By-elections to the 1st Canadian Parliament

By-elections to the 1st Canadian Parliament were held to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada between the 1867 federal election and the 1872 federal election. The Conservative Party of Canada led a majority government for the 1st 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		Winner		Cause	Retained
Yale District	December 19, 1871	New seat		Charles Frederick Houghton	Liberal	New riding as a result of British Columbia joining Confederation.	NA
Cariboo	December 19, 1871	New seat		Joshua Spencer Thompson	Liberal-Conservative	New riding as a result of British Columbia joining Confederation.	NA
Vancouver Island	December 15, 1871	New seat		Robert Wallace	Conservative	New riding as a result of British Columbia joining Confederation.	NA
New Westminster	December 13, 1871	New seat		Hugh Nelson	Liberal-Conservative	New riding as a result of British Columbia joining Confederation.	NA
Victoria	November 24, 1871	New seat		Henry Nathan, Jr. and Amor De Cosmos	Liberal	New riding as a result of British Columbia joining Confederation. Two MPs elected	NA
Brome	November 17, 1871	Christopher Dunkin	Conservative	Edward Carter	Conservative	Appointed to the Superior Court of Quebec	Yes
Compton	November 11, 1871	John Henry Pope	Conservative	John Henry Pope	Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture	Yes
Montcalm	September 15, 1871	Joseph Dufresne	Conservative	Firmin Dugas	Conservative	Appointed Sheriff of the County of St. John	Yes
Algoma	June 30, 1871	Wemyss Mackenzie Simpson	Conservative	Frederick William Cumberland	Conservative	Appointed Indian Commissioner for the North	Yes
Hastings East	March 20, 1871	Robert Read	Conservative	John White	Conservative	Called to the Senate	Yes
Provencher	March 3, 1871	New seat		Pierre Delorme	Conservative	New riding as a result of Manitoba joining Confederation.	NA
Selkirk	March 2, 1871	New seat		Donald Alexander Smith	Independent Conservative	New riding as a result of Manitoba joining Confederation.	NA
Lisgar	March 2, 1871	New seat		John Christian Schultz	Conservative	New riding as a result of Manitoba joining Confederation.	NA
Marquette	March 2, 1871	New seat		James S. Lynch and Angus McKay	Liberal and Conservative	New riding as a result of Manitoba joining Confederation. Two MPs elected due to a tie.	NA
Restigouche	November 29, 1870	William Murray Caldwell	Liberal	George Moffat, Sr.	Conservative	Appointed Inspector of Post Offices in New Brunswick	No
Richelieu	November 18, 1870	Thomas McCarthy	Conservative	Georges Isidore Barthe	Independent Conservative	Death	No
Colchester	November 8, 1870	Adams George Archibald	Liberal-Conservative	Frederick M. Pearson	Liberal	Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the North-West Territories	No
St. Hyacinthe	September 1, 1870	Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski	Liberal	Louis Delorme	Liberal	Death	Yes
Bellechasse	August 15, 1870	Louis-Napoléon Casault	Conservative	Télesphore Fournier	Liberal	Appointed to Superior Court of Quebec	No
Quebec East	July 18, 1870	Pierre-Gabriel Huot	Liberal	Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau	Conservative	Appointed Postmaster at Quebec	No
Missisquoi	July 5, 1870	Brown Chamberlin	Conservative	George Barnard Baker	Liberal-Conservative	Appointed Queen's Printer	Yes
Kings	June 23, 1870	William Henry Chipman	Anti-Confederate	Leverett de Veber Chipman	Liberal	Death	No
Cumberland	June 15, 1870	Charles Tupper	Conservative	Charles Tupper	Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council	Yes
Frontenac	April 27, 1870	Thomas Kirkpatrick	Conservative	George Airey Kirkpatrick	Conservative	Death	Yes
Brome	November 29, 1869	Christopher Dunkin	Conservative	Christopher Dunkin	Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture	Yes
Lanark South	November 29, 1869	Alexander Morris	Conservative	Alexander Morris	Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Inland Revenue	Yes
Renfrew South	November 29, 1869	Daniel McLachlin	Liberal	John Lorn McDougall	Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Renfrew North	November 13, 1869	John Rankin	Liberal-Conservative	Francis Hincks	Conservative	Resignation to provide a seat for Hincks	Yes
Huntingdon	October 30, 1869	John Rose	Liberal-Conservative	Julius Scriver	Liberal	Resignation to move to London where he acted as the Prime Minister's unofficial representative to the UK.	No
Colchester	September 9, 1869	Archibald McLelan	Anti-Confederate	Adams George Archibald	Liberal-Conservative	Called to the Senate	No
L'Islet	July 14, 1869	Barthélemy Pouliot	Conservative	Barthélemy Pouliot	Conservative	Election annulled	Yes
Wellington Centre	July 12, 1869	Thomas Sutherland Parker	Liberal	James Ross	Liberal	Death	Yes
Hants	April 24, 1869	Joseph Howe	Anti-Confederate	Joseph Howe	Liberal-Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as President of the Privy Council	No
Yarmouth	April 20, 1869	Thomas Killam	Anti-Confederate	Frank Killam	Liberal	Death	No
Richmond	April 20, 1869	William Joseph Croke	Anti-Confederate	Isaac LeVesconte	Conservative	Death	No
Kamouraska	February 17, 1869	Vacant		Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier	Liberal	No election held in 1867 due to riots	NA
Northumberland	December 24, 1868	John Mercer Johnson	Liberal	Richard Hutchison	Liberal	Death	Yes
Saint Maurice	October 30, 1868	Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers	Conservative	Élie Lacerte	Conservative	Appointed inspector of prisons and asylums in Quebec	Yes
York	October 28, 1868	Charles Fisher	Liberal	John Pickard	Independent Liberal	Appointed to New Brunswick Supreme Court	No
Three Rivers	October 17, 1868	Louis-Charles Boucher de Niverville	Conservative	William McDougall	Conservative	Appointed sheriff for the district of Trois-Rivières	Yes
York West	August 14, 1868	William Pearce Howland	Liberal-Conservative	Amos Wright	Liberal	Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario	No
Montreal West	April 20, 1868	Thomas D'Arcy McGee	Liberal-Conservative	Michael Patrick Ryan	Liberal-Conservative	Death (assassinated)	Yes
Lincoln	April 13, 1868	James Rea Benson	Liberal-Conservative	Thomas Rodman Merritt	Liberal	Called to the Senate	No
Restigouche	March 13, 1868	John McMillan	Liberal	William Murray Caldwell	Liberal	Appointed Inspector of Post Offices in New Brunswick	Yes
Montmorency	December 11, 1867	Joseph-Édouard Cauchon	Conservative	Jean Langlois	Conservative	Called to the Senate	Yes
Huntingdon	November 28, 1867	John Rose	Liberal-Conservative	John Rose	Liberal-Conservative	Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Finance	Yes

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