1905 Ontario general election
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The 1905 Ontario general election was the 11th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 25, 1905, to elect the 98 Members of the 11th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").[1]
The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, defeated the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Sir George William Ross, bringing to an end the control of the government that the Liberal Party had exercised power for the previous 34 years.
Results[]
Political party | Party leader | MPPs | Votes | |||||||
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Candidates | 1902 | Dissol. | 1905 | ± | # | % | ± (pp) | |||
Conservative | William Ralph Meredith | 98 | 48 | 69 | 21 | 237,612 | 53.37% | 5.83 | ||
Liberal | Oliver Mowat | 95 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 198,595 | 44.61% | 5.04 | ||
Independent-Liberal | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 5,362 | 1.20% | New | |||
Independent-Conservative | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 95 | 0.02% | 0.36 | ||
Independent | 2 | – | – | – | 100 | 0.02% | 1.16 | |||
Prohibitionist | 2 | – | – | – | 1,906 | 0.43% | 0.29 | |||
Socialist | 7 | – | – | – | 1,273 | 0.29% | 0.17 | |||
Temperance | 2 | – | – | – | 250 | 0.06% | New | |||
Socialist-Labour | – | – | – | – | Did not campaign | |||||
Vacant | ||||||||||
Total | 210 | 98 | 98 | 98 | 445,193 | 100.00% | ||||
Blank and invalid ballots | 3,254 | |||||||||
Registered voters / turnout | 616,996 | 72.68% | 1.87 |
Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | |||
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Conservative | 69 / 98 |
53.37% |
5.83 | |||
Liberal | 28 / 98 |
44.61% |
-5.04 | |||
Other | 1 / 94 |
2.02% |
-0.79 |
Seats that changed hands[]
Party | 1902 | Gain from (loss to) | 1905 | ||||||
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Con | Lib | I-Lib | |||||||
Conservative | 48 | 26 | (5) | 69 | |||||
Liberal | 50 | 5 | (26) | (1) | 28 | ||||
Independent-Liberal | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Total | 98 | 6 | (26) | 26 | (5) | – | (1) | 98 |
There were 32 seats that changed allegiance in the election:
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See also[]
- Politics of Ontario
- List of Ontario political parties
- Premier of Ontario
- Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
References[]
- ^ "1905 General Election". Elections Ontario. Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
Further reading[]
- Hopkins, J. Castell (1906). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1905. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
Categories:
- 1905 elections in Canada
- General elections in Ontario
- 1905 in Ontario
- January 1905 events
- Canadian election stubs