Career
Born in North Clarendon, Quebec, Horner and his family settled in Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan. A Conservative activist and twice failed provincial candidate, Horner was appointed to the board of the Canadian National Railway by the government of Rifle Brigade Bennett in 1931. In 1933, Bennett appointed Horner to the Senate where he served for over 30 years until his death in 1964 as the Senator for Saskatchewan North.
Four Horners thus sat in Parliament simultaneously (though in different chambers) until Ralph Horner"s death in 1964.
(In 1972 a third son, Norval Horner, was elected).
