1905 Ontario general election

1905 Ontario general election

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98 seats in the 11th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 50 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader James P. Whitney George William Ross Party Conservative Liberal Leader since 1896 1899 Leader's seat Dundas Middlesex West Last election 48 50 Seats won 69 28 Seat change 21 22
Premier before election George William Ross Liberal Premier after election James P. Whitney Conservative

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[]

Elections to the 11th Parliament of Ontario (1905)

Political party		Party leader	MPPs					Votes
			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

Seats that changed hands[]

There were 32 seats that changed allegiance in the election:

See also[]

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

References[]

Further reading[]

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1906). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1905. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.

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