List of Canadian senators who resigned and were elected to the House of Commons
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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 to Senate | Date elected 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 Cotret1 | Progressive Conservative | 1979 | 1984 |
1 De Cotret resigned from the Senate to run in the 1980 election, but was unsuccessful. He was elected in the 1984 election, however.
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 election.