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By-elections to the 24th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 1958 federal election and the 1962 federal election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada led a majority government for the 24th Canadian Parliament.
Fourteen vacant seats were filled through by-elections.
By-election |
Date |
Incumbent |
Party |
Winner |
Party |
Cause |
Retained
|
Esquimalt—Saanich
|
May 29, 1961
|
George Pearkes
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
George Chatterton
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Appointed Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
|
Yes
|
Restigouche—Madawaska
|
May 29, 1961
|
Joseph Charles Van Horne
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Edgar-E. Fournier
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Resignation
|
Yes
|
Leeds
|
May 29, 1961
|
Hayden Stanton
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
John Ross Matheson
|
|
Liberal
|
Death
|
No
|
King's
|
May 29, 1961
|
John Augustine Macdonald
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Margaret Mary Macdonald
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Death
|
Yes
|
Royal
|
October 31, 1960
|
Alfred J. Brooks
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Hugh John Flemming
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Called to the Senate
|
Yes
|
Niagara Falls
|
October 31, 1960
|
William Houck
|
|
Liberal
|
Judy LaMarsh
|
|
Liberal
|
Death
|
Yes
|
Peterborough
|
October 31, 1960
|
Gordon K. Fraser
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Walter Pitman
|
|
New
|
Death
|
No
|
Labelle
|
October 31, 1960
|
Henri Courtemanche
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Gaston Clermont
|
|
Liberal
|
Called to the Senate
|
No
|
Hastings—Frontenac
|
October 5, 1959
|
Sidney Earle Smith
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Rod Webb
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Death
|
Yes
|
Russell
|
October 5, 1959
|
Joseph-Omer Gour
|
|
Liberal
|
Paul Tardif
|
|
Liberal
|
Death
|
Yes
|
Springfield
|
December 15, 1958
|
Val Yacula
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Joe Slogan
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Death
|
Yes
|
Trinity
|
December 15, 1958
|
Edward R. Lockyer
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Paul Hellyer
|
|
Liberal
|
Death
|
No
|
Grenville—Dundas
|
September 29, 1958
|
A. Clair Casselman
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Jean Casselman
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Death
|
Yes
|
Montmagny—L'Islet
|
September 29, 1958
|
Jean Lesage
|
|
Liberal
|
Louis Fortin
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Resigned to enter provincial politics in Quebec
|
No
|