By-elections to the 13th Canadian Parliament were held to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada between the 1917 federal election and the 1921 federal election . Prime Minister Robert Borden , then Arthur Meighen , led a majority government consisting members collectively known as the Unionist Party , during the 13th 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
Medicine Hat
June 27, 1921
Arthur Lewis Sifton
Unionist
Robert Gardiner
Progressive
Death
No
Yamaska
May 28, 1921
Oscar Gladu
Laurier Liberal
Aimé Boucher
Liberal
Death
Yes
York—Sunbury
May 28, 1921
Harry Fulton McLeod
Unionist
Richard Hanson
Conservative
Death
Yes
Peterborough West
February 7, 1921
John Hampden Burnham
Unionist
George Newcombe Gordon
Liberal
Resignation
No
Yale
November 22, 1920
Martin Burrell
Unionist
John Armstrong MacKelvie
Conservative
Appointed Librarian of Parliament
Yes
Elgin East
November 22, 1920
David Marshall
Unionist
Sydney Smith McDermand
United Farmers
Death
No
St. John—Albert
September 20, 1920
Rupert Wilson Wigmore
Unionist
Rupert Wilson Wigmore
Conservative
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue
Yes
Colchester
September 20, 1920
Fleming Blanchard McCurdy
Unionist
Fleming Blanchard McCurdy
Nationalist Liberal
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works
Yes
Timiskaming
April 7, 1920
Francis Cochrane
Unionist
Angus McDonald
Independent
Death
No
St. James
April 7, 1920
Louis Audet Lapointe
Laurier Liberal
Fernand Rinfret
Liberal
Death
Yes
Kamouraska
March 31, 1920
Ernest Lapointe
Laurier Liberal
Charles Adolphe Stein
Liberal
Resignation to contest Quebec East by-election
Yes
Ontario North
December 9, 1919
Samuel Simpson Sharpe
Conservative
Robert Henry Halbert
Independent
Death
No
Quebec East
October 27, 1919
Wilfrid Laurier
Laurier Liberal
Ernest Lapointe
Laurier Liberal
Death
Yes
Glengarry and Stormont
October 27, 1919
John McMartin
Unionist
John Wilfred Kennedy
United Farmers
Death
No
Assiniboia
October 27, 1919
John Gillanders Turriff
Unionist
Oliver Robert Gould
United Farmers
Called to the Senate
No
Victoria City
October 27, 1919
Simon Fraser Tolmie
Unionist
Simon Fraser Tolmie
Unionist
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture.
Yes
Prince
October 20, 1919
Joseph Read
Liberal
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Death
Yes
Kingston
October 20, 1919
William Folger Nickle
Conservative
Henry Lumley Drayton
Unionist
Resignation
Yes
Victoria—Carleton
October 17, 1919
Frank Carvell
Unionist
Thomas Wakem Caldwell
United Farmers
Appointed Chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners
No
Lanark
May 2, 1918
Adelbert Edward Hanna
Unionist
John Alexander Stewart
Unionist
Death
Yes
See also
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