Federal Canadian By-Elections Scheduled for April 13

By-elections will be held on April 13 in the electoral districts of Scarborough Southwest (Ontario), Terrebonne (Quebec) and University–Rosedale (Ontario) to fill vacancies in the House of Commons. On March 8, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called for the special elections for the three districts, which are all currently vacant. Former Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime minister of Canada, Chrystia Freeland, resigned her seat representing the University–Rosedale riding in January in order to become the Warden of Rhodes House and CEO of the Rhodes Trust, which is best known for granting the Rhodes Scholarship. In February, MP Bill Blair resigned his seat representing Scarborough Southwest  to become the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. A by-election for Terrebonne is being held after the riding’s result in the 2025 general election was annulled by the Supreme Court of Canada in February due to a printing error on the return envelopes used for mail-in ballots. The Elections Canada offices are now open in the three electoral districts.

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