By-election
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A by-election is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections.
A 1768 political cartoon about a by-election during the Middlesex election affair.
Democrat Morris Edelstein (left), Republican Louis Lefkowitz (center) and Communist Earl Browder, candidates in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Democrat William I. Sirovich, sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a "Democracy in Action" joint campaign meeting, January 30, 1940
House of Commons of Canada
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The House of Commons of Canada is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
The main doorway into the chamber of the House of Commons
The Canadian House of Commons, 1916
The chamber of the House of Commons; the speaker's chair is at the rear and centre in the room.