By-elections to the 20th Canadian Parliament explained

By-elections to the 20th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 1945 federal election and the 1949 federal election. The Liberal Party of Canada led a working majority government for the 20th Canadian Parliament, though was technically a minority government during World War II.

Shortly before the dissolution of the 20th Canadian Parliament, Newfoundland joined Confederation as the tenth province. Unlike the case when the provinces such as Manitoba, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island joined, by-elections were not called to fill the new province's seven seats.

Eighteen vacant seats were filled through by-elections.

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained
Nicolet—Yamaska	February 7, 1949	Lucien Dubois			Independent Liberal	Renaud Chapdelaine			Progressive Conservative	Death	No
Carleton	December 20, 1948	George Russell Boucher			Progressive Conservative	George A. Drew			Progressive Conservative	Resignation to provide a seat for Drew	Yes
Laval—Two Mountains	December 20, 1948	Liguori Lacombe			Independent	Léopold Demers			Liberal	Resignation	No
Marquette	December 20, 1948	James Allison Glen			Liberal	Stuart Sinclair Garson			Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Digby—Annapolis—Kings	December 13, 1948	James Lorimer Ilsley			Liberal	George Clyde Nowlan			Progressive Conservative	Resignation	No
Algoma East	October 25, 1948	Thomas Farquhar			Liberal	Lester B. Pearson			Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
Rosthern	October 25, 1948	Walter Adam Tucker			Liberal	William Albert Boucher			Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Ontario	June 8, 1948	W. E. N. Sinclair			Liberal	Arthur Henry Williams			CCF	Death	No
Vancouver Centre	June 8, 1948	Ian Alistair Mackenzie			Liberal	Rodney Young			CCF	Called to the Senate	No
Yale	May 31, 1948	Grote Stirling			Progressive Conservative	Owen Lewis Jones			CCF	Resignation	No
York—Sunbury	October 20, 1947	H. Francis G. Bridges			Liberal	Milton Gregg			Liberal	Death	Yes
Halifax	July 14, 1947	William Chisholm Macdonald			Liberal	John Dickey			Liberal	Death	Yes
Cartier	March 31, 1947	Fred Rose			Labor-Progressive	Maurice Hartt			Liberal	Seat declared vacant by resolution of the House of Commons	No
Richelieu—Verchères	December 23, 1946	Arthur Cardin			Independent	Gérard Cournoyer			Liberal	Death	No
Parkdale	October 21, 1946	Herbert A. Bruce			Progressive Conservative	Harold Timmins			Progressive Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Portage la Prairie	October 21, 1946	Harry Leader			Liberal	Calvert Charlton Miller			Progressive Conservative	Death	No
Pontiac	September 16, 1946	Wallace McDonald			Liberal	Réal Caouette			Social Credit	Death	No
Glengarry	August 6, 1945	William B. MacDiarmid			Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King			Liberal	Resignation to provide a seat for Mackenzie King	Yes

See also

• List of federal by-elections in Canada

Sources

• Parliament of Canada–Elected in By-Elections