Eighth federal byelection required by mid-April with Conservative MP’s upcoming exit

Voters are set for an eighth federal byelection between Aug. 31 and mid-April due to the upcoming departure of Ontario Conservative Larry Brock.

Brock, who was first elected in 2021 to represent the southwestern Ontario riding that is now called Brantford-Brant South, says he is leaving the House of Commons to take a position at the Crown attorney’s office in Brantford, Ont.

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Brock became the third Conservative MP to resign this summer, after Saskatchewan MP Cathay Wagantall announced her pending exit at the end of the month and Quebec’s Richard Martel was appointed to the Senate.

Martel’s riding of Chicotoumi-Le Fjord will hold a byelection at the end of the month, while byelections have not yet been called in several ridings where the incumbents have said they will resign.

Byelections will be held in North Vancouver-Capilano and Beaches-East York in Toronto at the end of August to replace former Liberal cabinet ministers Jonathan Wilkinson and Nate Erskine-Smith.

The prime minister has to call a byelection between 11 and 180 days after a seat becomes vacant and formal byelection campaigns last between 36 and 50 days.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 7, 2026.