By-elections to the 7th Canadian Parliament

By-elections to the 7th Canadian Parliament were held to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada between the 1891 federal election and the 1896 federal election. The Conservative Party of Canada led a majority government for the 7th 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
Northumberland	February 6, 1896	Michael Adams		Conservative	James Robinson		Conservative	Called to the Senate.	Yes
Cape Breton	February 4, 1896	David MacKeen		Conservative	Charles Tupper		Conservative	Resignation to provide a seat for Tupper.	Yes
Charlevoix	January 27, 1896	Henry Simard		Liberal	Louis Charles Alphonse Angers		Liberal	Death	Yes
Huron West	January 14, 1896	James Colebrooke Patterson		Conservative	Malcolm Colin Cameron		Liberal	Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba.	No
Victoria	January 6, 1896	Edward Gawler Prior		Conservative	Edward Gawler Prior		Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue.	Yes
Montreal Centre	December 27, 1895	John Joseph Curran		Conservative	James McShane		Liberal	Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec.	No
Cardwell	December 24, 1895	Robert Smeaton White		Conservative	William Stubbs		McCarthyite [1]	Resignation.	No
Ontario North	December 12, 1895	Frank Madill		Conservative	John Alexander McGillivray		Conservative	Death.	Yes
Jacques Cartier	November 30, 1895	Désiré Girouard		Conservative	Napoléon Charbonneau		Liberal	Appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.	No
Westmorland	August 24, 1895	Josiah Wood		Conservative	Henry A. Powell		Liberal-Conservative	Called to the Senate.	Yes
Verchères	April 17, 1895	Félix Geoffrion		Liberal	Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion		Liberal	Death.	Yes
Quebec West	April 17, 1895	John Hearn		Conservative	Thomas McGreevy		Liberal-Conservative	Death.	Yes
Antigonish	April 17, 1895	John Sparrow David Thompson		Liberal-Conservative	Colin Francis McIsaac		Liberal	Death	No
Haldimand	April 17, 1895	Walter Humphries Montague		Conservative	Walter Humphries Montague		Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Secretary of State for Canada.	Yes
Cumberland	January 15, 1895	Arthur Rupert Dickey		Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey		Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Secretary of State for Canada.	Yes
Hastings West	July 4, 1894	Henry Corby, Jr.		Conservative	Henry Corby, Jr.		Conservative	resignation to recontest due to selling methylated spirits to the government.	Yes
Gloucester	May 5, 1894	Kennedy Francis Burns		Conservative	Théotime Blanchard		Conservative	Called to the Senate.	Yes
Ottawa (City of)	December 7, 1893	Charles H. Mackintosh		Conservative	Honoré Robillard		Liberal-Conservative	Appointed Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories.	Yes
Winnipeg	November 22, 1893	Hugh John Macdonald		Liberal-Conservative	Joseph Martin		Liberal	Resignation	No
Vancouver	May 2, 1893	David William Gordon		Liberal-Conservative	Andrew Haslam		Liberal-Conservative	Death	Yes
Vaudreuil	April 12, 1893	Hugh McMillan		Conservative	Henry Stanislas Harwood		Liberal	Election declared void.	No
Middlesex South	March 22, 1893	James Armstrong		Liberal	Robert Boston		Liberal	Death	Yes
Terrebonne	January 10, 1893	Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau		Conservative	Pierre-Julien Leclair		Conservative	Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec.	Yes
L'Islet	January 5, 1893	Louis-Georges Desjardins		Conservative	Joseph-Israël Tarte		Independent	Appointed Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.	No
Town of Sherbrooke	December 21, 1892	William Bullock Ives		Conservative	William Bullock Ives		Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council.	Yes
York West	December 21, 1892	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace		Conservative	Nathaniel Clarke Wallace		Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Controller of Customs.	Yes
Brockville	December 21, 1892	John Fisher Wood		Liberal-Conservative	John Fisher Wood		Liberal-Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Controller of Inland Revenue.	Yes
Hastings North	December 20, 1892	Mackenzie Bowell		Conservative	Alexander Augustus Williamson Carscallen		Conservative	Called to the Senate.	Yes
Montreal Centre	December 18, 1892	John Joseph Curran		Conservative	John Joseph Curran		Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Solicitor General.	Yes
Soulanges	December 13, 1892	James William Bain		Conservative	James William Bain		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Kent	December 6, 1892	Édouard H. Léger		Conservative	George McInerney		Conservative	Death	Yes
City and County of St. John	November 22, 1892	Charles Nelson Skinner		Liberal	John Alexander Chesley		Conservative	Appointed a judge.	No
Assiniboia East	November 21, 1892	Edgar Dewdney		Conservative	William Walter McDonald		Conservative	Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.	Yes
Selkirk	November 2, 1892	Thomas Mayne Daly		Liberal-Conservative	Thomas Mayne Daly		Liberal-Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs.	Yes
Hochelaga	October 21, 1892	Alphonse Desjardins		Conservative	Séverin Lachapelle		Conservative	Called to the Senate.	Yes
Chicoutimi—Saguenay	August 16, 1892	Paul Vilmond Savard		Liberal	Louis-de-Gonzague Belley		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Marquette	July 15, 1892	Robert Watson		Liberal	Nathaniel Boyd		Conservative	Resignation to enter provincial politics in Manitoba.	No
Pontiac	June 26, 1892	Thomas Murray		Liberal	John Bryson		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Frontenac	June 10, 1892	George Airey Kirkpatrick		Conservative	Hiram Augustus Calvin		Independent Conservative	Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.	No
L'Assomption	May 31, 1892	Joseph Gauthier		Liberal	Hormidas Jeannotte		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Perth North	May 19, 1892	James Nicol Grieve		Liberal	James Nicol Grieve		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
York East	May 11, 1892	Alexander Mackenzie		Liberal	William Findlay Maclean		Independent Conservative	Death	No
Welland	April 29, 1892	William Manley German		Liberal	James A. Lowell		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Carleton	April 6, 1892	Newton Ramsay Colter		Liberal	Newton Ramsay Colter		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Prescott	March 30, 1892	Isidore Proulx		Liberal	Isidore Proulx		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Northumberland West	March 15, 1892	John Hargraft		Liberal	George Guillet		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Monck	March 12, 1892	John Brown		Liberal	Arthur Boyle		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Brome	March 10, 1892	Eugène Alphonse Dyer		Conservative	Eugène Alphonse Dyer		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Perth South	March 10, 1892	James Trow		Liberal	William Pridham		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Montmorency	March 10, 1892	Joseph Israël Tarte		Conservative	Arthur-Joseph Turcotte		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Montcalm	March 5, 1892	Joseph Louis Euclide Dugas		Conservative	Joseph Louis Euclide Dugas		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Vaudreuil	February 29, 1892	Henry Stanislas Harwood		Liberal	Hugh McMillan		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Two Mountains	February 27, 1892	Jean-Baptiste Daoust		Conservative	Joseph Girouard		Conservative	Death	Yes
Quebec West	February 26, 1892	Thomas McGreevy		Liberal-Conservative	John Hearn		Conservative	Expelled from the House of Commons for corruption.	Yes
London	February 26, 1892	C.S. Hyman		Liberal	John Carling		Liberal-Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Queen's	February 25, 1892	George Gerald King		Liberal	George Frederick Baird		Conservative	King being declared not duly elected, 25 February 1892, George Frederick Baird was declared elected by a court decision.	No
Simcoe East	February 25, 1892	Philip Howard Spohn		Liberal	William Humphrey Bennett		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Huron West	February 22, 1892	Malcolm Colin Cameron		Liberal	James Colebrooke Patterson		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Ontario South	February 20, 1892	James Ironside Davidson		Liberal	William Smith		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Hastings East	February 20, 1892	Samuel Barton Burdett		Liberal	William Barton Northrup		Conservative	Death	No
King's	February 13, 1892	Frederick William Borden		Liberal	Frederick William Borden		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Digby	February 13, 1892	Edward Charles Bowers		Liberal	Edward Charles Bowers		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Elgin East	February 12, 1892	Andrew B. Ingram		Liberal-Conservative	Andrew B. Ingram		Liberal-Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Bruce East	February 11, 1892	Reuben Eldridge Truax		Liberal	Henry Cargill		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Victoria South	February 11, 1892	Charles Fairbairn		Liberal-Conservative	Charles Fairbairn		Liberal-Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Peel	February 11, 1892	Joseph Featherston		Liberal	Joseph Featherston		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Victoria North	February 11, 1892	John Augustus Barron		Liberal	Sam Hughes		Liberal-Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Halifax	February 11, 1892	Thomas Edward Kenny and John Fitzwilliam Stairs		Conservative	Thomas Edward Kenny and John Fitzwilliam Stairs		Conservative	Election declared void. (Double member constituency)	Yes
Middlesex East	February 11, 1892	Joseph Henry Marshall		Conservative	Joseph Henry Marshall		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Queens	February 9, 1892	Francis Gordon Forbes		Liberal	Francis Gordon Forbes		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Prince Edward	February 4, 1892	Archibald Campbell Miller		Conservative	Archibald Campbell Miller		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Lennox	February 4, 1892	David Wright Allison		Liberal	Uriah Wilson		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Soulanges	February 3, 1892	Joseph Octave Mousseau		Independent	James William Bain		Conservative	Election declared void.	No
Cumberland	January 30, 1892	Arthur Rupert Dickey		Conservative	Arthur Rupert Dickey		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Lincoln and Niagara	January 28, 1892	William Gibson		Liberal	William Gibson		Liberal	Election declared void.	Yes
Halton	January 28, 1892	David Henderson		Conservative	David Henderson		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Kingston	January 28, 1892	John A. Macdonald		Conservative	James Henry Metcalfe		Conservative	Death	Yes
Victoria	January 26, 1892	John Archibald McDonald		Conservative	John Archibald McDonald		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Laval	January 25, 1892	Joseph-Aldric Ouimet		Liberal-Conservative	Joseph-Aldric Ouimet		Liberal-Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works.	Yes
Richmond	January 21, 1892	Joseph Alexander Gillies		Conservative	Joseph Alexander Gillies		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Glengarry	January 14, 1892	Roderick R. McLennan		Conservative	Roderick R. McLennan		Conservative	Election declared void.	Yes
Richelieu	January 11, 1892	Hector-Louis Langevin		Conservative	Arthur-Aimé Bruneau		Liberal	Chose to sit for Trois-Rivières.	No
Lanark North	December 31, 1891	Joseph Jamieson		Conservative	Bennett Rosamond		Conservative	Appointed a county court judge.	Yes

See also

• List of federal by-elections in Canada

References

1. "Stubbs Gets In". Montreal Gazette. December 25, 1895. Retrieved June 2, 2023.

Sources

• Parliament of Canada–Elected in By-Elections Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine