List of Saskatchewan senators

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

Current senators

Name Party Division1 Date appointed Appointed by2 Mandatory retirement

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Raynell Andreychuk Conservative Saskatchewan March 11, 1993 Mulroney August 14, 2019

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Denise Batters Conservative Saskatchewan January 25, 2013 Harper June 18, 2045

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Lillian Dyck Liberal3 Saskatchewan March 24, 2005 Martin August 8, 2020

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Pana Merchant Liberal Saskatchewan December 12, 2002 Chrétien April 4, 2018

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David Tkachuk Conservative Saskatchewan June 8, 1993 Mulroney February 18, 2020

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Pamela Wallin Independent Saskatchewan January 2, 2009 Harper April 10, 2028

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1 Senators are appointed to represent Saskatchewan. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Saskatchewan as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada on the recommendation of the prime minister.
3 Lillian Dyck was designated as an "Independent NDP" senator, ideologically affiliated with but not officially part of the New Democratic Party caucus, from the time of her appointment until January 15, 2009, when she joined the Liberal caucus.

Historical senators

Name Party Division1 Date appointed Appointed by2 End of Term

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Hazen Argue Liberal Regina February 24, 1966 Pearson October 2, 2002

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Walter Aseltine Progressive Conservative Rosetown December 30, 1933 Bennett March 31, 1971

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James Balfour Progressive Conservative Regina September 13, 1979 Clark December 12, 1999

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Staff Barootes Progressive Conservative Regina-Qu'Appelle December 21, 1984 Mulroney May 25, 1993

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Eric Berntson3 Progressive Conservative Saskatchewan September 27, 1990 Mulroney February 27, 2001

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William Albert Boucher Liberal Prince Albert January 3, 1957 St. Laurent June 23, 1976

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Sidney Buckwold Liberal Saskatoon November 4, 1971 Trudeau November 3, 1991

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James Calder Conservative Moose Jaw September 22, 1921 Meighen July 20, 1956

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Thomas Davis Liberal Prince Albert4 September 30, 1904 Laurier January 23, 1917

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James Moffat Douglas Independent Liberal Tantallon March 8, 1906 Laurier August 19, 1920

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Archibald Beaton Gillis Conservative Saskatchewan October 17, 1921 Meighen January 18, 1940

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Leonard Gustafson Conservative Saskatchewan May 26, 1993 Mulroney November 10, 2008

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John Hnatyshyn Progressive Conservative Saskatoon January 15, 1959 Diefenbaker May 2, 1967

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Ralph Horner Progressive Conservative Saskatchewan North December 30, 1933 Bennett December 14, 1964

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John Frederick Johnston Liberal Central Saskatchewan October 5, 1943 King May 9, 1948

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Henry Laird Conservative Regina January 31, 1917 Borden September 30, 1940

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Arthur Marcotte Conservative Ponteix July 6, 1931 Bennett August 18, 1958

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Alexander Hamilton McDonald Liberal Moosimin August 13, 1965 Pearson March 31, 1980

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Arthur Maurice Pearson Progressive Conservative Lumsden October 12, 1957 Diefenbaker March 31, 1971

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William Dell Perley Conservative Wolseley4 August 3, 1888 Macdonald July 15, 1909

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Robert Peterson Liberal Saskatchewan March 24, 2005 Martin October 19, 2012

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Joseph Benjamin Prince Liberal Saskatchewan July 29, 1909 Laurier October 26, 1920

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James Hamilton Ross Liberal Regina4 September 30, 1904 Laurier December 14, 1932

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Herbert O. Sparrow Liberal Saskatchewan February 9, 1968 Pearson January 4, 2005

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David Steuart Liberal Prince Albert-Duck Lake December 9, 1976 Trudeau January 26, 1991

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John Stevenson Liberal Prince Albert January 29, 1940 King September 21, 1956

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John Gillanders Turriff Liberal Assiniboia September 23, 1918 Borden November 10, 1930

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Jack Wiebe Liberal Saskatchewan April 7, 2000 Chrétien January 31, 2004

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Wellington Willoughby Conservative Moose Jaw October 23, 1917 Borden August 1, 1932

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Thomas Harold Wood Liberal Regina January 25, 1949 St. Laurent November 26, 1965

Notes:

1 Senators are appointed to represent Saskatchewan. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Saskatchewan as his or her division.
2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General of Canada on the recommendation of the prime minister.
3 Two senators were appointed under a rarely used regional expansion clause by Brian Mulroney that increased the Senate seats from 104 to 112 on September 27, 1990. For the Western provinces, one designated a division in Saskatchewan and the other in Manitoba. The expansion includes two seats each for the Western provinces, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
4 These three senators held their respective territorial designations from there appointment until August 31, 1905, as senators from the Northwest Territories. From September 1, they held those designations as senators from the newly established Saskatchewan.

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