List of New Brunswick by-elections
By-election Date Incumbent Winner Cause
Gloucester February 28 , 1898 John Sievewright Joseph Poirier Death
Charlotte January 15 , 1898† James Mitchell John Dewolfe Chipman Death
Restigouche June 23 , 1897† Charles H. LaBillois Charles H. LaBillois Sought re-election upon appointment as Commissioner of Agriculture
Westmorland May 29 , 1897† Amasa E. Killam Clifford William Robinson Appointed Inspector of Railways for the Inter-Colonial Railway
Albert January 23 , 1897 William James Lewis Charles J. Osman Resignation to contest the 1896 Federal Election
Queens September 14 , 1896† Andrew George Blair Isaac W. Carpenter Resignation to contest a federal by-election
Northumberland July 30 , 1896† James Robinson Allan A. Davidson Resignation to contest a federal by-election
Saint John County July 28 , 1896† Albert T. Dunn Albert T. Dunn Sought re-election upon appointment as Surveyor General
29th New Brunswick Legislature 1895-1899
The list of New Brunswick by-elections includes every by-election held in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. By-elections occur whenever there is a vacancy in the Legislative Assembly, although an imminent general election may allow the vacancy to remain until the dissolution of parliament. Between 1842 and 1927 incumbent members were required to recontest their seats upon being appointed to Cabinet. These Ministerial by-elections were almost always uncontested.