By-elections to the 18th Canadian Parliament explained

By-elections to the 18th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 1935 federal election and the 1940 federal election. The Liberal Party of Canada led a majority government for the 18th Canadian Parliament.

31 vacant seats were filled through by-elections.

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained
Prince	January 2, 1940	Alfred Edgar MacLean			Liberal	James Layton Ralston			Liberal	Death	Yes
Saskatoon City	December 18, 1939	Alexander MacGillivray Young			Liberal	Walter George Brown			United Reform Movement	Death	No
St. James	December 18, 1939	Fernand Rinfret			Liberal	Eugène Durocher			Liberal	Death	Yes
Jacques Cartier	December 18, 1939	Vital Mallette			Liberal	Elphège Marier			Liberal	Death	Yes
Kent	December 11, 1939	James Rutherford			Liberal	Arthur Lisle Thompson			Liberal	Death	Yes
Calgary West	September 18, 1939	R. B. Bennett			Conservative	Douglas Cunnington			Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Brandon	November 14, 1938	David Wilson Beaubier			Conservative	James Ewen Matthews			Liberal	Death	No
London	November 14, 1938	Frederick Cronyn Betts			Conservative	Robert James Manion			Conservative	Death	Yes
Waterloo South	November 14, 1938	Alexander Edwards			Conservative	Karl Homuth			Conservative	Death	Yes
Cartier	November 7, 1938	Samuel William Jacobs			Liberal	Peter Bercovitch			Liberal	Death	Yes
Edmonton East	March 21, 1938	William Samuel Hall			Social Credit	Orvis A. Kennedy			Social Credit	Death	Yes
Argenteuil	February 28, 1938	George H. Perley			Conservative	Georges Héon			Independent Conservative	Death	No
St. John—Albert	February 21, 1938	William Ryan			Liberal	Allan McAvity			Liberal	Death	Yes
St. Henry	January 17, 1938	Paul Mercier			Liberal	Joseph Arsène Bonnier			Liberal		Yes
Lotbinière	December 27, 1937	Joseph-Achille Verville			Liberal	Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur			Liberal	Death	Yes
Victoria	November 29, 1937	Simon Fraser Tolmie			Conservative	Robert Mayhew			Liberal	Death	No
Dufferin—Simcoe	November 8, 1937	William Earl Rowe			Conservative	William Earl Rowe			Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Frontenac—Addington	November 1, 1937	Colin Campbell			Liberal	Angus Neil McCallum			Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Cape Breton North and Victoria	October 18, 1937	Daniel Alexander Cameron			Liberal	Matthew Maclean			Liberal	Death	Yes
Renfrew North	April 5, 1937	Matthew McKay			Liberal	Ralph Warren			Liberal	Death	Yes
Hamilton West	March 22, 1937	Herbert Earl Wilton			Conservative	John Allmond Marsh			Conservative	Death	Yes
Bonaventure	March 22, 1937	Charles Marcil			Liberal	Pierre-Emile Cote			Liberal	Death	Yes
Ottawa East	October 26, 1936	Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier			Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard			Liberal		Yes
Gloucester	August 17, 1936	Peter Veniot			Liberal	Clarence Joseph Veniot			Liberal	Death	Yes
Wright	August 3, 1936	Fizalam-William Perras			Liberal	Rodolphe Leduc			Liberal	Death	Yes
Victoria	June 8, 1936	D'Arcy Plunkett			Conservative	Simon Tolmie			Conservative	Death	Yes
Antigonish—Guysborough	March 16, 1936	William Duff			Liberal	J. Ralph Kirk			Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
Portneuf	January 27, 1936	Lucien Cannon			Liberal	Pierre Gauthier			Liberal	Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec	Yes
Assiniboia	January 6, 1936	Robert McKenzie			Liberal	James Garfield Gardiner			Liberal	Resignation to provide a seat for Gardiner	Yes
Queen's	December 30, 1935	J. James Larabee			Liberal	Charles Avery Dunning			Liberal		Yes

See also

• List of federal by-elections in Canada

Sources

• Parliament of Canada–Elected in By-Elections