List of Members of the Canadian Senate - D
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| Senator | Lifespan | Party | Prov. | Entered | Left | Appointed by | Left due to | For life? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armand Daigle Armand Daigle Armand Daigle was a Liberal party member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Saint-Roch, Quebec and became a businessman.... |
1892–1957 | L | QC | 3 March 1944 | 8 March 1957 | King | death | Y |
| Roméo Dallaire Roméo Dallaire Lieutenant-General Roméo Antonius Dallaire, is a Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general... |
1946– | L | QC | 24 March 2005 | present | Martin | ---- | |
| Raoul Dandurand Raoul Dandurand Raoul Dandurand, PC was a Canadian politician and longtime organizer in Quebec for the Liberal Party of Canada.... |
1861–1942 | L | QC | 22 January 1898 | 11 March 1942 | Laurier | death | Y |
| John Waterhouse Daniel John Waterhouse Daniel John Waterhouse Daniel was a Canadian physician and Conservative politician.Daniel served as an assistant surgeon in the United States Army from 1865 to 1871.... |
1845–1933 | C | NB | 18 March 1912 | 11 January 1933 | Borden | death | Y |
| Keith Davey Keith Davey Keith Douglas Davey, was a Canadian politician, Senator, and campaign organizer.Born in Toronto to Charles Minto Davey and Grace Viola , Keith Davey attended high school at North Toronto Collegiate Institute... |
1926– | L | ON | 24 February 1966 | 1 July 1996 | Pearson | resignation | |
| Athanase David Athanase David Louis Athanase David was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and businessman. He is son of Laurent-Olivier David, also a Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician.... |
1882–1953 | L | QC | 9 February 1940 | 26 January 1953 | King | death | Y |
| Laurent-Olivier David Laurent-Olivier David Laurent-Olivier David was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician.Born in Sault-au-Récollet, Montreal, Quebec, the son of Stanislas David and Élisabeth Tremblay, David was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse and studied law in the Collège Sainte-Marie in Montreal... |
1840–1926 | L | QC | 19 June 1903 | 24 August 1926 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Paul David Paul David Paul David, was a Canadian cardiologist, founder of the Montreal Heart Institute, and Senator.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Louis-Athanase David and Antonia Nantel, he received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Paris in 1939 and his MD from the Université de Montréal in 1944... |
1919–1999 | PC | QC | 16 April 1985 | 25 December 1994 | Mulroney | retirement | |
| Rupert Davies | 1879–1967 | L | ON | 19 November 1942 | 11 March 1967 | King | death | Y |
| John Caswell Davis John Caswell Davis John Caswell Davis was a Canadian senator.-Early career:Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1888, after graduating from McGill University in civil engineering he moved to Saint Boniface, Manitoba where his Montreal upbringing fostered a quick assimilation into the French and Metis culture of St... |
1888–1953 | L | MB | 25 January 1949 | 25 October 1953 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| Thomas Osborne Davis Thomas Osborne Davis (Canadian politician) Thomas Osborne Davis was a Canadian Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons representing the Provisional District of Saskatchewan, and later a member of the Canadian Senate.... |
1856–1917 | L | NT | 30 September 1904 | 23 January 1917 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Dennis Dawson Dennis Dawson Dennis Dawson is a Canadian Senator.Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Dawson is a former Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Louis-Hébert, Quebec from 1977 to 1984. Dawson is listed as an administrator... |
1949– | L | QC | 2 August 2005 | present | Martin | ---- | |
| Joseph A. Day Joseph A. Day Joseph A. Day is a Canadian politician. He has been a Canadian Senator since October 4, 2001.Day studied at College Militaire Royal Saint-Jean in 1963. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1968. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1963 to 1968... |
1945– | L | NB | 4 October 2001 | present | Chrétien | ---- | |
| Pierre de Bané Pierre de Bané Pierre de Bané, PC, QC is a Canadian Senator. He was the first person of Arab descent to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons in Matane and next Matapédia—Matane, and is a former member of the Canadian Cabinet.... |
1938– | L | QC | 29 June 1984 | present | Trudeau | ---- | |
| Robert de Cotret Robert de Cotret Robert René de Cotret, PC was a Canadian politician.Robert de Cotret was an economist and corporate executive before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 1978 by-election... |
1944–1999 | PC | ON | 5 June 1979 | 14 January 1980 | Clark | resignation | |
| Alexandre-René Chaussegros de Léry Alexandre-René Chaussegros de Léry Alexandre-René Chaussegros de Léry was a Quebec seigneur, lawyer and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Lauzon division from 1871 to 1876 and also represented the same division in the Legislative Council of Quebec from 1867 to 1880.He was born at Quebec City... |
1818–1880 | C | QC | 13 December 1871 | 11 April 1876 | Macdonald | resignation | Y |
| Pierre Antoine Deblois Pierre Antoine Deblois Pierre Antoine Deblois was a Quebec farmer, businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for La Salle division from 1883 to 1898.... |
1815–1898 | C | QC | 13 February 1883 | 21 June 1898 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Alphonse Arthur Miville Déchêne Alphonse Arthur Miville Déchêne Alphonse-Arthur Miville Déchêne was a lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1896 to 1901 and sat for De la Durantaye division in the Senate of Canada from 1901 to 1902.He was born in L'Islet, Canada East,... |
1848–1902 | L | QC | 13 May 1901 | 1 May 1902 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Jacques Demers | 1944– | C | QC | 27 August 2009 | present | Harper | ---- | |
| Azellus Denis Azellus Denis Azellus Denis, PC, QC was a Canadian politician who served in the Parliament of Canada as a Member of Parliament and Senator for the longest period of time, 55 years, 10 months and 20 days.... |
1907–1991 | L | QC | 3 February 1964 | 4 September 1991 | Pearson | death | Y |
| William Dennis William Dennis William Dennis was an Independent Conservative member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Cornwall, UK and became an editor, journalist and publisher.-Biography:... |
1856–1920 | IC | NS | 20 November 1912 | 11 July 1920 | Borden | death | Y |
| William Henry Dennis William Henry Dennis William Henry Dennis was a Conservative and Progressive Conservative party member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Colchester County, Nova Scotia and became a printer and publisher.... |
1887–1954 | C | NS | 3 February 1932 | 18 January 1954 | Bennett | death | Y |
| Daniel Derbyshire Daniel Derbyshire Daniel Derbyshire was a Canadian politician.Born in Plum Hollow, Leeds County, Canada West, the son of Harvey and Mary Derbyshire, Derbyshire was educated in Public Schools of the district and in the Athens High School. He received a first class normal certificate, after which he taught school for... |
1846–1916 | L | ON | 22 November 1907 | 18 June 1916 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Jean-Paul Deschatelets Jean-Paul Deschatelets Jean-Paul Deschatelets, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1953 as a Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Maisonneuve—Rosemont. He was re-elected in 1957, 1958, 1962, and 1963... |
1912–1986 | L | QC | 24 February 1966 | 10 January 1986 | Pearson | resignation | |
| Alphonse Desjardins Alphonse Desjardins (politician) Alphonse Desjardins, PC, KPO was born in Terrebonne, Quebec and was mayor of Montreal from 1893 to 1894 and later a Canadian cabinet minister. He married Virginie Paré in 1864 and remarried Hortense Barsalou in 1880.... |
1841–1912 | C | QC | 1 October 1892 | 16 June 1896 | Abbot | resignation | Y |
| Jean Noël Desmarais Jean Noël Desmarais Jean Noël Desmarais was a Canadian physician, radiologist, and politician.Born in Sudbury, Ontario, the brother of Louis Desmarais, he wasn't involved in politics before being appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Sudbury, Ontario in 1993.The Jean-Noël Desmarais... |
1924–1995 | PC | ON | 4 June 1993 | 25 July 1995 | Mulroney | death | |
| Paul Desruisseaux Paul Desruisseaux Paul Desruisseaux was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician.Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he studied law at the Université de Montréal and was called to the Quebec bar in 1934... |
1905–1982 | L | QC | 8 July 1966 | 1 May 1980 | Pearson | retirement | |
| Georges-Casimir Dessaulles Georges-Casimir Dessaulles Georges-Casimir Dessaulles , was a businessman, statesman and Canadian senator. Dessaulles holds the record for the oldest serving politician... |
1827–1930 | L | QC | 12 March 1907 | 19 April 1930 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Jean-Marie Dessureault Jean-Marie Dessureault Jean-Marie Dessureault was a Liberal party member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, Quebec, becoming a lumber merchant and manufacturer.... |
1888–1970 | L | QC | 9 June 1945 | 16 August 1970 | King | resignation | Y |
| Leverett DeVeber Leverett DeVeber Leverett George DeVeber was a Canadian politician who served as Member of the Legislative Assemblies of Alberta and the Northwest Territories, minister in the government of Alberta, and member of the Senate of Canada... |
1849–1925 | L | AB | 8 March 1906 | 9 July 1925 | Laurier | death | Y |
| James Dever James Dever James Dever was an Irish-born merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He sat for Saint John division in the Senate of Canada from 1868 to 1904 as a Liberal.... |
1825–1904 | L | NB | 14 March 1868 | 7 May 1904 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Mabel DeWare Mabel DeWare Mabel Margaret DeWare is a Canadian politician, curler, and retired Senator.Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, she skipped her team to a New Brunswick and Canadian Curling Association Ladies Curling championship in 1963, forerunner to the Scott Tournament of Hearts.In 1978, she was elected to the... |
1926– | PC | NB | 23 September 1990 | 9 August 2001 | Mulroney | retirement | |
| Consiglio Di Nino Consiglio Di Nino Consiglio Di Nino is a businessman and Canadian Senator.Born in Italy, Di Nino immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of 13... |
1938– | C | ON | 30 August 1990 | present | Mulroney | ---- | |
| Robert B. Dickey Robert B. Dickey Robert Barry Dickey was a participant in conferences leading to the Canadian Confederation of 1867 and is therefore considered to be one of the Fathers of Confederation.... |
1812–1903 | C | NS | 23 October 1867 | 14 July 1903 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Fred Dickson Fred Dickson Fred Dickson QC is a Canadian lawyer, 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.-Career:... |
1937– | C | NS | 22 December 2008 | present | Harper | ---- | |
| Walter Hamilton Dickson Walter Hamilton Dickson Walter Hamilton Dickson was a lawyer and political figure in Canada West. He was a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1884.... |
1806–1885 | C | ON | 23 October 1867 | 19 February 1884 | Royal Proclamation | resignation | Y |
| John Dobson | 1824–1907 | C | ON | 23 February 1892 | 27 January 1907 | Abbot | death | Y |
| James Domville James Domville James Domville was a Canadian businessman, militia officer and politician.-Biography:He was the son of a British major-general, also named James Domville. In 1858 James, Jr., went to Barbados where his father commanded a regiment... |
1842–1921 | L | NB | 20 April 1903 | 30 July 1921 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Richard Donahoe Richard Donahoe Richard Alphonsus Donahoe, Q.C., K.S.G. was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of James Donahoe and Rebecca Duggan, he was educated at Dalhousie University and set up practice in Halifax. In 1936, he married Mary Boyd... |
1909–2000 | PC | NS | 13 September 1979 | 27 September 1984 | Clark | retirement | |
| James J. Donnelly James J. Donnelly James J. Donnelly was born November 14, 1866 and was appointed to the Canadian Senate for life by Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden May 26, 1913 to represent the senatorial division for Bruce South, Ontario. He was the youngest Senator chosen at that time... |
1866–1948 | C | ON | 26 May 1913 | 20 October 1948 | Borden | death | Y |
| C. William Doody C. William Doody C. William Doody was a member of the Canadian Senate representing Newfoundland and Labrador. Doody was active in provincial politics and was first elected to the Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1971 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador... |
1931–2005 | C | NL | 3 October 1979 | 27 December 2005 | Clark | death | |
| James Joseph Hayes Doone James Joseph Hayes Doone James Joseph Hayes Doone was a Canadian lawyer and political figure in the Province of New Brunswick.Frequently documented as J. J. Hayes Doone, he was born in the hamlet of Deadman's Harbour near Blacks Harbour on the Bay of Fundy shore in southwestern New Brunswick... |
1888–1953 | L | NB | 25 June 1949 | 6 April 1953 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| James Moffat Douglas James Moffat Douglas James Moffat Douglas was a farmer, missionary and politician from western Canada. The son of John and Euphemia Douglas, he was born and received his early education in Linton, Bankhead, Roxburghshire in Scotland, and came with his parents to settle on a small farm near Cambray, Ontario, in... |
1839–1920 | IL | SK | 8 March 1906 | 19 August 1920 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Percy Downe Percy Downe Percy E. Downe is a Canadian Senator and former political aide.Since graduating from the University of Prince Edward Island in 1977, Downe has had the opportunity to serve at the provincial and federal levels of Canadian Government. From 1986 to 1993, Downe was executive assistant to the Premier... |
1954– | L | PE | 26 June 2003 | present | Chrétien | ---- | |
| Richard Doyle | 1923–2003 | PC | ON | 19 March 1985 | 10 March 1998 | Mulroney | retirement | |
| Mark Robert Drouin Mark Robert Drouin Mark Robert Drouin, PC was Speaker of the Canadian Senate from 1957 until 1962.Drouin was born in Quebec City and educated at the Séminaire de Québec and Université Laval. He trained as a lawyer and was called to the Quebec bar in 1926 ultimately becoming senior partner in the firm of Drouin,... |
1903–1963 | PC | QC | 4 October 1957 | 12 October 1963 | Diefenbaker | death | Y |
| George Alexander Drummond George Alexander Drummond Sir George Alexander Drummond, KCMG, CVO was a Scottish-Canadian businessman and senator.Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he arrived in Canada in 1854 to work at Redpath Sugar. He married John Redpath's daughter, becoming a co-director of the family business with Peter Redpath, John's son... |
1829–1910 | C | QC | 1 December 1888 | 2 February 1910 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Pamphile Réal Du Tremblay Pamphile Réal Du Tremblay Pamphile Réal Blaise Nugent Du Tremblay was a Quebec lawyer, businessman and politician.Du Tremblay was born in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Quebec and educated at Laval University and McGill. He was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1901... |
1879–1955 | L | QC | 19 November 1942 | 6 October 1955 | King | death | Y |
| Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay Édouard-Louis-Antoine-Charles Juchereau Duchesnay Édouard-Louis-Antoine-Charles Juchereau Duchesnay was a political figure in Canada East and a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada.... |
1809–1886 | C | QC | 23 October 1867 | 7 January 1871 | Royal Proclamation | resignation | Y |
| Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay was a seigneur, lawyer and political figure in Canada East. He also served in the Senate of Canada from 1867 until his death.... |
1809–1871 | C | QC | 23 October 1867 | 12 May 1871 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| William Duff William Duff (Canadian politician) William Duff was a merchant, ship owner and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Lunenburg from 1917 to 1925, Queens—Lunenburg from 1925 to 1926 and Antigonish—Guysborough from 1927 to 1936 in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member... |
1872–1953 | L | NS | 28 February 1936 | 25 April 1953 | King | death | Y |
| Joseph Duffus | 1876–1957 | L | ON | 15 February 1940 | 7 February 1957 | King | death | Y |
| Mike Duffy | 1946– | C | PE | 22 December 2008 | present | Harper | ---- | |
| James Duggan James Duggan (politician) James Duggan was a union leader and politician who was described by Joey Smallwood as one of the earliest and staunchest supporters of Newfoundland's entry into Canada.Duggan was born in Riverhead, Newfoundland... |
1903–1980 | L | NL | 8 July 1966 | 28 February 1978 | Pearson | resignation | |
| Ron Duhamel Ron Duhamel Ronald J. Duhamel, PC was a Canadian Member of Parliament and Senator.Born in Saint Boniface, Manitoba, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Lakehead University and a Master of Arts and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto... |
1938–2002 | L | MB | 15 January 2002 | 30 September 2002 | Chrétien | death | |
| Léandre Dumouchel Léandre Dumouchel Léandre Dumouchel was a Quebec doctor and political figure. He was a Conservative Party of Canada member of the Senate of Canada for Mille Isles division from 1867 to 1882.... |
1811–1882 | C | QC | 23 October 1867 | 23 September 1882 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Suzanne Duplessis Suzanne Duplessis Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis is a Canadian Senator and a former Progressive Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons... |
1940– | C | QC | 22 December 2008 | present | Harper | ---- | |
| Vincent Dupuis Vincent Dupuis Vincent Dupuis was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons and a Senator. He was born in Saint-Philippe-de-Laprairie, Quebec and became a lawyer by career.... |
1889–1967 | L | QC | 18 April 1945 | 11 May 1967 | King | death | Y |
| Lillian Dyck Lillian Dyck Lillian Eva Quan Dyck is a Canadian senator from Saskatchewan. She was appointed to the Senate on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin on March 24, 2005.... |
1945– | ND | SK | 24 March 2005 | present | Martin | ---- |