1911 Ontario general election
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The 1911 Ontario general election was the 13th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 11, 1911, to elect the 106 Members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (titled as Members of the Provincial Parliament or M.P.P.).[1]
The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, was elected for a third consecutive term in government, with a slight reduced majority in the Legislature.
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Newton Rowell, added three members to its caucus.
The legislature's sole Labour MLA, Allan Studholme of Hamilton East, retained his seat.
The four Toronto districts each elected two members in this election. Each seat was contested separately, with each voter in the district allowed to vote for a candidate in each contest.
Results[]
Political party | Party leader | MPPs | Votes | |||||||
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Candidates | 1908 | Dissol. | 1911 | ± | # | % | ± (pp) | |||
Conservative | James P. Whitney | 106 | 86 | 82 | 4 | 205,338 | 55.59% | 0.49 | ||
Liberal | Newton Rowell | 78 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 142,245 | 38.51% | 0.94 | ||
Labour | 7 | 1 | 1 | 8,965 | 2.43% | 0.69 | ||||
Liberal–Conservative | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1,130 | 0.31% | New | |||
Independent-Conservative | 2 | – | – | – | 3,593 | 0.97% | 0.39 | |||
Independent | 5 | – | – | – | 3,327 | 0.90% | 0.22 | |||
Socialist | 7 | – | – | – | 3,206 | 0.87% | 0.23 | |||
Conservative-Temperance | 1 | – | – | – | 1,604 | 0.43% | New | |||
Independent-Liberal | – | – | – | Did not campaign | ||||||
Progressive | – | – | – | Did not campaign | ||||||
Liberal-Temperance | – | – | – | Did not campaign | ||||||
Vacant | ||||||||||
Total | 207 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 369,408 | 100.00% | ||||
Blank and invalid ballots | 4,390 | |||||||||
Registered voters / turnout | 581,657 | 64.26% | 8.42 |
Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | |||
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Conservative | 82 / 106 |
55.59% |
0.49 | |||
Liberal | 22 / 106 |
38.51% |
-0.94 | |||
Other | 2 / 106 |
5.90% |
0.45 |
Seats that changed hands[]
Party | 1908 | Gain from (loss to) | 1911 | ||||||||
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Con | Lib | Lab | L-Con | ||||||||
Conservative | 86 | 8 | (11) | (1) | 82 | ||||||
Liberal | 19 | 11 | (8) | 22 | |||||||
Labour | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Liberal–Conservative | – | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Total | 106 | 12 | (8) | 8 | (11) | – | – | – | (1) | 106 |
Member | Riding | Party | Majority |
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William David Black | Addington | Conservative | Acclaimed |
Albert Grigg | Algoma | Conseravtive | 661 |
John Wesley Westbrook | Brant North | Conservative | 176 |
Willoughby Staples Brewster | Brant South | Conservative | 384 |
Albert Edward Donovan | Brockville | Conservative | 449 |
Willam MacDonald | Bruce Centre | Liberal | 104 |
Charles Martin Bowman | Bruce North | Liberal | 391 |
John George Anderson | Bruce South | Liberal | 305 |
Robert Herbert McElroy | Carleton | Conservative | 454 |
Charles Robert McKeown | Dufferin | Conservative | 276 |
Sir James Whitney | Dundas | Conservative | 921 |
Josiah Johnston Preston | Durham East | Conservative | Acclaimed |
John Henry Devitt | Durham West | Conservative | 226 |
Charles Andrew Brower | Elgin East | Conservative | 581 |
Findlay George MacDiarmid | Elgin West | Conservative | 1268 |
Joseph Octave Réaume | Essex North | Conservative | 53 |
Charles N. Anderson | Essex South | Conservative | 130 |
Charles William Jarvis | Fort William | Conservative | 254 |
Anthony McGuin Rankin | Frontenac | Conservative | 621 |
Hugh Munro | Glengarry | Liberal | 264 |
George Howard Ferguson | Grenville | Conservative | Acclaimed |
Isaac Benson Lucas | Grey Centre | Conservative | 1172 |
Alexander Grant MacKay | Grey North | Liberal | 741 |
David Jamieson | Grey South | Conservative | 363 |
Christian Kohler | Haldimand | Liberal | 425 |
Alfred Nixon | Halton | Conservative | 332 |
Allan Studholme | Hamilton East | Labour | 679 |
John Hendrie | Hamilton West | Conservative (Ind.) | 1445 |
Sandy Grant | Hastings East | Conservative | Acclaimed |
John Cooke | Hastings North | Conservative | Acclaimed |
John Johnson | Hastings West | Conservative | Acclaimed |
William Proudfoot | Huron Centre | Liberal | 216 |
Armstrong Musgrove | Huron North | Conservative | 267 |
Henry Eilber | Huron South | Conservative | 279 |
Harold Machin | Kenora | Conservative | 446 |
Walter Ferguson | Kent East | Liberal | 212 |
George Sulman | Kent West | Conservative | 867 |
Arthur Ross | Kingston | Conservative | Acclaimed |
Robert McCormick | Lambton East | Liberal | 89 |
William Hanna | Lambton West | Conservative | 1061 |
Richard Preston | Lanark North | Conservative | Acclaimed |
Arthur Matheson | Lanark South | Conservative | Acclaimed |
John Dargavel | Leeds | Conservative | 162 |
Thomas Carscallen | Lennox | Conservative | 79 |
Elisha Jessop | Lincoln | Conservative | Acclaimed |
Adam Beck | London | Conservative | Acclaimed |
Robert Gamey | Manitoulin | Conservative | 829 |
Duncan MacArthur | Middlesex North | Conservative | 35 |
Robert Sutherland | Middlesex East | Liberal | 25 |
John Elliott | Middlesex West | Liberal | 582 |
Thomas Marshall | Monck | Liberal | 154 |
Arthur Mahaffey | Muskoka | Conservative | 1410 |
Henry Morel | Nipissing | Conservative | 808 |
Thomas Atkinson | Norfolk North | Liberal | 328 |
Arthur Pratt | Norfolk South | Conservative | 377 |
Samuel Nesbitt | Northumberland East | Conservative | 1023 |
Samuel Clarke | Northumberland West | Conservative | 233 |
William Hoyle | Ontario North | Conservative | 497 |
William Sinclair | Ontario South | Liberal | 247 |
Napoleon Champagne | Ottawa East | Conservative | 1255 |
James Ellis | Ottawa West | Conservative | 2102 |
Newton Rowell | Oxford North | Liberal | 560 |
Thomas Mayberry | Oxford South | Liberal | 203 |
John Galna | Parry Sound | Conservative | 1075 |
Samuel Charters | Peel | Conservative | 716 |
James Torrance | Perth North | Conservative | 372 |
John Bennewies | Perth South | Conservative | 73 |
James Thompson | Peterborough East | Conservative | 503 |
Edward Peck | Peterborough West | Conservative | 618 |
Donald Hogarth | Port Arthur | Conservative | 942 |
Gustave Evanturel | Prescott | Liberal | 280 |
Robert Norman | Prince Edward | Conservative | 587 |
James Mathieu | Rainy River | Liberal | 286 |
Edward Dunlop | Renfrew North | Conservative | Acclaimed |
Thomas McGarry | Renfrew South | Conservative | Acclaimed |
Damase Racine | Russell | Liberal | 1342 |
William Hearst | Sault Ste. Marie | Conservative | Acclaimed |
Alfred Thompson | Simcoe Centre | Conservative | 95 |
James Hartt | Simcoe East | Conservative | 329 |
Alexander Ferguson | Simcoe South | Conservative | Acclaimed |
James Duff | Simcoe West | Conservative | Acclaimed |
John Milligan | Stormont | Conservative | 225 |
Zotique Mageau | Sturgeon Falls | Liberal | 148 |
Charles McCrea | Sudbury | Conservative | 1394 |
Robert Shillington | Timiskaming | Conservative | 264 |
Robert Pyne | Toronto East | Conservative | 2377 |
Thomas Whitesides | Toronto East | Conservative | 2255 |
James Foy | Toronto North | Conservative | 708 |
William McNaught | Toronto North | Conservative | 3852 |
Thomas Crawford | Toronto West | Conservative | 3950 |
William McPherson | Toronto West | Conservative | 3476 |
Owens | Toronto South | Conservative | |
Gooderham | Toronto South | Conservative | |
Robert Mason | Victoria East | Conservative | Acclaimed |
Adam E. Vrooman | Victoria West | Conservative | 104 |
Henry Lackner | Waterloo North | Conservative | 193 |
George Pattinson | Waterloo South | Conservative | 997 |
Evan Fraser | Welland | Conservative | 805 |
Udney Richardson | Wellington East | Liberal | 337 |
Henry Scholfield | Wellington South | Conservative | 450 |
William Chambers | Wellington West | Conservative | 125 |
James McQueen | Wentworth North | Liberal | 29 |
James Regan | Wentworth South | Conservative | 105 |
Alexander McCowan | York East | Conservative | 782 |
Thomas Lennox | York North | Conservative | 493 |
Forbes Godfrey | York West | Conservative | 1325 |
See also[]
- Politics of Ontario
- List of Ontario political parties
- Premier of Ontario
- Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
References[]
- ^ "1911 General Election". Elections Ontario. Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
Further reading[]
- Hopkins, J. Castell (1912). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1911. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
- 1911 elections in Canada
- General elections in Ontario
- 1911 in Ontario
- December 1911 events
- Canadian election stubs