This is a list of past and present members of the Senate of Canada representing the territories of

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. The territories are currently represented by one senator each. The Northwest Territories was granted two Senate seats in 1879 and doubled to four seats in 1903. After

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

and

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

were created in 1905, the territories would not have Senate representation until the Constitution Act of 1975 that gave one seat to the Northwest Territories and one seat to the Yukon. Nunavut was granted one seat upon its creation in 1999 from the Nunavut Act of 1993.

Current

Historic

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories had representation in the Senate in the early years post-

Confederation A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issu ...

. After the creation of Alberta and Saskatchewan, however, the territories were not represented in the Senate until 1975.

Yukon

Created in 1898 the first senator for Yukon was appointed in 1975.

Nunavut

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