Very few Canadian Senators have ever resigned their seat to run for a position in the Canadian House of Commons, but six have done so successfully.
Name Party Date Appointed Date Elected
to Senate to Commons
Joseph Édouard Cauchon Conservative 1867 1872
Peter Mitchell Liberal-Conservative 1867 1872
Archibald Woodbury McClean Liberal-Conservative 1869 1881
John Carling Liberal-Conservative 1891 1892
William Templeman Liberal 1897 1906
Robert René de Cotret Progressive Conservative 1979 1984
In 2000 Bernard Boudreau resigned from the Senate to run as a Liberal candidate for the House of Commons but was defeated in the 2000 Canadian election.
