List of senators in the 1st Parliament of Canada

This is a list of members of the Senate of Canada in the 1st Parliament of Canada.

Queen Victoria granted Royal Assent to the British North America Act on March 29, 1867, forming the new nation of Canada on July 1 of 1867. Dominion elections were held in August and September to elect the first Canadian Parliament. Prior to the first sitting of Parliament, the Members of Parliament met to appoint the 72 senators to the Canadian Senate.^{[clarification needed]}

The 72 seats in the initial Canadian Senate were divided as follows: 24 to Ontario, 24 to Quebec, 12 to New Brunswick, 12 to Nova Scotia. Of the 72 appointed, two declined the appointment, and 2 seats remained vacant.

The province of Quebec has 24 Senate divisions which are constitutionally mandated. In all other provinces, a Senate division is strictly an optional designation of the senator's own choosing, and has no real constitutional or legal standing. A senator who does not choose a special senate division is designated a senator for the province at large.

On July 15, 1870, Manitoba became the 5th Canadian province and was allotted 2 seats in the Senate. With the increase, the number of seats in the Senate rose to 74. The seats were not filled until December 13, 1871, when Lord Lisgar, on the advice of John A. Macdonald, filled those two seats.

On July 20, 1871, British Columbia became the 6th Canadian province and was allotted 3 seats in the Senate bringing the combined number of seats in the Senate to 77. On December 13, 1871, Lord Lisgar, on the advice of John A. Macdonald, appointed three persons to fill those seats.

List of senators

Senators at the beginning of the 1st Parliament

Name	Party ^†	Province (Division)	Date appointed	Appointed by	Left office during 1st Parliament	Reason
James Cox Aikins	Liberal-Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
George William Allan	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Oliver Blake	Liberal	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
John Anderson	Liberal	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria	December 24, 1870	Death
Thomas Archibald	Liberal-Conservative	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Joseph Armand	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Narcisse Belleau	Conservative	Québec	October 23, 1867	Victoria	October 23, 1867	Appointment Declined
Caleb Bill	Liberal-Conservative	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria	February 1, 1872	Death
Adam Blair	Liberal	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria	December 29, 1867	Death
Joseph Bossé	Conservative	Québec	October 23, 1867	Victoria	January 1, 1868	Resignation
Amos Botsford	Conservative	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Victoria
John Bourinot	Liberal-Conservative	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Jacques-Olivier Bureau	Liberal	Québec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Asa Burnham	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Alexander Campbell	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
William Henry Chaffers	Liberal	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Edward Chandler	Liberal-Conservative	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Victoria	October 23, 1867	Appointment Declined
David Christie	Liberal	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Charles Cormier	Liberal	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
George Crawford	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria	July 4, 1870	Death
Robert Dickey	Conservative	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Walter Dickson	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Antoine Duchesnay	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria	January 7, 1871	Resignation
Henri Duchesnay	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria	May 12, 1871	Death
Léandre Dumouchel	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
John Ferguson	Conservative	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Victoria
James Ferrier	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Billa Flint	Liberal	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Asa Foster	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Jean-Baptiste Guévremont	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
John Hamilton	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
John Hamilton	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Robert Hazen	Conservative	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Victoria
John Holmes	Conservative	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Edward Kenny	Conservative	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Louis Lacoste	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Elijah Leonard	Liberal	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
James Leslie	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Luc Letellier de St-Just	Liberal	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
John Locke	Liberal	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria
David Macpherson	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Charles Malhiot	Liberal	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Roderick Matheson	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Abner McClelan	Liberal	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Walter McCrea	Liberal	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria	January 5, 1871	Resignation
Jonathan McCully	Liberal	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria	September 28, 1870	Resignation
Donald McDonald	Liberal	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
William McMaster	Liberal	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
William Miller	Liberal-Conservative	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Samuel Mills	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Peter Mitchell	Liberal-Conservative	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Victoria	July 13, 1872	Resignation ^[1]
William Odell	Conservative	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Louis Auguste Olivier	Liberal	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
David Edward Price	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
David Reesor	Liberal	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Louis Renaud	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
John Ritchie	Conservative	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria	September 28, 1870	Resignation
John Robertson	Liberal	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Victoria
John Ross	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria	January 31, 1871	Death
Thomas Ryan	Liberal-Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria
John Sanborn	Liberal	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria	October 1, 1872	Resignation ^[2]
Benjamin Seymour	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
James Shaw	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
John Simpson	Liberal	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
James Skead	Conservative	Ontario	October 23, 1867	Victoria
William Steeves	Liberal	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Ulric Tessier	Liberal	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria	February 11, 1873	Resignation ^[3]
David Wark	Liberal	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Benjamin Wier	Liberal	Nova Scotia	October 23, 1867	Victoria	April 14, 1868	Death
Robert Wilmot	Conservative	New Brunswick	October 23, 1867	Victoria
Charles Wilson	Conservative	Quebec	October 23, 1867	Victoria

^† Members of the Liberal-Conservative Party were associated with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Senators appointed during the 1st Parliament

Name	Party ^†	Province (Division)	Date appointed	Appointed by	On the Advice of	Left office	Reason
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon	Independent Conservative	Quebec (Stadacona)	November 2, 1867	Viscount Monck	Macdonald	June 30, 1872	Resignation
Jean-Charles Chapais	Conservative	Quebec (De la Durantaye)	January 30, 1868	Viscount Monck	Macdonald
James Rea Benson	Liberal-Conservative	Ontario	March 14, 1868	Viscount Monck	Macdonald
James Dever	Liberal	New Brunswick	March 14, 1868	Viscount Monck	Macdonald
John Glasier	Liberal	New Brunswick	March 14, 1868	Viscount Monck	Macdonald
Archibald McLelan	Liberal-Conservative	Nova Scotia	June 21, 1869	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Alexander Macfarlane	Conservative	Nova Scotia	October 10, 1870	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Jeremiah Northup	Liberal	Nova Scotia	October 10, 1870	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Ebenezer Perry	Conservative	Ontario	February 2, 1871	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Frank Smith	Conservative	Ontario	February 2, 1871	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Ezra Churchill	Liberal-Conservative	Nova Scotia	February 3, 2871	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Louis Panet	Conservative	Quebec (La Salle)	February 10, 1871	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Robert Read	Conservative	Ontario	February 24, 1871	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Robert William Weir Carrall	Conservative	British Columbia	December 13, 1871	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Clement Francis Cornwall	Conservative	British Columbia	December 13, 1871	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Alexandre-René Chaussegros de Léry	Conservative	Quebec (Lauzon)	December 13, 1871	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Marc-Amable Girard	Conservative	Manitoba	December 13, 1871	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
William John Macdonald	Conservative	British Columbia	December 13, 1871	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
John Sutherland	Independent Conservative	Manitoba	December 13, 1871	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald
Henry Adolphus Newman Kaulback	Conservative	Nova Scotia	March 27, 1872	Baron Lisgar	Macdonald

^† Members of the Liberal-Conservative Party were associated with the Conservative Party of Canada.

Senators in bold were cabinet ministers during the 1st Parliament

Changes in party affiliation during the 1st Parliament

	Date	Name	Party (current)	Party (previously)	Details
	November 2, 1867	Joseph-Édouard Cauchon	Independent Conservative	Conservative
	January 30, 1869	Archibald McLelan	Conservative	Anti-Confederate

References

^ Senator Mitchell resigned after the Dissolution of the 1st Parliament on July 8, 1872, but before the convening of the 2nd Parliament on March 5, 1873.
^ Senator Sanborn resigned after the Dissolution of the 1st Parliament on July 8, 1872, but before the convening of the 2nd Parliament on March 5, 1873.
^ Senator Tessier resigned after the Dissolution of the 1st Parliament on July 8, 1872, but before the convening of the 2nd Parliament on March 5, 1873.
^ "Senators: 1st Parliament of Canada". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved February 9, 2012.

Government of Canada. "1st Parliament". Senators: 1867 to Date: By Parliament. Library of Parliament. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
Government of Canada. "The Canadian Ministry in order of precedence (Current)". Canadian Ministry (Cabinet). Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2006.
Government of Canada. "The Canadian Ministry in order of precedence (September 2001 to date)". Canadian Ministry (Cabinet). Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved December 1, 2006.
Government of Canada. "Changes in Party Standings in the 1st Parliament". Library of Parliament. Retrieved November 25, 2016.

[1] Senator Mitchell resigned after the Dissolution of the 1st Parliament on July 8, 1872, but before the convening of the 2nd Parliament on March 5, 1873.

[2] Senator Sanborn resigned after the Dissolution of the 1st Parliament on July 8, 1872, but before the convening of the 2nd Parliament on March 5, 1873.

[3] Senator Tessier resigned after the Dissolution of the 1st Parliament on July 8, 1872, but before the convening of the 2nd Parliament on March 5, 1873.

[sens-4] "Senators: 1st Parliament of Canada". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved February 9, 2012.

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See also

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