By-elections to the 9th Canadian Parliament

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 Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine