1911 Ontario general election

1911 Ontario general election

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106 seats in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader James P. Whitney Newton Rowell Party Conservative Liberal Leader since 1896 1911 Leader's seat Dundas Oxford North Last election 86 19 Seats won 82 22 Seat change 4 3
Premier before election James P. Whitney Liberal Premier after election James P. Whitney Conservative

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[]

Elections to the 13th Parliament of Ontario (1911)

Political party		Party leader	MPPs					Votes
			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

Seats that changed hands[]

See also[]

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

References[]

Further reading[]

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1912). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1911. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.

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