By-elections to the 13th Canadian Parliament explained

By-elections to the 13th Canadian Parliament were held to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada between the 1917 federal election and the 1921 federal election. Prime Minister Robert Borden, then Arthur Meighen, led a majority government consisting members collectively known as the Unionist Party, during the 13th 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
Medicine Hat	June 27, 1921	Arthur Lewis Sifton			Unionist	Robert Gardiner			Progressive	Death	No
Yamaska	May 28, 1921	Oscar Gladu			Laurier Liberal	Aimé Boucher			Liberal	Death	Yes
York—Sunbury	May 28, 1921	Harry Fulton McLeod			Unionist	Richard Hanson			Conservative	Death	Yes
Peterborough West	February 7, 1921	John Hampden Burnham			Unionist	George Newcombe Gordon			Liberal	Resignation	No
Yale	November 22, 1920	Martin Burrell			Unionist	John Armstrong MacKelvie			Conservative	Appointed Librarian of Parliament	Yes
Elgin East	November 22, 1920	David Marshall			Unionist	Sydney Smith McDermand			United Farmers	Death	No
St. John—Albert	September 20, 1920	Rupert Wilson Wigmore			Unionist	Rupert Wilson Wigmore			Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue	Yes
Colchester	September 20, 1920	Fleming Blanchard McCurdy			Unionist	Fleming Blanchard McCurdy			Nationalist Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works	Yes
Timiskaming	April 7, 1920	Francis Cochrane			Unionist	Angus McDonald			Independent	Death	No
St. James	April 7, 1920	Louis Audet Lapointe			Laurier Liberal	Fernand Rinfret			Liberal	Death	Yes
Kamouraska	March 31, 1920	Ernest Lapointe			Laurier Liberal	Charles Adolphe Stein			Liberal	Resignation to contest Quebec East by-election	Yes
Ontario North	December 9, 1919	Samuel Simpson Sharpe			Conservative	Robert Henry Halbert			Independent	Death	No
Quebec East	October 27, 1919	Wilfrid Laurier			Laurier Liberal	Ernest Lapointe			Laurier Liberal	Death	Yes
Glengarry and Stormont	October 27, 1919	John McMartin			Unionist	John Wilfred Kennedy			United Farmers	Death	No
Assiniboia	October 27, 1919	John Gillanders Turriff			Unionist	Oliver Robert Gould			United Farmers	Called to the Senate	No
Victoria City	October 27, 1919	Simon Fraser Tolmie			Unionist	Simon Fraser Tolmie			Unionist	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture.	Yes
Prince	October 20, 1919	Joseph Read			Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King			Liberal	Death	Yes
Kingston	October 20, 1919	William Folger Nickle			Conservative	Henry Lumley Drayton			Unionist	Resignation	Yes
Victoria—Carleton	October 17, 1919	Frank Carvell			Unionist	Thomas Wakem Caldwell			United Farmers	Appointed Chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners	No
Lanark	May 2, 1918	Adelbert Edward Hanna			Unionist	John Alexander Stewart			Unionist	Death	Yes

See also

• List of federal by-elections in Canada

Sources

• Parliament of Canada–Elected in By-Elections