By-elections to the 9th Canadian Parliament explained

By-elections to the 9th Canadian Parliament were held to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada between the 1900 federal election and the 1904 federal election. The Liberal Party of Canada led a majority government for the 9th 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
Guysborough	March 16, 1904	Duncan Cameron Fraser			Liberal	John Howard Sinclair			Liberal	Appointed to Supreme Court of Nova Scotia	Yes
Gaspé	February 20, 1904	Rodolphe Lemieux			Liberal	Rodolphe Lemieux			Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Solicitor-General	Yes
Lambton East	February 16, 1904	Oliver Simmons			Conservative	Joseph Elijah Armstrong			Conservative	Death	Yes
St. Hyacinthe	February 16, 1904	Michel Esdras Bernier			Liberal	Jean Baptiste Blanchet			Liberal	Appointed a Railway Commissioner	Yes
City of St. John	February 16, 1904	Andrew George Blair			Liberal	John Waterhouse Daniel			Conservative	Appointed head of the Board of Railway Commissioners	No
Bruce East	February 16, 1904	Henry Cargill			Conservative	James J. Donnelly			Conservative	Death	Yes
St. James	February 16, 1904	Joseph Brunet			Liberal	Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais			Liberal	Election declared void	Yes
West Queen's	February 16, 1904	Donald Farquharson			Liberal	Horace Haszard			Liberal	Death	Yes
Montmagny	February 16, 1904	Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau			Liberal	Armand Lavergne			Liberal	Death	Yes
Hochelaga	February 16, 1904	Joseph Alexandre Camille Madore			Liberal	Louis-Alfred-Adhémar Rivet			Liberal	Appointed Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Quebec	Yes
Kamouraska	February 12, 1904	Henry George Carroll			Liberal	Ernest Lapointe			Liberal	Appointed a judge	Yes
Rouville	January 30, 1904	Louis-Philippe Brodeur			Liberal	Louis-Philippe Brodeur			Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue	Yes
Westmorland	January 30, 1904	Henry Emmerson			Liberal	Henry Emmerson			Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Railways and Canals	Yes
Russell	April 20, 1903	William C. Edwards			Liberal	David Wardrope Wallace			Liberal	Called to Senate	Yes
Ontario North	March 10, 1903	Angus McLeod			Liberal-Conservative	George Davidson Grant			Liberal	Death	No
Maskinongé	March 3, 1903	Joseph-Hormisdas Legris			Liberal	Hormidas Mayrand			Liberal	Called to Senate	Yes
Terrebonne	February 24, 1903	Raymond Préfontaine			Liberal	Samuel Desjardins			Liberal	Recontested upon ministerial appointment. Préfontaine was elected in two ridings simultaneously and chose to stand for re-election in Maisonneuve	Yes
Two Mountains	February 24, 1903	Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier			Liberal	Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier			Liberal	Election declared void	Yes
Grey North	February 24, 1903	Edward Henry Horsey			Liberal	Thomas Inkerman Thomson			Conservative	Death	No
Burrard	February 4, 1903	George Ritchie Maxwell			Liberal	Robert George Macpherson			Liberal	Death	Yes
Maisonneuve	December 9, 1902	Raymond Préfontaine			Liberal	Raymond Préfontaine			Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries	Yes
Argenteuil	December 3, 1902	Thomas Christie			Liberal	Thomas Christie, Jr.			Liberal	Death	Yes
Yarmouth	December 3, 1902	Thomas Barnard Flint			Liberal	Bowman Brown Law			Liberal	Appointed Clerk of the House of Commons	Yes
Yukon	December 2, 1902	New Seat			James Hamilton Ross			Liberal	Newly created electoral district under The Yukon Territory Representation Act 1902	N.A.
Beauharnois	March 26, 1902	George di Madeiros Loy			Liberal	George di Madeiros Loy			Liberal	Election declared void	Yes
Kamouraska	February 28, 1902	Henry George Carroll			Liberal	Henry George Carroll			Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Solicitor General	Yes
Lisgar	February 18, 1902	Robert Lorne Richardson			Independent	Duncan Alexander Stewart			Liberal	Election declared void	No
Quebec West	January 29, 1902	Richard Reid Dobell			Liberal	William Power			Liberal	Death	Yes
Oxford North	January 29, 1902	James Sutherland			Liberal	James Sutherland			Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries	Yes
Victoria	January 28, 1902	Edward Gawler Prior			Conservative	George Riley			Liberal	Election declared void	No
Laval	January 15, 1902	Thomas Fortin			Liberal	Joseph-Édouard-Émile Léonard			Conservative	Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec	No
Addington	January 15, 1902	John William Bell			Conservative	Melzar Avery			Conservative	Death	Yes
Durham West	January 15, 1902	Charles Jonas Thornton			Liberal	Robert Beith			Conservative	Election declared void.	No
St. James	January 15, 1902	Odilon Desmarais			Liberal	Joseph-Édouard-Émile Léonard			Liberal	Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec	Yes
York West	January 15, 1902	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace			Conservative	Archibald Campbell			Liberal	Death	No
L'Islet	January 15, 1902	Arthur Miville Déchêne			Liberal	Onésiphore Carbonneau			Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
West Queen's	January 15, 1902	Louis Henry Davies			Liberal	Donald Farquharson			Liberal	Appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada	Yes
Kingston	January 15, 1902	Byron Moffatt Britton			Liberal	William Harty			Liberal	Appointed a judge of the Court of King's Bench for Ontario	Yes
Hastings West	January 15, 1902	Henry Corby			Conservative	Edward Guss Porter			Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Beauce	January 8, 1902	Joseph Godbout			Liberal	Henri Sévérin Béland			Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
York	December 28, 1901	Alexander Gibson			Liberal	Alexander Gibson			Liberal	Election declared void	Yes
East Queen's	March 20, 1901	Donald Alexander MacKinnon			Liberal	Donald Alexander MacKinnon			Liberal	Election declared void	Yes
Bruce North	March 20, 1901	Alexander McNeill			Liberal-Conservative	James Halliday			Conservative	Election declared void	Yes

See also

• List of federal by-elections in Canada

Sources

• Parliament of Canada–Elected in By-Elections