By-elections to the 28th Canadian Parliament explained

By-elections to the 28th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 1968 federal election and the 1972 federal election. The Liberal Party of Canada led a majority government for the entirety of the 29th Canadian Parliament, though their number did decrease from by-elections.

Fifteen seats became vacant during the life of the Parliament. Eleven of these vacancies were filled through by-elections, and four seats remained vacant when the 1972 federal election was called.

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained
Assiniboia	November 8, 1971	Albert B. Douglas			Liberal	Bill Knight			New Democratic	Death	No
Central Nova	May 31, 1971	Russell MacEwan			Progressive Conservative	Elmer M. MacKay			Progressive Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Brant	May 31, 1971	James Elisha Brown			Liberal	Derek Blackburn			New Democratic	Appointed a judge	No
Chambly	May 31, 1971	Bernard Pilon			Liberal	Yvon L'Heureux			Liberal	Death	Yes
Trois-Rivières	May 31, 1971	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain			Liberal	Claude Lajoie			Liberal	Death	Yes
Lisgar	November 6, 1970	George Muir			Progressive Conservative	Jack Murta			Progressive Conservative	Death	Yes
Frontenac	November 6, 1970	Bernard Dumont			Ralliement Créditiste	Léopold Corriveau			Liberal	Resignation	No
Labelle	November 6, 1970	Léo Cadieux			Liberal	Maurice Dupras			Liberal		Yes
Selkirk	April 13, 1970	Edward Schreyer			New Democratic	Doug Rowland			New Democratic	Resignation	Yes
Comox—Alberni	April 8, 1969	Richard J. J. Durante			Liberal	Thomas Speakman Barnett			New Democratic	Election declared void	No
Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands	February 10, 1969	Colin Cameron			New Democratic	Tommy C. Douglas			New Democratic	Death	Yes

See also

• List of federal by-elections in Canada

Sources

• Parliament of Canada–Elected in By-Elections