List of Members of the Canadian Senate - H
Encyclopedia
| Senator | Lifespan | Party | Prov. | Entered | Left | Appointed by | Left due to | For life? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Thomas Hackett John Thomas Hackett John Thomas Hackett was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Stanstead in the Canadian House of Commons from 1930 to 1935 and from 1945 to 1949 as a Conservative and then Progressive Conservative member... |
1884–1956 | PC | QC | 28 July 1955 | 15 September 1956 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| Stanley Haidasz Stanley Haidasz Stanley Haidasz, PC, MD was a Canadian politician.Haidasz was born to Polish parents who immigrated to Canada in 1910 from Stanislawów... |
1923–2009 | L | ON | 23 March 1978 | 4 March 1998 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| James Campbell Haig James Campbell Haig *James Haig redirects here, for the rugby league international, James Scott Haig, see Jimmy HaigJames Campbell Haig was a Canadian Senator from Manitoba.... |
1909–1980 | PC | MB | 15 June 1962 | 29 December 1977 | Diefenbaker | resignation | Y |
| John Thomas Haig John Thomas Haig John Thomas Haig, PC was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as parliamentary leader of the Manitoba Conservative Party in 1921-22.... |
1877–1962 | C | MB | 14 August 1935 | 17 January 1962 | Bennett | resignation | Y |
| John Hamilton John Hamilton (Quebec politician) John Hamilton was one of the founding members of the Canadian Senate.He was born in Hawkesbury in Upper Canada in 1827, the son of George Hamilton. John and his brothers continued to expand their father's lumber business from its base on the lower Ottawa River. He served as reeve of Hawkesbury... |
1827–1888 | C | QC | 23 October 1867 | 1 May 1887 | Royal Proclamation | resignation | Y |
| John Hamilton John Hamilton (Ontario politician) John Hamilton was a businessman, a political figure in Upper Canada and member of the Canadian Senate.He was born in Queenston in 1802, the son of Robert Hamilton. He was educated in Queenston and Edinburgh, Scotland and first worked as a clerk in Montreal... |
1802–1882 | C | ON | 23 October 1867 | 10 October 1882 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Mac Harb Mac Harb Mac Harb is a Canadian Senator and former Member of the House of Commons.-Life and career:Harb was born in Chaat, Lebanon and immigrated to Canada to study at the University of Ottawa. He subsequently worked as an engineer at Northern Telecom and a professor at Algonquin College in Ottawa... |
1953– | L | ON | 9 September 2003 | present | Chrétien | ---- | |
| Richard Hardisty Richard Hardisty Richard Charles Hardisty was a politician from Northwest Territories, Canada.Richard ran as an Independent Conservative in the 1887 Canadian federal election and finished a close second in the Alberta . He lost to Donald Watson Davis.Richard was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of... |
1831–1889 | C | NT | 23 February 1888 | 18 October 1889 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Arthur Charles Hardy Arthur Charles Hardy Arthur Charles Hardy, was a Canadian politician.Born in Brantford, Ontario, he ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons in the Ontario riding of Leeds in the 1917 federal election. In 1922, he was called to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of Leeds, Ontario... |
1872–1962 | L | ON | 10 February 1922 | 13 March 1962 | King | death | Y |
| William Harmer William Harmer William James Harmer was a politician from Alberta, Canada.William was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Robert Borden, his appointment was made to satisfy the Unionists coalition... |
1872–1947 | L | AB | 5 February 1918 | 9 September 1947 | Borden | death | Y |
| Earl Hastings Earl Hastings Earl Adams Hastings was a politician from Alberta, Canada.Earl ran for the Canadian House of Commons twice for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 1962 federal election and the 1963 federal election in the Bow River district... |
1924–1996 | L | AB | 24 February 1966 | 5 May 1996 | Pearson | death | |
| Paul Lacombe Hatfield | 1873–1935 | L | NS | 7 October 1926 | 28 January 1935 | King | death | Y |
| Richard Hatfield Richard Hatfield Richard Bennett Hatfield, PC, ONB was a New Brunswick politician and long time Premier of the province .- Early life :... |
1931–1991 | PC | NB | 7 September 1990 | 26 April 1991 | Mulroney | death | |
| Thomas Heath Haviland Thomas Heath Haviland Thomas Heath Haviland was a Canadian lawyer, politician and father of Canadian Confederation. He was born and died in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island... |
1822–1895 | C | PE | 18 October 1873 | 1 July 1879 | Macdonald | resignation | Y |
| Charles G. Hawkins Charles G. Hawkins Charles G. Hawkins was a Liberal party member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia and became a lumberman.... |
1887–1958 | L | NS | 2 May 1950 | 14 August 1958 | St-Laurent | death | Y |
| Salter Adrian Hayden Salter Adrian Hayden Salter Adrian Hayden, was a Canadian lawyer and senator.Born in Ottawa, he received his education from the University of Ottawa and Osgoode Hall Law School. He joined the law firm of McCarthy and McCarthy in 1923 and became a partner in 1929. He resigned from the firm in 1983... |
1896–1987 | L | ON | 9 February 1940 | 1 November 1983 | King | resignation | Y |
| Andrew Haydon Andrew Haydon (senator) Andrew Haydon was a Canadian lawyer and senator.Born in Pakenham, Ontario, the son of James Haydon and Eleanor Sadler, he received a Master of Arts degree in 1893 and a Bachelor of Law degree in 1895 from Queen's University. He graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1897 and was soon after... |
1867–1932 | L | ON | 10 March 1924 | 10 November 1932 | King | death | Y |
| Dan Hays Dan Hays Daniel Phillip Hays, PC is a Canadian politician. He was Speaker of the Canadian Senate from 2001 to 2006, when he became Liberal Leader in the Senate... |
1939– | L | AB | 29 June 1984 | 30 June 2007 | Trudeau | resignation | |
| Harry Hays Harry Hays Harry William Hays, PC was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister in the government of Lester Pearson.... |
1909–1982 | L | AB | 24 February 1966 | 4 May 1982 | Pearson | death | |
| Robert Haythorne | 1815–1891 | L | PE | 18 October 1873 | 7 May 1891 | Macdonald | death | Y |
| Robert Leonard Hazen Robert Leonard Hazen Robert Leonard Hazen was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician.Hazen was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and by age 23 had been called to the bar of New Brunswick. He had a successful legal career, and by 1846 was appointed a judge on the Court of the Vice-Admiralty... |
1808–1874 | C | NB | 23 October 1867 | 15 August 1874 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Jacques Hébert Jacques Hébert (Canadian politician) Jacques Hébert, OC was a Canadian author, journalist, publisher, Senator, and world traveler having visited more than 130 countries.-History:... |
1923–2007 | L | QC | 20 April 1983 | 21 June 1998 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| Céline Hervieux-Payette Céline Hervieux-Payette Céline Hervieux-Payette, PC is the former Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate, and the first woman ever to hold this position.... |
1941– | L | QC | 21 March 1995 | present | Chrétien | ---- | |
| Henry Hicks Henry Hicks Henry Davies Hicks was a lawyer, university administrator, and politician in Nova Scotia.He was born in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia, the son of Henry Hicks and Annie Kinney. Hicks was educated in Bridgetown and at Mount Allison University, Dalhousie University and Oxford University. He was admitted to... |
1915–1990 | L | NS | 27 April 1972 | 5 March 1990 | Trudeau | retirement | |
| John Gilbert Higgins John Gilbert Higgins John Gilbert Higgins was a Newfoundland politician, Senator and lawyer.-Early life:He was educated from the age of five at Saint Bonaventure's College and was selected one of Newfoundland's Rhodes Scholars in 1909... |
1891–1963 | PC | NL | 15 January 1959 | 1 July 1963 | Diefenbaker | death | Y |
| William Hales Hingston William Hales Hingston Sir William Hales Hingston, was a Canadian physician, politician, banker, and Senator.- Biography :Born in Hinchinbrooke near Huntingdon, Quebec, he received his MDCM from McGill University in 1851.... |
1829–1907 | C | QC | 2 January 1896 | 19 February 1907 | Bowell | death | Y |
| John Hnatyshyn John Hnatyshyn John Hnatyshyn was a Canadian lawyer, Senator and father of Ray Hnatyshyn, the twenty-fourth Governor General of Canada.Born in Ukrainian part of Austro-Hungary, the son of Michael and Anna Hnatyshyn, he came to Canada when he was two months old... |
1907–1967 | PC | SK | 15 January 1959 | 2 May 1967 | Diefenbaker | death | Y |
| Horatio Clarence Hocken Horatio Clarence Hocken Horatio Clarence Hocken was a Canadian politician, Mayor of Toronto, social reformer and a founder of what became the Toronto Star.... |
1857–1937 | C | ON | 30 December 1933 | 18 February 1937 | Bennett | death | Y |
| Nancy Hodges Nancy Hodges Nancy Hodges was a Canadian journalist, politician and Senator.Born in London, England, she was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1941 representing the riding of Victoria City and sitting as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party. She was re-elected in 1945... |
1888–1969 | L | BC | 5 November 1953 | 12 June 1965 | St-Laurent | resignation | Y |
| Malcolm Mercer Hollett Malcolm Mercer Hollett Malcolm Mercer Hollett was a Newfoundland magistrate, politician and Canadian Senator.Hollett was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1915 after graduating from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick but he delayed going to the University of Oxford in order to enlist in the Royal Newfoundland... |
1891–1985 | PC | NL | 6 October 1961 | 31 March 1971 | Diefenbaker | voluntary retirement | Y |
| John Holmes John Holmes (Nova Scotia politician) John Holmes was a Canadian politician.He was born in Ross-shire, Scotland in 1789 and came to Pictou County, Nova Scotia with his family in 1803. Prior to Canadian Confederation in 1867, he represented Pictou County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1836 to 1847 and from 1851 to 1855... |
1789–1876 | C | NS | 23 October 1867 | 3 June 1876 | Royal Proclamation | death | Y |
| Adam Hope Adam Hope Adam Hope was a Canadian businessman and senator. A Liberal, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 3 January 1877 on the recommendation of Alexander Mackenzie. He represented the senatorial division of Hamilton, Ontario until his death.- References :... |
1813–1882 | L | ON | 3 January 1877 | 7 August 1882 | Mackenzie | death | Y |
| Ralph Horner Ralph Horner Ralph Byron Horner was a Canadian Senator, farmer, businessman and the patriarch of a Western Canadian political family.Born in North Clarendon, Quebec, Horner and his family settled in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan.... |
1884–1964 | C | SK | 30 December 1933 | 14 December 1964 | Bennett | death | Y |
| Henry Herbert Horsey Henry Herbert Horsey Henry Herbert Horsey was a Canadian Senator.Born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Henry Hodge Horsey and Amey Ann Rose, Horsey attended Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario where he was noted as a scholar and athlete as a member of the school's championship rugby teams. He went into business in... |
1871–1942 | L | ON | 14 December 1928 | 6 January 1942 | King | death | Y |
| Leo Housakos Leo Housakos Leo Housakos is a Canadian politician of Greek descent and a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate. He was appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate on January 8, 2009. In 2007, he was appointed by Lawrence Cannon for a four year term to the board of directors of Via Rail... |
1968– | C | QC | 22 December 2008 | present | Harper | ---- | |
| Charles Benjamin Howard Charles Benjamin Howard Charles Benjamin Howard was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Smith's Mills, Quebec in Stanstead County and became a businessman, industrialist and lumber merchant.... |
1885–1964 | L | QC | 9 February 1940 | 25 March 1964 | King | death | Y |
| John Power Howden John Power Howden John Power Howden, M.D., was a Canadian Member of Parliament and physician.Howden was born in Perth, Ontario. When he was 12, his family moved to Manitoba where he attended public school in Winnipeg and earned his medical degree at the University of Manitoba before establishing his practice in St... |
1879–1959 | L | MB | 18 April 1945 | 4 November 1959 | King | death | Y |
| George William Howlan George William Howlan George William Howlan was an Irish-born merchant, ship owner and political figure in Prince Edward Island.He represented 1st Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1863 to 1873 as a Liberal member... |
1835–1901 | L | PE | 18 October 1873 5 January 1881 25 March 1891 |
27 December 188018 February 18911 February 1894 | Macdonald Macdonald Macdonald |
resignation resignation resignation |
Y |
| Libbe Hubley Libbe Hubley Elizabeth M. "Libbe" Hubley is a Canadian politician and currently sits in the Canadian Senate representing Prince Edward Island.In 1989 she was elected to Prince Edward Island's legislative assembly as a Liberal... |
1942– | L | PE | 8 March 2001 | present | Chrétien | ---- | |
| Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen Adrian Knatchbull-Hugessen Adrian Norton Knatchbull-Hugessen was a Canadian lawyer and senator.Knatchbull-Hugessen was born in Ashford, Kent, England on 5 July 1891, the son of Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne and Ethel Mary Walker, daughter of Sir George Gustavus Walker.He was educated at Eton... |
1891–1976 | L | QC | 12 January 1937 | 1 January 1967 | King | voluntary retirement | Y |
| James Joseph Hughes James Joseph Hughes James Joseph Hughes was a Canadian politician.Born in St. Mary's Road, Prince Edward Island, Hughes was the son of Irish parents. He was educated at the Log School House in St. Mary's Road and was a graduate of St... |
1856–1941 | L | PE | 5 September 1925 | 5 March 1941 | King | death | Y |
| Raoul Hurtubise | 1882–1955 | L | ON | 9 June 1945 | 31 January 1955 | King | death | Y |
| William James Hushion William James Hushion William James Hushion was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Daniel Hushion and Margaret Phelan, he started working with his father and eventually started his own company, W.J. Hushion... |
1883–1954 | L | QC | 15 February 1940 | 29 January 1954 | King | death | Y |