By-elections to the 8th Canadian Parliament

By-elections to the 8th Canadian Parliament were held to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada between the 1896 federal election and the 1900 federal election. The Liberal Party of Canada led a majority government for the 8th 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
St. Hyacinthe	July 4, 1900	Michel-Esdras Bernier		Liberal	Michel-Esdras Bernier		Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue	Yes
Lotbinière	January 25, 1900	Côme Isaïe Rinfret		Liberal	Edmond Fortier		Liberal	Appointment as a revenue inspector	Yes
Town of Sherbrooke	January 25, 1900	William Bullock Ives		Conservative	John McIntosh		Conservative	Death	Yes
Winnipeg	January 25, 1900	Richard Willis Jameson		Liberal	Arthur Puttee		Labour	Death	Yes
Berthier	January 18, 1900	Cléophas Beausoleil		Liberal	Joseph Éloi Archambault		Liberal	Appointed postmaster of Montreal	Yes
Labelle	January 18, 1900	Henri Bourassa		Liberal	Henri Bourassa		Independent	Resignation to recontest in protest at Canada's participation in the Boer War	No
Chambly—Verchères	January 18, 1900	Christophe-Alphonse Geoffrion		Liberal	Victor Geoffrion		Liberal	Death	Yes
Ontario West	January 18, 1900	James David Edgar		Liberal	Isaac James Gould		Liberal	Death	Yes
Brockville	April 20, 1899	John Fisher Wood		Liberal-Conservative	William Henry Comstock		Liberal	Death	No
Lévis	March 22, 1899	Pierre Malcom Guay		Liberal	Louis-Jules Demers		Liberal	Death	Yes
Huron West	February 21, 1899	Malcolm Colin Cameron		Liberal	Robert Holmes		Liberal	Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories	Yes
East Prince	December 14, 1898	John Yeo		Liberal	John Howatt Bell		Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
Lambton West	December 14, 1898	James Frederick Lister		Liberal	Thomas George Johnston		Liberal	Appointed to the Court of Appeal
Bagot	December 14, 1898	Flavien Dupont		Conservative	Joseph Edmond Marcile		Liberal	Death	No
Montmagny	December 14, 1898	Philippe-Auguste Choquette		Liberal	Pierre-Raymond-Léonard Martineau		Liberal	Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec	Yes
Simcoe North	December 14, 1898	Dalton McCarthy		McCarthyite	Leighton McCarthy		Independent (McCarthyite)	Death	Yes
West Prince	April 13, 1898	Stanislaus Francis Perry		Liberal	Bernard Donald McLellan		Liberal	Death	Yes
Quebec-Centre	January 24, 1898	François Langelier		Liberal	Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin		Liberal	Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec	Yes
Nicolet	December 21, 1897	Fabien Boisvert		Conservative	Joseph Hector Leduc		Liberal	Death	No
Toronto Centre	November 30, 1897	William Lount		Liberal	George Hope Bertram		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Drummond—Arthabaska	November 13, 1897	Joseph Lavergne		Liberal	Louis Lavergne		Liberal	Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec	Yes
Témiscouata	November 6, 1897	Charles-Eugène Pouliot		Liberal	Charles Arthur Gauvreau		Liberal	Death	Yes
Rimouski	November 6, 1897	Jean-Baptiste Romuald Fiset		Liberal	Jean Auguste Ross		Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
West Prince	April 27, 1897	Edward Hackett		Liberal-Conservative	Stanislaus Francis Perry		Liberal	Election declared void	No
Macdonald	April 27, 1897	Nathaniel Boyd		Conservative	John Gunion Rutherford		Liberal	Election declared void	No
Winnipeg	April 27, 1897	Hugh John Macdonald		Liberal-Conservative	Richard Willis Jameson		Liberal	Election declared void	No
Colchester	April 20, 1897	Wilbert David Dimock		Conservative	Firman McClure		Liberal	Election declared void	No
Champlain	April 7, 1897	François-Arthur Marcotte		Conservative	François-Arthur Marcotte		Conservative	Election declared void	Yes
Wright	March 23, 1897	Charles Ramsay Devlin		Liberal	Louis Napoléon Champagne		Liberal	Appointed Canadian trade commissioner to Ireland	Yes
Bonaventure	March 17, 1897	William LeBoutillier Fauvel		Liberal	Jean-François Guité		Liberal	Death	Yes
Simcoe East	February 4, 1897	William Humphrey Bennett		Conservative	William Humphrey Bennett		Conservative	Election declared void	Yes
Ontario North	February 4, 1897	John Alexander McGillivray		Conservative	Duncan Graham		Independent Liberal	Election declared void	No
Brant South	February 4, 1897	Robert Henry		Conservative	Charles Bernhard Heyd		Liberal	Election declared void	No
Saskatchewan (Provisional District)	December 19, 1896	Wilfrid Laurier		Liberal	Thomas Osborne Davis		Liberal	Laurier was elected to two seats, resigned to run in ministerial by-election in Quebec East	Yes
Cornwall and Stormont	December 19, 1896	Darby Bergin		Liberal-Conservative	John Goodall Snetsinger		Liberal	Death	No
Brandon	November 27, 1896	Dalton McCarthy		McCarthyite	Clifford Sifton		Liberal	Chose to sit for Simcoe North	No
Sunbury—Queen's	August 25, 1896	George G. King		Liberal	Andrew George Blair		Liberal	Called to Senate	Yes
Grey North	August 25, 1896	John Clark		Liberal	William Paterson		Liberal	Death	Yes
Shelburne and Queen's	August 5, 1896	Francis Gordon Forbes		Liberal	William Stevens Fielding		Liberal	Appointed Sub-Collector of Customs	Yes
St. Johns—Iberville	August 3, 1896	François Béchard		Liberal	Joseph Israël Tarte		Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
Quebec County	July 30, 1896	Charles Fitzpatrick		Liberal	Charles Fitzpatrick		Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Solicitor General	Yes
Kings	July 30, 1896	Frederick William Borden		Liberal	Frederick William Borden		Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Militia and Defence	Yes
Oxford South	July 30, 1896	Richard John Cartwright		Liberal	Richard John Cartwright		Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Trade and Commerce	Yes
West Queen's	July 30, 1896	Louis Henry Davies		Liberal	Louis Henry Davies		Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries	Yes
Brome	July 30, 1896	Sydney Arthur Fisher		Liberal	Sydney Arthur Fisher		Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture	Yes
Portneuf	July 30, 1896	Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière		Liberal	Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière		Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Controller of Inland Revenue	Yes
York North	July 30, 1896	William Mulock		Liberal	William Mulock		Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster-General	Yes
Quebec East	July 30, 1896	Wilfrid Laurier		Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier		Liberal	Recontested upon appointment as Prime Minister	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