2nd Canadian Parliament
By-elections

2nd Canadian Parliament

Section Title: By-elections
Table Section Text: None

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party	Cause	Retained

Victoria	December 20, 1873	William Ross	Liberal	William Ross	Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia	Yes

Antigonish	December 20, 1873	Hugh McDonald	Liberal-Conservative	Angus McIsaac	Liberal	Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia	No

West Toronto	December 18, 1873	John Willoughby Crawford	Conservative	Thomas Moss	Liberal	Death	No

Bruce South	December 14, 1873	Edward Blake	Liberal	Edward Blake	Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister without portfolio	Yes

Shelburne	December 9, 1873	Thomas Coffin	Liberal-Conservative	Thomas Coffin	Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Receiver-General of Canada	No

Lennox	December 3, 1873	Richard John Cartwright	Liberal	Richard John Cartwright	Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Finance	Yes

Queen's County	December 3, 1873	David Laird	Liberal	David Laird	Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior	Yes

City of St. John	December 1, 1873	Samuel Leonard Tilley	Liberal-Conservative	Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber	Liberal	Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick	No

City and County of St. John	December 1, 1873	Isaac Burpee	Liberal	Isaac Burpee	Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Customs	Yes

Westmorland	November 28, 1873	Albert James Smith	Liberal	Albert James Smith	Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries	Yes

Bellechasse	November 27, 1873	Télesphore Fournier	Liberal	Télesphore Fournier	Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue	Yes

Napierville	November 27, 1873	Antoine-Aimé Dorion	Liberal	Antoine-Aimé Dorion	Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Justice	Yes

Glengarry	November 26, 1873	Donald Alexander Macdonald	Liberal	Donald Alexander Macdonald	Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-General	Yes

Lambton	November 25, 1873	Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Prime Minister and Minister of Public Works	Yes

Laval	October 28, 1873	Joseph-Hyacinthe Bellerose	Conservative	Joseph-Aldric Ouimet	Liberal-Conservative	Called to the Senate	Yes

Provencher	October 13, 1873	George-Étienne Cartier	Liberal-Conservative	Louis Riel	Independent	Death	No

Prince County	September 29, 1873	New seat	James Colledge Pope and James Yeo	Conservative and Liberal	Held as a result of Prince Edward Island joining Confederation. Elected 2 MPs.	NA

Queen's County	September 29, 1873	New seat	David Laird and Peter Sinclair	Liberal	Held as a result of Prince Edward Island joining Confederation. Elected 2 MPs.	NA

King's County	September 29, 1873	New Seat	Daniel Davies and Augustine Colin Macdonald	Conservative and Liberal-Conservative	Held as a result of Prince Edward Island joining Confederation. Elected 2 MPs.	NA

Carleton	September 18, 1873	Charles Connell	Liberal	Stephen B. Appleby	Liberal	Death	Yes

Antigonish	July 7, 1873	Hugh McDonald	Liberal-Conservative	Hugh McDonald	Liberal-Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council	Yes

Ontario South	July 7, 1873	Thomas Nicholson Gibbs	Liberal-Conservative	Thomas Nicholson Gibbs	Liberal-Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Secretary of State for the Provinces and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs	Yes

Hants	July 5, 1873	Joseph Howe	Liberal-Conservative	Monson Henry Goudge	Liberal	Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.	No

Durham West	April 10, 1873	Edward Blake	Liberal	Edmund Burke Wood	Liberal	Chose to sit for Bruce South.	Yes

Quebec County	March 28, 1873	Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau	Conservative	Adolphe-Philippe Caron	Conservative	Called to the Senate	Yes

Bonaventure	February 15, 1873	Théodore Robitaille	Conservative	Théodore Robitaille	Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Receiver-General	Yes

Welland	November 23, 1872	Thomas Clark Street	Conservative	William Alexander Thomson	Liberal	Death	No

Sentence(s)

Théodore Robitaille was reelected in Bonaventure on February 15, 1873, after being named Receiver-General.

final_sentence: Théodore Robitaille was reelected in Bonaventure on February 15, 1873, after being named Receiver-General.