Senate tally keeps on
mounting
There is seemingly no
end to the number of
Senate appointments
Prime Minister Jean
Chrétien seeks
to make before the 2004
announced date of his
resignation. In December
2002 he appointed another
three unelected Senators,
bringing the total number
of his appointees to
72.
The table below shows
the number of Senators
appointed by Prime Ministers
since 1867, the year
of Confederation.
PrimeMinister
|
No. of Senate
appts. |
Jean Chrétien
|
72 |
Kim Campbell |
0 |
Brian Mulroney
|
57 |
John Turner |
3 |
Joseph Clark
|
11 |
Pierre Trudeau
|
81 |
Lester Pearson
|
39 |
John Diefenbaker
|
37 |
Louis Saint-Laurent
|
55 |
Richard Bennett
|
33 |
Mackenzie King
|
103 |
Arthur Meighen
|
15 |
Robert Borden
|
62 |
Wilfrid Laurier
|
81 |
Charles Tupper |
1 |
Mackenzie Bowell |
13 |
John Thompson |
5 |
Joseph Abbott |
6 |
Alexander MacKenzie |
16 |
John A Macdonald
|
91 |
Figures as of 31 December
2002
Readers are encouraged
to contact their Members
of Parliament on this
subject by accessing
the List
of Members on this
site.
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