Andrew Cardozo

The Honourable
Andrew Cardozo
The Honourable Andrew Cardozo
Canadian Senator ; from Ontario
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 November 2022
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	Mary Simon
Monarch	Charles III
Personal details
Party	Progressive Senate Group
Website	senatorcardozo.ca

Andrew Cardozo is a Canadian politician. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada by Governor General Mary Simon on November 21, 2022, on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Cardozo is a member of the Progressive Senate Group.

Biography

Prior to his appointment to the Senate, Cardozo was the president of the Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy for nearly ten years. He is a former commissioner of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. He also was an adjunct prof at Carleton University. Cardozo currently sits on the Standing Senate Committees on National Finance and on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs.

Honours

Cardozo has been the recipient of numerous awards such as the 2023 DreamKeepers Citation for Outstanding Leadership award commemorating the historic role of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal, the Reelworld Film Festival Guardian Angel Award (Toronto), Big Brother of the Year (Ottawa), and the King Charles III Coronation Medal.

Current members of the Senate of Canada
Presiding officers: Speaker: Raymonde Gagné Speaker pro tempore: René Cormier
AB	■ Fridhandler ■ Simons ■ Sorensen ■ Tannas ■ K. Wells
BC	■ Busson ■ Dhillon ■ Greenwood ■ Martin ■ Wilson ■ Woo
MB	■ Adler ■ Gagné ■ McCallum ■ Osler ■ Tucker 1 vacancy
NB	■ Arnold ■ Boudreau ■ Cormier ■ Kingston ■ McNair ■ Ouellette ■ Poirier ■ Quinn ■ Ringuette ■ Ross
NL	■ Manning ■ Petten ■ Ravalia ■ D. Wells ■ White 1 vacancy
NS	■ Aucoin ■ Bernard ■ Coyle ■ Cuzner ■ C. Deacon ■ Ince ■ MacDonald ■ Prosper ■ Surette 1 vacancy
ON	■ Ataullahjan ■ Black ■ Boehm ■ Boyer ■ Burey ■ Cardozo ■ Clement ■ Dasko ■ M. Deacon ■ Dean ■ Harder ■ Hay ■ McBean ■ Mohamed ■ Moncion ■ Moodie ■ Pate ■ R. Patterson ■ Pupatello ■ Senior ■ Varone ■ Yussuff 2 vacancies
PE	■ Downe ■ Francis ■ MacAdam ■ Robinson
QC	■ Audette ■ Brazeau ■ Carignan ■ Dalphond ■ Forest ■ Galvez ■ Gerba ■ Gignac ■ Hébert ■ Henkel ■ Housakos ■ Loffreda ■ Martel ■ Mégie ■ Miville-Dechêne ■ Moreau ■ Oudar ■ Petitclerc ■ Pitfield ■ Saint-Germain ■ Verner ■ Youance 3 vacancies
SK	■ Arnot ■ Batters ■ Klyne ■ Muggli ■ Wallin 1 vacancy
Territories	NT ■ Anderson NU ■ Karetak-Lindell YT ■ Duncan
■ Independent Senators Group (40) ■ Canadian Senators Group (18) ■ Progressive Senate Group (17) ■ Non-affiliated (11) ■ Conservative (12) ■ Vacant (7)

The Honourable Andrew Cardozo

Canadian Senator from Ontario
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 November 2022
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	Mary Simon
Monarch	Charles III

Personal details
Party	Progressive Senate Group
Website	senatorcardozo.ca