List of Members of the Canadian Senate - W
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| Senator | Lifespan | Party | Representing | Service time | Appointed by | Left office due to | Senator for life |
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| Claude Wagner Claude Wagner Claude Wagner, PC, QC was a judge and politician in the Province of Quebec, Canada. In his career, Wagner was a Crown prosecutor, professor of criminal law and judge... |
1925-1979 | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | 21 April 1978 - 11 July 1979 | Trudeau | death |
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| David James Walker David James Walker David James Walker, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was educated at Jarvis Collegiate Institute, the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1931... |
1905-1995 | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | 4 February 1963 - 30 September 1989 | Diefenbaker | resignation |
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| William Michael Wall William Michael Wall William Michael Wall was the first Canadian of Ukrainian origin to be appointed to the Canadian Senate.He was born in Ethelbert, Manitoba and graduated from high school at the age of 14. He graduated from the University of Manitoba at the age of 17... |
1911-1962 | Liberal | Manitoba | 28 July 1955 - 7 July 1962 | St-Laurent | death |
Y |
| John D. Wallace John D. Wallace John D. Wallace is a Canadian politician and a Conservative member of the Canadian Senate. On 22 December 2008, it was announced that he would be appointed on the advice of Stephen Harper to the Senate. He assumed office on January 2, 2009.-References:... |
1949- | Conservative | New Brunswick | 22 December 2008 - | Harper | ---- |
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| Pamela Wallin Pamela Wallin Pamela Wallin, OC, SOM is a former Canadian television journalist and diplomat. On January 2, 2009, she was seated in the Canadian Senate, where she sits as a Conservative.-Early life and career:... |
1953- | Conservative | Saskatchewan | 22 December 2008 - | Harper | ---- |
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| David Wark David Wark David Wark, Irish-born, was a prominent Canadian Senator who served nearly 38 years in his elected office.... |
1804-1905 | Liberal | New Brunswick | 23 October 1867 - 20 August 1905 | Royal Proclamation | death |
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| Stanley Waters Stanley Waters Lieutenant General Stanley Charles "Stan" Waters, CD was Canada's first Senator to be appointed to his Senate seat following a non-binding provincial Senate election.-Early life:... |
1920-1991 | Reform | Alberta | 11 June 1990 - 25 September 1991 | Mulroney | death |
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| Robert Watson Robert Watson (Canadian politician) Robert Watson was an industrialist and political figure in Manitoba, Canada. He represented Marquette in the Canadian House of Commons from 1883 to 1892 as a Liberal and Portage La Prairie in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal from 1892 to 1899... |
1853-1929 | Liberal | Manitoba | 29 January 1900 - 19 May 1929 | Laurier | death |
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| Charlie Watt Charlie Watt Charlie Watt is a Canadian Senator.A hunter and businessman by profession, Watt is an Inuk and served as Northern officer with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs from 1969 to 1979. He founded the Northern Quebec Inuit Association in the 1970s... |
1944- | Liberal | Quebec | 16 January 1984 - | Trudeau | ---- |
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| John Webster John Webster (Canadian politician) John Webster was a merchant and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Brockville in the Canadian House of Commons from 1911 to 1917 as a Conservative. Webster's riding was abolished prior 1917 federal election and Webster did not run in the merged riding of Leeds held by fellow Tory... |
1856-1928 | Conservative | Ontario | 12 March 1918 - 1 December 1928 | Borden | death |
Y |
| Lorne Campbell Webster Lorne Campbell Webster Lorne Campbell Webster was a financier and political figure in Quebec. He sat for Stadacona division in the Senate of Canada from 1920 to 1941.... |
1871-1941 | Conservative | Quebec | 10 January 1920 - 27 September 1941 | Borden | death |
Y |
| Frank Corbett Welch Frank Corbett Welch Frank Corbett Welch was a Canadian exporter, farmer, horticulturist, and Senator.Born Port Greville, Nova Scotia, he owned and operated his own fruit farm for forty years. He was also president of the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Association for ten years... |
1900-1986 | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | 25 September 1962 - 14 July 1975 | Diefenbaker | voluntary retirement |
Y |
| Eugene Whelan Eugene Whelan Eugene "Gene" Francis Whelan, PC OC is a retired Canadian politician. Whelan, a farmer, first won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1962 election representing the southwestern Ontario riding of Essex. He sat continuously in the House of Commons until his retirement in 1984 and was... |
1924- | Liberal | Ontario | 9 August 1996 - 11 July 1999 | Chrétien | retirement |
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| George Stanley White George Stanley White George Stanley White, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian and Speaker of the Canadian Senate from 1962 to 1963.White was born in Madoc, Ontario... |
1897-1977 | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | 20 September 1957 - 17 November 1972 | Diefenbaker | voluntary retirement |
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| Gerald Verner White Gerald Verner White Gerald Verner White was a Canadian politician.Born in Pembroke, Ontario, the son of Peter White and Janet Reid White, White was educated at Pembroke Public and High Schools. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering degree in 1901 from McGill University... |
1879-1948 | Conservative | Ontario | 6 November 1919 - 24 October 1948 | Borden | death |
Y |
| Richard Smeaton White Richard Smeaton White Richard Smeaton White was a Canadian newspaper publisher and political figure. He sat for Inkerman division in the Senate of Canada as a Conservative from 1917 to 1936.... |
1865-1936 | Conservative | Quebec | 30 July 1917 - 17 December 1936 | Borden | death |
Y |
| Jack Wiebe Jack Wiebe John E. N. "Jack" Wiebe, was a Canadian farmer and politician. He served as a provincial politician, the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan and also as a Senator.... |
1936-2007 | Liberal | Saskatchewan | 7 April 2000 - 31 January 2004 | Chrétien | resignation |
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| Benjamin Wier Benjamin Wier Benjamin Wier was a Canadian businessman and politician.He was born in Newport Township, Hants County, Nova Scotia, the son of Benjamin Weir. He married Phoebe Wier, a cousin, and opened a store near Windsor. He moved to Halifax in 1830... |
1805-1868 | Liberal | Nova Scotia | 23 October 1867 - 14 April 1868 | Royal Proclamation | death |
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| Guy R. Williams Guy Williams (politician) Guy R. Williams was a Canadian Senator and First Nations leader and was, for a number of years, the only Native Canadian in the Senate. He was appointed in 1971, following the 1970 retirement of James Gladstone who had been the first status Indian appointed to the upper house.Williams was born on... |
1907-1992 | Liberal | British Columbia | 9 December 1971 - 7 October 1982 | Trudeau | retirement |
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| Harry Albert Willis Harry Albert Willis Harry Albert Willis was a Canadian Senator and long-time fundraiser and organizer for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in Ontario.... |
1904-1972 | Progressive Conservative | Ontario | 15 June 1962 - 23 March 1972 | Diefenbaker | death |
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| Wellington Willoughby Wellington Willoughby Wellington Bartley Willoughby, PC was a Canadian politician and lawyer.Willoughby served as leader of the Saskatchewan Conservative Party and leader of the opposition from 1912 to 1917 and was Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the city of Moose Jaw.He resigned from the... |
1859-1932 | Conservative | Saskatchewan | 23 October 1917 - 1 August 1932 | Borden | death |
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| Robert Duncan Wilmot Robert Duncan Wilmot Robert Duncan Wilmot, PC was a Canadian politician and a Father of Confederation.- Biography :Wilmot was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, but moved to Saint John with his family at around the age of five, and there he was educated. His father, John McNeil Wilmot, was a big tank and shipowner... |
1809-1891 | Conservative | New Brunswick | 23 October 1867 - 10 February 1880 | Royal Proclamation | resignation |
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| Cairine Wilson Cairine Wilson Cairine Reay Mackay Wilson was Canada's first female senator.-Early life:Born Cairine Reay Mackay in Montreal, she was the daughter of Jane Mackay and Robert Mackay, a Liberal Senator and personal friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. She attended Elmwood School and was "head girl" in her graduating year... |
1885-1962 | Liberal | Ontario | 15 February 1930 - 3 March 1962 | King | death |
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| Charles Wilson Charles Wilson (Canadian politician) Charles Wilson was a Canadian businessman and politician.-Background:Wilson was born in Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, son of a Scottish immigrant and a French-Canadian mother.... |
1808-1877 | Conservative | Quebec | 23 October 1867 - 4 May 1877 | Royal Proclamation | death |
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| John Henry Wilson John Henry Wilson John Henry Wilson was a Canadian physician, professor, and parliamentarian. A Liberal, he served two terms as a Member of Parliament representing the electoral district of Elgin East in the province of Ontario... |
1834-1912 | Liberal | Ontario | 8 March 1904 - 3 July 1912 | Laurier | death |
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| Joseph-Marcellin Wilson Joseph-Marcellin Wilson Joseph-Marcellin Wilson was a Canadian merchant and senator.Born in Île Bizard, Canada East, he was summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1911. A Liberal, he represented the senatorial division of Saurel, Quebec. He resigned in 1939. He died in 1940 and is buried in Notre-Dame-des-Neiges... |
1859-1940 | Liberal | Quebec | 3 May 1911 - 1 January 1939 | Laurier | resignation |
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| Lawrence Alexander Wilson Lawrence Alexander Wilson Lawrence Alexander Wilson was a Quebec business, philanthropic and political figure. He was prominent in the Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec and the Soulanges region.... |
1863-1934 | Liberal | Quebec | 3 June 1930 - 3 March 1934 | King | death |
Y |
| Lois Miriam Wilson Lois Miriam Wilson Lois Miriam Wilson, CC, O.Ont was the first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada, from 1980 to 1982... |
1927- | Independent | Ontario | 11 June 1998 - 8 April 2002 | Chrétien | retirement |
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| Andrew Trew Wood Andrew Trew Wood Andrew Trew Wood was a Canadian businessman and parliamentarian.Born in Mountnorris, County Armagh, Ireland, the son of David Wood, a merchant, and Frances Bigham Trew, he emigrated to Canada sometime before 1846... |
1826-1903 | Liberal | Ontario | 21 January 1901 - 21 January 1903 | Laurier | death |
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| Dalia Wood Dalia Wood Dalia Wood is a former member of the Canadian Senate.Born in Montreal, Quebec, she was the president of the Liberal Party of Canada in Quebec and the riding association of Mount Royal, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's riding. She was appointed to the senate on 26 March 1979 on the recommendation of... |
1924- | Liberal | Quebec | 26 March 1979 - 31 January 1999 | Trudeau | resignation |
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| Josiah Wood Josiah Wood Josiah Wood was a Canadian lawyer, entrepreneur, mayor, parliamentarian, and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of the province of New Brunswick... |
1843-1927 | Conservative | New Brunswick | 5 August 1895 - 12 March 1912 | Mackenzie Bowell | resignation |
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| Thomas Harold Wood Thomas Harold Wood Thomas Harold Wood was a Canadian Senator. A Liberal, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 25 January 1949 on the recommendation of Louis St-Laurent. He represented the Senate division of Regina, Saskatchewan until his death.- References :... |
1889-1965 | Liberal | Saskatchewan | 25 January 1949 - 26 November 1965 | St-Laurent | death |
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| Allan Lee Woodrow Allan Lee Woodrow Allan Lee Woodrow was a Canadian Senator.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate on 19 May 1953 on the recommendation of Louis St-Laurent. A Liberal, he represented the senatorial division of Toronto Centre for the province of Ontario until his resignation on 15... |
1886-1966 | Liberal | Ontario | 19 May 1953 - 15 March 1966 | St-Laurent | resignation |
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