List of Members of the Canadian Senate - R
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| Senator | Lifespan | Party | Representing | Service time | Appointed by | Left office due to | Senator for life |
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| Joseph Hormisdas Rainville Joseph Hormisdas Rainville Joseph-Hormisdas Rainville was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chambly—Verchères in the Canadian House of Commons from 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative... |
1875-1942 | Conservative | Quebec | 6 October 1932 - 14 April 1942 | Bennett | death |
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| James Palmer Rankin James Palmer Rankin James Palmer Rankin was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Perth North in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911 and from 1921 to 1925 as a Liberal. Rankin then sat for Perth North division in the Senate of Canada from 1925 to 1934.He was born in East... |
1855-1934 | Liberal | Ontario | 9 September 1925 - 15 June 1934 | King | death |
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| Nelson Rattenbury Nelson Rattenbury Nelson Rattenbury was a Liberal party member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and became a business executive.... |
1907-1973 | Liberal | New Brunswick | 14 February 1964 - 27 May 1973 | Pearson | death |
Y |
| Valentine Ratz Valentine Ratz Valentine Ratz was a Canadian lumber merchant and politician in the province of Ontario.Born in St. Jacobs, County of Waterloo, Canada West, the son of Jacob Ratz, Ratz received his education at Pine Hill Public School. As a lumber merchant, he was President of the South River Lumber Company of... |
1848-1924 | Liberal | Ontario | 18 January 1909 - 1 March 1924 | Laurier | death |
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| Donat Raymond Donat Raymond Donat Raymond was a Canadian Senator and builder in the National Hockey League.Born in St. Stanislas de Kostka, Quebec, Donat was a member of the Canadian Senate as a Liberal Party from 1926 to 1963. Donat was also head of the Canadian Arena Company that helped designed arenas throughout Canada... |
1880-1963 | Liberal | Quebec | 20 December 1926 - 5 June 1963 | King | death |
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| Robert Read Robert Read Robert Read was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Hastings East in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative until February 24, 1871 when he was named to the Senate of Canada for Quinte division.He was born at Fressingfield in Suffolk, England in 1814, the son of... |
1814-1896 | Conservative | Ontario | 24 February 1871 - 29 June 1896 | Macdonald | death |
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| David Reesor David Reesor David Reesor was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada for King's division from 1867 to 1901.... |
1823-1902 | Liberal | Ontario | 23 October 1867 - 1 January 1901 | Royal Proclamation | resignation |
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| James Reid James Reid (Canadian politician) James Reid was a Canadian entrepreneur and parliamentarian from British Columbia.Reid was born in Wakefield, Lower Canada, the son of James Reid and Ann Maxwell, and was educated in Hull, Quebec and Ottawa. He moved to British Columbia in 1862, with a cousin, nearly perishing on the trip to the... |
1839-1904 | Liberal-Conservative | British Columbia | 8 October 1888 - 3 May 1904 | Macdonald | death |
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| John Dowsley Reid John Dowsley Reid John Dowsley Reid, PC was a Canadian businessman, physician, and parliamentarian. A Conservative, he was a long-standing Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons for the Ontario Electoral district of Grenville South... |
1859-1929 | Conservative | Ontario | 22 September 1921 - 26 August 1929 | Meighen | death |
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| Thomas Reid Thomas Reid The Reverend Thomas Reid FRSE , was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher, and a contemporary of David Hume, was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense, and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment... |
1886-1968 | Liberal | British Columbia | 7 September 1949 - 14 October 1967 | St-Laurent | resignation |
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| Louis Renaud Louis Renaud Louis Renaud was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative Party of Canada member of the Senate of Canada representing De Salaberry division from 1867 to 1873.... |
1818-1878 | Conservative | Quebec | 23 October 1867 - 1 October 1873 | Royal Proclamation | resignation |
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| Edgar Nelson Rhodes Edgar Nelson Rhodes Edgar Nelson Rhodes, was a Canadian parliamentarian from Nova Scotia.Rhodes was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1908 as a member of the Conservative Party... |
1877-1942 | Conservative | Nova Scotia | 20 July 1935 - 15 March 1942 | Bennett | death |
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| Henry Westman Richardson Henry Westman Richardson Henry Westman Richardson was a Canadian businessman and Senator.He was the head of J. Richardson and Sons Limited, a commodities firm based in Kingston, Ontario that was founded by his father which handled virtually all of Canada's grain exports to the United Kingdom during World War I... |
1855-1918 | Conservative | Ontario | 20 January 1917 - 27 October 1918 | Borden | death |
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| Maurice Riel Maurice Riel Maurice Riel, PC, QC was a lawyer and Canadian Senator.A distant relative of Louis Riel, Maurice Riel studied law and was admitted to the bar of Quebec in 1945. Establishing his own law firm in Montreal, Riel worked in international law with a number of clients in France... |
1922-2007 | Liberal | Quebec | 5 October 1973 - 3 April 1997 | Trudeau | retirement |
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| Daniel Aloysius Riley Daniel Aloysius Riley Daniel Aloysius Riley was a Canadian politician.Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, he received a Bachelor of Civil Law degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1940.... |
1916-1984 | Liberal | New Brunswick | 21 December 1973 - 13 September 1984 | Trudeau | death |
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| Daniel Edward Riley Daniel Edward Riley Daniel Edward Riley was a politician, Insurance agent, rancher and real estate agent from Alberta, Canada.... |
1860-1948 | Liberal | Alberta | 25 June 1926 - 27 April 1948 | King | death |
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| George Riley George Riley George Riley was a Canadian merchant and Liberal politician.Born in St. Catharines, Canada West, the son of P. Riley, he was educated there and in Buffalo, New York. In 1885, Riley moved to British Columbia, becoming a merchant in Victoria. He married Mary N... |
1843-1916 | Liberal | British Columbia | 22 March 1906 - 19 January 1916 | Laurier | death |
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| Pierrette Ringuette | 1955- | Liberal | New Brunswick | 12 December 2002 - | Chrétien | ---- |
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| John William Ritchie John William Ritchie John William Gianni was a Canadian lawyer and politician from Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Gianni was the son of Thomas Ritchie and Elizabeth Wildman Johnston. He studied law with his uncle James William Johnston and was admitted to the bar in 1831... |
1808-1890 | Conservative | Nova Scotia | 23 October 1867 - 28 September 1870 | Royal Proclamation | resignation |
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| Michel Rivard Michel Rivard (politician) Michel Rivard is a Canadian politician, senator, and former member of the National Assembly of Quebec.- Career :Rivard holds a certificate in administrative sciences from Université Laval... |
1941- | Conservative | Quebec | 22 December 2008 - | Harper | ---- |
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| Jean-Claude Rivest Jean-Claude Rivest Jean-Claude Rivest is a Canadian lawyer, politician and Senator.Born in L'Assomption, Quebec, the son of Victor Rivest and Yvette Lafortune, he studied law at the Université de Montréal. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1966. He practiced law from 1966 to 1967, until he started working for Jean... |
1943- | Conservative | Quebec | 11 March 1993 - | Mulroney | ---- |
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| Pietro Rizzuto Pietro Rizzuto Pietro Rizzuto was a Canadian politician.Born in Cattolica Eraclea, Italy, he came to Canada at the age of 20. In 1963, he founded Inter State Paving Inc., a construction company.... |
1934-1997 | Liberal | Quebec | 23 December 1976 - 3 August 1997 | Trudeau | death |
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| Fernand Roberge Fernand Roberge Fernard Roberge is a hotelier and former Canadian Senator.In 1977, Roberge became the first French Canadian to be chief executive officer of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Montreal and held the post for over 12 years... |
1940- | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | 26 May 1993 - 19 July 2000 | Mulroney | resignation |
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| Brenda Mary Robertson | 1929- | Conservative | New Brunswick | 21 December 1984 - 23 May 2004 | Mulroney | retirement |
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| Gideon Decker Robertson | 1874-1933 | Conservative | Ontario | 20 January 1917 - 5 August 1933 | Borden | death |
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| James Edwin Robertson James Edwin Robertson James Edwin Robertson was a Canadian physician and politician.Born in New Perth, Prince Edward Island, the son of Peter Robertson and Annie McFarlane, Robertson was educated at McGill University where he graduated with honors in 1865, after which he located in Montague, Prince Edward Island where... |
1840-1915 | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | 7 February 1902 - 13 April 1915 | Laurier | resignation |
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| John Robertson John Robertson (Canadian politician) John Robertson was a Scottish-born businessman and political figure in New Brunswick. He served as a member of the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1876.... |
1799-1876 | Liberal | New Brunswick | 23 October 1867 - 1 January 1876 | Royal Proclamation | death |
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| John Alexander Robertson John Alexander Robertson John Alexander Robertson was a Canadian Senator.Robertson was a freight train conductor for the Canadian Pacific Railway at the time of his surprise appointment by John George Diefenbaker to the Canadian Senate in 1962... |
1913-1965 | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | 29 November 1962 - 19 February 1965 | Diefenbaker | death |
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| Wishart McLea Robertson Wishart McLea Robertson Wishart McLea Robertson, PC was a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada.Robertson's paternal grandfather, Robert Robertson, was a member of Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1854 until 1878. His father, Thomas Robertson was also a member of the provincial legislature, as well as serving as a Liberal... |
1891-1967 | Liberal | Nova Scotia | 19 February 1943 - 24 December 1965 | King | resignation |
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| Fernand Robichaud Fernand Robichaud Fernand Robichaud, PC is a Canadian politician.He was born in Shippagan, New Brunswick and received a teaching certificate from the Moncton Technical Institute. Before entering politics, Robichaud was a teacher and businessman... |
1939- | Liberal | New Brunswick | 23 September 1997 - | Chrétien | ---- |
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| Hédard-J. Robichaud | 1911-1999 | Liberal | New Brunswick | 28 June 1968 - 8 October 1971 | Trudeau | resignation |
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| Louis Joseph Robichaud | 1925-2005 | Liberal | New Brunswick | 21 December 1973 - 21 October 2000 | Trudeau | retirement |
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| Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau was a farmer, lumber merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1925 to 1928 as a Liberal-Conservative member. He sat for Digby-Clare division in the Senate of Canada from 1935 to 1948... |
1874-1948 | Conservative | Nova Scotia | 20 July 1935 - 1 March 1948 | Bennett | death |
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| Brewer Waugh Robinson Brewer Waugh Robinson Brewer Waugh Robinson was a fox rancher and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 5th Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1939 to 1945 as a Progressive Conservative. Robinson sat for Summerside division in the Senate of Canada from 1945 to 1949... |
1891-1949 | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | 19 April 1945 - 20 January 1949 | King | death |
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| Clifford William Robinson Clifford William Robinson Clifford William Robinson was a New Brunswick lawyer, businessman and politician, the 12th Premier of New Brunswick.... |
1866-1944 | Liberal | New Brunswick | 5 May 1924 - 27 July 1944 | King | death |
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| Louis Robitaille Louis Robitaille Louis Robitaille, OC, CQ is a Canadian ballet dancer.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he is married to Anik Bissonnette, a fellow ballet dancer whom he has danced with.... |
1836-1888 | Conservative | Quebec | 8 February 1883 - 28 December 1884 | Macdonald | resignation |
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| Théodore Robitaille Théodore Robitaille Théodore Robitaille, PC was a Canadian physician, politician, and the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.... |
1834-1897 | Conservative | Quebec | 29 January 1885 - 17 August 1897 | Macdonald | death |
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| Dufferin Roblin Dufferin Roblin Dufferin "Duff" Roblin, PC, CC, OM was a Canadian businessman and politician. Known as "Duff," he served as the 14th Premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. Roblin was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In the government of Brian Mulroney, he served as... |
1917-2010 | Progressive Conservative | Manitoba | 23 March 1978 - 17 June 1992 | Trudeau | retirement |
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| Douglas James Roche | 1929- | Independent | Alberta | 17 September 1998 - 14 June 2004 | Chrétien | retirement |
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| William Roche | 1842-1925 | Liberal | Nova Scotia | 12 January 1910 - 19 October 1925 | Laurier | death |
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| Charles-Séraphin Rodier Jr Charles-Séraphin Rodier Jr Charles-Séraphin Rodier was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Montreal, Lower Canada, the son of Jean-Baptiste Rodier and Marie-Desanges Sedillot dit Montreuil, Rodier was the nephew of Charles-Séraphin Rodier, a mayor of Montreal. Rodier would later use the suffix "Jr" to his name to... |
1818-1890 | Conservative | Quebec | 1 December 1888 - 26 January 1890 | Macdonald | death |
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| Arthur Wentworth Roebuck | 1878-1971 | Liberal | Ontario | 18 April 1945 - 17 November 1971 | King | death |
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| Jean-Baptiste Rolland Jean-Baptiste Rolland Jean-Baptiste Rolland was a Canadian printer, bookseller, businessman, and politician.Born in Verchères, Lower Canada, the son of Pierre Roland and Euphrasine Donay, his family moved to Saint-Hyacinthe in 1828. In 1832, Rolland moved to Montreal where he worked as an apprentice typographer... |
1815-1888 | Conservative | Quebec | 22 October 1887 - 22 March 1888 | Macdonald | death |
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| William H. Rompkey | 1936- | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | 21 September 1995 - 13 May 2011 | Chrétien | retirement |
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| George Henry Ross George Henry Ross George Henry Ross was a politician and Barrister from Alberta, Canada.-Political career:... |
1878-1956 | Liberal | Alberta | 1 December 1948 - 26 September 1956 | St-Laurent | death |
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| George William Ross George William Ross Sir George William Ross was an educator and politician in Ontario, Canada. He was the fifth Premier of Ontario from 1899 to 1905.... |
1841-1914 | Liberal | Ontario | 15 January 1907 - 7 March 1914 | Laurier | death |
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| James Gibb Ross James Gibb Ross James Gibb Ross was a Canadian merchant and politician from the province of Quebec.Born in Carluke, a village of South Lanarkshire, Scotland, Ross emigrated to Canada in 1832 with his brother, John Ross, settling in Quebec City... |
1819-1888 | Conservative | Quebec | 11 January 1884 - 1 October 1888 | Macdonald | death |
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| James Hamilton Ross James Hamilton Ross James Hamilton Ross was a Canadian politician, the Yukon Territory's third Commissioner, and an ardent defender of territorial rights... |
1856-1932 | Liberal | Northwest Territories | 30 September 1904 - 14 December 1932 | Laurier | death |
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| James W. Ross James W. Ross James W. Ross, CM is a Canadian businessman and former Canadian Senator.Ross was one of eight Senators appointed directly by the Queen on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney under Section 26 of the Constitution Act, 1867 in order to pass the Goods and Services Tax... |
1938- | Progressive Conservative | Maritimes | 27 September 1990 - 25 May 1993 | Mulroney | resignation |
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| John Ross John Ross (Canadian senator) John Ross was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and businessman.Born in County Antrim, Ireland, he was brought to Canada as an infant. Ross married twice, first to Margaret Crawford who died in 1847, secondly to Augusta Elizabeth Baldwin 4 February 1851, the daughter of Robert Baldwin... |
1818-1871 | Conservative | Ontario | 23 October 1867 - 31 January 1871 | Royal Proclamation | death |
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| John Jones Ross John Jones Ross John Jones Ross, PC was born in Quebec City, Canada. He was the son of a Scots-Quebecer merchant, George McIntosh Ross, and his French-Canadian wife Sophie-Éloïse Gouin.-Province of Canada Assembly:... |
1831-1901 | Conservative | Quebec | 12 April 1887 - 4 May 1901 | Macdonald | death |
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| William Ross William Ross (Canadian politician) William Ross was a Canadian politician.Born in Boularderie, Nova Scotia, the son of John Ross, a Scottish immigrant, and Robina McKenzie, Ross was a merchant and shipbuilder. In 1855, he married Eliza Moore. He represented Victoria County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1857 to 1867... |
1824-1912 | Liberal | Nova Scotia | 18 May 1905 - 17 March 1912 | Laurier | death |
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| William Benjamin Ross William Benjamin Ross William Benjamin Ross was a Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman.A lawyer by training, Ross practiced law in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He also pursued business interests such as helping found the Halifax Electric Tramway Company Limited... |
1855-1929 | Conservative | Nova Scotia | 20 November 1912 - 10 January 1929 | Borden | death |
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| Eileen Rossiter Eileen Rossiter Eileen Rossiter was a Canadian politician. She was the second Prince Edward Island woman appointed to Senate of Canada .... |
1929-2007 | Progressive Conservative | Prince Edward Island | 17 November 1986 - 14 July 2004 | Mulroney | retirement |
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| Yvette Boucher Rousseau Yvette Boucher Rousseau Yvette Boucher Rousseau was a Quebec trade unionist, feminist and member of the Canadian Senate.She was born in Saint-Éleuthère, Quebec and worked as a farmer and teacher.... |
1917-1988 | Liberal | Quebec | 27 March 1979 - 17 March 1988 | Trudeau | death |
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| Jean-Louis Roux Jean-Louis Roux Jean-Louis Roux, CC, CQ is a noted entertainer and playwright, senator, and briefly the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Canada.-Biography:... |
1923- | Liberal | Quebec | 31 August 1994 - 8 August 1996 | Chrétien | resignation |
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| Frederick William Rowe | 1912-1994 | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | 9 December 1971 - 28 September 1987 | Trudeau | retirement |
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| Philippe Roy Philippe Roy Philippe Roy, was a Canadian physician, politician, and diplomat.In 1906, he was called to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial government division of Edmonton, Alberta. A Liberal, he resigned in 1911. From 1911 to 1928, he was Canada's commissioner general in France... |
1868-1948 | Liberal | Alberta | 8 March 1906 - 21 April 1911 | Laurier | resignation |
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| Calvin Woodrow Ruck | 1925-2004 | Liberal | Nova Scotia | 11 June 1998 - 4 September 2000 | Chrétien | retirement |
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| Nancy Ruth Nancy Ruth Nancy Ruth, CM is a Canadian Senator from Ontario. She was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the advice of Prime Minister Paul Martin, on March 24, 2005. While initially appointed as a Progressive Conservative, on March 28, 2006 she joined the Conservative caucus... |
1942- | Conservative | Ontario | 24 March 2005 - | Martin | ---- |
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| Thomas Ryan | 1804-1889 | Liberal-Conservative | Quebec | 23 October 1867 - 25 May 1889 | Royal Proclamation | death |
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