1902 Ontario general election

1902 Ontario general election

← 1898 May 29, 1902 1905 →
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98 seats in the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 50 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader George William Ross James P. Whitney Party Liberal Conservative Leader since 1899 1896 Leader's seat Middlesex West Dundas Last election 51 42 Seats won 50 48 Seat change 1 6
Premier before election George William Ross Liberal Premier after election George William Ross Liberal

The 1902 Ontario general election was the tenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on May 29, 1902, to elect the 98 Members of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").^[1]

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Sir George William Ross, formed the government for a ninth consecutive term, although with only a very slim, two-seat majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney formed the official opposition.

Expansion of the Legislative Assembly[]

The number of electoral districts was increased from 93 to 97, under an Act passed in 1902. Ottawa in both cases was entitled to elect two members, and thus 98 MLAs would now be elected to the Legislature.^[2] The following electoral changes were made:

• Algoma West was divided into Fort William and Lake of the Woods and Port Arthur and Rainy River
• Algoma East was divided into Algoma, Manitoulin and Sault Ste. Marie
• Nipissing was divided into Nipissing East and Nipissing West

Results[]

Elections to the 10th Parliament of Ontario (1902)

Political party		Party leader	MPPs					Votes
			Candidates	1898	Dissol.	1902	±	#	%	± (pp)
	Liberal	Oliver Mowat	94	51		50	1	206,709	47.54%	0.25
	Conservative	William Ralph Meredith	97	42		48	6	215,883	49.65%	1.96
	Independent-Conservative		2	1		–	1	1,646	0.38%	0.03
	Independent		4	–	–	–		5,133	1.18%	3.42
	Prohibitionist		6	–	–	–		3,126	0.72%	New
	Socialist		9	–	–	–		1,993	0.46%	New
	Socialist-Labour		4	–	–	–		277	0.06%	New
	Labour		1	–	–	–		Did not campaign
	Vacant
Total			216	94	94	98		434,767	100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots								4,021
Registered voters / turnout								588,570	74.55%	7.50

Division of ridings[]

Voters go to the polls in Ottawa East

The newly created ridings returned the following MLAs:

Seats that changed hands[]

Of the constituencies that were not altered, there were 23 seats that changed allegiance in the election:

Notable candidates[]

Margaret Haile

Margaret Haile, a Canadian Socialist League candidate in Toronto North, made history as the first woman ever to run for political office in Canada.^[3]

See also[]

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)

References[]

Further reading[]

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1903). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1902. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.

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