39th Canadian Parliament
By-elections

39th Canadian Parliament

Section Title: By-elections
Table Section Text: None

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party	Winner	Party	Cause	Retained

Toronto Centre	March 17, 2008	Bill Graham	Liberal	Bob Rae	Liberal	Resigned	Yes

Willowdale	March 17, 2008	Jim Peterson	Liberal	Martha Hall Findlay	Liberal	Resigned	Yes

Vancouver Quadra	March 17, 2008	Stephen Owen	Liberal	Joyce Murray	Liberal	Resigned	Yes

Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River	March 17, 2008	Gary Merasty	Liberal	Rob Clarke	Conservative	Resigned to enter private sector	No

Outremont	September 17, 2007	Jean Lapierre	Liberal	Thomas Mulcair	NDP	Resigned	No

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot	September 17, 2007	Yvan Loubier	Bloc Québécois	Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac	Bloc Québécois	Resigned to enter provincial politics	Yes

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean	September 17, 2007	Michel Gauthier	Bloc Québécois	Denis Lebel	Conservative	Resigned	No

London North Centre	November 27, 2006	Joe Fontana	Liberal	Glen Pearson	Liberal	Resigned to run for Mayor of London	Yes

Repentigny	November 27, 2006	Benoît Sauvageau	Bloc Québécois	Raymond Gravel	Bloc Québécois	Death (car accident)	Yes

Sentence(s)

After Graham resigning his Toronto Centre seat, Liberal Party candidate Bob Rae took the position.

final_sentence: After Graham resigning his Toronto Centre seat, Liberal Party candidate Bob Rae took the position.