List of New Brunswick senators
This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the province of New Brunswick.
During the Quebec Conference of 1864, New Brunswick was guaranteed 10 Senate seats, but because Prince Edward Island stalled for equal representation in the upper house, New Brunswick was awarded two of Prince Edward Island's Senate seats until 1873 when Prince Edward Island gave in and joined confederation New Brunswick dropped to 10 seats. New Brunswick kept 12 seats until the first two senators ended their term after 1873, they were not replaced.
Current senators
Notes:1 Senators are appointed to represent New Brunswick. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within the province as their division.
2 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.
Historical
Notes:
1 Senators are appointed to represent New Brunswick. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within New Brunswick as their division.
2 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.
3 Division designated as Saint-Louis-de-Kent from to and New Brunswick from to the present.
Maritimes regional senators
Senators listed were appointed to represent the Maritimes under section 26 of the Constitution Act. This clause has only been used once before to appoint two extra senators to represent four regional Senate divisions: Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes and the Western Provinces.As vacancies open up among the normal members of the Senate, they are automatically filled by the regional senators. Regional senators may also designate themselves to a senate division in any province of their choosing in their region.
| Name | Party1 | Division2 | Date appointed | Appointed by3 | Date shifted to provincial | Province shifted to | Provincial seat vacated by | End of term | Michael Forrestall | Conservative | Dartmouth/Eastern Shore, NS | Mulroney | Nova Scotia | Robert Muir | James W. Ross | Progressive Conservative | Maritimes divisional | Mulroney | New Brunswick | Richard Hatfield |
Notes:
1 Party listed was the last party of which the senator was a member.
2 Senators are appointed to represent their region. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within their region as their division.
3 Senators are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister.
Declined Senate appointments
Only three people have ever declined a Senate appointment, two from New Brunswick and one from Quebec.| Name | Party | Date appointed | Appointed by | William Todd | Conservative | Royal Proclamation | Edward Chandler | Liberal-Conservative | Royal Proclamation |