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By-elections to the 22nd Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 1953 federal election and the 1957 federal election . The Liberal Party of Canada led a majority government for the 22nd Canadian Parliament .
Seventeen vacant seats were filled through by-elections .
By-election
Date
Incumbent
Party
Winner
Party
Cause
Retained
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville
December 19, 1955
Alcide Côté
Liberal
J.-Armand Ménard
Liberal
Death
Yes
Spadina
October 24, 1955
David A. Croll
Liberal
Charles E. Rea
Progressive Conservative
Called to the Senate
No
Restigouche—Madawaska
September 26, 1955
Joseph-Gaspard Boucher
Liberal
Joseph Charles Van Horne
Progressive Conservative
Death
No
Bellechasse
September 26, 1955
L.-Philippe Picard
Liberal
Ovide Laflamme
Liberal
Resignation
Yes
Quebec South
September 26, 1955
Charles G. Power
Liberal
Frank G. Power
Liberal
Called to the Senate
Yes
Témiscouata
September 26, 1955
Jean-François Pouliot
Liberal
Jean-Paul St-Laurent
Liberal
Called to the Senate
Yes
Battle River—Camrose
June 20, 1955
Robert Fair
Social Credit
James A. Smith
Social Credit
Death
Yes
Selkirk
November 8, 1954
Robert James Wood
Liberal
Scottie Bryce
C. C. F.
Death
No
Stormont
November 8, 1954
Lionel Chevrier
Liberal
Albert Peter Lavigne
Liberal
Appointed President of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority
Yes
Trinity
November 8, 1954
Lionel Conacher
Liberal
Donald D. Carrick
Liberal
Death
Yes
York West
November 8, 1954
Rodney Adamson
Progressive Conservative
John B. Hamilton
Progressive Conservative
Death
Yes
Saint-Antoine—Westmount
November 8, 1954
Douglas Charles Abbott
Liberal
George C. Marler
Liberal
Appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Yes
St. Lawrence—St. George
November 8, 1954
Brooke Claxton
Liberal
Claude Richardson
Liberal
Resignation
Yes
Elgin
March 22, 1954
Charles Delmer Coyle
Progressive Conservative
James A. McBain
Progressive Conservative
Death
Yes
Peel
March 22, 1954
Gordon Graydon
Progressive Conservative
John Pallett
Progressive Conservative
Death
Yes
Gatineau
March 22, 1954
Joseph-Célestin Nadon
Liberal
Rodolphe Leduc
Liberal
Death
Yes
Verdun
March 22, 1954
Paul-Émile Côté
Liberal
Yves Leduc
Liberal
Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec
Yes
See also
Sources