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| previous_election = By-elections to the 40th Canadian Parliament
| previous_year = 2008–2011
| next_election = By-elections to the 42nd Canadian Parliament
| next_year = 2015–2019
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| election_date = 2011–2015
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'''By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament''' were held to fill vacancies in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] between the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 federal election]] and the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]]. The [[41st Canadian Parliament]] existed from 2011 to 2015 with the membership of its House of Commons having been determined by the results of the [[List of Canadian federal general elections|Canadian federal election]] held on May 2, 2011. The [[Conservative Party of Canada]] had a [[majority government]] during this [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]].

One by-election was held in March 2012, three more in November 2012, one in May 2013; and four were held November 25, 2013. Four more by-elections were held on June 30, 2014, and another two were held on November 17, 2014.

At dissolution, three by-elections were pending, in [[Peterborough (electoral district)|Peterborough]], [[Sudbury (federal electoral district)|Sudbury]], and [[Ottawa West—Nepean]] and had been called for October 19, 2015 which was also anticipated to be the date of the [[2015 Canadian federal election|next federal election]]. As the writ for a general election called for the same date was dropped on August 2, 2015, the by-elections were cancelled and superseded by the general election. [[Barrie (federal electoral district)|Barrie]] was also a vacant seat as of May 13, 2015, due to the resignation of [[Patrick Brown (Canadian politician)|Patrick Brown]], but parliament was dissolved before a by-election could be called.<ref name=res>{{cite news|title=Barrie MP Patrick Brown to resign federal seat on Wednesday|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/barrie-mp-patrick-brown-to-resign-federal-seat-on-wednesday-1.3068640|access-date=May 10, 2015|work=CBC News|date=May 10, 2015}}</ref>

A further by-election was to be called following an [[Ontario Superior Court of Justice|Ontario Superior Court]] decision voiding the result in [[Etobicoke Centre (federal electoral district)|Etobicoke Centre]] but the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] overturned that ruling on October 25, 2012, upholding the original election result.<ref>{{cite news |title=Supreme Court upholds Conservative win in Toronto riding |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/10/25/pol-supreme-court-etobicoke-centre-ruling.html |access-date=October 25, 2012 |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=October 25, 2012}}</ref>

By-elections must be called within 180 days of the [[Chief Electoral Officer (Canada)|Chief Electoral Officer]] being officially notified of a vacancy. Under the [[Canada Elections Act]], the minimum length of a campaign is 36 days between [[dropping the writ]] and election day.<ref name=hillaug/>

==Overview==
<onlyinclude>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!By-election !! Date !! Incumbent !! colspan=2 | Party !! Winner !! colspan=2 | Party !! Cause !! Retained
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Yellowhead|Yellowhead]]
|November 17, 2014
|[[Rob Merrifield]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|[[Jim Eglinski]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|Resigned to accept appointment as Alberta's envoy to the [[United States]].
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Whitby—Oshawa|Whitby—Oshawa]]
|November 17, 2014
|[[Jim Flaherty]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|[[Pat Perkins]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|Death (heart attack)
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Scarborough—Agincourt|Scarborough—<br />Agincourt]]
|June 30, 2014
|[[Jim Karygiannis]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name|short}}
|[[Arnold Chan]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name|short}}
|Resigned to [[2014 Toronto municipal election|run for Toronto City Council]].
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Trinity—Spadina|Trinity—Spadina]]
|June 30, 2014
|[[Olivia Chow]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|name|short}}
|[[Adam Vaughan]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name|short}}
|Resigned to [[2014 Toronto mayoral election|run for Mayor of Toronto]].
|'''No'''
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Fort McMurray—Athabasca|{{nowrap|Fort McMurray—}}<br />Athabasca]]
|June 30, 2014
|[[Brian Jean]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|[[David Yurdiga]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|Resigned to return to private life.
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Macleod|Macleod]]
|June 30, 2014
|[[Ted Menzies]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|[[John Barlow (Canadian politician)|John Barlow]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|Resigned to accept a position in the private sector.
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Brandon—Souris|Brandon—Souris]]
|{{nowrap|November 25, 2013}}
|[[Merv Tweed]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|[[Larry Maguire]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|Resigned to join private sector.
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Toronto Centre|Toronto Centre]]
|November 25, 2013
|[[Bob Rae]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name|short}}
|[[Chrystia Freeland]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name|short}}
|Resigned to become [[First Nations in Ontario|First Nations]] negotiator in Ontario.
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Provencher|Provencher]]
|November 25, 2013
|[[Vic Toews]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|[[Ted Falk]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|Resigned to spend more time with his family and join the private sector.
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Bourassa|Bourassa]]
|November 25, 2013
|[[Denis Coderre]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name|short}}
|[[Emmanuel Dubourg]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name|short}}
|Resigned to run for [[Mayor of Montreal]].
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Labrador|Labrador]]
|May 13, 2013
|[[Peter Penashue]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|[[Yvonne Jones]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name|short}}
|Resigned to run again in a by-election following election spending concerns.
|'''No'''
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Victoria|Victoria]]
|November 26, 2012
|[[Denise Savoie]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|name|short}}
|[[Murray Rankin]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|name|short}}
|Resignation due to illness
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Durham|Durham]]
|November 26, 2012
|[[Bev Oda]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|[[Erin O'Toole]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|Resignation
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Calgary Centre|Calgary Centre]]
|November 26, 2012
|[[Lee Richardson (politician)|Lee Richardson]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|[[Joan Crockatt]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|name|short}}
|Resigned to work in the office of the [[Premier of Alberta]].
|Yes
|-
|[[By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament#Toronto—Danforth|Toronto—Danforth]]
|March 19, 2012
|[[Jack Layton]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|name|short}}
|[[Craig Scott (politician)|Craig Scott]]
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}}|
|{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|name|short}}
|Death (cancer)
|Yes
|}
</onlyinclude>

==March 19, 2012 by-election==
A by-election was held on March 19, 2012 in [[Toronto—Danforth (federal electoral district)|Toronto—Danforth]], to fill a vacancy in the House of Commons caused by the death of NDP leader [[Jack Layton]]. [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[David Johnston]], acting on the advice of [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]], issued the [[writ of election]] for the by-election on February 6.<ref>[http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/oic-ddc.asp?lang=eng&Page=secretariats&txtOICID=&txtFromDate=&txtToDate=&txtPrecis=&txtDepartment=&txtAct=&txtChapterNo=&txtChapterYear=&txtBillNo=&rdoComingIntoForce=&DoSearch=Search+%2F+List&viewattach=25487&blnDisplayFlg=1 Order-in-Council advising issuance of the writ of election for Toronto—Danforth].</ref>

===Toronto—Danforth===
[[File:Toronto Danforth Byelection 2012.JPG|thumb|NDP and Liberal election signs in Toronto-Danforth]]
The riding of [[Toronto—Danforth (federal electoral district)|Toronto—Danforth]] had been vacant since August 22, 2011, when [[Jack Layton]], Leader of the Official Opposition, [[Death and state funeral of Jack Layton|died of cancer]].
{{2012 Canadian federal by-elections/Toronto—Danforth}}
{|class="wikitable collapsible sortable collapsed"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:640px,;" colspan="11"| Opinion polling
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|February 12, 2012}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/20877_Toronto_-_Danforth_By-election_poll_%28Forum_Research%29.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/NDP (Canada)}}|'''61''' || 19 || 14 || 4 || 2 || ±4.2 pp || 538 || IVR
|- style="background:Darkgrey;"
|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''60.8''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''17.6'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''14.3'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''6.5'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''0.8''  || style="background:#ffd;"|
|- style="background:Darkgrey;"
|| || || || || || || || ||
|}

==November 26, 2012 by-elections==
By-elections were held on November 26, 2012, in [[Calgary Centre]] following the resignation of Conservative MP [[Lee Richardson (politician)|Lee Richardson]], in [[Durham (electoral district)|Durham]] as a result of the resignation of Conservative MP [[Bev Oda]], and in [[Victoria (British Columbia federal electoral district)|Victoria]] following the resignation of Deputy Speaker and NDP MP [[Denise Savoie]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Mas |first=Susana |title=Harper calls 3 byelections for Nov. 26 |url= http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/10/21/pol-november-26-by-elections.html |access-date=October 21, 2012 |publisher=CBC News |date=October 21, 2012 }}</ref>

===Calgary Centre===
The riding of [[Calgary Centre]] was vacated on May 30, 2012, when Conservative MP [[Lee Richardson (politician)|Lee Richardson]] resigned to accept a position as [[Principal Secretary (Canada)|principal secretary]] to Alberta Premier [[Alison Redford]].

The Conservative Party had a contested nomination, with several candidates quickly entering the contest – including local [[Calgary City Council#Wards, communities and councillors|alderman]] John Mar, newspaper columnist and political pundit Joan Crockatt, businessman [[Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 2004 Canadian federal election#Windsor West: Jordan Katz|Jordan Katz]], former [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|PC]] MLA [[Jon Lord (politician)|Jon Lord]], and MP Richardson's former campaign manager Stefan Spargo.<ref name="Cryderman-July10">{{cite news|last=Cryderman |first=Kelly |title=Rivals work Stampede circuit drumming up support for Calgary Centre nomination |newspaper=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=July 10, 2012 |url=https://calgaryherald.com/mobile/news/top-stories/Rivals+work+Stampede+circuit+drumming+support+Calgary/6913844/story.html |access-date=July 11, 2012}} {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Wood-July27">{{cite news |last=Wood |first=James |title=Conservative race in Calgary Centre heating up with new candidates |url=http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2012/07/27/conservative-race-in-calgary-centre-heating-up-with-new-candidates/ |publisher=Calgary Herald (blog) |date=July 27, 2012 |access-date=August 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804232441/http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2012/07/27/conservative-race-in-calgary-centre-heating-up-with-new-candidates/}}</ref> Late entrants to the Conservative nomination included Quebec regional party organizer and former [[Prime Minister's Office (Canada)|PMO]] staff member Joe Soares;<ref name="Wood-July27"/> lawyer and current national party policy committee member Rick Billington;<ref name="Wood-July27"/> and [[venture capital]]ist Greg McLean, the immediate past-president of the Calgary Centre [[Constituency association|riding association]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Wood |first=James |title=Outgoing MP Lee Richardson endorses Greg McLean for Calgary Centre job |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Outgoing+Richardson+endorses+Greg+McLean+Calgary+Centre/7110847/story.html |newspaper=Calgary Herald |date=August 18, 2012 |access-date=August 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011163531/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Outgoing%2BRichardson%2Bendorses%2BGreg%2BMcLean%2BCalgary%2BCentre/7110847/story.html |archive-date=October 11, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Wood-Politicking">{{cite news |last=Wood |first=James |date=August 15, 2012 |title=Politicking not stopping in the race for Calgary Centre |website=Calgary Herald (blog) |url=http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2012/08/15/politicking-not-stopping-in-the-race-for-calgary-centre/ |access-date=August 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818093355/http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2012/08/15/politicking-not-stopping-in-the-race-for-calgary-centre/ |archive-date=August 18, 2012}}</ref>

On July 25, Mar withdrew from the nomination race, citing future time spent in Ottawa away from his family as the major reason.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gandia |first=Renato |title=Calgary Ald. John Mar drops out of federal byelection race |url=http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/07/25/calgary-ald-john-mar-drops-out-of-federal-byelection-race |newspaper=[[Calgary Sun]] |date=July 25, 2012 |access-date=August 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216220049/http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/07/25/calgary-ald-john-mar-drops-out-of-federal-byelection-race |archive-date=December 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Katz also withdrew from the race in late July.<ref name="CrydermanAug2">{{cite news |last=Cryderman |first=Kelly |title=Hard-fought campaigns expected for Calgary Centre nominations |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Hard+fought+campaigns+expected+Calgary+Centre+nominations/7033612/story.html |newspaper=Calgary Herald |date=August 2, 2012 |access-date=August 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805044018/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Hard%2Bfought%2Bcampaigns%2Bexpected%2BCalgary%2BCentre%2Bnominations/7033612/story.html |archive-date=August 5, 2012}}</ref> The nomination meeting was held on August 25, with Crockatt winning the nomination vote.<ref name="Crockatt-Nom">{{cite news |last=Wood |first=James |title=Former journalist Crockatt wins Tory nomination in Calgary Centre |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/Former+journalist+Crockatt+wins+Tory+nomination+Calgary+Centre/7146303/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828035526/http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Former%2Bjournalist%2BCrockatt%2Bwins%2BTory%2Bnomination%2BCalgary%2BCentre/7146303/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 28, 2012 |newspaper=Calgary Herald |date=August 25, 2012 |access-date=August 25, 2012}}</ref>

The [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] held a nomination meeting on September 22, which was contested by four candidates. Early candidates in the race included conservationist and lawyer [[Harvey Locke]] and high school teacher Rahim Sajan. Several weeks before the nomination meeting, both businessman Drew Atkins and former Conservative Steve Turner entered the nomination race.<ref>{{cite news|title=Liberals to choose candidate for Calgary Centre |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Liberals+choose+candidate+Calgary+Centre/7277510/story.html |access-date=September 23, 2012 |newspaper=Calgary Herald |date=September 22, 2012 }} {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="G&M-Polarizing">{{cite news |last=Walton |first=Dawn |title=New Conservative nominee seen as polarizing candidate in Calgary riding |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/new-conservative-nominee-seen-as-polarizing-candidate-in-calgary-riding/article4541446/ |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=September 13, 2012 |access-date=September 20, 2012 |location=Toronto}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Church |first=Maria |title=Locke running for Liberal ticket in Calgary by-election |url=http://www.canmoreleader.com/2012/08/08/locke-running-for-liberal-ticket-in-calgary-by-election-2 |newspaper=[[Canmore Leader]] |date=August 8, 2012 |access-date=August 26, 2012}}</ref> At the meeting on September 22, Locke won the nomination.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liberals nominate Locke for Calgary Centre |url=http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/liberals-nominate-locke-for-calgary-centre-1.967866 |access-date=September 23, 2012 |publisher=[[CFCN-DT|CTV Calgary]] |date=September 22, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Don Cook and Kevin Jeffrey |title=Name on the Calgary-Centre ballot for the Grits |url=http://www.660news.com/news/local/article/404420--name-on-the-calgary-centre-ballot-for-the-grits#.UGDvuNJ0bLZ.facebook |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116041227/http://www.660news.com/news/local/article/404420--name-on-the-calgary-centre-ballot-for-the-grits%23.UGDvuNJ0bLZ.facebook |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |url-status=dead|publisher=NewsRadio 660 AM |access-date=September 26, 2012 }}</ref>

Calgary-based author and [[Green Party of Canada|Green Party]] candidate [[Chris Turner (author)|Chris Turner]]<ref name="CrydermanAug2"/> and [[Alberta Liberal Party|Liberal]] MLA [[David Swann]] stated a desire for all "progressives" in Calgary Centre to unite around a single candidate.<ref name="CrydermanAug2"/> However, Swann dismissed numerous appeals to be the "united progressive" candidate and Green Party leader [[Elizabeth May]] expressed hopes that her party's candidate would win the seat outright.<ref name="CrydermanAug2"/> David Swann ultimately endorsed Harvey Locke.
{{2012 Canadian federal by-elections/Calgary Centre}}
{|class="wikitable collapsible sortable collapsed"
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:640px,;" colspan="11"| Opinion polling
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 17, 2012}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/71331_Calgary_Centre_By-Election_Poll_%28Forum_Research%29_%2820121117%29.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''35''' || 30 || 8 || 25 || 2 || ±5.0 pp || 403 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 12, 2012}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/15603_Durham_Calgary__Victoria_By-Elections_%28Forum_Research%29_%2820121113%29.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''32''' || 30 || 12 || 23 || 4 || ±5.0 pp || 376 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|October 26, 2012}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/99522_Federal_By-Election_Polls_%28Forum_Research%29_%2820121028%29.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''48''' || 28 || 8 || 11 || 5 || ±5.0 pp || 373 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|August 14, 2012}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/86978_Calgary_Centre_Poll_%28Forum_Research%29_%2820120815%29.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''44''' || 21 || 14 || 12 || 8 || ±6.2 pp || 250 || IVR
|- style="background:Darkgrey;"
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|-
| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''57.7''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''17.5'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''14.9'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''9.9'' || style="background:#ffd;"|   || style="background:#ffd;"|
|- style="background:Darkgrey;"
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===Durham===
The constituency of [[Durham (electoral district)|Durham]] became vacant on July 31, 2012, when former Conservative minister [[Bev Oda]] resigned from parliament.<ref name="Oda">{{cite news |last=Chase |first=Steven |title=Stage set for cabinet shuffle after Bev Oda steps down |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/stage-set-for-cabinet-shuffle-after-bev-oda-steps-down/article4386157/ |newspaper=Globe and Mail |date=July 3, 2012 |access-date=July 3, 2012 |location=Toronto}}</ref>

The nomination race for the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] nomination in Durham was between retired [[Royal Canadian Air Force#1968–present: Unification|Canadian Forces]] [[Captain (Canadian army and air force)|Captain]] and lawyer Erin O'Toole, former [[Ontario Liberal Party|provincial Liberal]] Chris Topple,<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Meara |first=Jennifer |title=Race begins to replace Durham riding MP Bev Oda |url=http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1392184--race-begins-to-replace-durham-riding-mp-bev-oda |publisher= Durham Region.com |date=July 11, 2012 |access-date=September 20, 2012}}</ref> and Thomas Coughlan, a former aide to Finance Minister [[Jim Flaherty]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Third Durham Conservative candidate throws hat into the ring |url=http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1404584--third-durham-conservative-candidate-throws-hat-into-the-ring |publisher=Durham Region.com |date=July 18, 2012 |access-date=September 20, 2012}}</ref> O'Toole was acclaimed as the Conservative candidate on August 29.<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Meara |first=Jennifer |title=Erin O'Toole to be Conservative candidate in Durham |url=http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1494065--erin-o-toole-to-be-conservative-candidate-in-durham |publisher=Durham Region.com |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=September 20, 2012}}</ref>

[[Bowmanville]] resident Grant Humes, the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] candidate in the last election, ran again,<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Meara |first=Jennifer |title=The trio of hopefuls who would take the reins in Durham Riding |url=http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1523554--durham-candidates-ready-to-run-for-vacant-mp-seat |publisher=Durham Region.com |date=October 24, 2012 |access-date=November 10, 2012}}</ref> while the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] nominated [[Larry O'Connor (politician)|Larry O'Connor]], a former member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] and former mayor of [[Brock, Ontario|Brock]].
{{2012 Canadian federal by-elections/Durham}}
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! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
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! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
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! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 12, 2012}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/15603_Durham_Calgary__Victoria_By-Elections_%28Forum_Research%29_%2820121113%29.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''42''' || 26 || 22 || 7 || 3 || ±4.0 pp || 630 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|October 26, 2012}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/99522_Federal_By-Election_Polls_%28Forum_Research%29_%2820121028%29.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''46''' || 24 || 20 || 6 || 4 || ±5.0 pp || 422 || IVR
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| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''54.6''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''21.1'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''17.9'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''5.4'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''1.1'' || style="background:#ffd;"|
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===Victoria===
On August 23, 2012, [[Denise Savoie]], NDP MP for [[Victoria (British Columbia federal electoral district)|Victoria]] since [[39th Canadian Parliament|2006]], announced that she would be resigning her seat effective August 31. Savoie, who held the position of [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons]] at the time of her announcement, cited health reasons as the key cause of her resignation.<ref>{{cite news |title=NDP MP Denise Savoie cites health in resigning Commons seat |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/08/23/pol-savoie-resigns-victoria.html |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=August 23, 2012 |access-date=August 23, 2012}}</ref>

Prominent environmental lawyer [[Murray Rankin]] was nominated as the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] candidate on October 14.<ref>{{cite news |title= NDP nominates UVic professor Murray Rankin |url=http://www.timescolonist.com/health/nominates+UVic+professor+Murray+Rankin/7396085/story.html |newspaper=[[Times Colonist]] |date=October 16, 2012 |access-date=October 17, 2012}}</ref> Other Victoria NDP nomination contenders were [[Elizabeth Cull]], a former provincial finance and [[Ministry of Health (British Columbia)|health minister]]; former [[Greater Victoria School District|Victoria school board]] trustee Charley Beresford, and Victoria city councilor Ben Isitt.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timescolonist.com/life/Four+NDPers+represent+Victoria/7386145/story.html |newspaper=Times Colonist |title=Four NDPers vie to represent Victoria |date=October 13, 2012 |author=Cindy E. Harnett |access-date=October 22, 2012 }}</ref>

Dale Gann was acclaimed as the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] nominee.<ref>{{cite news |title=Conservatives acclaim Victoria candidate |url= http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Conservatives+acclaim+Victoria+candidate/7423047/story.html |newspaper=Times Colonist |date=October 20, 2012 |access-date=October 23, 2012}}</ref>

Paul Summerville, former [[investment bank]]er and previously unsuccessful [[New Democratic Party]] candidate in the [[Toronto]] riding of [[St. Paul's (electoral district)|St. Paul's]] was acclaimed as the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] nominee on October 13. He is the great-nephew of former Toronto mayor [[Donald Dean Summerville]].

The [[Green Party of Canada|Greens]] initially nominated Trevor Moat over [[University of Victoria Faculty of Law|UVic law professor]] Donald Galloway on September 29.  The vote was a tie and decided by a coin toss. On October 1 Moat stepped down in favour of Galloway.<ref>{{cite web |author=Bernard von Schulmann |title=Donald Galloway will be the Green candidate |url=http://victoriavision.blogspot.ca/2012/10/donald-galloway-will-be-green-candidate.html |publisher=Victoria Vision |date=October 1, 2012 |access-date=October 1, 2012}}</ref>

A key issue during the by-election campaign was the status of the city's proposed new [[sewage treatment]] plan.<ref name=sewage>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/sewage-at-centre-of-victoria-by-election/article5582535/ |title=Sewage at centre of Victoria by-election |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=November 22, 2012 |location=Toronto}}</ref> Several candidates expressed opposition to the cost of the project, as well as concerns about the environmental benefits.<ref name=sewage /> Rankin was the only candidate who supported the plan in its current form, while Galloway argued that it was insufficient and needed to be revised, Gann supported the plan at the start of the by-election campaign but later withdrew his support, and Summerville argued that the plan was simply a billion-dollar [[make-work program|make-work project]].<ref name=sewage />
{{2012 Canadian federal by-elections/Victoria}}
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! style="width:640px,;" colspan="11"| Opinion polling
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 12, 2012}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/15603_Durham_Calgary__Victoria_By-Elections_%28Forum_Research%29_%2820121113%29.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/NDP (Canada)}}|'''47''' || 12 || 14 || 26 || 1 || ±4.0 pp || 537 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|October 26, 2012}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/99522_Federal_By-Election_Polls_%28Forum_Research%29_%2820121028%29.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/NDP (Canada)}}|'''47''' || 16 || 16 || 20 || 1 || ±6.0 pp || 316 || IVR
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|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''50.8''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''23.6'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''14.0'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''11.6'' || style="background:#ffd;"|  || style="background:#ffd;"|
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==May 13, 2013 by-election==

===Labrador===
In 2011, Conservative [[Peter Penashue]] defeated sitting Liberal MP [[Todd Russell]] by 79 votes, making [[Labrador (electoral district)|Labrador]] one of the closest races in that election.<ref name="PenashueCBC"/> On March 14, 2013, Penashue, by then the [[Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs]] and [[President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada]], resigned from cabinet and from his seat with the intention to run again in a by-election. The resignation followed reports of an ineligible donation of $30,000 to his 2011 campaign. Penashue blamed the error on a campaign volunteer, paid back the money, and announced his intention to run for re-election in a press release. He was confirmed as the Conservative Party's candidate for the by-election the same day.<ref name=PenashueCBC>{{cite news|last=Payton|first=Laura|title=Peter Penashue quits over campaign donations|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/03/14/pol-peter-penashue-stepping-down.html|publisher=CBC News|access-date=April 7, 2013}}</ref>

His Liberal opponent was [[Yvonne Jones]], a member of the [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|provincial legislature]] who was previously the province's [[Leader of the Opposition (Newfoundland and Labrador)|leader of the opposition]]. The [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] candidate was researcher Harry Borlase, and the [[Libertarian Party of Canada|Libertarian]] candidate was Norman Andrews. The Greens did not run a candidate so as to not [[vote-splitting|split the vote]] in an attempt to help defeat Penashue.<ref>{{cite news|title=Labrador byelection called for Penashue's former riding|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2013/04/07/nl-byelection-labrador-407.html|access-date=April 7, 2013|publisher=CBC News|date=April 7, 2013}}</ref>
{{2013 Canadian federal by-elections/Labrador}}
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! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
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| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|May 11, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/00793_Labrador_by-Elections_%28Forum_Research%29%2812052013%29.pdf PDF] || 31 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''45''' || 24 || 0 || ±5.0 pp || 384 || IVR
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| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|April 24, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/55998_Labrador_by-Elections_%28Forum_Research%29%2804252013%29.pdf PDF] || 29 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''60''' || 10 || 1 || ±5.0 pp || 427 || IVR
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| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|April 2, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/08769_Labrador_by-Elections_%28Forum_Research%29%2804032013%29.pdf PDF] || 20 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''57''' || 21 || 1 || ±6.0 pp || 274 || IVR
|- style="background:Darkgrey;"
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|-
| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''39.8''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''39.1'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''19.8'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''1.3'' || style="background:#ffd;"|
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==November 25, 2013 by-elections==
On October 20, 2013, Prime Minister Harper announced that four pending by-elections will be held on November 25.<ref name=nov25>{{cite news|title=Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls four by-elections for November 25|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/prime-minister-stephen-harper-announces-four-byelections-to-be-held-on-november-25/article14948705/|access-date=October 20, 2013|newspaper=Globe and Mail|date=October 20, 2013|location=Toronto}}</ref>

===Bourassa===
On May 16, 2013, Liberal MP [[Denis Coderre]] announced he would resign his [[Bourassa (electoral district)|Bourassa]] seat on June 2, to [[2013 Montreal municipal election|run for Mayor of Montreal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Denis Coderre makes mayoralty bid official amid protests|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/05/16/mtl-denis-coderre-to-run-for-mayor-of-montreal.html|publisher=CBC News|access-date= May 18, 2013|date= May 16, 2013}}</ref> The Chief Electoral Officer received official notification of the vacancy on June 3, 2013 and the by-election had to be called by November 30, 2013.<ref name=hillaug/> A date of November 25, 2013 has been set for the vote.<ref name=nov25/>

The [[Liberal Party of Canada|federal Liberals]] chose their candidate on September 8.<ref name=gazaug/> Lawyer Joseph DiIorio ran for the nomination,<ref name=PunditsGuide>{{cite web|last=Funke|first=Alice |title=By-election candidates now emerging in Manitoba|url=http://www.punditsguide.ca/2013/09/by-election-candidates-now-emerging-in-manitoba/|publisher=Pundits' Guide|date=5 September 2013|access-date=5 September 2013}}</ref> as did Quebec [[Member of the National Assembly (Quebec)|MNA]] for [[Viau]], [[Emmanuel Dubourg]], who resigned his seat in the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] in order to do so.<ref name=gazaug>{{cite news|title=Liberals, NDP ready to grapple for federal riding in Montreal – once the byelection is called |newspaper=The Gazette |date=August 9, 2013 |url=http://www.canada.com/news/Liberals+ready+grapple+federal+riding+Montreal+once+byelection+called/8768981/story.html |access-date=August 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130812051853/http://www.canada.com/news/Liberals+ready+grapple+federal+riding+Montreal+once+byelection+called/8768981/story.html}}</ref><ref name=Dubourg>{{cite web |last=Authier |first=Philip |title=MNA Emmanuel Dubourg considering jump to federal Liberals |url=http://www.canada.com/news/Emmanuel+Dubourg+considering+jump+federal+Liberals/8750311/story.html |access-date=7 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807220545/http://www.canada.com/news/Emmanuel%2BDubourg%2Bconsidering%2Bjump%2Bfederal%2BLiberals/8750311/story.html |archive-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref>  Ultimately, Dubourg won the nomination.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dubourg wins Liberal nomination to replace Coderre in Bourassa|url=http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/dubourg-wins-liberal-nomination-to-replace-coderre-in-bourassa-1.1445911|publisher=CTV News |date=September 8, 2013|access-date=September 12, 2013}}</ref>

Larry Rousseau, regional executive vice-president for the [[Public Service Alliance of Canada]],<ref name=hillaug/> past NDP candidate Julie Demers, a community activist who works with [[housing cooperative|co-ops]],<ref name=hillaug/> and [[Public Service Alliance of Canada|PSAC]] staff rep Mario LeClerc<ref name=PunditsGuide /> sought the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] nomination,<ref name=gazaug/> losing to [[Juno Award]]-winning singer [[Stéphane Moraille]] of the band [[Bran Van 3000]].<ref name=Moraille>{{cite web |title=Stéphane Moraille to be NDP candidate in Bourassa by-election |url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/St%C3%A9phane+Moraille+candidate+Bourassa+election/8960035/story.html |publisher=The Montreal Gazette |date=25 September 2013 |access-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031015430/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/St%C3%A9phane%2BMoraille%2Bcandidate%2BBourassa%2Belection/8960035/story.html |archive-date=October 31, 2013}}</ref>

The [[Bloc Québécois]] selected Daniel Duranleau as its nominee.<ref>{{cite web|last=Grenier|first=Eric|title=By-elections called, by-elections polled|url=http://www.threehundredeight.com/2013/10/by-elections-called-by-elections-polled.html?spref=tw|publisher=ThreeHundredEight.com|date=21 October 2013|access-date=21 October 2013}}</ref>

Former NHL star and deputy leader of the [[Green Party of Canada|Green Party]] [[Georges Laraque]] had been announced as the party's candidate in Bourassa,<ref name=gazaug/> but stepped down as both the candidate and deputy leader of the Green Party when it was revealed he was facing fraud charges.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-Hab Laraque stepping down as Green deputy leader|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/ex-hab-laraque-stepping-down-as-green-deputy-leader-1.2086468|publisher=CBC News|date=17 October 2013|access-date=18 October 2013}}</ref> Danny Polifroni, who had run for the party in [[Papineau (electoral district)|Papineau]] in [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]], was named the Green candidate instead.

Engineer Rida Mahmoud was [[acclaimed]] as the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] nominee.<ref name=ManitobaConservatives>{{cite web|last=Funke|first=Alice|title=By-election countdown: Not all quiet on the western front|url=http://www.punditsguide.ca/2013/09/by-election-countdown-not-all-quiet-on-the-western-front/|publisher=The Pundits' Guide|date=17 September 2013|access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref>
{{2013 Canadian federal by-elections/Bourassa}}
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! style="width:640px,;" colspan="12"| Opinion polling
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Bloc Québécois|BQ]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 22, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/28978_Fed_By-Election_News_Release_%282013.11.22%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''43''' || 31 || 15 || 8 || 2 || 1 || ±6.0 pp || 238 || IVR
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| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 14, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/85510_Fed_Byelection_%282013.11.15%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''50''' || 21 || 20 || 3 || 5 || 1 || ±6.0 pp || 280 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 5, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/28349_Fed_Byelection_%282013.11.06%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''56''' || 19 || 17 || 5 || 2 || 1 || ±5.0 pp || 391 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|October 18, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/95156_Fed_by-election_%282013.10.19%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''47''' || 18 || 15 || 7 || 12 || 1 || ±5.0 pp || 404 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|May 17, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/18255_Bourassa_by-Elections_%28Forum_Research%29%2818052013%29.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''45''' || 21 || 26 || 3 || 3 || 1 || ±4.0 pp || 501 || IVR
|- style="background:Darkgrey;"
|| || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"|  || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''40.9''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''32.3'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''16.1'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''8.8'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''1.6'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''0.3'' || style="background:#ffd;"|
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===Provencher===
Minister of Public Safety [[Vic Toews]] resigned from cabinet and as an MP effective July 9, 2013, to spend more time with his family and join the private sector.<ref name=Toews>{{cite news|last=Mas|first=Susana|title=Vic Toews resigns ahead of cabinet shuffle|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/07/08/pol-public-safety-minister-vic-toews-cabinet.html|publisher=CBC News|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref> The Chief Electoral Officer received official notification of the vacancy on July 15, 2013.<ref name=hillaug/> On October 20, 2013, the by-election date of November 25, 2013, was announced.<ref name=nov25/>

Despite rumors that [[Steinbach (electoral district)|Steinbach]] MLA [[Kelvin Goertzen]] and Deputy Mayor of [[Steinbach, Manitoba|Steinbach]] Michael Zwaagstra would run for the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] nomination,<ref name=ProvencherCandidates>{{cite news|last=Lett|first=Dan|title=Goertzen Toews' successor?|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/goertzen-toews-successor-215478101.html|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|date=July 15, 2013|access-date=18 July 2013}}</ref> both decided not to, and instead endorsed Steinbach Credit Union president Ted Falk, who won the nomination by [[acclamation]].<ref name=PunditsGuide /><ref name=ManitobaConservatives />

Former parliamentary page Natalie Courcelles Beaudry, who also works in the constituency office of [[Dawson Trail (electoral district)|Dawson Trail]] MLA [[Ron Lemieux]], was the only declared candidate for the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] nomination, which was decided on October 20.<ref name=NDPLiberalsGreensNominationMeetings>{{cite web|last=Funke|first=Alice|title=UPDATED: NDP, Liberals and Greens set Nomination Meetings as By-election Countdown Continues|url=http://www.punditsguide.ca/2013/10/ndp-liberals-and-greens-set-nomination-meetings-as-by-election-countdown-continues/|publisher=The Pundits' Guide|date=October 3, 2013|access-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Dueck|first=Shannon|title=NDP Nominate Provencher Candidate|url=http://www.steinbachonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38905&Itemid=100413|publisher=SteinbachOnline|date=October 21, 2013|access-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>

The only declared candidate for the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] nomination was riding president Terry Hayward, who resigned his position in order to seek the nomination. Hayward had previously run as the Liberal candidate in the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 federal election]].<ref name=PunditsGuide /> Hayward was acclaimed as the Liberal nominee on September 25, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Terry Hayward Nominated as Liberal Party of Canada Candidate for Provencher|url=http://www.liberal.ca/newsroom/news-release/terry-hayward-nominated-liberal-party-canada-candidate-provencher/|publisher=Liberal Party of Canada|date=25 September 2013|access-date=30 September 2013}}</ref>

The [[Green Party of Canada|Green Party]] chose former candidate Janine Gibson as its nominee.<ref>{{cite web|last=Braun|first=Daryl|title=Gibson Running For Greens In Provencher|url=http://www.steinbachonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38780&Itemid=100413|publisher=SteinbachOnline|date=October 15, 2013|access-date=October 21, 2013}}</ref>
{{2013 Canadian federal by-elections/Provencher}}
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|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:640px,;" colspan="10"| Opinion polling
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 22, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/28978_Fed_By-Election_News_Release_%282013.11.22%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''48''' || 6 || 37 || 8 || ±7.0 pp || 201 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 14, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/85510_Fed_Byelection_%282013.11.15%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''51''' || 10 || 30 || 8 || ±5.0 pp || 301 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 5, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/28349_Fed_Byelection_%282013.11.06%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''53''' || 8 || 34 || 5 || ±5.0 pp || 330 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|October 18, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/95156_Fed_by-election_%282013.10.19%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''56''' || 9 || 26 || 9 || ±6.0 pp || 287 || IVR
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|-
| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''70.6''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''17.9'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''6.7'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''3.0'' || style="background:#ffd;"|
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===Toronto Centre===
On June 19, 2013, former interim Liberal Party leader [[Bob Rae]] announced he would resign his [[Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)|Toronto Centre]] seat to become a [[First Nations in Ontario|First Nations]] negotiator in Ontario.<ref name=julyrae>{{cite news|title=Bob Rae resigns from House of Commons|url=http://www.news1130.com/2013/06/19/bob-rae-resigns-from-house-of-commons/|agency=The Canadian Press|date=June 19, 2013}}</ref>  His resignation became effective July 31, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wingrove|first=Josh|title=Bob Rae sets departure date as First Nations work picks up|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/bob-rae-sets-departure-date-as-first-nations-work-picks-up/article13130136/#dashboard/follows/|access-date=11 July 2013|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=11 July 2013|location=Toronto}}</ref> The Chief Electoral Officer received official notification of the vacancy on August 6, 2013.<ref name=hillaug/> On October 20, 2013, the by-election date of November 25, 2013 was announced.<ref name=nov25/>

Journalist, author and pundit [[Chrystia Freeland]] was nominated as the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] candidate defeating Todd Ross, a former senior adviser to former Ontario health minister [[George Smitherman]] and Diana Burke, former chief information security officer at Royal Bank Financial Group.<ref name=hillaug>{{cite news|title=Journalists vying for seat in Commons shows politics changing: Spector|url=http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2013/08/12/journalists-vying-for-seat-in-commons-shows-politics-changing-spector/35576|access-date=August 12, 2013|newspaper=The Hill Times|date=August 12, 2013|archive-date=December 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216221451/http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2013/08/12/journalists-vying-for-seat-in-commons-shows-politics-changing-spector/35576|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=freeland>{{cite news|first=Susan|last=Delacourt|title=Chrystia Freeland taking leap from media to politics?|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/07/26/chrystia_freeland_taking_leap_from_media_to_politics.html|newspaper=The Toronto Star|date=July 26, 2013|access-date=July 28, 2013}}</ref> On July 29, former MPP for the [[Toronto Centre (provincial electoral district)|provincial electoral district of the same name]] and [[2010 Toronto mayoral election|2010 mayoral candidate]] [[George Smitherman]] announced he will not seek the Liberal nomination.<ref name=smitherman>{{cite news|title=Smitherman bows out of race for Liberal nod in Toronto Centre|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/smitherman-bows-out-of-race-for-liberal-nod-in-toronto-centre/article13487909/|access-date=July 30, 2013|newspaper=Globe and Mail|date=July 29, 2013}}</ref>

Columnist and author [[Linda McQuaig]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/06/columnist_linda_mcquaig_enters_ndp_race_in_toronto.bb.html |title=Columnist Linda McQuaig enters NDP race in Toronto |location=Toronto |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |date=6 August 2013 |access-date=20 April 2014 }}</ref> is the [[New Democratic Party]]'s candidate having defeated former [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] producer and [[MuchMusic]] host [[Jennifer Hollett]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=Dart|title=Former MuchMusic VJ Jennifer Hollett Wants Bob Rae's Seat|url=http://torontoist.com/2013/07/former-much-music-vj-jennifer-hollett-wants-bob-raes-seat/|access-date=July 25, 2013|newspaper=Torontoist|date=July 25, 2013}}</ref> and [[Transgender activism|transgender rights]] and social housing activist Susan Gapka for the nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipolitics.ca/2013/08/19/bran-van-3000-singer-transgender-activist-latest-ndp-by-election-candidates/|title=Bran van 3000 singer, transgender activist latest NDP byelection candidates|date=August 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/572495/toronto-activist-susan-gapka-battles-for-transgender-human-rights/ |title=Toronto activist Susan Gapka battles for transgender human rights |website=metronews.ca |access-date=August 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021021440/http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/572495/toronto-activist-susan-gapka-battles-for-transgender-human-rights/ |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dailyxtra.com/toronto/news/trans-activist-susan-gapka-joins-ndp-nomination-race-toronto-centre?market=207|title = StackPath}}</ref>

Lawyer Geoff Pollock was [[acclaimed]] as the [[Conservative Party of Canada]]'s nominee, as no one else ran for the nomination,<ref name=ManitobaConservatives /> and former ''Toronto Star'' journalist John Deverell was named the [[Green Party of Canada|Green Party]]'s nominee.<ref name=ManitobaConservatives />

The [[Pirate Party of Canada|Pirate Party]] candidate was party leader Travis McCrea;<ref>{{cite news|first=Kady|last=O'Malley|title=Pirate Party poised to hit the by-election hustings in TO Centre|url=http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/politics/inside-politics-blog/2013/08/pirate-party-poised-to-hit-the-by-election-hustings-in-to-centre.html|access-date=August 5, 2013|publisher=CBC News|date=August 2, 2013}}</ref> however, on October 13, McCrea pulled out of the race and resigned from his position as party leader, citing a need to address his depression.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilson|first=James|title=Resignation of Travis McCrea as Party Leader|url=https://www.pirateparty.ca/2013/10/13/resignation-of-travis-mccrea-as-party-leader/|publisher=Pirate Party of Canada|access-date=13 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211150340/https://www.pirateparty.ca/2013/10/13/resignation-of-travis-mccrea-as-party-leader/|archive-date=December 11, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pirate Party of Canada Leader Resigns, Drops out of TO By Election|date=October 11, 2013|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadaPolitics/comments/1o82gi/pirate_party_of_canada_leader_resigns_drops_out/|publisher=Reddit.com|access-date=13 October 2013}}</ref>
{{2013 Canadian federal by-elections/Toronto Centre}}
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|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:640px,;" colspan="11"| Opinion polling
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 24, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/59588_Fed_By-Election_News_Release_%282013.11.24%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''47''' || 39 || 11 || 3 || 0 || ±4.0 pp || 544 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 22, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/85510_Fed_Byelection_%282013.11.15%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''48''' || 35 || 13 || 3 || 1 || ±4.0 pp || 657 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 14, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/85510_Fed_Byelection_%282013.11.15%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''47''' || 32 || 16 || 4 || 1 || ±3.0 pp || 832 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 5, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/28349_Fed_Byelection_%282013.11.06%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''46''' || 35 || 15 || 4 || 0 || ±3.0 pp || 938 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|October 18, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/95156_Fed_by-election_%282013.10.19%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''45''' || 30 || 18 || 7 || 0 || ±3.0 pp || 855 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|June 19, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/13054_Toronto_Centre_by-Election_%2806202013%29%28Forum_Research%29.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''49''' || 25 || 20 || 6 || 0 || ±3.0 pp || 926 || IVR
|- style="background:Darkgrey;"
|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''41.0''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''30.2'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''22.6'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''5.0'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''1.1'' || style="background:#ffd;"|
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===Brandon—Souris===
On August 12, 2013, [[Merv Tweed]], Conservative MP for [[Brandon—Souris]], announced his resignation effective August 31.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Malley|first=Kady|title=Tory MP Merv Tweed leaves Commons for top job at rail company|url=http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/politics/inside-politics-blog/2013/08/tory-mp-merv-tweed-quits-to-pursue-private-sector-opportunities.html|publisher=CBC News|access-date=August 12, 2013|date=August 12, 2013}}</ref> On October 20, 2013, the by-election date of November 25, 2013 was announced.<ref name=nov25/>

Candidates for the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] nomination initially included Tweed's former executive assistant Chris Kennedy, [[Brandon City Council|Brandon city councillor]] and Deputy Mayor [[Len Isleifson]], and [[Arthur-Virden]] MLA (and [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] candidate in [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993]]) [[Larry Maguire]].<ref name=PunditsGuide /> Kennedy's nomination papers were rejected, while Isleifson withdrew, resulting in Maguire winning the nomination by [[acclamation]].<ref name=ManitobaConservatives /><ref>{{cite web|last=Funke|first=Alice|title=Conservative withdrawals pave way for possible early by-election calls|url=http://www.punditsguide.ca/2013/09/conservative-withdrawals-pave-way-for-possible-early-by-election-calls/|publisher=The Pundits' Guide|access-date=September 15, 2013|date=September 14, 2013}}</ref>

Candidates for the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] nomination were [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008]] and [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]] candidate Jean Luc Bouché, and Labour Council president Cory Szczepanski.<ref name=PunditsGuide /> Szczepanski ultimately won the nomination.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lilley|first=RJ|title=Szczepanski to Represent NDP in Brandon-Souris By-Election|url=http://www.cklq.com/index.php?id=62&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=262&cHash=29805ec3cc7a25bbb96d9e3d7ac2aacb|publisher=[[CKLQ|CKLQ 880]]|access-date=September 30, 2013|date=September 26, 2013}} {{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Candidates for the [[Green Party of Canada|Green]] nomination were [[Canadian Food Inspection Agency|CFIA]] food inspector Layne Tepleski, greenhouse owner David Neufeld, and retiree Lynwood Walker.<ref name=NDPLiberalsGreensNominationMeetings /> Neufeld ultimately won the nomination.<ref>{{cite web|author=Charles Tweed|title=Greens choose Neufeld|url=http://www.brandonsun.com/local/greens-choose-neufeld-227208421.html|newspaper=Brandon Sun|date=October 10, 2013|access-date=October 10, 2013}}</ref>

The candidates for the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] nomination were Rolf Dinsdale, media executive and son of former [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] MP [[Walter Dinsdale]], who represented the riding from 1951–1982, and [[Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain|Killarney-Turtle Mountain]] Mayor Rick Pauls,<ref>{{cite web|author=Jillian Austin|title=Pauls says he will seek Liberal nomination|url=http://www.brandonsun.com/local/pauls-says-he-will-seek-liberal-nomination-225611312.html|newspaper=[[Brandon Sun]]|date=September 28, 2013|access-date=September 30, 2013}}</ref> who had initially announced that he would run as an independent.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jillian Austin|title=Rick Pauls will run as independent|url=http://www.brandonsun.com/local/rick-pauls-will-run-as-independent-225174132.html|newspaper=Brandon Sun|date=September 25, 2013|access-date=September 26, 2013}}</ref> Pauls, a card-carrying [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]], left the party citing his "disgust" with the Conservative nomination process.<ref>{{cite web|author=Matt Goerzen|title=Pauls mulls Liberal run|url=http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Pauls-mulls-Liberal-run-225490132.html?path=/breaking-news&id=225490132&sortBy=oldest|newspaper=Brandon Sun|date=September 27, 2013|access-date=September 30, 2013}}</ref> Former [[United States Marine Corps|US Marine]] Frank Godon, who had previously run for the presidency of the [[Manitoba Métis Federation]], also announced his candidacy,<ref name=PunditsGuide /><ref>{{cite web|last=Funke|first=Alice|title=NDP sets two nomination meeting dates as Conservative deadline approaches|url=http://www.punditsguide.ca/2013/09/ndp-sets-two-nomination-meeting-dates-as-conservative-deadline-approaches/|publisher=The Pundits Guide|access-date=September 14, 2013|date=September 10, 2013}}</ref> but withdrew from the nomination race on September 20.<ref>{{cite web|title=Godon withdraws from Liberal nomination in Brandon-Souris|url=http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Godon-withdraws-from-Liberal-nomination-in-Brandon-Souris-224654391.html|newspaper=Brandon Sun|date=September 20, 2013|access-date=September 26, 2013}}</ref> Dinsdale ultimately won the nomination,<ref>{{cite web|author=Jillian Austin|title=Dinsdale wins Grit nomination|url=http://www.brandonsun.com/local/dinsdale-wins-grit-nomination-227208401.html?thx=y|newspaper=Brandon Sun|date=October 10, 2013|access-date=October 10, 2013}}</ref> while Godon returned to the race as the candidate for the [[Libertarian Party of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Godon enters byelection as Libertarian|url=http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/Godon-enters-byelection-as-Libertarian-229774421.html?thx=y|newspaper=Brandon Sun|date=October 29, 2013|access-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref>

Although public opinion polling during the campaign gave Dinsdale a significant lead over Maguire, with Dinsdale holding a 14-point lead in a [[Forum Research]] poll just a few days before the by-election,<ref>[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Dinsdale-ahead-in-Brandon-Souris-byelection-poll--233177371.html "Dinsdale ahead in Brandon-Souris byelection: poll"]. ''[[Winnipeg Free Press]]'', November 23, 2013.</ref> Maguire in fact narrowly won the final vote count. The discrepancy between the polls and the final result led to a renewed debate about the quality of public opinion polling in Canada.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/11/26/byelection_polling_comes_up_short.html "Byelection polling comes up short"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 26, 2013.</ref>
{{2013 Canadian federal by-elections/Brandon—Souris}}
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|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:640px,;" colspan="11"| Opinion polling
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 24, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/59588_Fed_By-Election_News_Release_%282013.11.24%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || 30 || 6 || 5 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''59''' || 0 || ±5.0 pp || 368 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 22, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/85510_Fed_Byelection_%282013.11.15%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || 36 || 8 || 5 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''50''' || 1 || ±5.0 pp || 443 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 14, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/85510_Fed_Byelection_%282013.11.15%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || 36 || 9 || 9 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''44''' || 2 || ±4.0 pp || 476 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 5, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/28349_Fed_Byelection_%282013.11.06%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || 35 || 10 || 9 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''40''' || 6 || ±4.0 pp || 527 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|October 18, 2013}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/95156_Fed_by-election_%282013.10.19%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || 35 || 12 || 12 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''39''' || 2 || ±5.0 pp || 412 || IVR
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| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''41.0''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''30.2'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''22.6'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''5.0'' || style="background:#ffd;"|  || style="background:#ffd;"|
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==June 30, 2014 by-elections==
On May 11, 2014, Prime Minister Harper announced that four out of the five pending by-elections (all except [[Whitby—Oshawa]]) would be held on June 30.<ref name=jun30>{{cite news|title=PM announces by-elections |url=http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2014/05/11/pm-announces-elections |access-date=May 11, 2014 |newspaper=Prime Minister of Canada |date=May 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225819/http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2014/05/11/pm-announces-elections |archive-date=May 12, 2014}}</ref>

===Macleod===
Conservative MP [[Ted Menzies]] announced on November 6, 2013, that he was resigning his seat that day after 9 years in parliament. He was Minister of State for Finance from 2011 until July 2, 2013, when he resigned announcing that he would not be a candidate in the next election.<ref>{{cite news|last=Curry|first=Bill|title=Long-serving Tory MP Ted Menzies resigns to take private-sector job |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/veteran-conservative-mp-resigns/article15292914/|access-date=November 6, 2013|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=November 6, 2013|location=Toronto}}</ref>

Candidates for the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] nomination included John Barlow, who ran for the [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|provincial PCs]] in [[Highwood (electoral district)|Highwood]] during the [[2012 Alberta general election]], rancher and farmer Phil Rowland, former parliamentary staffer Melissa Mathieson, and businessman Scott Wagner.<ref>{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=Don |title=Four step forward for Tory nomination |url=http://www.westernwheel.com/article/20131120/WHE0801/311209984/-1/whe/four-step-forward-for-tory-nomination |newspaper=Okotoks Western Wheel |date=November 20, 2013 |access-date=December 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215002220/http://www.westernwheel.com/article/20131120/WHE0801/311209984/-1/whe/four-step-forward-for-tory-nomination |archive-date=December 15, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Barlow ultimately won the nomination.<ref>{{cite news |last=Graveland |first=Bill |title=John Barlow wins hotly contested federal Conservative nomination for Macleod byelection |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/John+Barlow+wins+hotly+contested+federal+Conservative/9597037/story.html |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=March 9, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2014 |archive-date=March 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309200758/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/national/John+Barlow+wins+hotly+contested+federal+Conservative/9597037/story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dustin Fuller was the only declared candidate to run for the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] nomination, and was thus nominated by acclamation.<ref name="liberalmacleod">{{cite news|last=Cournoyer|first=Dave|title=By-election update: Conservatives choose Barlow for Macleod, Liberal MPs invade Alberta|url=http://daveberta.ca/2014/03/byelection-macleod-fort-mcmurray/|access-date=March 9, 2014|publisher=Daveberta.ca|date=March 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Stephenson-Macleod">{{cite news |last=Stephenson |first=Amanda |title=Byelections called in conservative stronghold |url=https://calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Byelections+called+conservative+stronghold/9828101/story.html |newspaper=Calgary Herald |date=May 11, 2014 |access-date=May 12, 2014}}</ref>

[[Larry Ashmore]] was nominated by the [[Green Party of Canada|Greens]].<ref name="Stephenson-Macleod"/> Aileen Burke was nominated by the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]].<ref name="ElectionsCanadaMacleod">{{cite web |url=http://elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=48020&EV=39&EV_TYPE=3&PROV=AB&PROVID=48&QID=-1&PAGEID=17 |title=Voter Information Service − List of candidates |access-date=2014-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200459/http://elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=48020&EV=39&EV_TYPE=3&PROV=AB&PROVID=48&QID=-1&PAGEID=17 |archive-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref>

David J. Reimer, interim leader<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chp.ca/party/recent-events/london-fanshawe-march-2014/ |title=London Fanshawe March 25 2014 |access-date=2014-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602200040/http://www.chp.ca/party/recent-events/london-fanshawe-march-2014/ |archive-date=June 2, 2014}}</ref> of the [[Christian Heritage Party of Canada|Christian Heritage Party]], was his party's candidate.<ref name="ElectionsCanadaMacleod"/>
{{2014 Canadian federal by-elections/Macleod}}
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! style="width:640px,;" colspan="11"| Opinion polling
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|June 29, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/FED%20By-Election%20News%20Release%20%2806.29.2014%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''54''' || 4 || 16 || 16 || 10 || ±5.0 pp || 406 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|June 18, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/FED%20By-Election%20News%20Release%20%2806.19.2014%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''61''' || 11 || 9 || 11 || 8 || ±4.0 pp || 508 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|May 14, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/FED%20by-election%20News%20Release%20%282014.5.15%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''62''' || 6 || 6 || 15 || 11 || ±5.0 pp || 448 || IVR
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| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''77.5''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''10.3'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''4.6'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''3.7'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''3.9''  || style="background:#ffd;"|
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===Fort McMurray—Athabasca===
Conservative MP [[Brian Jean]] announced on January 10, 2014, that he was resigning his seat effective January 17 after a decade in parliament.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-conservative-mp-brian-jean-stepping-down-1.2492400|title=Alberta Conservative MP Brian Jean stepping down|date=January 10, 2014|access-date=January 10, 2014|publisher=CBC News}}</ref><ref name=jean>{{cite news|title=Conservative MP representing oil sands resigns|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/conservative-mp-representing-oil-sands-resigns/article16285025/|access-date=January 10, 2014|newspaper=Globe and Mail|date=January 10, 2014|location=Toronto}}</ref>

[[David Yurdiga]], the deputy reeve for [[Athabasca County]],<ref name="fortmcmurray">{{cite news |last=Klinkenberg |first=Marty |title=Former federal Liberal staffer hopes to win party's nomination in Fort McMurray-Athabasca |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |date=February 14, 2014 |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/Former+federal+Liberal+staffer+hopes+party+nomination+Fort+McMurray+Athabasca/9509905/story.html |access-date=February 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331055306/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Former%2Bfederal%2BLiberal%2Bstaffer%2Bhopes%2Bparty%2Bnomination%2BFort%2BMcMurray%2BAthabasca/9509905/story.html |archive-date=March 31, 2014}}</ref> and lawyer Arlan Delisle<ref>{{cite news|last=Harper|first=Aimée |title=Conservative party ready to select MP candidate|newspaper=Fort McMurray Today|date=March 25, 2014 |url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/03/24/conservative-party-ready-to-select-mp-candidate|access-date=March 30, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429061830/http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/03/24/conservative-party-ready-to-select-mp-candidate}}</ref> both ran for the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] nomination, which Yurdiga ultimately won.<ref name="torynom">{{cite news |last=McDermott |first=Vincent|title=Conservatives elect David Yurdiga as byelection candidate |url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/04/27/conservatives-elect-david-yurdiga-as-byelection-candidate|access-date=May 3, 2014 |newspaper=Fort McMurray Today|date=April 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503184920/http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/04/27/conservatives-elect-david-yurdiga-as-byelection-candidate|archive-date=May 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other potential candidates included former [[Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo]] MLA [[Guy Boutilier]]; former firefighter Brad Grainger; future [[United Conservative Party|United Conservative]] MLA and Conservative MP [[Laila Goodridge]], who at the time was constituency assistant for [[Calgary Centre]] MP [[Joan Crockatt]]; and [[Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo]] councillor Phil Meagher.<ref name="fortmcmurray_potential">{{cite news|last=McDermott|first=Vincent|title=Eight people mulling Fort McMurray by-election run|url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/02/05/eight-people-mulling-fort-mcmurray-by-election-run|access-date=February 21, 2014|newspaper=Fort McMurray Today|date=February 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220161229/http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/02/05/eight-people-mulling-fort-mcmurray-by-election-run|archive-date=February 20, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Suncor Energy]] employee Lori McDaniel is the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] candidate.<ref name="ndpliberalnominees">{{cite news|last=Harper|first=Aimée|title=Former Hill staffer selected as Fort McMurray Liberal candidate|url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/03/30/former-hill-staffer-selected-as-fort-mcmurray-liberal-candidate|access-date=March 30, 2014|newspaper=Fort McMurray Today|date=March 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010085650/http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/03/30/former-hill-staffer-selected-as-fort-mcmurray-liberal-candidate|archive-date=October 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Former [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] staffer and [[Fort McMurray]] [[Métis Nation of Alberta|Métis Local]] 1935 manager Kyle Harrietha ran for the party's nomination,<ref name="fortmcmurray" /> as did active [[International Union of Operating Engineers]] Local 955 member Chris Flett.<ref name="liberalmacleod" /> Other potential candidates included Joanne Roberts, director of public affairs, industry relations and economic development for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo; former Fort McMurray councillor Colleen Tatum; and Ron Quintal, president of Fort McKay [[Métis Nation of Alberta|Métis Local]] 63.<ref name="fortmcmurray_potential" /> Harrietha ultimately won the nomination.<ref name="ndpliberalnominees" />

Brian Deheer was nominated by the [[Green Party of Canada|Green Party]].<ref name="gpc_website">{{cite web|title=By-elections |url=https://greenparty.ca/by-elections |publisher=[[Green Party of Canada]] |date=May 30, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702202833/http://www.greenparty.ca/by-elections |archive-date=July 2, 2014}}</ref> Firefighter Tim Moen was the [[Libertarian Party of Canada|Libertarian]] candidate, marking the first time the party ran a candidate in the region.<ref name="torynom" /> Moen later made national news when he created a meme featuring himself that said "I want [[Same-sex marriage|gay married couples]] to defend their [[Cannabis|marijuana plants]] with guns." Moen felt the graphic was a perfect summary of libertarianism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Klinkenberg |first=Marty |title=Anti-government platform more important than votes for leader of federal Libertarians |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/anti-government-platform-more-important-than-votes-for-leader-of-federal-libertarians |date=September 26, 2014 |website=Edmonton Journal |access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref> Moen was later named Libertarian party leader.<ref>{{cite news|last=McDermott|first=Vincent|title=Local Libertarian candidate Tim Moen named party leader|url=http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/05/22/local-libertarian-candidate-tim-moen-named-party-leader|access-date=June 12, 2014|newspaper=Fort McMurray Today|date=May 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010013058/http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2014/05/22/local-libertarian-candidate-tim-moen-named-party-leader|archive-date=October 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{2014 Canadian federal by-elections/Fort McMurray—Athabasca}}
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! style="width:640px,;" colspan="11"| Opinion polling
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! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|June 29, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/FED%20By-Election%20News%20Release%20%2806.29.2014%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || 33 || 13 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''41''' || 5 || 8 || ±5.0 pp || 326 || IVR
|- style="background:Darkgrey;"
|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''71.8''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''13.2'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''10.4'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''4.5'' || style="background:#ffd;"|  || style="background:#ffd;"|
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===Trinity—Spadina===
[[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]] MP [[Olivia Chow]] resigned her [[downtown Toronto]] [[Trinity—Spadina (federal electoral district)|Trinity—Spadina]] seat on March 12, 2014, to run in the [[2014 Toronto mayoral election]] in a bid to unseat incumbent [[Mayor of Toronto]] [[Rob Ford]]. Chow had held the seat since 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Olivia Chow resigns seat, set to launch Toronto mayoral bid|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/olivia-chow-jumps-into-toronto-mayoral-contest/article17449400/|access-date=March 12, 2014|newspaper=Globe and Mail|date=March 12, 2014}}</ref>

Joe Cressy, director of the [[Stephen Lewis Foundation]] and a past campaign manager for Olivia Chow, sought the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] nomination.<ref name=cressy>{{cite news|title=NDP turns to young activist with deep Chow roots in Trinity-Spadina|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/03/17/ndp_turns_to_young_activist_with_deep_chow_roots_in_trinityspadina.html|access-date=March 17, 2014|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=March 17, 2014}}</ref> Other potential candidates for the NDP nomination had included journalist and author [[Linda McQuaig]] (who ran as the NDP candidate in the 2013 [[Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)|Toronto Centre]] by-election), [[Toronto City Council|Toronto city councillor]] [[Adam Vaughan]],<ref name=g&m_trinspd_Mar12>{{cite news|title=Chow's resignation creates Toronto turf war for NDP and Liberals|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/chows-resignation-creates-toronto-turf-war-for-ndp-and-liberals/article17467947/|access-date=March 12, 2014|newspaper=Globe and Mail|date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> and former city councillor [[Joe Pantalone]].<ref name=cbctsMar13>{{cite news|title=Trinity-Spadina byelection race is already on as Olivia Chow departs|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trinity-spadina-byelection-race-is-already-on-as-olivia-chow-departs-1.2569946|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=CBC News|date=March 13, 2014}}</ref> Toronto city councillor [[Mike Layton]]<ref name=cbctsMar13/> and former [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] producer and [[MuchMusic]] host [[Jennifer Hollett]]<ref name=cressy/> were also rumoured, but announced they would not run. Cressy ultimately won the nomination by acclamation.<ref name=cressy_liberals>{{cite news|last=Beaulne-Stuebing|first=Laura|title=The race is on for the Liberal nomination in Trinity Spadina|url=http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/04/16/the-race-is-on-for-the-liberal-nomination-in-trinity-spadina/|access-date=April 17, 2014|newspaper=iPolitics|date=April 16, 2014}}</ref>

[[Toronto City Council|Toronto city councillor]] [[Adam Vaughan]], who had been rumoured as a possible [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] candidate, is the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] nominee;<ref>{{cite news|title=Adam Vaughan wins Liberal nomination for Trinity-Spadina|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/adam-vaughan-wins-liberal-nomination-for-trinity-spadina-1.2631280|access-date=May 3, 2014|newspaper=CBC News|date=May 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Harper|first=Tim|title=Adam Vaughan to run for Liberals in federal byelection: Tim Harper |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/04/17/adam_vaughan_to_run_for_liberals_in_federal_byelection.html|access-date=April 17, 2014|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> Ryan Davey and Christine Tabbert, who ran as the Liberal candidate in [[Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke (federal electoral district)|Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke]] during the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 election]], had both entered the nomination but subsequently withdrew from the race.<ref name=cressy_liberals /> Labour lawyer and former ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now Magazine]]'' editor Glenn Wheeler had also expressed interest in the Liberal nomination, though ultimately decided not to run.<ref>{{cite news|last=Delacourt|first=Susan |title=Justin Trudeau blocks woman's Liberal candidacy over bullying complaints |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/03/13/justin_trudeau_blocks_womans_liberal_candidacy_over_bullying_complaints.html|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=March 13, 2014}}</ref> Christine Innes, who was the Liberal candidate in [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008]] and [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]], as well as the wife of former MP [[Tony Ianno]], had announced her candidacy for the Liberal nomination<ref name=cbctsMar13/> but was disqualified by Liberal leader [[Justin Trudeau]] after complaints that her campaign team had engaged in "intimidation and bullying" after rejecting a request that if she is elected in the by-election she commit to running in the future riding of [[Spadina—Fort York (federal electoral district)|Spadina—Fort York]] when Trinity—Spadina is abolished in the next general election, rather than [[University—Rosedale (federal electoral district)|University—Rosedale]] where MP [[Chrystia Freeland]] intends to stand.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trudeau blocks candidacy of ex-MP's wife over bullying complaints|newspaper=Globe and Mail |date=March 13, 2014|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-blocks-candidacy-of-ex-mps-wife-over-bullying-complaints/article17478438/|access-date=March 13, 2014|location=Toronto}}</ref>

Camille Labchuk was nominated by the [[Green Party of Canada|Green Party]].<ref name="gpc_website"/> Benjamin Sharma was nominated by the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]].<ref name="cp24_toronto_guide">{{cite news|title=A simple uncomplicated guide to the 3 elections you keep hearing about|url=http://www.cp24.com/news/a-simple-uncomplicated-guide-to-the-3-elections-you-keep-hearing-about-1.1819430|publisher=[[CP24]]|date=May 13, 2014|access-date=May 17, 2014}}</ref>  Linda Groce, an anti-abortion advocate who also goes by the name Linda Gibbons, announced her intention to run as a [[Christian Heritage Party of Canada|Christian Heritage Party]] candidate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chp.ca/party/events/linda-gibbons-at-simcoe-north-eda-ontario/ |title=Linda Gibbons at Simcoe North EDA, Ontario |access-date=2014-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605051339/http://www.chp.ca/party/events/linda-gibbons-at-simcoe-north-eda-ontario/ |archive-date=June 5, 2014}}</ref>
{{2014 Canadian federal by-elections/Trinity—Spadina}}
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|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:640px,;" colspan="10"| Opinion polling
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|June 29, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/FED%20By-Election%20News%20Release%20%2806.29.2014%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || 35 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''45''' || 11 || 9 || ±5.0 pp || 446 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|June 18, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/FED%20By-Election%20News%20Release%20%2806.19.2014%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || 34 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''52''' || 12 || 2 || ±4.0 pp || 569 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|May 14, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/FED%20by-election%20News%20Release%20%282014.5.15%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || 31 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''54''' || 13 || 2 || ±4.0 pp || 625 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|April 21, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/Trinity-Spadina%20News%20Release%20%282014.04.22%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || 31 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''52''' || 14 || 2 || ±4.0 pp || 517 || IVR
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|March 13, 2014}} || [http://www.forumresearch.com/forms/News%20Archives/News%20Releases/87825_Trinity-Spadina_News_Release_%282014.03.16%29_Forum_Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/NDP (Canada)}}|'''46''' || 32 || 15 || 6 || ±4.0 pp || 760 || IVR
|- style="background:Darkgrey;"
|| || || || || || || ||
|-
| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''54.5''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''23.4'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''16.8'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''4.4'' || style="background:#ffd;"|
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===Scarborough—Agincourt===
On April 1, 2014, long-time [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] Member of Parliament [[Jim Karygiannis]] announced his resignation to run in the [[2014 Toronto municipal election]] to replace [[Mike Del Grande]]. Karygiannis had held the seat of [[Scarborough—Agincourt (federal electoral district)|Scarborough—Agincourt]] since 1988.<ref name="JimmyK">{{cite news|last=Delacourt|first=Susan|title=Veteran Scarborough MP Karygiannis steps down to run in municipal election|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/04/01/veteran_scarborough_liberal_mp_jim_karygiannis_steps_down.html|publisher=The Toronto Star|access-date=1 April 2014}}</ref>

Arnold Chan, a lawyer and former aide to [[Dalton McGuinty]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Arnold Chan Wins the LPC Nomination for Scarborough—Agincourt|url=http://www.liberal.ca/newsroom/news-release/arnold-chan-wins-lpc-nomination-scarboroughagincourt/|publisher=Liberal.ca|date=May 9, 2014|access-date=May 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Arnold Chan Green Lit As Candidate for Scarborough-Agincourt Federal Liberal Nomination|url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1346899/arnold-chan-green-lit-as-candidate-for-scarborough-agincourt-federal-liberal-nomination|publisher=CNW Group|date=April 30, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2014}}</ref> won the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] nomination defeating [[Nick Mantas|Nikolaos Mantas]], Karygiannis' former constituency assistant.<ref name="scarborough_liberals">{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Adler|title=Liberals in Scarborough-Agincourt to select candidate to replace outgoing Jim Karygiannis|url=http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/4507480-liberals-in-scarborough-agincourt-to-select-candidate-to-replace-outgoing-jim-karygiannis/|publisher=Scarborough Mirror|date=May 8, 2014|access-date=May 9, 2014}}</ref> Muraly Srinarayanathas had also run for the nomination, though withdrew prior to the vote.<ref name="scarborough_liberals" />

The [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]] nominated Trevor Ellis as their candidate on May 3, 2014.<ref name="scarborough_liberals" /> Elizabeth Long was nominated by the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]].<ref name="cp24_toronto_guide"/> Shahbaz Mir will stand for the [[Green Party of Canada|Green Party]], while [[Kevin Clarke (politician)|Kevin Clarke]] will stand as an independent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35080&EV=39&EV_TYPE=3&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&QID=-1&PAGEID=17 |title=Voter Information Service − List of candidates |access-date=2014-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708025436/http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35080&EV=39&EV_TYPE=3&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&QID=-1&PAGEID=17 |archive-date=July 8, 2014}}</ref>
{{2014 Canadian federal by-elections/Scarborough—Agincourt}}
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! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
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! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
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! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
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| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|June 29, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/FED%20By-Election%20News%20Release%20%2806.29.2014%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''48''' || 37 || 10 || 4 || 1 || ±5.0 pp || 446 || IVR
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| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|June 18, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/FED%20By-Election%20News%20Release%20%2806.19.2014%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''52''' || 36 || 8 || 2 || 2 || ±4.0 pp || 562 || IVR
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| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|May 14, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/FED%20by-election%20News%20Release%20%282014.5.15%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''46''' || 38 || 9 || 2 || 5 || ±4.0 pp || 571 || IVR
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| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''45.4''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''34.2'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''18.1'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''2.3'' || style="background:#ffd;"|  || style="background:#ffd;"|
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==November 17, 2014 by-elections==
On October 12, 2014, Harper announced the scheduling of two by-elections for November 17.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-byelections-set-for-whitby-oshawa-yellowhead-in-alberta-1.2796538|title=Federal byelections set for Whitby-Oshawa, Yellowhead in Alberta|access-date=October 14, 2014|date=October 12, 2014|publisher=CBC News}}</ref>

===Whitby—Oshawa===
On April 10, 2014, former [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance]] [[Jim Flaherty]] died in [[Ottawa]], creating a vacancy in his riding.<ref>{{cite news |author=Erika Tucker |title=Jim Flaherty passes away at 64 |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1263247/jim-flaherty-passes-away-at-63-reports/ |publisher=[[Global News]] |date=April 10, 2014 |access-date=April 10, 2014 }}</ref> A by-election was called on October 12, 2014 for November 17, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Race to fill Jim Flaherty's seat gets underway in Whitby-Oshawa|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/race-to-fill-jim-flaherty-s-seat-gets-underway-in-whitby-oshawa-1.2708891|access-date=July 19, 2014|work=CBC News|date=July 16, 2014}}</ref><ref name=nov17>{{cite news|title=Harper calls Nov. 17 byelection to replace the late Jim Flaherty in Whitby-Oshawa|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/10/12/november_date_set_for_byelection_in_whitbyoshawa.html|access-date=October 12, 2014|work=Toronto Star|date=October 12, 2014}}</ref>

[[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]] mayor Pat Perkins defeated former [[Constituency association|electoral district association]] president David Glover for the Conservative Party nomination. Glover has since complained that senior party officials manipulated the nomination process in order to benefit Perkins.<ref name=perkins>{{cite news|title=Conservatives divided with by-election underway in Flaherty's riding |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-sets-november-date-for-federal-byelections-in-ontario-and-alberta/article21075851/|access-date=October 13, 2014|work=Globe and Mail|date=October 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=BJ|last=Siekierski|title=Two set to vie for Conservative Whitby-Oshawa nom as deadline nears|url=http://www.ipolitics.ca/2014/08/29/two-set-to-vie-for-conservative-whitby-oshawa-nom-as-deadline-nears/ |publisher=iPolitics.ca|date=August 29, 2014|access-date=August 29, 2014}}</ref> Prior to her entry into the [[2015 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election]], one rumoured candidate for the nomination was [[Christine Elliott]], Flaherty's widow and the MPP for the [[Whitby—Oshawa (provincial electoral district)|provincial riding of the same name]].<ref name=blizzard>{{cite news|last1=Blizzard|first1=Christina|title=Who will replace Hudak?|url=http://www.torontosun.com/2014/06/13/who-will-replace-hudak|access-date=June 14, 2014|newspaper=Toronto Sun|date=June 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name="elliott">{{cite news|title=Liberal hoping to replace Flaherty in Whitby-Oshawa|url=http://sharenews.com/liberal-hoping-to-replace-flaherty-in-whitby-oshawa/|publisher=Share News|date=April 24, 2014|access-date=May 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502001316/http://sharenews.com/liberal-hoping-to-replace-flaherty-in-whitby-oshawa/|archive-date=May 2, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] riding president Trish McAuliffe, a social activist who placed second to Flaherty in the 2011 federal election, was nominated once again as that party's candidate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Candidates surfacing for Whitby-Oshawa byelection|url=http://www.oshawaexpress.ca/viewposting.php?view=6787|access-date=August 22, 2014|work=Oshawa Express|date=August 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808120156/http://www.oshawaexpress.ca/viewposting.php?view=6787|archive-date=August 8, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Celina Caesar-Chavannes, the president of ReSolve Research Solutions Inc., a [[clinical trial]]s management service she co-founded with her husband in 2004, was acclaimed as the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] nominee on July 17, 2014.<ref name="elliott" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/politics/inside-politics-blog/2014/07/tony-clement-to-reveal-canadas-contribution-to-new-space-exploration-mission.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718065303/http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/politics/inside-politics-blog/2014/07/tony-clement-to-reveal-canadas-contribution-to-new-space-exploration-mission.html|archive-date=2014-07-18|title=Tony Clement to reveal Canada's contribution to new 'space exploration mission'|work=CBC.ca 'Inside Politics' Blog|access-date=2022-01-08}}</ref>
{{2014 Canadian federal by-elections/Whitby—Oshawa}}

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|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:640px,;" colspan="11"| Opinion polling
|- style="background:#e9e9e9;"
! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
|-
| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 16, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/By-Election%20News%20Release%20%282014%2011%2016%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || 42 || 10 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''45''' || 3 || 0 || ±3.0 pp || 919 || IVR
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| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 11, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/By-Election%20News%20Release%20(2014%2011%2011)%20Forum%20Research_Updated.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''44''' || 12 || 40 || 3 || 0 || ±4.0 pp || 811 || IVR
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| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|October 27, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/Whitby-Oshawa%20News%20Release%20%282014%2010%2027%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''41''' || 15 || 32 || 8 || 4 || ±3.0 pp || 894 || IVR
|- style="background:Darkgrey;"
|| || || || || || || || ||
|-
| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''58.4''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''22.3'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''14.1'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''4.9'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''0.3'' || style="background:#ffd;"|
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===Yellowhead===
On September 17, 2014, [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] MP [[Rob Merrifield]], first elected in [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000]], resigned his seat to accept an appointment from Alberta Premier [[Jim Prentice]] as the province's envoy to the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Federal Conservative party losing another MP. Rob #Merrifield quitting to take job as Alberta gov't rep to United States. #cdnpoli #abpoli|url=https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/512313087308087297|work=Twitter|publisher=CBC News Alerts|date=September 17, 2014|access-date=September 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wingrove|first=Josh|title=Prentice to appoint Conservative MP as Alberta's envoy to U.S.|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/try-it-now/?articleId=20641764|publisher=The Globe and Mail|access-date=September 17, 2014|date=September 17, 2014}}</ref>

Candidates for the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] nomination were [[Yellowhead County]] Mayor Gerald Soroka and former [[Fort St. John, British Columbia|Fort St. John]], [[British Columbia]] Mayor Jim Eglinski.<ref>{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Ed|title=County mayor to run for federal nomination|url=http://www.edsonleader.com/2014/09/18/county-mayor-to-run-for-federal-nomination |publisher=Edson Leader|access-date=September 20, 2014 |date=September 18, 2014}}</ref><ref name="hinton">{{cite news|last=Waugh|first=Tyler|title=Federal byelection coming to Yellowhead |url=http://hintonvoice.com/federal-byelection-coming-to-yellowhead-p2859-73.htm |publisher=The Hinton Voice|access-date=October 14, 2014|date=September 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016161312/http://hintonvoice.com/federal-byelection-coming-to-yellowhead-p2859-73.htm}}</ref> Eglinski ultimately won the nomination.<ref>{{cite news |last=Howell |first=David |title=Yellowhead voters go to the polls Nov. 17 in federal byelection |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/Yellowhead+voters+polls+federal+byelection/10285181/story.html |publisher=[[Edmonton Journal]] |access-date=October 20, 2014 |date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031135228/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Yellowhead%2Bvoters%2Bpolls%2Bfederal%2Bbyelection/10285181/story.html |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The only declared candidate for the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] nomination was [[Hinton, Alberta|Hinton]] councillor Ryan Maguhn, thus giving him the nomination by acclamation.<ref name="hinton" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Ryan Maguhn nominated as Liberal candidate for by-election in Yellowhead|url=http://alberta.liberal.ca/en/yellow-byelection-nomination/|publisher=Liberal Party of Canada (Alberta)|access-date=October 20, 2014|date=October 19, 2014}}</ref>
{{2014 Canadian federal by-elections/Yellowhead}}

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! style="width:640px,;" colspan="10"| Opinion polling
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! style="width:110px"|Polling Firm
! style="width:110px"|Last Date<br />of Polling
! style="width:60px" class="unsortable"|Link
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|NDP]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
! style="width:60px;" class=unsortable |Margin<br />of Error
! style="width:50px;" class=unsortable |Sample<br />Size
! class=unsortable |Polling Method
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| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 16, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/By-Election%20News%20Release%20%282014%2011%2016%29%20Forum%20Research.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''51''' || 13 || 24 || 13 || ±6.0 pp || 311 || IVR
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| [[Forum Research]] || {{dts|November 11, 2014}} || [http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/By-Election%20News%20Release%20(2014%2011%2011)%20Forum%20Research_Updated.pdf PDF] || {{Party shading/Conservative (Canada)}}|'''62''' || 12 || 16 || 10 || ±5.0 pp || 406 || IVR
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| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''77.0''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''13.1'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''2.9'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''7.0'' || style="background:#ffd;"|
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==Cancelled October 19, 2015 by-elections==
The following by-elections were called for October 19, 2015 which was also the expected date of the [[2015 Canadian federal election|next general election]]; as the length of time the seats were vacant required that a byelection be called, but the length of time remaining before the general election campaign began was too short to justify actually holding one, this was a technical formality which essentially meant that a by-election was scheduled which would never actually be held. The by-elections were superseded by the general election at the dissolution of parliament on August 2, 2015 and the dropping of the federal election writ.<ref name=super>{{cite web|title=By-elections called for October 19, 2015 – What you need to know|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=2015&document=faqby2015&lang=e|website=Elections Canada|publisher=Elections Canada|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref>

===Peterborough===
On November 5, 2014, [[Dean Del Mastro]], the [[Independent (politician)#Canada|independent]] (formerly [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]) MP for [[Peterborough (electoral district)|Peterborough]], resigned his seat after being found guilty on three counts of violating election spending limits.<ref name="del_mastro">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dean-del-mastro-mps-to-vote-on-suspension-on-wednesday-1.2823628|title=Dean Del Mastro: MPs to vote on suspension on Wednesday|access-date=November 5, 2014|date=November 4, 2014|publisher=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MP Del Mastro surrenders House of Commons seat|url=http://www.cp24.com/news/mp-del-mastro-surrenders-house-of-commons-seat-1.2088439#ixzz3IEDooxxk|publisher=CP24 News|access-date=November 5, 2014|date=November 5, 2014}}</ref> Prior to his resignation, the House of Commons was expected to vote in favour of an [[New Democratic Party of Canada|NDP]] proposal to suspend Del Mastro without pay, effective immediately.<ref name="del_mastro" />

Retired high school teacher Dave Nickle became the first nominated candidate for Peterborough when he won the nomination to run for the NDP on March 28, 2015,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nyznik |first=Jessica |title=NDP first to nominate a candidate for federal election |url=http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2015/03/28/ndp-first-to-nominate-a-candidate-for-federal-election |date=March 28, 2015 |publisher=[[The Peterborough Examiner]] |access-date=April 13, 2015 |archive-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705055609/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2015/03/28/ndp-first-to-nominate-a-candidate-for-federal-election |url-status=dead }}</ref> however, he did not register as a candidate for the by-election.<ref name=petec>{{cite web|title=List of confirmed candidates in Peterborough|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=2015/35071&document=cand&lang=e|website=Elections Canada|publisher=Elections Canada|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> In the 2011 election, he had finished second to Conservative MP Del Mastro.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/1341084/ontario-election-2014-peterborough-riding/|title=Ontario election 2014: Peterborough riding|work=Globalnews.ca}}</ref>

Businessman Michael Skinner was the only declared candidate for the Conservative nomination.<ref name="peterborough_2015">{{cite news|first=Joelle|last=Kovach|url=http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2015/02/03/monsef-to-run-for-liberals-jacquays-bows-out|title=Monsef to run for Liberals, Jaquays bows out|access-date=February 4, 2015|date=February 3, 2015|publisher=The Peterborough Examiner}}</ref>

Candidates for the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] nomination included Brian Cowie, [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]] city councillor Bob Hall, lawyer and former [[Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board|school board]] trustee Brendan Moher, and former Peterborough mayoral candidate [[Maryam Monsef]].<ref name="peterborough_2015" /> [[Trent University]] lecturer Cammie Jaquays and Peterborough city councillor Lesley Parnell both initially ran for nomination but withdrew, with the former withdrawing to support Monsef and the latter withdrawing to focus on her municipal duties.<ref name="peterborough_2015" /><ref>{{cite news|first=Paul|last=Rellinger|title=Lesley Parnell drops federal Liberal nomination bid|url=http://www.mykawartha.com/news-story/5182894-lesley-parnell-drops-federal-liberal-nomination-bid/|publisher=Peterborough This Week|access-date=February 4, 2015|date=December 5, 2014}}</ref> Monsef won the nomination and was registered as a candidate for the by-election.<ref name=petec/>

The [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker]]'s warrant declaring the seat vacant was received by the Chief Electoral Officer on November 7, 2014. On May 3, 2015, the [[writ of election|writ]] was issued for a by-election to be held October 19, 2015<ref name=octby>{{Cite web |url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/federal-by-elections-underway-2015767.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 3, 2015 |archive-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622065500/http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/federal-by-elections-underway-2015767.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was also the anticipated date of the [[2015 Canadian federal election|next general election]]. The by-election was superseded by the general election on August 2, 2015 when parliament was dissolved and the general election writ dropped;<ref name=super/> Monsef remained the Liberal candidate in the general election, and won the now Peterborough—Kawarthas seat on election day.

===Sudbury===
On December 16, 2014 [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] MP [[Glenn Thibeault]] announced that he would be resigning from the House of Commons upon being appointed the [[Ontario Liberal Party]]'s candidate in a provincial by-election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/ndp-s-glenn-thibeault-to-defect-to-ontario-liberals-wynne-1.2874576|title=NDP's Glenn Thibeault 'proud' to defect to Ontario Liberals|work=CBC News|access-date=2022-01-08}}</ref> His resignation became official on January 5, 2015,<ref>{{cite news|title=Glenn Thibeault officially resigns as Sudbury's MP|url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2015/01/05-thibeault.aspx|access-date=January 7, 2015|work=Northern Life|date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> by which point he was sitting as an [[Independent (politician)#Canada|independent]] MP.<ref>{{cite news|title=THIBEAULT, Glenn|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=6f07c370-1b80-4b71-a801-e5e8e70cf1d4&Language=E&Section=ALL|access-date=January 24, 2015|work=Parliament of Canada}}</ref>

The only declared candidate for the [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] nomination was Paul Loewenberg, who ran for the [[Ontario New Democratic Party]] in the province's [[2011 Ontario general election|2011 election]] and had initially sought the Ontario NDP nomination for the provincial by-election before choosing to run federally.<ref>{{cite news|title=Loewenberg backing Shawbonquit in NDP race|url=http://www.thesudburystar.com/2015/01/04/loewenberg-backing-shawbonquit-in-ndp-race|access-date=January 24, 2015|work=The Sudbury Star|date=January 5, 2015}}</ref>

The [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]] nominated [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 candidate]] Fred Slade for the next general election, however he did not register as a candidate in the by-election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Slade for run for Tories in Sudbury|url=http://www.thesudburystar.com/2014/12/19/slade-for-run-for-tories-in-sudbury|access-date=January 25, 2015|work=The Sudbury Star|date=December 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name=sudec>{{cite web|title=List of confirmed candidates in Sudbury|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=2015/35088&document=cand&lang=e|website=Elections Canada|publisher=Elections Canada|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref>

Candidates for the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] nomination were lawyer [[Paul Lefebvre (Canadian politician)|Paul Lefebvre]] and former [[Greater Sudbury]] Mayor [[Marianne Matichuk]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Darren|last=MacDonald|url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2015/01/23-matichuk-running.aspx|title=Matichuk seeks Sudbury nod in federal vote|date=January 23, 2015|access-date=January 24, 2015|publisher=Sudbury Northern Life}}</ref> The nomination was ultimately won by Lefebvre.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sudbury Liberals choose Paul Lefebvre as their federal election candidate|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-liberals-choose-paul-lefebvre-as-their-federal-election-candidate-1.3013587|access-date=March 31, 2015|work=CBC News|date=March 28, 2015}}</ref>

Running for the [[Green Party of Canada|Green]] nomination was [[Laurentian University]] economics professor David Robinson.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mary Katherine|last=Keown|title=Professor seeks Green Party nomination in Sudbury|url=http://www.thesudburystar.com/2014/11/14/professor-seeks-green-party-nomination-in-sudbury|access-date=January 24, 2015|work=The Sudbury Star|date=November 14, 2014}}</ref>

The [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker]]'s warrant declaring the seat vacant was received by the Chief Electoral Officer on January 9, 2015. On May 3, 2015, the writ was issued for a by-election to be held October 19, 2015<ref name="octby"/> which was also the anticipated date of the [[2015 Canadian federal election|next general election]]. The by-election was superseded by the general election on August 2, 2015 when parliament was dissolved and the general election writ was dropped.<ref name=super/>

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! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Cons.]]
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! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Green}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
! style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent}}; width:45px;" align="center"| [[List of political parties in Canada|Other]]
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| [[Mainstreet Technologies]] || {{dts|December 21, 2014}} || [https://web.archive.org/web/20141223003701/http://www.mainstreettechnologies.ca/thibeault-fight-sudbury/ HTML] || 29 || 22 || {{Party shading/Liberal}}|'''46''' || 3 ||  || ±3.98 pp || 602 || IVR
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| style="background:#ffd;"| ''[[2011 Canadian federal election|Election]]''|| style="background:#ffd;"| {{dts|May 2, 2011}} || style="background:#ffd;"| || style="background:#ffd;"| '''''49.9''''' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''28.4'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''18.0'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''3.0'' || style="background:#ffd;"| ''0.8'' || style="background:#ffd;"|
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===Ottawa West—Nepean===
On February 3, 2015, Foreign Minister [[John Baird (Canadian politician)|John Baird]] resigned from cabinet and announced that he would be resigning his seat in the House of Commons as the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] MP for [[Ottawa West—Nepean]]. His resignation as an MP took effect on March 16, 2015.<ref name=MPres>{{cite news|title=John Baird to step down as MP on March 16|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/03/11/john-baird-to-step-down-as-mp-on-march-16.html|access-date=March 11, 2015|work=Toronto Star|agency=Canadian Press|date=March 11, 2015}}</ref> Under the [[Canada Elections Act]], a by-election must be announced within six months of a seat becoming vacant, but the date of the by-election itself can be up to a year after the writ is dropped.

Candidates for the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] nomination included Ottawa police officer Abdul Abdi, restaurant owner Scott Singer, and Andy Wang, a staffer in Conservative MP [[Pierre Poilievre]]'s [[Nepean—Carleton (federal electoral district)|constituency]] office.<ref name="ottawa_nom">{{cite web |title=Three candidates jockeying for Conservative nomination in Ottawa West-Nepean |publisher=The Hill Times |url=http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2015/01/19/three-candidates-jockeying-for-tory-nomination-in--ottawa-west-nepean/40724 |access-date=March 16, 2015 |date=January 19, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304170708/http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2015/01/19/three-candidates-jockeying-for-tory-nomination-in--ottawa-west-nepean/40724 |archive-date=March 4, 2015}}</ref>

The nominated [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] candidate was [[Anita Vandenbeld]], a former staffer on Parliament Hill and the Liberal candidate in [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]]. Vandenbeld defeated former [[Ottawa Centre (federal electoral district)|Ottawa Centre]] candidate Richard Mahoney and former Liberal [[2013 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|leadership candidate]] [[Deborah Coyne]] for the nomination, held before Baird's resignation.<ref name="ottawa_nom" /> However, she is not currently registered as a candidate in the by-election.<ref name=ownec>{{cite web|title=List of confirmed candidates in Ottawa West–Nepean|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=2015/35066&document=cand&lang=e|website=Elections Canada|publisher=Elections Canada}}</ref>

As of July 19, 2015, the only registered candidates were Karim Rizkallah of the Bridge Party of Canada and Rod Taylor of the [[Christian Heritage Party of Canada|Christian Heritage Party]].<ref name=ownec/>

The [[Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada)|Speaker]]'s warrant declaring the seat vacant was received by the Chief Electoral Officer on March 24, 2015. On May 3, 2015, the [[writ of election|writ]] was issued for a by-election to be held October 19, 2015<ref name="octby"/> which was also the anticipated date of the [[2015 Canadian federal election|next general election]]. The by-election was superseded by the general election on August 2, 2015 when parliament was dissolved and the general election writ was dropped.<ref name=super/>

==Cancelled pending by-elections==

===Barrie===
The seat of [[Barrie (federal electoral district)|Barrie]] became vacant on May 13, 2015 following the resignation of [[Patrick Brown (Canadian politician)|Patrick Brown]] upon [[2015 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|his election]] as leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Barrie MP Patrick Brown resigns seat as he shifts to lead provincial PCs|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/barrie-mp-patrick-brown-resigns-seat-as-he-shifts-to-lead-provincial-pcs|publisher=Ottawa Citizen|access-date=May 18, 2015|date=May 13, 2015}}</ref> The Speaker's warrant informing Elections Canada of the vacancy was officially received on May 14, 2015 and the last day an announcement could have been made setting a by-election date is November 10, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vacant Seats in the House of Commons Since the 2011 General Election|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=cir/dis&document=vacant_2011&lang=e|website=Elections Canada|publisher=Elections Canada|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> Parliament was dissolved on August 2, 2015, without a by-election having been called, with the [[42nd Canadian federal election|general election called for October 19, 2015]], by which point the riding had been split into [[Barrie—Innisfil (federal electoral district)|Barrie—Innisfil]] (where Brown had initially been nominated to run for re-election)<ref>{{cite web|first=Laura |last=Ryckewaert |title=Tory MP Brown to run in new Barrie-Innisfil riding, Van Loan wants small changes in his York Simcoe riding |url=http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2013/04/29/tory-mp-brown-to-run-in-new-riding-van-loan-asks-for-small-changes-to-his-riding/34509 |publisher=The Hill Times |access-date=May 18, 2015 |date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519123754/http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2013/04/29/tory-mp-brown-to-run-in-new-riding-van-loan-asks-for-small-changes-to-his-riding/34509 |archive-date=May 19, 2015}}</ref> and [[Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte (federal electoral district)|Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte]].

==See also==
*[[List of federal by-elections in Canada]]

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