3rd Canadian Parliament
By-elections
Table:
By-election
Date
Incumbent
Party
Winner
Party
Cause
Retained

New Westminster

March 25, 1878

James Cunningham

Liberal

Thomas Robert McInnes

Independent

Resignation

No

Northumberland

February 5, 1878

Peter Mitchell

Independent

Peter Mitchell

Independent

Resignation to re-contest after being accused of violating the Independence of Parliament Act by leasing a building to the government while he was a senator.

Yes

Halifax

January 29, 1878

Alfred Gilpin Jones

Independent

Alfred Gilpin Jones

Independent

Resignation to re-contest because of an alleged breach of the Independence of Parliament Act.

Yes

Digby

January 19, 1878

William Berrian Vail

Liberal

John Chipman Wade

Conservative

Resignation to re-contest due to conflict of interest allegations.

No

Restigouche

January 12, 1878

George Moffat Sr.

Conservative

George Haddow

Independent

Resignation

No

Nicolet

December 18, 1877

Joseph Gaudet

Conservative

François-Xavier-Ovide Méthot

Independent Conservative

Appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec

No

Quebec East

November 28, 1877

Isidore Thibaudeau

Liberal

Wilfrid Laurier

Liberal

Resignation to provide a seat for Laurier.

Yes

Quebec-Centre

November 3, 1877

Joseph-Édouard Cauchon

Conservative

Jacques Malouin

Independent

Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba.

No

Drummond—Arthabaska

October 27, 1877

Wilfrid Laurier

Liberal

Désiré Olivier Bourbeau

Conservative

Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue.

No

Gloucester

July 2, 1877

Timothy Anglin

Liberal

Timothy Anglin

Liberal

Resignation to re-contest after being found in violation of the Independence of Parliament Act for accepting government printing contracts, and being censured by the House of Commons Committee on Privilege.

Yes

Ottawa (City of)

May 9, 1877

Joseph Merrill Currier

Liberal-Conservative

Joseph Merrill Currier

Liberal-Conservative

Resignation to re-contest for having infringed the Independence of Parliament Act by conducting business dealings with the government while still a member.

Yes

Lincoln

May 9, 1877

James Norris

Liberal

James Norris

Liberal

Resigns in order to re-contest after acquiring a government contract.[1]

Yes

Charlevoix

March 23, 1877

Hector-Louis Langevin

Conservative

Hector-Louis Langevin

Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Kamouraska

February 19, 1877

Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier

Liberal

Charles-François Roy

Conservative

Called to the Senate.

No

Jacques Cartier

December 28, 1876

Rodolphe Laflamme

Liberal

Rodolphe Laflamme

Liberal

Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue.

Yes

Cardwell

December 14, 1876

John Hillyard Cameron

Conservative

Dalton McCarthy

Conservative

Death

Yes

Queen's County

November 22, 1876

David Laird

Liberal

James Colledge Pope

Conservative

Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories.

No

Bothwell

November 15, 1876

David Mills

Liberal

David Mills

Liberal

Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs.

Yes

Beauce

October 18, 1876

Christian Henry Pozer

Liberal

Joseph Bolduc

Conservative

Called to the Senate.

No

Victoria

September 21, 1876

Barclay Edmund Tremaine

Liberal

Charles James Campbell

Conservative

Appointed a County Court judge.

No

Glengarry

July 31, 1876

Archibald McNab

Liberal

Archibald McNab

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Ontario South

July 5, 1876

Malcolm Cameron

Liberal

Thomas Nicholson Gibbs

Liberal-Conservative

Death

No

Ontario North

July 5, 1876

Adam Gordon

Liberal

William Henry Gibbs

Conservative

Death

No

Wellington South

July 5, 1876

David Stirton

Liberal

Donald Guthrie

Liberal

Appointed Postmaster of Guelph.

Yes

Middlesex North

June 7, 1876

Thomas Scatcherd

Liberal

Robert Colin Scatcherd

Liberal

Death

Yes.

Two Mountains

March 11, 1876

Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky

Independent

Jean-Baptiste Daoust

Conservative

Resignation

No

Charlevoix

January 22, 1876

Pierre-Alexis Tremblay

Liberal

Hector-Louis Langevin

Conservative

Election declared void.

No

Renfrew North

January 21, 1876

William Murray

Liberal

Peter White

Conservative

Election declared void.

No

Chambly

January 7, 1876

Amable Jodoin

Liberal

Pierre Basile Benoit

Conservative

Election declared void.

No

Argenteuil

December 31, 1875

Lemuel Cushing, Jr.

Liberal

Thomas Christie

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Quebec-Centre

December 27, 1875

Joseph-Édouard Cauchon

Conservative

Joseph-Édouard Cauchon

Conservative

Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council.

Yes

Dorchester

December 14, 1875

François Fortunat Rouleau

Liberal-Conservative

François Fortunat Rouleau

Liberal-Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Montreal Centre

November 26, 1875

Bernard Devlin

Liberal

Bernard Devlin

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Bellechasse

November 23, 1875

Télesphore Fournier

Liberal

Joseph Goderic Blanchet

Conservative

Appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.

No

West Toronto

November 6, 1875

Thomas Moss

Liberal

John Beverly Robinson

Conservative

Appointed to the Court of Appeal of Ontario

No

Montreal West

October 30, 1875

Frederick Mackenzie

Liberal

Thomas Workman

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Victoria North

September 17, 1875

James Maclennan

Liberal

Hector Cameron

Conservative

Court overturns result of 1874 by-election and declared Cameron seated.

No

Gaspé

July 10, 1875

Louis George Harper

Conservative

John Short

Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Glengarry

July 7, 1875

Donald Alexander Macdonald

Liberal

Archibald McNab

Liberal

Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.

Yes

Perth North

July 7, 1875

Andrew Monteith

Conservative

Andrew Monteith

Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

York North

June 29, 1875

Alfred Hutchinson Dymond

Liberal

Alfred Hutchinson Dymond

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Monck

June 22, 1875

Lachlin McCallum

Liberal-Conservative

Lachlin McCallum

Liberal-Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Napierville

June 19, 1875

Sixte Coupal dit la Reine

Liberal

Sixte Coupal dit la Reine

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Bruce South

June 2, 1875

Edward Blake

Liberal

Edward Blake

Liberal

Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Justice.

Yes

Toronto Centre

May 21, 1875

Robert Wilkes

Liberal

John Macdonald

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Hamilton

May 20, 1875

Andrew Trew Wood and Aemilius Irving

Liberal

Aemilius Irving and Andrew Trew Wood

Liberal

Double member constituency - elections declared void.

Yes

Victoria

April 28, 1875

Charles James Campbell

Conservative

Barclay Edmund Tremaine

Liberal

Campbell unseated by decision of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia., 28 February 1875; Tremaine declared duly elected by decision of Election Court, 28 April 1875

No

Provencher

March 31, 1875

Louis Riel

Independent

Andrew Bannatyne

Liberal

Unseated from the House of Commons and declared an outlaw, 25 February 1875

No

Wellington North

March 18, 1875

Nathaniel Higinbotham

Liberal

Nathaniel Higinbotham

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Berthier

February 27, 1875

Anselme-Homère Pâquet

Liberal

Edward Octavian Cuthbert

Conservative

Called to the Senate.

No

Two Mountains

February 26, 1875

Wilfrid Prévost

Liberal

Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky

Independent

Election declared void

No

Renfrew South

February 20, 1875

John Lorn McDougall

Liberal

John Lorn McDougall

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

London

February 18, 1875

John Walker

Liberal

James Harshaw Fraser

Liberal-Conservative

Election declared void

No

Huron South

February 11, 1875

Malcolm Colin Cameron

Liberal

Thomas Greenway

Independent

Election declared void.

No

Middlesex East

January 28, 1875

Crowell Willson

Liberal-Conservative

Duncan Macmillan

Liberal-Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Halton

January 25, 1875

Daniel Black Chisholm

Liberal-Conservative

William McCraney

Liberal

Election declared void.

No

Toronto East

January 18, 1875

John O'Donohoe

Liberal-Conservative

Samuel Platt

Independent

Election declared void.

No

L'Assomption

January 16, 1875

Hilaire Hurteau

Liberal-Conservative

Hilaire Hurteau

Liberal-Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Montreal Centre

January 12, 1875

Michael Patrick Ryan

Liberal-Conservative

Bernard Devlin

Liberal

Election declared void.

No

Chambly

December 30, 1874

Pierre Basile Benoit

Conservative

Amable Jodoin

Liberal

Election declared void.

No

Kingston

December 29, 1874

John A. Macdonald

Liberal-Conservative

John A. Macdonald

Liberal-Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Simcoe North

December 26, 1874

Herman Henry Cook

Liberal

Herman Henry Cook

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Victoria North

December 22, 1874

James Maclennan

Liberal

James Maclennan

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Niagara

December 22, 1874

Josiah Burr Plumb

Conservative

Josiah Burr Plumb

Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Victoria

December 17, 1874

William Ross

Liberal

Charles James Campbell

Conservative

Appointed to Collector of Customs at Halifax.

No

Colchester

December 17, 1874

Thomas McKay

Liberal-Conservative

Thomas McKay

Liberal-Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Leeds North and Grenville North

December 16, 1874

Charles Frederick Ferguson

Liberal-Conservative

Charles Frederick Ferguson

Liberal-Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Norfolk South

December 16, 1874

John Stuart

Liberal

William Wallace

Conservative

Election declared void.

No

Wellington Centre

December 13, 1874

George Turner Orton

Liberal-Conservative

George Turner Orton

Liberal-Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Northumberland East

December 12, 1874

James Lyons Biggar

Independent Liberal

James Lyons Biggar

Independent Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Joliette

December 10, 1874

Louis François Georges Baby

Conservative

Louis François Georges Baby

Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Montreal West

December 10, 1874

Frederick Mackenzie

Liberal

Frederick Mackenzie

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Richmond—Wolfe

December 4, 1874

Henry Aylmer

Liberal

Henry Aylmer

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Northumberland West

November 17, 1874

William Kerr

Liberal

William Kerr

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Lincoln

November 17, 1874

James Norris

Liberal

James Norris

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Argenteuil

November 4, 1874

John Abbott

Liberal-Conservative

Lemuel Cushing, Jr.

Liberal

Election declared void.

No

Renfrew North

November 4, 1874

Peter White

Conservative

William Murray

Liberal

Election declared void.

No

Addington

October 28, 1874

Schuyler Shibley

Conservative

Schuyler Shibley

Liberal-Conservative

Election declared void.

Yes

Digby

October 26, 1874

Edwin Randolph Oakes

Liberal-Conservative

William Berrian Vail

Liberal

Appointed to the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia.

No

Renfrew South

October 24, 1874

John Lorn McDougall

Liberal

John Lorn McDougall

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Essex

October 22, 1874

William McGregor

Liberal

William McGregor

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Cornwall

October 20, 1874

Alexander Francis Macdonald

Liberal

Alexander Francis Macdonald

Liberal

Election declared void.

Yes

Provencher

September 3, 1874

Louis Riel

Independent

Louis Riel

Independent

Expelled from the House of Commons

Yes

Marquette

August 25, 1874

Robert Cunningham

Liberal

Joseph O'Connell Ryan

Liberal

Death, Ryan awarded seat upon re-examination of votes cast.

Yes

Elgin East

August 11, 1874

William Harvey

Liberal

Colin MacDougall

Liberal

Death

Yes

Napierville

August 4, 1874

Antoine-Aimé Dorion

Liberal

Sixte Coupal dit la Reine

Liberal

Appointed Chief Justice of Quebec.

Yes

Verchères

July 25, 1874

Félix Geoffrion

Liberal

Félix Geoffrion

Liberal

Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue.

Yes

Oxford South

May 23, 1874

Ebenezer Vining Bodwell

Liberal

James Atchison Skinner

Liberal

Appointed Superintendent of the Welland Canal.

Yes

Durham West

April 7, 1874

Edmund B. Wood

Liberal

Harvey William Burk

Liberal

Appointed Chief Justice of Manitoba.

Yes

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