Here is the list of appointments to the senate by Canadian Prime Ministers - I am leaving out the four elected senators. I have also worked out how often PMs have appointed senators.
Prime Minister Appmnts frequency
- Mackenzie King 103 75.98 days
- John Macdonald 91 76.10 days
- Wilfird Laurier 81 68.68 days
- Pierre Trudeau 81 69.65 days
- Jean Chretien 75 49.20 days
- Robert Borden 62 51.55 days
- Brian Mulroney 56 57.20 days (appointed 1 elected senator)
- Louis St Laurent 55 57.09 days
- Stephen Harper 50 50.90 days (appointed 3 elected senators)
- Mike Pearson 39 46.80 Days
- John Diefenbaker 37 57.59 days
- Richard Bennett 33 57.67 days
- Paul Martin 17 46.29 days
- Alexander Mackenzie 16 112.31 days
- Arthur Meighen 15 41.67 days
- Mackenzie Bowell 13 37.92 days
- Joe Clark 11 24.82 days
- John Abbott 6 87.83 days
- John Thompson 5 147.40 days
- John Turner 3 26.33 days
- Charles Tupper 1 68.00 days
- Kim Campbell 0
Stephen Harper will shortly have two more senators he can appoint due to mandatory retirement, though one of them is from Alberta so the replacement should be Scott Tannas based on the 2012 election in Alberta. In total there will be 11 mandatory retirements before the next federal election.
Current Party Standings in the Senate
Conservatives 65
Liberals 36
Independents 3 - one of them refers to themselves as a PC senator
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