The 1963

Leeds South Leeds South was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the Coun ...

by-election was held on Thursday 20 June 1963. It was held due to the death of the incumbent MP and Leader of the Labour Party,

Hugh Gaitskell Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. An economics lecturer and wartime civil servant, h ...

. The by-election was won by the Labour candidate, Merlyn Rees who would later become a Cabinet minister.

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