1914 Ontario general election

1914 Ontario general election

← 1911 June 29, 1914 1919 →
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111 seats in the 14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 56 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 83 22 Seats won 84 24 Seat change 1 2 Percentage 55.3% 38.6%
Premier before election James P. Whitney Conservative Premier after election James P. Whitney Conservative

The 1914 Ontario general election was the 14th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 29, 1914, to elect the 111 Members of the 14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (MLAs).^[1]

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, won a fourth consecutive term in government. Whitney died three months after the election and was succeeded by William Howard Hearst.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Newton Rowell, formed the official opposition.

Independent Labour MLA Allan Studholme was re-elected in Hamilton East. He had held the seat since a 1906 by-election.

Expansion of the Legislative Assembly[]

Toronto ridings, as constituted in 1914

An Act passed prior to the election expanded the number of members from 106 to 111, and the number of ridings from 103 to 107.^[2] The following changes were made:

• was spun off from Essex North
• Monck was merged with Lincoln, and St. Catharines was withdrawn
• Cochrane was carved out from Timiskaming
• In Bruce County, the three ridings were reorganized:

• The Township of Kinloss was withdrawn from Bruce South
• Bruce North gained the Township of Elderslie, while those of Bruce and Saugeen were withdrawn
• As a consequence, Bruce Centre was reconstituted as Bruce West

• In Victoria County, Victoria East and Victoria West were reorganized into Victoria North and Victoria South
• In Toronto, the ridings of Toronto East, Toronto North, Toronto South and Toronto West were replaced:

• Toronto Northeast, Toronto Northwest, Toronto Southeast and Toronto Southwest were constituted as two-member constituencies
• Parkdale and Riverdale were created as single-member constituencies

The Patricia Portion acquired in 1912 was divided between Cochrane and Kenora.

Results[]

Elections to the 14th Parliament of Ontario (1914)

Political party		Party leader	MPPs					Votes
			Candidates	1911	Dissol.	1914	±	#	%	± (pp)
	Conservative	James P. Whitney	111	82		84	2	262,329	53.87%	1.72
	Liberal	Newton Rowell	90	22		24	2	184,660	37.92%	0.59
	Labour		4	1		1		6,535	1.34%	1.09
	Independent-Liberal		2	–	–	1	1	2,236	0.46%	New
	Liberal-Temperance		1	–	–	1	1	2,733	0.56%	New
	Liberal–Conservative			1		–	1	Did not campaign
	Temperance		9	–	–	–		13,064	2.68%	New
	Independent		5	–	–	–		4,807	0.99%	0.09
	Socialist		12	–	–	–		4,496	0.92%	0.05
	Conservative-Temperance		2	–	–	–		2,222	0.46%	0.03
	Independent-Conservative		2	–	–	–		1,887	0.39%	0.58
	Prohibitionist		1	–	–	–		1,302	0.27%	New
	Liberal-Anti-Temperance		1	–	–	–		691	0.14%	New
	Vacant
Total			240	106	106	111		486,962	100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots								7,255
Registered voters / turnout								767,115	64.43%	0.17

Reorganization of ridings[]

The newly created ridings returned the following MLAs:

Seats that changed hands[]

There were 20 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 (1915). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1914. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.

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