1943 Cartier federal by-election

1943 Cartier federal by-election
August 9, 1943
Riding of Cartier
Turnout19,030
  First party Second party
 
BP
Candidate Fred Rose Paul Masse
Party Labour Progressive Bloc populaire
Popular vote 5,789 5,639
Percentage 30.42 29.63
Swing n/a n/a
  Third party Fourth party
 
LPC
Candidate Lazarus Phillips David Lewis
Party Liberal Co-operative Commonwealth
Popular vote 4,180 3,313
Percentage 21.97 17.41
Swing 66.57pp n/a
MP before election

Peter Bercovitch
Liberal

Elected MP

Fred Rose
Labor-Progressive

A federal by-election was held in the riding of Cartier on August 9, 1943 to replace Peter Bercovitch, following his death on December 26, 1942. The by-election was held on the same day as three other federal by-elections for the seats of Humboldt, Selkirk, and Stanstead. The election was won by the Labor-Progressive candidate Fred Rose, who became the second of two members of the Communist Party of Canada to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada. Rose was later convicted of treason and expelled from the House for aiding Soviet espionage in Canada.

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