By-elections to the 6th Canadian Parliament

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		Conservative	Charles Fairbairn		Liberal-Conservative	Death	Yes
Napierville	December 9, 1890	Louis Sainte-Marie		Liberal	François-Xavier Paradis		Conservative	Resigned to enter provincial politics in Quebec.	No
Kent	July 31, 1890	Pierre-Amand Landry		Conservative	Édouard H. Léger		Conservative	Appointed a judge in the county court of Westmorland and Kent.	Yes
Montmorency	July 25, 1890	Charles Langelier		Liberal	Louis-Georges Desjardins		Conservative	Resignation to enter provincial politics in Quebec.	No
New Westminster	June 19, 1890	Donald Chisholm		Conservative	Gordon Edward Corbould		Conservative	Death	Yes
Lincoln and Niagara	May 23, 1890	John Charles Rykert		Conservative	John Charles Rykert		Conservative	Resignation to recontest over charges of corruption.	Yes
Ottawa (City of) (electoral district)	April 26, 1890	William Goodhue Perley		Conservative	Charles Herbert Mackintosh		Conservative	Death	Yes
Haldimand	February 20, 1890	Charles Wesley Colter		Liberal	Walter Humphries Montague		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Stanstead	December 18, 1889	Charles Carroll Colby		Liberal-Conservative	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		Liberal	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		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Cariboo	November 22, 1888	James Reid		Liberal-Conservative	Francis Stillman Barnard		Conservative	Called to the Senate.	Yes
Northumberland East	November 21, 1888	Edward Cochrane		Conservative	Edward Cochrane		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Shelburne	October 22, 1888	John Wimburne Laurie		Conservative	John Wimburne Laurie		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Cardwell	October 3, 1888	Thomas White		Conservative	Robert Smeaton White		Conservative	Death	Yes
Montreal East	September 26, 1888	Charles-Joseph Coursol		Conservative	Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine		Independent Conservative	Death	No
Assiniboia East	September 12, 1888	William Dell Perley		Conservative	Edgar Dewdney		Conservative	Called to the Senate	Yes
Halton	August 22, 1888	John Waldie		Conservative	David Henderson		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Lanark South	August 15, 1888	John Graham Haggart		Liberal	John Graham Haggart		Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-General.	Yes
Colchester	August 15, 1888	Archibald McLelan		Conservative	Adams George Archibald		Liberal-Conservative	Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.	Yes
Nicolet	July 17, 1888	Athanase Gaudet		Nationalist Conservative	Fabien Boisvert		Independent Conservative	Death	No
Cumberland	July 13, 1888	Charles Tupper		Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey		Conservative	Appointed Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.	Yes
Pictou	June 18, 1888	Charles Hibbert Tupper		Conservative	Charles Hibbert Tupper		Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries.	Yes
Russell	May 7, 1888	William C. Edwards		Liberal	William C. Edwards		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Kent	May 2, 1888	Archibald Campbell		Liberal	Archibald Campbell		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
L'Assomption	April 3, 1888	Joseph Gauthier		Liberal	Joseph Gauthier		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Missisquoi	March 27, 1888	George Clayes		Liberal	Daniel Bishop Meigs		Liberal	Death	Yes
Prince Edward	March 19, 1888	John Milton Platt		Liberal	John Milton Platt		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Hastings West	March 17, 1888	Alexander Robertson		Conservative	Henry Corby, Jr.		Conservative	Death	Yes
Middlesex West	March 10, 1888	William Frederick Roome		Conservative	William Frederick Roome		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Halton	February 7, 1888	John Waldie		Liberal	David Henderson		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Carleton	February 1, 1888	John A. Macdonald		Liberal-Conservative	George Lemuel Dickinson		Conservative	Chose to sit for Kingston.	Yes
Victoria	January 23, 1888	Noah Shakespeare		Conservative	Edward Gawler Prior		Conservative	Appointed Postmaster of Victoria.	Yes
Queen's	January 18, 1888	George Gerald King		Liberal	George Frederick Baird		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Dorchester	January 7, 1888	Henri Jules Juchereau Duchesnay		Nationalist Conservative	Honoré-Julien-Jean-Baptiste Chouinard		Conservative	Death	No
Northumberland East	December 22, 1887	Albert Mallory		Liberal	Edward Cochrane		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Shelburne	December 15, 1887	Thomas Robertson		Liberal	John Wimburne Laurie		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Yarmouth	December 15, 1887	John Lovitt		Liberal	John Lovitt		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Victoria	November 21, 1887	Charles James Campbell		Conservative	John Archibald McDonald		Liberal	Election declared void.	No
Haldimand	November 12, 1887	Walter Humphries Montague		Conservative	Walter Humphries Montague		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Cumberland	November 9, 1887	Charles Tupper		Conservative	Charles Tupper		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Colchester	October 27, 1887	Archibald McLelan		Conservative	Archibald McLelan		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Bruce West	October 19, 1887	Edward Blake		Liberal	James Rowand		Liberal	Chose to sit for Durham West.	Yes
Richelieu	October 18, 1887	Jean-Baptiste Labelle		Conservative	Joseph-Aimé Massue		Conservative	Death	Yes
Charlevoix	September 28, 1887	Simon-Xavier Cimon		Conservative	Simon Cimon		Conservative	Death	Yes
Renfrew South	August 2, 1887	Robert Campbell		Liberal	John Ferguson		Independent	Death	No
Digby	July 16, 1887	John Campbell		Conservative	Herbert Ladd Jones		Conservative	Death	Yes
Restigouche	May 21, 1887	Robert Moffat		Conservative	George Moffat Jr.		Conservative	Death	Yes
Victoria South	April 20, 1887	Adam Hudspeth		Conservative	Adam Hudspeth		Liberal-Conservative	Seeks re-election due to holding the office of revising officer.	Yes
Bruce East	April 2, 1887	Henry Cargill		Conservative	Henry Cargill		Conservative	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 Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine