By-elections to the 7th Canadian Parliament
By-elections to the 7th Canadian Parliament were held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons between the 1891 federal election and the 1896 federal election. The Conservative Party of Canada led a majority government for the 7th Canadian Parliament.
The list includes Ministerial by-elections which occurred due to the requirement that Members of Parliament recontest their seats upon being appointed to Cabinet. These by-elections were almost always uncontested. This requirement was abolished in 1931.
By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained |
Northumberland |
February 6, 1896 |
Michael Adams |
|
Conservative |
James Robinson |
|
Conservative |
Called to the Senate. |
Yes |
Cape Breton |
February 4, 1896 |
David MacKeen |
|
Conservative |
Charles Tupper |
|
Conservative |
Resignation to provide a seat for Tupper. |
Yes |
Charlevoix |
January 27, 1896 |
Henry Simard |
|
Liberal |
Louis Charles Alphonse Angers |
|
Liberal |
Death |
Yes |
Huron West |
January 14, 1896 |
James Colebrooke Patterson |
|
Conservative |
Malcolm Colin Cameron |
|
Liberal |
Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba. |
No |
Victoria |
January 6, 1896 |
Edward Gawler Prior |
|
Conservative |
Edward Gawler Prior |
|
Conservative |
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue. |
Yes |
Montreal Centre |
December 27, 1895 |
John Joseph Curran |
|
Conservative |
James McShane |
|
Liberal |
Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec. |
No |
Cardwell |
December 24, 1895 |
Robert Smeaton White |
|
Conservative |
William Stubbs |
|
Independent Conservative |
Resignation. |
No |
Ontario North |
December 12, 1895 |
Frank Madill |
|
Conservative |
John Alexander McGillivray |
|
Conservative |
Death. |
Yes |
Jacques Cartier |
November 30, 1895 |
Désiré Girouard |
|
Conservative |
Napoléon Charbonneau |
|
Liberal |
Appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. |
No |
Westmorland |
August 24, 1895 |
Josiah Wood |
|
Conservative |
Henry A. Powell |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Called to the Senate. |
Yes |
Verchères |
April 17, 1895 |
Félix Geoffrion |
|
Liberal |
Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion |
|
Liberal |
Death. |
Yes |
Quebec West |
April 17, 1895 |
John Hearn |
|
Conservative |
Thomas McGreevy |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Death. |
Yes |
Antigonish |
April 17, 1895 |
John Sparrow David Thompson |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Colin Francis McIsaac |
|
Liberal |
Death |
No |
Haldimand |
April 17, 1895 |
Walter Humphries Montague |
|
Conservative |
Walter Humphries Montague |
|
Conservative |
Recontested upon appointment as Secretary of State for Canada. |
Yes |
Cumberland |
January 15, 1895 |
Arthur Rupert Dickey |
|
Conservative |
Arthur Rupert Dickey |
|
Conservative |
Recontested upon appointment as Secretary of State for Canada. |
Yes |
Hastings West |
July 4, 1894 |
Henry Corby, Jr. |
|
Conservative |
Henry Corby, Jr. |
|
Conservative |
resignation to recontest due to selling methylated spirits to the government. |
Yes |
Gloucester |
May 5, 1894 |
Kennedy Francis Burns |
|
Conservative |
Théotime Blanchard |
|
Conservative |
Called to the Senate. |
Yes |
Ottawa (City of) |
December 7, 1893 |
Charles H. Mackintosh |
|
Conservative |
Honoré Robillard |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Appointed Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories. |
Yes |
Winnipeg |
November 22, 1893 |
Hugh John Macdonald |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Joseph Martin |
|
Liberal |
Resignation |
No |
Vancouver |
May 2, 1893 |
David William Gordon |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Andrew Haslam |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Death |
Yes |
Vaudreuil |
April 12, 1893 |
Hugh McMillan |
|
Conservative |
Henry Stanislas Harwood |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
No |
Middlesex South |
March 22, 1893 |
James Armstrong |
|
Liberal |
Robert Boston |
|
Liberal |
Death |
Yes |
Terrebonne |
January 10, 1893 |
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau |
|
Conservative |
Pierre-Julien Leclair |
|
Conservative |
Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec. |
Yes |
L'Islet |
January 5, 1893 |
Louis-Georges Desjardins |
|
Conservative |
Joseph-Israël Tarte |
|
Independent |
Appointed Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. |
No |
Sherbrooke (Town of) |
December 21, 1892 |
William Bullock Ives |
|
Conservative |
William Bullock Ives |
|
Conservative |
Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council. |
Yes |
York West |
December 21, 1892 |
Nathaniel Clarke Wallace |
|
Conservative |
Nathaniel Clarke Wallace |
|
Conservative |
Recontested upon appointment as Controller of Customs. |
Yes |
Brockville |
December 21, 1892 |
John Fisher Wood |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
John Fisher Wood |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Recontested upon appointment as Controller of Inland Revenue. |
Yes |
Hastings North |
December 20, 1892 |
Mackenzie Bowell |
|
Conservative |
Alexander Augustus Williamson Carscallen |
|
Conservative |
Called to the Senate. |
Yes |
Montreal Centre |
December 18, 1892 |
John Joseph Curran |
|
Conservative |
John Joseph Curran |
|
Conservative |
Recontested upon appointment as Solicitor General. |
Yes |
Soulanges |
December 13, 1892 |
James William Bain |
|
Conservative |
James William Bain |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Kent |
December 6, 1892 |
Édouard H. Léger |
|
Conservative |
George McInerney |
|
Conservative |
Death |
Yes |
City and County of St. John |
November 22, 1892 |
Charles Nelson Skinner |
|
Liberal |
John Alexander Chesley |
|
Conservative |
Appointed a judge. |
No |
Assiniboia East |
November 21, 1892 |
Edgar Dewdney |
|
Conservative |
William Walter McDonald |
|
Conservative |
Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. |
Yes |
Selkirk |
November 2, 1892 |
Thomas Mayne Daly |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Thomas Mayne Daly |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs. |
Yes |
Hochelaga |
October 21, 1892 |
Alphonse Desjardins |
|
Conservative |
Séverin Lachapelle |
|
Conservative |
Called to the Senate. |
Yes |
Chicoutimi—Saguenay |
August 16, 1892 |
Paul Vilmond Savard |
|
Liberal |
Louis-de-Gonzague Belley |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Marquette |
July 15, 1892 |
Robert Watson |
|
Liberal |
Nathaniel Boyd |
|
Conservative |
Resignation to enter provincial politics in Manitoba. |
No |
Pontiac |
June 26, 1892 |
Thomas Murray |
|
Liberal |
John Bryson |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Frontenac |
June 10, 1892 |
George Airey Kirkpatrick |
|
Conservative |
Hiram Augustus Calvin |
|
Independent Conservative |
Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. |
No |
L'Assomption |
May 31, 1892 |
Joseph Gauthier |
|
Liberal |
Hormidas Jeannotte |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Perth North |
May 19, 1892 |
James Nicol Grieve |
|
Liberal |
James Nicol Grieve |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
York East |
May 11, 1892 |
Alexander Mackenzie |
|
Liberal |
William Findlay Maclean |
|
Independent Conservative |
Death |
No |
Welland |
April 29, 1892 |
William Manley German |
|
Liberal |
James A. Lowell |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Carleton |
April 6, 1892 |
Newton Ramsay Colter |
|
Liberal |
Newton Ramsay Colter |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Prescott |
March 30, 1892 |
Isidore Proulx |
|
Liberal |
Isidore Proulx |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Northumberland West |
March 15, 1892 |
John Hargraft |
|
Liberal |
George Guillet |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Monck |
March 12, 1892 |
John Brown |
|
Liberal |
Arthur Boyle |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Brome |
March 10, 1892 |
Eugène Alphonse Dyer |
|
Conservative |
Eugène Alphonse Dyer |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Perth South |
March 10, 1892 |
James Trow |
|
Liberal |
William Pridham |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Montmorency |
March 10, 1892 |
Joseph Israël Tarte |
|
Conservative |
Arthur-Joseph Turcotte |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Montcalm |
March 5, 1892 |
Joseph Louis Euclide Dugas |
|
Conservative |
Joseph Louis Euclide Dugas |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Vaudreuil |
February 29, 1892 |
Henry Stanislas Harwood |
|
Liberal |
Hugh McMillan |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Two Mountains |
February 27, 1892 |
Jean-Baptiste Daoust |
|
Conservative |
Joseph Girouard |
|
Conservative |
Death |
Yes |
Quebec West |
February 26, 1892 |
Thomas McGreevy |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
John Hearn |
|
Conservative |
Expelled from the House of Commons for corruption. |
Yes |
London |
February 26, 1892 |
C.S. Hyman |
|
Liberal |
John Carling |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Queen's |
February 25, 1892 |
George Gerald King |
|
Liberal |
George Frederick Baird |
|
Conservative |
King being declared not duly elected, 25 February 1892, George Frederick Baird was declared elected by a court decision. |
No |
Simcoe East |
February 25, 1892 |
Philip Howard Spohn |
|
Liberal |
William Humphrey Bennett |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Huron West |
February 22, 1892 |
Malcolm Colin Cameron |
|
Liberal |
James Colebrooke Patterson |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Ontario South |
February 20, 1892 |
James Ironside Davidson |
|
Liberal |
William Smith |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Hastings East |
February 20, 1892 |
Samuel Barton Burdett |
|
Liberal |
William Barton Northrup |
|
Conservative |
Death |
No |
King's |
February 13, 1892 |
Frederick William Borden |
|
Liberal |
Frederick William Borden |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Digby |
February 13, 1892 |
Edward Charles Bowers |
|
Liberal |
Edward Charles Bowers |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Elgin East |
February 12, 1892 |
Andrew B. Ingram |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Andrew B. Ingram |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Bruce East |
February 11, 1892 |
Reuben Eldridge Truax |
|
Liberal |
Henry Cargill |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Victoria South |
February 11, 1892 |
Charles Fairbairn |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Charles Fairbairn |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Peel |
February 11, 1892 |
Joseph Featherston |
|
Liberal |
Joseph Featherston |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Victoria North |
February 11, 1892 |
John Augustus Barron |
|
Liberal |
Samuel Hughes |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Halifax |
February 11, 1892 |
Thomas Edward Kenny and John Fitzwilliam Stairs |
|
Conservative |
Thomas Edward Kenny and John Fitzwilliam Stairs |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. (Double member constituency) |
Yes |
Middlesex East |
February 11, 1892 |
Joseph Henry Marshall |
|
Conservative |
Joseph Henry Marshall |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Queens |
February 9, 1892 |
Francis Gordon Forbes |
|
Liberal |
Francis Gordon Forbes |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Prince Edward |
February 4, 1892 |
Archibald Campbell Miller |
|
Conservative |
Archibald Campbell Miller |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Lennox |
February 4, 1892 |
David Wright Allison |
|
Liberal |
Uriah Wilson |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Soulanges |
February 3, 1892 |
Joseph Octave Mousseau |
|
Independent |
James William Bain |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
No |
Cumberland |
January 30, 1892 |
Arthur Rupert Dickey |
|
Conservative |
Arthur Rupert Dickey |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Lincoln and Niagara |
January 28, 1892 |
William Gibson |
|
Liberal |
William Gibson |
|
Liberal |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Halton |
January 28, 1892 |
David Henderson |
|
Conservative |
David Henderson |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Kingston |
January 28, 1892 |
John A. Macdonald |
|
Conservative |
James Henry Metcalfe |
|
Conservative |
Death |
Yes |
Victoria |
January 26, 1892 |
John Archibald McDonald |
|
Conservative |
John Archibald McDonald |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Laval |
January 25, 1892 |
Joseph-Aldric Ouimet |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Joseph-Aldric Ouimet |
|
Liberal-Conservative |
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works. |
Yes |
Richmond |
January 21, 1892 |
Joseph Alexander Gillies |
|
Conservative |
Joseph Alexander Gillies |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Glengarry |
January 14, 1892 |
Roderick R. McLennan |
|
Conservative |
Roderick R. McLennan |
|
Conservative |
Election declared void. |
Yes |
Richelieu |
January 11, 1892 |
Hector-Louis Langevin |
|
Conservative |
Arthur-Aimé Bruneau |
|
Liberal |
Chose to sit for Trois-Rivières. |
No |
Lanark North |
December 31, 1891 |
Joseph Jamieson |
|
Conservative |
Bennett Rosamond |
|
Conservative |
Appointed a county court judge. |
Yes |
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