List of Members of the Canadian Senate - F
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| Senator | Lifespan | Party | Prov. | Entered | Left | Appointed by | Left due to | For life? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Fabre Hector Fabre Louis-Roch-Hector Fabre was a French Canadian lawyer, journalist, diplomat, and senator.He was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 5 February 1875 on the recommendation of Alexander Mackenzie... |
1834–1910 | N | QC | 5 February 1875 | 12 July 1882 | Mackenzie | resignation | Y |
| Joseph-Fernand Fafard | 1882–1955 | L | QC | 29 January 1940 | 14 May 1955 | King | death | Y |
| Joyce Fairbairn Joyce Fairbairn Joyce Fairbairn, PC is a Canadian Senator and was the first woman to serve as Leader of the Government in the Senate.... |
1939– | L | AB | 29 June 1984 | present | Trudeau | ---- | |
| Iva Campbell Fallis Iva Campbell Fallis Iva Campbell Fallis was the second female Canadian Senator.Born in Castleton, Ontario, the daughter of Jessie Stewart and Michael John Doyle, she attended the Toronto Normal School and became a school teacher. In 1909, she married Howard Taylor Fallis.In 1923, she became the first president of the... |
1883–1956 | C | ON | 20 July 1935 | 7 March 1956 | Bennett | death | Y |
| Thomas Farquhar Thomas Farquhar Thomas Farquhar was a Canadian politician.- Life and early work :... |
1875–1962 | L | ON | 10 September 1948 | 27 September 1962 | King | resignation | Y |
| Edward Matthew Farrell Edward Matthew Farrell Edward Matthew Farrell was a Canadian printer, publisher, and politician from the province of Nova Scotia.... |
1854–1931 | L | NS | 12 January 1910 | 6 August 1931 | Laurier | death | Y |
| John Wallace de Beque Farris John Wallace de Beque Farris John Wallace de Beque Farris was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in White's Cove, New Brunswick, the son of Laughlin P. Farris and Louise Hay, he was educated at St. Martin's Seminary, received his Bachelor of Arts from Acadia University and received his Bachelor of Law from the University... |
1878–1970 | L | BC | 9 January 1937 | 25 February 1970 | King | death | Y |
| Guillaume-André Fauteux Guillaume-André Fauteux Guillaume-André Fauteux was a Canadian politician and Senator.Born in St-Benoît, Quebec, a Conservative, he was defeated six times while attempting to become a Member of Parliament.From October 1, 1921 to December 28, 1921, he was the Solicitor General of Canada... |
1874–1940 | C | QC | 30 December 1933 | 10 September 1940 | Bennett | death | Y |
| Donald Ferguson Donald Ferguson Donald Ferguson, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Marshfield, Prince Edward Island, originally a livestock farmer, Ferguson spent much of his life in public service; from 1872–1873 he served as a justice of the peace, resigning that position in prior to his first of unsuccessful bid for... |
1839–1909 | C | PE | 4 September 1893 | 3 September 1909 | Thompson | death | Y |
| John Ferguson John Ferguson (New Brunswick politician) John Ferguson was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Council of New Brunswick from 1864 to 1867... |
1813–1888 | C | NB | 23 October 1867 | 21 August 1888 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| John Ferguson John Ferguson (Ontario politician) John Ferguson was a physician, contractor, farmer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Welland in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1891 as a Conservative member... |
1839–1896 | C | ON | 1 October 1892 | 22 September 1896 | Abbot | death | Y |
| Muriel McQueen Fergusson Muriel McQueen Fergusson Muriel McQueen Fergusson, was a Canadian Senator and the first woman Speaker of the Senate.Born in Shediac, New Brunswick, she graduated from Mount Allison University in 1921 with a B.A... |
1899–1997 | L | NB | 19 May 1953 | 23 May 1975 | St-Laurent | voluntary retirement | Y |
| Charles-Édouard Ferland Charles-Édouard Ferland Charles-Édouard Ferland was a Canadian jurist and Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons and Senate... |
1892–1974 | L | QC | 18 April 1945 | 18 April 1951 | King | resignation | Y |
| Marisa Ferretti Barth Marisa Ferretti Barth Marisa Ferretti Barth was a Canadian Senator.Born in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, Ferreti Barth was a social worker, human resources consultant and community organizer before her appointment to the Senate... |
1931– | L | QC | 23 September 1997 | 28 April 2006 | Chrétien | retirement | |
| James Ferrier James Ferrier (politician) James Ferrier was a Scottish-Canadian politician.- Biography :Born in Fife, Scotland, he emigrated to Canada in 1821 and established himself in Montreal, Quebec as a successful Scots-Quebecer merchant.... |
1800–1888 | C | QC | 23 October 1867 | 30 May 1888 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Sheila Finestone Sheila Finestone Sheila Finestone, PC was a Canadian Member of Parliament and Senator.-Early life:Born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Minnie Cummings Abbey and Monroe Abbey, her father was a president of the Canadian Jewish Congress. Finestone received a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in... |
1927–2009 | L | QC | 11 August 1999 | 8 January 2002 | Chrétien | retirement | |
| Doug Finley Doug Finley Michael Douglas Finley is a Canadian Senator and was formerly campaign manager for the Conservative Party of Canada during the 2006 and 2008 federal elections and the party's director of political operations. He is described often as Harper's "number two man" who vets and disciplines candidates... |
1946– | C | ON | 27 August 2009 | present | Harper | ---- | |
| Isobel Finnerty Isobel Finnerty Isobel Finnerty is a former Canadian Senator. She was appointed to the Senate in 1999 by Jean Chrétien, and is a member of the Liberal Party... |
1930– | L | ON | 2 September 1999 | 15 July 2005 | Chrétien | retirement | |
| Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset was a Canadian physician and parliamentarian.Born in St-Cuthbert, Canada East, the son of Henri Fiset, he was educated at the Collège de Montréal and the Université Laval. Fiset practised medicine at Rimouski. He also served on the town council and was mayor of Rimouski... |
1843–1917 | L | QC | 20 October 1897 | 5 January 1917 | Laurier | death | Y |
| John Henry Fisher John Henry Fisher John Henry Fisher was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Brant North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to 1911 and Brant in the Canadian House of Commons from 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative member... |
1855–1933 | C | ON | 26 July 1917 | 1 December 1933 | Borden | death | Y |
| Ross Fitzpatrick Ross Fitzpatrick D. Ross Fitzpatrick was a Canadian Senator representing the Senatorial district of Okanagan-Similkameen, British Columbia.... |
1933– | L | BC | 6 March 1998 | 4 February 2008 | Chrétien | retirement | |
| Billa Flint Billa Flint Billa Flint was a businessman and political figure in Ontario. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1894.... |
1805–1894 | L | ON | 23 October 1867 | 14 June 1894 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Jacques Flynn Jacques Flynn Jacques Flynn, PC, OC, QC was a Canadian politician and Senator.Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, the grandson of the Premier of Quebec Edmund James Flynn, he graduated in law from Université Laval in and was called to the Quebec Bar both in 1939.A Progressive Conservative, Flynn ran unsuccessfully... |
1915–2000 | PC | QC | 9 November 1962 | 22 August 1990 | Diefenbaker | voluntary retirement | Y |
| Gordon Fogo Gordon Fogo James Gordon Fogo was a Canadian lawyer and senator.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Adam Fogo and Alice Hanway, he studied law at Dalhousie University and served in the Canadian Army in World War I. Fogo was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1924 and practised law in Halifax. He married... |
1896–1952 | L | ON | 25 January 1949 | 6 July 1952 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| Jean Forest Jean Forest Jean Beatrice Forest, OC is a retired Canadian Senator.Born in Minitonas, Manitoba, she moved to Alberta with her husband Rocky in 1947. She was appointed to Alberta's first Human Rights Commission in 1974 and to the Minister's Advisory Committee on the constitution in 1978... |
1926– | L | AB | 16 May 1996 | 28 August 1998 | Chrétien | resignation | |
| Amédée E. Forget Amédée E. Forget Amédée Emmanuel Marie Forget was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and politician. He was the last Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories and the first Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Saskatchewan.... |
1847–1923 | L | AB | 2 May 1911 | 8 June 1923 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Louis-Joseph Forget Louis-Joseph Forget Louis-Joseph Forget was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Terrebonne, Canada East, he was a stock broker and founded his own firm, L. J. Forget et Compagnie, in 1876. One of the wealthiest French Canadians in Montreal, he was chairman of the Montreal Stock Exchange in 1895 and 1896... |
1853–1911 | C | QC | 15 June 1896 | 7 April 1911 | Tupper | death | Y |
| Robert Forke Robert Forke Robert Forke, PC was a Canadian politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Brandon in 1921. In 1922, he replaced Thomas Crerar as leader of the Progressive Party of Canada... |
1860–1934 | LP | MB | 30 December 1929 | 2 February 1934 | King | death | Y |
| Michael Forrestall Michael Forrestall John Michael William Curphey Forrestall was a Canadian Senator and Member of Parliament.A Nova Scotia journalist and businessman, Forrestall was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1965 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Halifax, Nova Scotia... |
1932–2006 | PC | NS | 27 September 1990 | 10 June 2006 | Mulroney | death | |
| Eugene Forsey Eugene Forsey Eugene Alfred Forsey, served in the Canadian Senate from 1970 to 1979. He was considered to be one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts.- Biography :... |
1904–1991 | L | ON | 7 October 1970 | 29 May 1979 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Michael Fortier Michael Fortier Michael M. Fortier, PC is a former Canadian Minister of International Trade and a former Conservative senator from Quebec... |
1962– | C | QC | 27 February 2006 | 8 September 2008 | Harper | resignation | |
| Émile Fortin Émile Fortin Émile Fortin was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Lévis, Quebec and became a pharmacist and physician.... |
1878–1936 | C | QC | 14 August 1935 | 18 May 1936 | Bennett | death | Y |
| Pierre-Étienne Fortin Pierre-Étienne Fortin Pierre-Étienne Fortin was a Quebec physician and political figure. He represented Gaspé in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1874 and from 1878 to 1887 and also represented Gaspé in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1878... |
1823–1888 | C | QC | 13 May 1887 | 15 June 1888 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Asa Belknap Foster Asa Belknap Foster Asa Belknap Foster was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Bedford division in the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1874 as a Conservative member.... |
1817–1877 | C | QC | 23 October 1867 | 1 January 1874 | Royal Proclamation | resignation | Y |
| George Eulas Foster George Eulas Foster Sir George Eulas Foster, PC, PC, GCMG was a Canadian politician and academic. He coined the phrase "splendid isolation" to describe British foreign policy in the late 19th century.... |
1847–1931 | C | ON | 22 September 1921 | 30 December 1931 | Meighen | death | Y |
| George Green Foster George Green Foster George Green Foster was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Knowlton, Canada East, the son of Samuel E. Foster and Ellen Green, Foster was educated at Knowlton Academy and McGill University . He was called to the Quebec bar in 1881 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1896... |
1860–1931 | C | QC | 27 July 1917 | 1 May 1931 | Borden | death | Y |
| Walter Edward Foster Walter Edward Foster Walter Edward Foster, PC was a politician and businessman in New Brunswick, Canada.Foster was born in St. Martins, New Brunswick. He began work as a clerk with the Bank of New Brunswick at Saint John... |
1873–1947 | L | NB | 6 December 1928 | 14 November 1947 | King | death | Y |
| Edgar E. Fournier | 1908–1994 | PC | NB | 24 September 1962 | 11 February 1983 | Diefenbaker | resignation | Y |
| J. Michel Fournier J. Michel Fournier Joseph Michel Fournier was a Canadian politician. Born in the village of Pointe-Verte, New Brunswick, Michel Fournier was educated at the Academy in Tracadie and graduated in 1927 with a BA degree from University of St. Joseph's College in Memramcook.A farmer who was active in his industry, Michel... |
1905–1992 | L | NB | 9 December 1971 | 29 September 1980 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Sarto Fournier Sarto Fournier Sarto Fournier was a Canadian politician. He served as mayor of Montreal from 1957 to 1960.- Biography :... |
1903–1980 | L | QC | 12 June 1953 | 23 July 1980 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| George William Fowler George William Fowler George William Fowler was a lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented King's County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1895 to 1899 and King's then King's and Albert in the Canadian House of Commons from 1900 to 1908 and 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative member... |
1859–1924 | C | NB | 29 June 1917 | 2 September 1924 | Borden | death | Y |
| Francis Fox Francis Fox Francis Fox, PC, QC is a member of the Senate of Canada. He is a former Canadian Cabinet minister and is the former Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, and thus was a senior aide to Prime Minister Paul Martin. He also worked as a lobbyist in the 1980s.-Life and career:Born in... |
1939– | L | QC | 29 August 2005 | present | Martin | ---- | |
| Joan Fraser | 1944– | L | QC | 17 September 1998 | present | Chrétien | ---- | |
| William Alexander Fraser William Alexander Fraser William Alexander Fraser was a Canadian politician.Fraser was born in Trenton, Ontario where he served as mayor in the 1920s. He represented the riding of Northumberland in Parliament with the Liberal party from 1930 through 1945. He served as Chief Whip in the Mackenzie King government... |
1886–1962 | L | ON | 25 June 1949 | 26 October 1962 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| Alfred Ernest Fripp Alfred Ernest Fripp Alfred Ernest Fripp was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of Sidney Bowles Fripp, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Ottawa in the 1911 federal elections. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1917 but was defeated in 1921... |
1866–1938 | C | ON | 30 December 1933 | 25 March 1938 | Bennett | death | Y |
| Royce Frith Royce Frith Royce Herbert Frith, CM, QC was a Canadian diplomat, public servant and politician.He received a BA from the University of Toronto, an LL.B from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Dipl. d’études supérieures from the University of Ottawa. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1949... |
1923–2005 | L | ON | 5 April 1977 | 29 August 1994 | Trudeau | resignation | |
| Francis Theodore Frost Francis Theodore Frost Francis Theodore Frost was a Canadian manufacturer and politician.Born in Smiths Falls, Canada West, the son of Ebenezer Frost and Caroline Harwood, he was educated in Smiths Falls, Coventry, Vermont and Potsdam, New York. Frost manufactured farm implements in Smith Falls... |
1843–1916 | L | ON | 12 March 1903 | 25 August 1916 | Laurier | death | Y |
| Linda Frum Linda Frum Linda Frum is a Canadian author and journalist, and a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate since 2009.Frum was born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of Barbara Frum, a journalist and Murray Frum, a real estate developer. Her brother is the political author and journalist David Frum... |
1963– | C | ON | 27 August 2009 | present | Harper | ---- | |
| George Taylor Fulford George Taylor Fulford George Taylor Fulford was a Canadian businessman and politician.- Life and Family :Born in Brockville, Upper Canada , to a family of United Empire Loyalist stock, he was the youngest son of Hiram Fulford and Martha Harris.In 1880, Fulford married Mary Wilder White , a socialite from Wisconsin, and... |
1852–1905 | L | ON | 29 January 1900 | 15 October 1905 | Laurier | death | Y |
| George Furey George Furey George Furey, QC is a Canadian Senator representing Newfoundland and Labrador.Furey worked as a teacher for the Roman Catholic School Board in St. John's from 1969 to 1972. From 1972 to 1978, he was a Supervising Vice Principal with the Port-au-Port Roman Catholic School Board and from 1978-80... |
1948– | L | NL | 11 August 1999 | present | Chrétien | ---- |