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By-elections to the 20th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 1945 federal election and the 1949 federal election . The Liberal Party of Canada led a working majority government for the 20th Canadian Parliament , though was technically a minority government during World War II .
Shortly before the dissolution of the 20th Canadian Parliament, Newfoundland joined Confederation as the tenth province. Unlike the case when the provinces such as Manitoba , British Columbia and Prince Edward Island joined, by-elections were not called to fill the new province's seven seats.
Eighteen vacant seats were filled through by-elections .
By-election
Date
Incumbent
Party
Winner
Party
Cause
Retained
Nicolet—Yamaska
February 7, 1949
Lucien Dubois
Independent Liberal
Renaud Chapdelaine
Progressive Conservative
Death
No
Carleton
December 20, 1948
George Russell Boucher
Progressive Conservative
George A. Drew
Progressive Conservative
Resignation to provide a seat for Drew
Yes
Laval—Two Mountains
December 20, 1948
Liguori Lacombe
Independent
Léopold Demers
Liberal
Resignation
No
Marquette
December 20, 1948
James Allison Glen
Liberal
Stuart Sinclair Garson
Liberal
Resignation
Yes
Digby—Annapolis—Kings
December 13, 1948
James Lorimer Ilsley
Liberal
George Clyde Nowlan
Progressive Conservative
Resignation
No
Algoma East
October 25, 1948
Thomas Farquhar
Liberal
Lester B. Pearson
Liberal
Called to the Senate
Yes
Rosthern
October 25, 1948
Walter Adam Tucker
Liberal
William Albert Boucher
Liberal
Resignation
Yes
Ontario
June 8, 1948
W. E. N. Sinclair
Liberal
Arthur Henry Williams
CCF
Death
No
Vancouver Centre
June 8, 1948
Ian Alistair Mackenzie
Liberal
Rodney Young
CCF
Called to the Senate
No
Yale
May 31, 1948
Grote Stirling
Progressive Conservative
Owen Lewis Jones
CCF
Resignation
No
York—Sunbury
October 20, 1947
H. Francis G. Bridges
Liberal
Milton Gregg
Liberal
Death
Yes
Halifax
July 14, 1947
William Chisholm Macdonald
Liberal
John Dickey
Liberal
Death
Yes
Cartier
March 31, 1947
Fred Rose
Labor-Progressive
Maurice Hartt
Liberal
Seat declared vacant by resolution of the House of Commons
No
Richelieu—Verchères
December 23, 1946
Arthur Cardin
Independent
Gérard Cournoyer
Liberal
Death
No
Parkdale
October 21, 1946
Herbert A. Bruce
Progressive Conservative
Harold Timmins
Progressive Conservative
Resignation
Yes
Portage la Prairie
October 21, 1946
Harry Leader
Liberal
Calvert Charlton Miller
Progressive Conservative
Death
No
Pontiac
September 16, 1946
Wallace McDonald
Liberal
Réal Caouette
Social Credit
Death
No
Glengarry
August 6, 1945
William B. MacDiarmid
Liberal
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Resignation to provide a seat for Mackenzie King
Yes