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Senate Election

The senate election process is used in Alberta to allow electors to vote for the persons who they would like to potentially represent them in the Senate of Canada.

Alberta has held Senate elections five times:

October 16, 1989, in conjunction with the municipal elections
October 19, 1998, in conjunction with the municipal elections
November 22, 2004, in conjunction with the Provincial General Election
April 23, 2012, in conjunction with the Provincial General Election
October 18, 2021, in conjunction with the municipal elections

In each election, electors voted for the senate candidates they wished to put forward to the King’s Privy Council for Canada for filling future vacancies related to Alberta in the Senate of Canada. These names are put forward by the Government of Alberta for consideration by the federal government. The Alberta Senate Election Act is provincial legislation and the candidates selected are not binding on the King’s Privy Council for Canada.

The following senate nominees elected in Alberta were appointed to the Senate of Canada:

Stan Waters, appointed on June 11, 1990
Bert Brown, appointed on July 10, 2007
Betty Unger, appointed on January 6, 2012
Doug Black, appointed on January 25, 2013
Scott Tannas, appointed on March 25, 2013