By-elections to the 6th Canadian Parliament explained

By-elections to the 6th Canadian Parliament were held to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada between the 1887 federal election and the 1891 federal election. The Conservative Party of Canada led a majority government for the 6th 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
Victoria South	December 18, 1890	Adam Hudspeth				Charles Fairbairn				Death	Yes
Napierville	December 9, 1890	Louis Sainte-Marie				François-Xavier Paradis				Resigned to enter provincial politics in Quebec.	No
Kent	July 31, 1890	Pierre-Amand Landry				Édouard H. Léger				Appointed a judge in the county court of Westmorland and Kent.	Yes
Montmorency	July 25, 1890	Charles Langelier				Louis-Georges Desjardins				Resignation to enter provincial politics in Quebec.	No
New Westminster	June 19, 1890	Donald Chisholm							Conservative	Death	Yes
Lincoln and Niagara	May 23, 1890	John Charles Rykert				John Charles Rykert			Conservative	Resignation to recontest over charges of corruption.	Yes
Ottawa (City of) (electoral district)	April 26, 1890	William Goodhue Perley				Charles Herbert Mackintosh			Conservative	Death	Yes
Haldimand	February 20, 1890	Charles Wesley Colter				Walter Humphries Montague			Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Stanstead	December 18, 1889	Charles Carroll Colby				Charles Carroll Colby			Liberal-Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council.	Yes
Victoria	October 28, 1889	Edgar Crow Baker			Conservative	Thomas Earle			Conservative	Resignation.	Yes
Compton	May 16, 1889	John Henry Pope			Liberal-Conservative	Rufus Henry Pope			Conservative	Death	Yes
Haldimand	January 30, 1889	Walter Humphries Montague			Conservative	Charles Wesley Colter				Election declared void.	No
Provencher	January 24, 1889	Joseph Royal			Conservative	Alphonse Alfred Clément Larivière			Conservative	Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North West Territories.	Yes
Joliette	January 16, 1889	Édouard Guilbault			Conservative	Hilaire Neveu			Nationalist	Election declared void.	No
Cumberland	December 26, 1888	Arthur Rupert Dickey			Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey				Election declared void.	Yes
Cariboo	November 22, 1888	James Reid				Francis Stillman Barnard				Called to the Senate.	Yes
Northumberland East	November 21, 1888	Edward Cochrane				Edward Cochrane				Election declared void.	Yes
Shelburne	October 22, 1888	John Wimburne Laurie				John Wimburne Laurie				Election declared void.	Yes
Cardwell	October 3, 1888	Thomas White				Robert Smeaton White				Death	Yes
Montreal East	September 26, 1888	Charles-Joseph Coursol				Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine				Death	No
Assiniboia East	September 12, 1888	William Dell Perley				Edgar Dewdney				Called to the Senate	Yes
Halton	August 22, 1888	John Waldie				David Henderson				Election declared void.	No
Lanark South	August 15, 1888	John Graham Haggart				John Graham Haggart				Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-General.	Yes
Colchester	August 15, 1888	Archibald McLelan				Adams George Archibald				Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.	Yes
Nicolet	July 17, 1888	Athanase Gaudet			Nationalist Conservative	Fabien Boisvert				Death	No
Cumberland	July 13, 1888	Charles Tupper				Arthur Rupert Dickey				Appointed Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.	Yes
Pictou	June 18, 1888	Charles Hibbert Tupper				Charles Hibbert Tupper				Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries.	Yes
Russell	May 7, 1888	William C. Edwards				William C. Edwards				Election declared void.	Yes
Kent	May 2, 1888	Archibald Campbell				Archibald Campbell				Election declared void.	Yes
L'Assomption	April 3, 1888	Joseph Gauthier				Joseph Gauthier				Election declared void.	Yes
Missisquoi	March 27, 1888	George Clayes				Daniel Bishop Meigs				Death	Yes
Prince Edward	March 19, 1888	John Milton Platt				John Milton Platt				Election declared void.	Yes
Hastings West	March 17, 1888	Alexander Robertson				Henry Corby, Jr.				Death	Yes
Middlesex West	March 10, 1888	William Frederick Roome				William Frederick Roome				Election declared void.	Yes
Halton	February 7, 1888	John Waldie				David Henderson				Election declared void.	No
Carleton	February 1, 1888	John A. Macdonald				George Lemuel Dickinson				Chose to sit for Kingston.	Yes
Victoria	January 23, 1888	Noah Shakespeare				Edward Gawler Prior				Appointed Postmaster of Victoria.	Yes
Queen's	January 18, 1888	George Gerald King				George Frederick Baird				Election declared void.	No
Dorchester	January 7, 1888	Henri Jules Juchereau Duchesnay				Honoré-Julien-Jean-Baptiste Chouinard				Death	No
Northumberland East	December 22, 1887	Albert Mallory				Edward Cochrane				Election declared void.	No
Shelburne	December 15, 1887	Thomas Robertson				John Wimburne Laurie				Election declared void.	No
Yarmouth	December 15, 1887	John Lovitt				John Lovitt				Election declared void.	Yes
Victoria	November 21, 1887	Charles James Campbell				John Archibald McDonald				Election declared void.	No
Haldimand	November 12, 1887	Walter Humphries Montague				Walter Humphries Montague				Election declared void.	Yes
Cumberland	November 9, 1887	Charles Tupper				Charles Tupper				Election declared void.	Yes
Colchester	October 27, 1887	Archibald McLelan				Archibald McLelan				Election declared void.	Yes
Bruce West	October 19, 1887	Edward Blake				James Rowand				Chose to sit for Durham West.	Yes
Richelieu	October 18, 1887	Jean-Baptiste Labelle				Joseph-Aimé Massue				Death	Yes
Charlevoix	September 28, 1887	Simon-Xavier Cimon				Simon Cimon				Death	Yes
Renfrew South	August 2, 1887	Robert Campbell				John Ferguson			Independent	Death	No
Digby	July 16, 1887	John Campbell				Herbert Ladd Jones				Death	Yes
Restigouche	May 21, 1887	Robert Moffat				George Moffat Jr.				Death	Yes
Victoria South	April 20, 1887	Adam Hudspeth				Adam Hudspeth				Seeks re-election due to holding the office of revising officer.	Yes
Bruce East	April 2, 1887	Henry Cargill				Henry Cargill				Seeks re-election due to holding the position of postmaster.	Yes

See also

• List of federal by-elections in Canada

Sources

• Parliament of Canada–Elected in By-Elections