat Lavoie and Charlotte Dubé, she was educated and trained as a social worker and therapist.... |
1928– | PC | QC | 27 September 1990 | 12 March 2001 | Mulroney | resignation | |
| Edward M. Lawson Edward M. Lawson Edward M. Lawson is a retired Canadian trade unionist and politician.Lawson was he second longest-serving member of the Canadian Senate, and the longest-serving senator to be appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau when he retired upon reaching the age of 75 on September 24, 2004. He was... |
1929– | I | BC | 7 October 1970 | 24 September 2004 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Jean Le Moyne Jean Le Moyne Jean Le Moyne, was a Canadian journalist, researcher, screenwriter and senator.Born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1961 he wrote Convergences, winner of the 1961 Governor General's Award for French non-fiction... |
1913–1996 | L | QC | 23 December 1982 | 17 February 1988 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Fernand Leblanc Fernand Leblanc Fernand-E. Leblanc was a Liberal partymember of the Canadian House of Commons and then the Senate of Canada. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and became a chartered accountant by career... |
1917–1996 | L | QC | 27 March 1979 | 1 July 1992 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Roméo LeBlanc Roméo LeBlanc Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc was a Canadian journalist, politician, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 25th since Canadian Confederation.... |
1927– | L | NB | 29 June 1984 | 21 November 1994 | Trudeau | resignation | |
| Marjory LeBreton Marjory LeBreton Marjory LeBreton, PC is Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate, a position of cabinet-rank; and vice-chair of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Canada... |
1940– | C | ON | 18 June 1993 | Mulroney | ---- | ||
| Thomas Lefebvre Thomas Lefebvre Thomas-Henri Lefebvre was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in North Bay, Ontario and became a garage owner and operator by career.... |
1927–1992 | L | QC | 9 July 1984 | 20 November 1992 | Turner | death | |
| J.-Eugène Lefrançois J.-Eugène Lefrançois J.-Eugène Lefrançois was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons and the Senate. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and became an industrialist by career.... |
1896–1979 | L | QC | 25 April 1957 | 5 November 1976 | St-Laurent | resignation | Y |
| Antoine Joseph Léger Antoine Joseph Léger Antoine Joseph Léger was a lawyer, author and political figure of Acadian descent in New Brunswick. He represented Westmorland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1925 to 1935 as a Conservative member and then represented the division of L'Acadie in the Senate of Canada from... |
1880–1950 | C | NB | 14 August 1935 | 7 April 1950 | Bennett | death | Y |
| Aurel Léger Aurel Léger Aurel D. Léger was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Grande-Digue, New Brunswick and became a businessman, contractor and farmer by career.... |
1894–1961 | L | NB | 12 June 1953 | 28 December 1961 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| Viola Léger Viola Léger Viola Léger, OC, ONB is an Acadian-Canadian actress and former Canadian Senator.Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Léger received a B.A. and a B.Ed. from the Université de Moncton, and an M.F.A... |
1930– | L | NB | 13 June 2001 | 29 June 2005 | Chrétien | retirement | |
| Joseph-Hormisdas Legris Joseph-Hormisdas Legris Joseph-Hormisdas Legris was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly , Member of Parliament and Senator.-Early life:He was born on May 6, 1850 in Louiseville, Mauricie... |
1850–1932 | L | QC | 10 February 1903 | 6 March 1932 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Rodolphe Lemieux Rodolphe Lemieux Rodolphe Lemieux, PC, FRSC was a Canadian parliamentarian and long time Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons .... |
1866–1937 | L | QC | 3 June 1930 | 28 September 1937 | King | death | Y |
| Elijah Leonard Elijah Leonard Elijah Leonard was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1891.He was born on a farm near Syracuse, New York in 1814, the son of Elijah Leonard... |
1814–1891 | L | ON | 23 October 1867 | 14 May 1891 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Thomas D'Arcy Leonard Thomas D'Arcy Leonard Thomas D'Arcy Leonard was a Canadian Senator and corporate executive.A lawyer by profession, Leonard was called to the bar in 1918... |
1895–1977 | L | ON | 28 July 1955 | 9 April 1970 | St-Laurent | voluntary retirement | Y |
| Joseph Arthur Lesage Joseph Arthur Lesage Joseph Arthur Lesage was a Liberal party member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Louiseville, Quebec and became an insurance broker.... |
1881–1950 | L | QC | 3 March 1944 | 9 March 1950 | King | death | Y |
| James Leslie | 1786–1873 | C | QC | 23 October 1867 | 6 December 1873 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Prosper-Edmond Lessard Prosper-Edmond Lessard Prosper-Edmond Lessard was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1921 sitting with the Liberal caucus in government. He also served in the Canadian Senate from 1925 to his death in 1931 sitting with the federal Liberal caucus.-Early life:Lessard was born on February 3, 1873... |
1873–1931 | L | AB | 5 September 1925 | 11 April 1931 | King | death | Y |
| Luc Letellier de St-Just Luc Letellier de St-Just Luc Letellier de Saint-Just, PC was a Canadian politician. He also served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Quebec .... |
1820–1881 | NL | QC | 23 October 1867 | 15 December 1876 | Royal Proclamation | resignation | Y |
| James Davies Lewin James Davies Lewin James Davies Lewin was a Canadian office holder, businessman, and politician.Born in Womaston, Radnorshire , Wales, the son of Samuel Lewin and Mary Furmage, Lewin was educated at the Kingston Grammar School, Wales... |
1812–1900 | L | NB | 10 November 1876 | 11 March 1900 | Mackenzie | death | Y |
| John Lewis John Lewis (Canadian senator) John Lewis was a Canadian author and journalist who was, variously, editor of the Toronto Daily Star and the Toronto Globe and served in the Canadian Senate for the last ten years of his life.... |
1858–1935 | L | ON | 5 September 1925 | 18 May 1935 | King | death | Y |
| Philip Lewis | 1924– | L | NL | 23 March 1978 | 28 November 1999 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Edgar Sydney Little Edgar Sydney Little Edgar Sydney Little was a Canadian politician.The son of Colonel John William Little and Kate Nicholson Little, he was born in London, Ontario, Canada. He was the fifth boy out of seven. The family lived at 245 Dufferin Avenue, across from Centre Park, now known as Victoria Park. Their home is... |
1885–1943 | L | ON | 10 January 1928 | 22 December 1943 | King | death | Y |
| John Locke John Locke (Canadian politician) John Locke was a merchant and Senator from Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Senate from October 23, 1867 to December 12, 1873 and was summoned to the Senate by Royal Proclamation.... |
1825–1873 | L | NS | 23 October 1867 | 12 December 1873 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Hance James Logan Hance James Logan Hance James Logan was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Amherst Point, Nova Scotia, the son of James Archibald Logan, he was educated at the Model School of Truro, the Pictou Academy and Dalhousie University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1891... |
1869–1944 | L | NS | 5 February 1929 | 26 December 1944 | King | death | Y |
| Rose-Marie Losier-Cool Rose-Marie Losier-Cool Rose-Marie Losier-Cool is a Canadian Senator for New Brunswick.A member of New Brunswick's Acadian community, Losier-Cool worked as a teacher for thirty-three years, two decades of which were spent at École secondaire Népisiguit in Bathurst, New Brunswick.She was elected the first woman president... |
1937– | L | NB | 21 March 1995 | Chrétien | ---- | ||
| James Alexander Lougheed James Alexander Lougheed Sir James Alexander Lougheed, KCMG, PC, QC was a businessman and politician from Alberta, Canada.-Early Life:Lougheed was born in Brampton, Canada West, to Irish Protestant parents. The family moved to Weston, Canada West , when Lougheed was a child, and he attended King Street Public School Sir... |
1854–1925 | LC | NT | 10 December 1889 | 2 November 1925 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Sandra Lovelace Nicholas Sandra Lovelace Nicholas Mary Sandra Lovelace Nicholas, CM is a Wolastoqiyik or Maliseet Canadian senator representing New Brunswick. Sitting as a Liberal, she is the first Aboriginal woman appointed to the Senate. As an activist on behalf of First Nations women and children, she received international recognition in 1979... |
1948– | L | NB | 21 September 2005 | Martin | ---- | ||
| John Lovitt John Lovitt John Lovitt was a Canadian ship’s captain, shipowner, shipbuilder, entrepreneur, and politician.Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, the eldest son of the John W. Lovitt, Lovitt was educated at the Yarmouth Academy. He married Elizabeth Guest in January 1860, they had three sons and five daughters... |
1832–1908 | L | NS | 18 December 1896 | 13 April 1908 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Paul Lucier Paul Lucier Paul Lucier was a Canadian businessman and Senator.Born in LaSalle, Ontario, the son of Adolph Lucier and Clare Laframboise, he was appointed by Pierre Trudeau the first Senator representing the senatorial division of Yukon in 1975... |
1930–1999 | L | YK | 23 October 1975 | 23 July 1999 | Trudeau | death | |
| George Lynch-Staunton George Lynch-Staunton George Lynch-Staunton was a lawyer and member of the Canadian Senate.Lynch-Staunton was born in Southampton, Canada West and was educated at St. Mary's College in Montreal as well as Upper Canada College in Toronto... |
1858–1940 | C | ON | 20 January 1917 | 19 March 1940 | Borden | death | Y |
| John Lynch-Staunton John Lynch-Staunton John George Lynch-Staunton is a former Canadian senator and was the first leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. He represented the Senate division of Grandville, Quebec.-Personal background:... |
1930– | C | QC | 23 September 1990 | 19 June 2005 | Mulroney | retirement |