8th Canadian Parliament - By-elections

By-elections

By-election Year Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained
St. Hyacinthe 1900 Michel-Esdras Bernier Liberal Michel-Esdras Bernier Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Controller of Inland Revenue Yes
Lotbinière 1900 Côme-Isaïe Rinfret Liberal Edmond Fortier Liberal Appointment as a revenue inspector Yes
Sherbrooke (Town of) 1900 William Bullock Ives Conservative John McIntosh Conservative Death Yes
Winnipeg 1900 Richard Willis Jameson Liberal Arthur W. Puttee Labour Death Yes
Berthier 1900 Cléophas Beausoleil Liberal Joseph Éloi Archambault Liberal Appointed postmaster of Montreal Yes
Labelle 1900 Henri Bourassa Liberal Henri Bourassa Independent Resignation to recontest in protest at Canada's participation in the Boer War No
Chambly—Verchères 1900 Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion Liberal Victor Geoffrion Liberal Death Yes
Ontario West 1900 James David Edgar Liberal Isaac James Gould Liberal Death Yes
Brockville 1899 John Fisher Wood Liberal-Conservative William Henry Comstock Liberal Death No
Lévis 1899 Pierre Malcom Guay Liberal Louis-Jules Demers Liberal Death Yes
Huron West 1899 Malcolm Colin Cameron Liberal Robert Holmes Liberal Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories Yes
East Prince 1898 John Yeo Liberal John Howatt Bell Liberal Called to the Senate Yes
Lambton West 1898 James Frederick Lister Liberal Thomas George Johnston Liberal Appointed to the Court of Appeal
Bagot 1898 Flavien Dupont Conservative Joseph Edmond Marcile Liberal Death No
Montmagny 1898 Philippe-Auguste Choquette Liberal Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau Liberal Appointed a jusge of the Superior Court of Quebec Yes
Simcoe North 1898 Dalton McCarthy McCarthyite Leighton McCarthy Independent (McCarthyite) Death Yes
West Prince 1898 Stanislaus Francis Perry Liberal Bernard Donald McLellan Liberal Death Yes
Quebec-Centre 1898 François Langelier Liberal Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin Liberal Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec Yes
Nicolet 1897 Fabien Boisvert Conservative Joseph Hector Leduc Liberal Death No
Toronto Centre 1897 William Lount Liberal George Hope Bertram Liberal Resignation Yes
Drummond—Arthabaska 1897 Joseph Lavergne Liberal Louis Lavergne Liberal Appointed a jusge of the Superior Court of Quebec Yes
Témiscouata 1897 Charles-Eugène Pouliot Liberal Charles Arthur Gauvreau Liberal Death Yes
Rimouski 1897 Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset Liberal Jean Auguste Ross Liberal Called to the Senate Yes
West Prince 1897 Edward Hackett Liberal-Conservative Stanislaus Francis Perry Liberal Election declared void No
Macdonald 1897 Nathaniel Boyd Conservative John Gunion Rutherford Liberal Election declared void No
Winnipeg 1897 Hugh John Macdonald Liberal-Conservative Richard Willis Jameson Liberal Election declared void No
Colchester 1897 Wilbert David Dimock Conservative Firman McClure Liberal Election declared void No
Champlain 1897 François-Arthur Marcotte Conservative François-Arthur Marcotte Conservative Election declared void Yes
Wright 1897 Charles Ramsay Devlin Liberal Louis Napoléon Champagne Liberal Appointed Canadian trade commissioner to Ireland Yes
Bonaventure 1897 William LeBoutillier Fauvel Liberal Jean-François Guité Liberal Death Yes
Simcoe East 1897 William Humphrey Bennett Conservative William Humphrey Bennett Conservative Election declared void Yes
Ontario North 1897 John Alexander McGillivray Conservative Duncan Graham Independent Liberal Election declared void No
Brant South 1897 Robert Henry Conservative Charles Bernhard Heyd Liberal Election declared void No
Saskatchewan (Provisional District) 1896 Wilfrid Laurier Liberal Thomas Osborne Davis Liberal Laurier was elected to two seats, resigned to run in ministerial by-election in Quebec East Yes
Cornwall and Stormont 1896 Darby Bergin Liberal-Conservative John Goodall Snetsinger Liberal Death No
Brandon 1896 Dalton McCarthy McCarthyite Clifford Sifton Liberal Chose to sit for Simcoe North No
Sunbury—Queen's 1896 George G. King Liberal Andrew George Blair Liberal Called to Senate Yes
Grey North 1896 John Clark Liberal William Paterson Liberal Death Yes
Shelburne and Queen's 1896 Francis Gordon Forbes Liberal William Stevens Fielding Liberal Appointed Sub-Collector of Customs Yes
St. Johns—Iberville 1896 François Béchard Liberal Joseph Israël Tarte Liberal Called to the Senate Yes
Kings 1896 Frederick William Borden Liberal Frederick William Borden Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence Yes
Oxford South 1896 Richard John Cartwright Liberal Richard John Cartwright Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Trade and Commerce Yes
West Queen's 1896 Louis Henry Davies Liberal Louis Henry Davies Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries Yes
Brome 1896 Sydney Arthur Fisher Liberal Sydney Arthur Fisher Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture Yes
Portneuf 1896 Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Liberal Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Controller of Inland Revenue Yes
York North 1896 William Mulock Liberal William Mulock Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-General Yes
Quebec East 1896 Wilfrid Laurier Liberal Wilfrid Laurier Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Prime Minister Yes


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