By-elections to the 28th Canadian Parliament

By-elections to the 28th Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 1968 federal election and the 1972 federal election. The Liberal Party of Canada led a majority government for the entirety of the 29th Canadian Parliament, though their number did decrease from by-elections.

Fifteen seats became vacant during the life of the Parliament. Eleven of these vacancies were filled through by-elections, and four seats remained vacant when the 1972 federal election was called.

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained
Assiniboia	November 8, 1971	Albert B. Douglas		Liberal	Bill Knight		New Democratic	Death	No
Central Nova	May 31, 1971	Russell MacEwan		Progressive Conservative	Elmer M. MacKay		Progressive Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Brant	May 31, 1971	James Elisha Brown		Liberal	Derek Blackburn		New Democratic	Appointed a judge	No
Chambly	May 31, 1971	Bernard Pilon		Liberal	Yvon L'Heureux		Liberal	Death	Yes
Trois-Rivières	May 31, 1971	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain		Liberal	Claude Lajoie		Liberal	Death	Yes
Lisgar	November 6, 1970	George Muir		Progressive Conservative	Jack Murta		Progressive Conservative	Death	Yes
Frontenac	November 6, 1970	Bernard Dumont		Ralliement Créditiste	Léopold Corriveau		Liberal	Resignation	No
Labelle	November 6, 1970	Léo Cadieux		Liberal	Maurice Dupras		Liberal	Appointed Ambassador to France	Yes
Selkirk	April 13, 1970	Edward Schreyer		New Democratic	Doug Rowland		New Democratic	Resignation	Yes
Comox—Alberni	April 8, 1969	Richard J. J. Durante		Liberal	Thomas Speakman Barnett		New Democratic	Election declared void	No
Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands	February 10, 1969	Colin Cameron		New Democratic	Tommy C. Douglas		New Democratic	Death	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