By-elections to the 18th Canadian Parliament

By-elections to the 18th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 1935 federal election and the 1940 federal election. The Liberal Party of Canada led a majority government for the 18th Canadian Parliament.

31 vacant seats were filled through by-elections.

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained
Prince	January 2, 1940	Alfred Edgar MacLean		Liberal	James Layton Ralston		Liberal	Death	Yes
Saskatoon City	December 18, 1939	Alexander MacGillivray Young		Liberal	Walter George Brown		United Reform Movement	Death	No
St. James	December 18, 1939	Fernand Rinfret		Liberal	Eugène Durocher		Liberal	Death	Yes
Jacques Cartier	December 18, 1939	Vital Mallette		Liberal	Elphège Marier		Liberal	Death	Yes
Kent	December 11, 1939	James Rutherford		Liberal	Arthur Lisle Thompson		Liberal	Death	Yes
Calgary West	September 18, 1939	R. B. Bennett		Conservative	Douglas Cunnington		Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Brandon	November 14, 1938	David Wilson Beaubier		Conservative	James Ewen Matthews		Liberal	Death	No
London	November 14, 1938	Frederick Cronyn Betts		Conservative	Robert James Manion		Conservative	Death	Yes
Waterloo South	November 14, 1938	Alexander Edwards		Conservative	Karl Homuth		Conservative	Death	Yes
Cartier	November 7, 1938	Samuel William Jacobs		Liberal	Peter Bercovitch		Liberal	Death	Yes
Edmonton East	March 21, 1938	William Samuel Hall		Social Credit	Orvis A. Kennedy		Social Credit	Death	Yes
Argenteuil	February 28, 1938	George H. Perley		Conservative	Georges Héon		Independent Conservative	Death	No
St. John—Albert	February 21, 1938	William Ryan		Liberal	Allan McAvity		Liberal	Death	Yes
St. Henry	January 17, 1938	Paul Mercier		Liberal	Joseph Arsène Bonnier		Liberal	Appointed a Circuit Court Judge of Montreal	Yes
Lotbinière	December 27, 1937	Joseph-Achille Verville		Liberal	Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur		Liberal	Death	Yes
Victoria	November 29, 1937	Simon Fraser Tolmie		Conservative	Robert Mayhew		Liberal	Death	No
Dufferin—Simcoe	November 8, 1937	William Earl Rowe		Conservative	William Earl Rowe		Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Frontenac—Addington	November 1, 1937	Colin Campbell		Liberal	Angus Neil McCallum		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Cape Breton North and Victoria	October 18, 1937	Daniel Alexander Cameron		Liberal	Matthew Maclean		Liberal	Death	Yes
Renfrew North	April 5, 1937	Matthew McKay		Liberal	Ralph Warren		Liberal	Death	Yes
Hamilton West	March 22, 1937	Herbert Earl Wilton		Conservative	John Allmond Marsh		Conservative	Death	Yes
Bonaventure	March 22, 1937	Charles Marcil		Liberal	Pierre-Emile Cote		Liberal	Death	Yes
Ottawa East	October 26, 1936	Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier		Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard		Liberal	Appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice of Ontario	Yes
Gloucester	August 17, 1936	Peter Veniot		Liberal	Clarence Joseph Veniot		Liberal	Death	Yes
Wright	August 3, 1936	Fizalam-William Perras		Liberal	Rodolphe Leduc		Liberal	Death	Yes
Victoria	June 8, 1936	D'Arcy Plunkett		Conservative	Simon Tolmie		Conservative	Death	Yes
Antigonish—Guysborough	March 16, 1936	William Duff		Liberal	J. Ralph Kirk		Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
Portneuf	January 27, 1936	Lucien Cannon		Liberal	Pierre Gauthier		Liberal	Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec	Yes
Assiniboia	January 6, 1936	Robert McKenzie		Liberal	James Garfield Gardiner		Liberal	Resignation to provide a seat for Gardiner	Yes
Queen's	December 30, 1935	J. James Larabee		Liberal	Charles Avery Dunning		Liberal	Appointed a Fisheries Protection Officer	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