 The Tories ran no candidate against Mackenzie King in the by-election on February 15, 1926, and he won easily.Although in the 1925 federal election, the Conservatives had won the greatest number of seats, Mackenzie King continued as Prime Minister with the tacit support of the Progressives.Mackenzie King held office for several months until he finally resigned when the Governor General, Lord Byng, refused a dissolution.