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CURRENT


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1 Senators are appointed to represent Ontario. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Ontario as his or her division.

2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General Of Canada on the recommendation of the Prime Minister .

3 Two senators were appointed under a rarely used regional expansion clause by Brian Mulroney that increased the Senate seats from 104 to 112 on September 27 , 1990 . This included two seats each for the Western provinces, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.


HISTORIC


Notes:

1 Senators are appointed to represent Ontario. Each senator may choose to designate a geographic area within Ontario as his or her division.

2 Senators are appointed by the Governor-General Of Canada on the recommendation of the Prime Minister ; the initial 24 senators were named by a Royal Proclamation at the time of Confederation .


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