4th Canadian Parliament - By-elections

By-elections

By-election Year Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained
New Westminster 1882 Thomas Robert McInnes Independent Joshua Homer Liberal-Conservative Called to the Senate. No
Simcoe South 1882 William Carruthers Little Liberal-Conservative Angus McIsaac Conservative Death Yes
Northumberland West 1881 James Cockburn Conservative George Guillet Conservative Appointed Chairman of the Commission to collect, examine and classify the Statutes passed by the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, since Confederation Yes
Argenteuil 1881 John Joseph Caldwell Abbott Liberal-Conservative John Joseph Caldwell Abbott Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Pictor 1881 James McDonald Conservative John McDougald Liberal-Conservative Appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Yes
Colchester 1881 Thomas McKay Liberal-Conservative Archibald McLelan Conservative Called to the Senate. Yes
Colchester 1881 Joshua Spencer Thompson Liberal-Conservative James Reid Liberal-Conservative Death Yes
Northumberland East 1881 Joseph Keeler Liberal-Conservative Darius Crouter Independent Liberal Death No
Bellechasse 1881 Achille Larue Liberal Guillaume Amyot Conservative Election declared void. No
Charlevoix 1881 Joseph-Stanislas Perrault Conservative Simon-Xavier Cimon Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Carleton 1881 George H. Connell Independent David Irvine Liberal Death No
Joliette 1880 Louis François Georges Baby Conservative Lewis Arthur McConville Conservative Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec Yes
Oxford North 1880 Thomas Oliver Liberal James Sutherland Liberal Death Yes
Montmorency 1880 Auguste-Réal Angers Conservative Pierre-Vincent Valin Conservative Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec. Yes
Quebec County 1880 Adolphe-Philippe Caron Conservative Adolphe-Philippe Caron Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence. Yes
Bagot 1880 Joseph-Alfred Mousseau Conservative Joseph-Alfred Mousseau Conservative Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. Yes
Brome 1880 Edmund Leavens Chandler Liberal David Ames Manson Liberal-Conservative Death No
Selkirk 1880 Donald Smith Independent Conservative Thomas Scott Conservative Election declared void. No
Ontario North 1880 George Wheler Liberal George Wheler Liberal Election declared void. Yes
West Toronto 1880 John Beverly Robinson Conservative James Beaty, Jr. Conservative Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. Yes
Châteauguay 1880 Luther Hamilton Holton Liberal Edward Holton Liberal Death Yes
Montmorency 1880 Pierre-Vincent Valin Conservative Auguste-Réal Angers Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Argenteuil 1880 Thomas Christie Liberal John Joseph Caldwell Abbott Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. No
Cornwall 1880 Darby Bergin Liberal-Conservative Darby Bergin Liberal-Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Lanark North 1880 Daniel Galbraith Liberal Donald Greenfield MacDonell Liberal Death Yes
Provencher 1879 Joseph Dubuc Conservative Joseph Royal Conservative Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench for Manitoba. Yes
Durham West 1879 Harvey William Burk Liberal Edward Blake Liberal Resignation to provide a seat for Blake. Yes
Cape Breton 1879 Hugh McLeod Liberal-Conservative William McKenzie McLeod Liberal-Conservative Death Yes
Yale 1879 Edgar Dewdney Conservative Francis Jones Barnard Conservative Appointed Indian Commissioner of Manitoba and the North West Territories. Yes
Bonaventure 1879 Théodore Robitaille Conservative Pierre-Clovis Beauchesne Conservative Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Yes
Yamaska 1879 Charles-Ignace Gill Conservative Fabien Vanasse dit Vertefeuille Conservative Appointed a judge to the Quebec Superior Court. Yes
Niagara 1879 Patrick Hughes Liberal Josiah Burr Plumb Conservative Election declared void. No
Hastings East 1879 John White Conservative John White Conservative Election declared void. Yes
Charlevoix 1879 Pierre-Alexis Tremblay Liberal Joseph-Stanislas Perrault Conservative Death No
Beauharnois 1879 Michael Cayley Conservative Joseph Gédéon H. Bergeron Conservative Death Yes
Marquette 1878 John A. Macdonald Liberal-Conservative Joseph O'Connell Ryan Liberal MacDonald was elected in several seats simultaneously, resigned to run in Ministerial by-election in Victoria. No
Three Rivers 1878 William McDougall Conservative Hector-Louis Langevin Conservative Resignation to provide a seat for Langevin. Yes
Joliette 1878 Louis François Georges Baby Conservative Louis François Georges Baby Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue. Yes
Queens County 1878 James Colledge Pope Conservative James Colledge Pope Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. Yes
Hastings North 1878 Mackenzie Bowell Conservative Mackenzie Bowell Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Customs. Yes
Terrebonne 1878 Louis-Rodrigue Masson Conservative Louis-Rodrigue Masson Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence. Yes
Pictou 1878 James McDonald Conservative James McDonald Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. Yes
Russell 1878 John O'Connor Conservative John O'Connor Conservative Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. Yes
Compton 1878 John Henry Pope Liberal-Conservative John Henry Pope Liberal-Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture. Yes
Cumberland 1878 Charles Tupper Conservative Charles Tupper Conservative Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works. Yes
Huron Centre 1878 Horace Horton Liberal Richard John Cartwright Liberal Appointment in the office of the Auditor-General of Canada. Yes


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