1911 Ontario general election
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The 1911 Ontario general election was the 13th general election held in the Province of
13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (titled as Members of the Provincial Parliament or M.P.P.).[1]
The
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
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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 | |||
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 |
Synopsis of results
Riding | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | |||||||||||||||
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Name[a 1] | 1908 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Con | L-Con | Lib | Lab | I-Con | Soc | C-Tmp | Ind | Total | |||
Addington | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Algoma | Con | Con | 1,723 | 61.87% | 661 | 23.73% | 53.34% | 1,723 | – | 1,062 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,785 | ||
Brant North
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Con | Con | 1,722 | 52.69% | 176 | 5.39% | 68.81% | 1,722 | – | 1,546 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,268 | ||
Brant South | Con | Con | 3,201 | 53.19% | 384 | 6.38% | 77.02% | 3,201 | – | 2,817 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,018 | ||
Brockville | Con | Con | 2,090 | 52.99% | 449 | 11.38% | 73.15% | 2,090 | – | 1,641 | – | – | 213 | – | – | 3,944 | ||
Bruce Centre | Con | Lib | 1,727 | 51.55% | 104 | 3.10% | 78.92% | 1,623 | – | 1,727 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,350 | ||
Bruce North | Lib | Lib | 2,182 | 54.92% | 391 | 9.84% | 72.94% | 1,791 | – | 2,182 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,973 | ||
Bruce South | Lib | Lib | 1,894 | 54.38% | 305 | 8.76% | 76.39% | 1,589 | – | 1,894 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,483 | ||
Carleton | Con | Con | 1,347 | 60.13% | 454 | 20.27% | 88.24% | 1,347 | – | 893 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,240 | ||
Dufferin | Con | Con | 1,880 | 53.96% | 276 | 7.92% | 62.10% | 1,880 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,604 | – | 3,484 | ||
Dundas | Con | Con | 2,239 | 62.95% | 921 | 25.89% | 68.32% | 2,239 | – | 1,318 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,557 | ||
Durham East | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Durham West | Con | Con | 1,553 | 53.92% | 226 | 7.85% | 82.49% | 1,553 | – | 1,327 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,880 | ||
Elgin East | Con | Con | 2,127 | 57.91% | 581 | 15.82% | 69.29% | 2,127 | – | 1,546 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,673 | ||
Elgin West | Con | Con | 3,188 | 62.41% | 1,268 | 24.82% | 59.69% | 3,188 | – | 1,920 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,108 | ||
Essex North | Con | Con | 2,586 | 42.46% | 53 | 0.87% | 54.46% | 2,586 | – | 972 | – | 2,533 | – | – | – | 6,091 | ||
Essex South | Con | Con | 2,665 | 51.25% | 130 | 2.50% | 74.93% | 2,665 | – | 2,535 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,200 | ||
Fort William | Con | Con | 1,363 | 43.53% | 254 | 8.11% | 52.04% | 1,363 | – | 1,109 | – | – | – | – | 659 | 3,131 | ||
Frontenac | Con | Con | 1,641 | 61.67% | 621 | 23.34% | 59.29% | 1,641 | – | 1,020 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,661 | ||
Glengarry | Con | Lib | 1,988 | 53.56% | 264 | 7.11% | 67.83% | 1,724 | – | 1,988 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,712 | ||
Grenville | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Grey Centre | Con | Con | 2,223 | 67.90% | 1,172 | 35.80% | 54.31% | 2,223 | – | 1,051 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,274 | ||
Grey North | Lib | Lib | 3,635 | 55.67% | 741 | 11.35% | 71.93% | 2,894 | – | 3,635 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,529 | ||
Grey South | Con | Con | 2,281 | 54.32% | 363 | 8.64% | 69.96% | 2,281 | – | 1,918 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,199 | ||
Haldimand | Lib | Lib | 1,924 | 56.21% | 425 | 12.42% | 78.23% | 1,499 | – | 1,924 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,423 | ||
Halton | Con | Con | 2,385 | 53.74% | 332 | 7.48% | 70.52% | 2,385 | – | 2,053 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,438 | ||
Hamilton East | Lab | Lab | 3,521 | 55.34% | 679 | 10.67% | 63.65% | 2,842 | – | – | 3,521 | – | – | – | – | 6,363 | ||
Hamilton West | Con | Con | 2,594 | 69.30% | 1,445 | 38.61% | 49.32% | 2,594 | – | 1,149 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,743 | ||
Hastings East | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Hastings North | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Hastings West | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Huron Centre | Lib | Lib | 2,148 | 52.65% | 216 | 5.29% | 77.16% | 1,932 | – | 2,148 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,080 | ||
Huron North | Con | Con | 2,210 | 53.21% | 267 | 6.43% | 80.94% | 2,210 | – | 1,943 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,153 | ||
Huron South | Con | Con | 2,261 | 53.29% | 279 | 6.58% | 82.70% | 2,261 | – | 1,982 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,243 | ||
Kenora | Con | Con | 1,179 | 61.66% | 446 | 23.33% | 46.40% | 1,179 | – | 733 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,912 | ||
Kent East | Con | Lib | 2,452 | 52.26% | 212 | 4.52% | 70.47% | 2,240 | – | 2,452 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,692 | ||
Kent West | Con | Con | 3,106 | 58.11% | 867 | 16.22% | 55.76% | 3,106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,239 | 5,345 | ||
Kingston | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Lambton East | Lib | Lib | 2,170 | 51.05% | 89 | 2.09% | 78.10% | 2,081 | – | 2,170 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,251 | ||
Lambton West | Con | Con | 3,969 | 57.71% | 1,061 | 15.43% | 67.85% | 3,969 | – | 2,908 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,877 | ||
Lanark North | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Lanark South | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Leeds | Con | Con | 1,995 | 52.12% | 162 | 4.23% | 72.24% | 1,995 | – | 1,833 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,828 | ||
Lennox | Con | Con | 1,450 | 51.40% | 79 | 2.80% | 76.66% | 1,450 | – | 1,371 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,821 | ||
Lincoln | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
London | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Manitoulin
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Con | Con | 1,254 | 74.69% | 829 | 49.37% | 38.85% | 1,254 | – | 425 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,679 | ||
Middlesex East | Con | Lib | 2,039 | 50.31% | 25 | 0.62% | 69.27% | 2,014 | – | 2,039 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,053 | ||
Middlesex North | Lib | Con | 1,991 | 50.44% | 35 | 0.89% | 75.39% | 1,991 | – | 1,956 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,947 | ||
Middlesex West | Lib | Lib | 1,767 | 59.86% | 582 | 19.72% | 73.09% | 1,185 | – | 1,767 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,952 | ||
Monck | Con | Lib | 1,875 | 52.14% | 154 | 4.28% | 75.87% | 1,721 | – | 1,875 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,596 | ||
Muskoka | Con | Con | 1,970 | 77.87% | 1,410 | 55.73% | 45.71% | 1,970 | – | 560 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,530 | ||
Nipissing | Con | Con | 1,800 | 64.47% | 808 | 28.94% | 50.17% | 1,800 | – | 992 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,792 | ||
Norfolk North | Con | Lib | 1,740 | 55.20% | 328 | 10.41% | 74.56% | 1,412 | – | 1,740 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,152 | ||
Norfolk South | Con | Con | 1,423 | 56.99% | 377 | 15.10% | 66.99% | 1,423 | – | 1,046 | – | – | 28 | – | – | 2,497 | ||
Northumberland East | Con | Con | 2,311 | 64.21% | 1,023 | 28.42% | 61.80% | 2,311 | – | 1,288 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,599 | ||
Northumberland West | Lib | Lib | 1,615 | 53.89% | 233 | 7.77% | 79.75% | 1,382 | – | 1,615 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,997 | ||
Ontario North | Con | Con | 1,971 | 57.21% | 497 | 14.43% | 73.77% | 1,971 | – | 1,474 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,445 | ||
Ontario South | Con | Lib | 2,577 | 52.52% | 247 | 5.03% | 73.50% | 2,330 | – | 2,577 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,907 | ||
Ottawa East | Lib | Con | 2,842 | 64.46% | 1,275 | 28.92% | 60.57% | 2,842 | – | 1,567 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,409 | ||
Ottawa West | Con | Con | 4,398 | 65.70% | 2,102 | 31.40% | 48.42% | 4,398 | – | 2,296 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,694 | ||
Oxford North | Lib | Lib | 2,651 | 55.90% | 560 | 11.81% | 68.09% | 2,091 | – | 2,651 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,742 | ||
Oxford South | Lib | Lib | 2,457 | 52.15% | 203 | 4.31% | 73.24% | 2,254 | – | 2,457 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,711 | ||
Parry Sound | Con | Con | 2,218 | 65.99% | 1,075 | 31.98% | 35.75% | 2,218 | – | 1,143 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,361 | ||
Peel | Con | Con | 2,705 | 57.63% | 716 | 15.25% | 70.55% | 2,705 | – | 1,989 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,694 | ||
Perth North | Con | Con | 3,523 | 52.79% | 372 | 5.57% | 77.13% | 3,523 | – | 3,151 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,674 | ||
Perth South | Lib | Con | 2,388 | 50.78% | 73 | 1.55% | 80.47% | 2,388 | – | 2,315 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,703 | ||
Peterborough East | Con | Con | 1,579 | 56.90% | 503 | 18.13% | 61.98% | 1,579 | – | 1,076 | – | – | – | – | 120 | 2,775 | ||
Peterborough West | Con | Con | 2,674 | 56.53% | 618 | 13.07% | 62.49% | 2,674 | – | 2,056 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,730 | ||
Port Arthur | Con | Con | 1,515 | 72.56% | 942 | 45.11% | 42.79% | 1,515 | – | – | – | – | 573 | – | – | 2,088 | ||
Prescott | Con | Lib | 1,976 | 53.87% | 284 | 7.74% | 59.84% | 1,692 | – | 1,976 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,668 | ||
Prince Edward | Con | Con | 2,286 | 57.37% | 587 | 14.73% | 75.92% | 2,286 | – | 1,699 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,985 | ||
Rainy River | Con | L-Con | 1,130 | 57.24% | 286 | 14.49% | 54.14% | 844 | 1,130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,974 | ||
Renfrew North | Lib | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Renfrew South | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Russell | Lib | Lib | 3,041 | 64.16% | 1,342 | 28.31% | 54.74% | 1,699 | – | 3,041 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,740 | ||
Sault Ste. Marie | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Simcoe Centre | Con | Con | 1,791 | 51.36% | 95 | 2.72% | 66.18% | 1,791 | – | 1,696 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,487 | ||
Simcoe East | Lib | Con | 3,103 | 52.80% | 329 | 5.60% | 65.37% | 3,103 | – | 2,774 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,877 | ||
Simcoe South | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Simcoe West | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Stormont | Lib | Con | 2,249 | 52.63% | 225 | 5.27% | 63.45% | 2,249 | – | 2,024 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,273 | ||
Sturgeon Falls
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Con | Lib | 885 | 54.53% | 147 | 9.06% | 66.44% | 738 | – | 885 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,623 | ||
Sudbury | Con | Con | 2,541 | 68.90% | 1,394 | 37.80% | 29.16% | 2,541 | – | – | – | – | 1,147 | – | – | 3,688 | ||
Timiskaming | Con | Con | 2,403 | 52.91% | 264 | 5.81% | 40.68% | 2,403 | – | 2,139 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,542 | ||
Toronto East - A | Con | Con | 3,299 | 78.16% | 2,239 | 53.04% | 32.07% | 3,299 | – | – | 922 | – | – | – | – | 4,221 | ||
Toronto East – B | Con | Con | 2,767 | 63.77% | 1,707 | 39.34% | 33.27% | 2,767 | – | – | 512 | 1,060 | – | – | – | 4,339 | ||
Toronto North - A | Con | Con | 5,165 | 79.73% | 2,049 | 31.63% | 44.92% | 5,165 | – | – | 1,313 | – | – | – | – | 6,478 | ||
Toronto North – B | Con | Con | 3,824 | 53.72% | 708 | 9.95% | 49.36% | 3,824 | – | 3,116 | 178 | – | – | – | – | 7,118 | ||
Toronto South - A | Con | Con | 2,594 | 77.11% | 1,824 | 54.22% | 29.34% | 2,594 | – | – | 770 | – | – | – | – | 3,364 | ||
Toronto South – B | Con | Con | 2,647 | 78.87% | 1,877 | 55.93% | 29.27% | 2,647 | – | 709 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,356 | ||
Toronto West - A | Con | Con | 5,469 | 75.93% | 3,720 | 51.65% | 30.56% | 5,469 | – | 1,519 | – | – | – | – | 215 | 7,203 | ||
Toronto West – B | Con | Con | 5,225 | 74.92% | 3,476 | 49.84% | 29.59% | 5,225 | – | – | 1,749 | – | – | – | – | 6,974 | ||
Victoria East | Con | Con | acclaimed | |||||||||||||||
Victoria West | Con | Con | 1,836 | 50.14% | 104 | 2.84% | 68.21% | 1,836 | – | 1,732 | – | – | – | – | 94 | 3,662 | ||
Waterloo North | Con | Con | 3,059 | 47.95% | 193 | 3.03% | 69.51% | 3,059 | – | 2,866 | – | – | 454 | – | – | 6,379 | ||
Waterloo South | Con | Con | 2,770 | 54.05% | 997 | 19.45% | 59.48% | 2,770 | – | 1,773 | – | – | 582 | – | – | 5,125 | ||
Welland
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Con | Con | 3,511 | 56.47% | 805 | 12.95% | 61.62% | 3,511 | – | 2,706 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,217 | ||
Wellington East | Con | Lib | 1,932 | 54.78% | 337 | 9.55% | 72.46% | 1,595 | – | 1,932 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,527 | ||
Wellington South | Con | Con | 2,912 | 54.19% | 450 | 8.37% | 72.76% | 2,912 | – | 2,462 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,374 | ||
Wellington West
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Lib | Con | 1,778 | 51.82% | 125 | 3.64% | 77.44% | 1,778 | – | 1,653 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,431 | ||
Wentworth North | Con | Lib | 1,723 | 50.42% | 29 | 0.85% | 81.92% | 1,694 | – | 1,723 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,417 | ||
Wentworth South | Lib | Con | 1,496 | 48.32% | 105 | 3.39% | 49.75% | 1,496 | – | 1,391 | – | – | 209 | – | – | 3,096 | ||
York East | Con | Con | 2,337 | 60.05% | 782 | 20.09% | 36.56% | 2,337 | – | 1,555 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,892 | ||
York North | Con | Con | 3,023 | 54.44% | 493 | 8.88% | 84.46% | 3,023 | – | 2,530 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,553 | ||
York West
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Con | Con | 2,847 | 65.16% | 1,325 | 30.33% | 39.79% | 2,847 | – | 1,522 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,369 |
- ^ order is as given in EO reports
- = open seat
- = turnout is above provincial average
- = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
- = incumbent had switched allegiance
- = previously incumbent in another riding
- = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
- = incumbency arose from byelection gain
- = incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court
- = other incumbents renominated
- = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
- = multiple candidates
Analysis
Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | ||||||||
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Accl | Con | Lib | Lab | I-Con | Soc | Ind | C-Tmp | |||
Conservative | 17 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 82 | ||
Liberal–Conservative | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Liberal | 22 | 22 | ||||||||
Labour | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Total | 17 | 24 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 106 |
Parties | Accl | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
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█ Conservative | 17 | 65 | 24 | |
█ Liberal | 22 | 55 | 1 | |
█ Labour | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
█ Liberal–Conservative | 1 | |||
█ Socialist | 2 | 5 | ||
█ Independent Conservative | 2 | |||
█ Independent | 1 | 4 | ||
█ Conservative-Temperance | 1 |
Source | Party | |||||
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Con | L-Con | Lib | Lab | Total | ||
Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 47 | 9 | 1 | 57 | |
Acclamations | 17 | 17 | ||||
Open seats held | 11 | 2 | 13 | |||
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | |
Open seats gained | 4 | 4 | ||||
Total | 82 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 106 |
MLAs elected by region and riding
Party designations are as follows:
Conservative
Liberal
Labour
Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.
Harold Arthur Clement Machin Manitoulin: Robert Roswell Gamey Donald McDonald Hogarth Sturgeon Falls: Zotique Mageau
Arthur James Matheson James Albert Ellis Thomas William McGarry
James Pliny Whitney George Howard Ferguson
William David Black Samuel Clarke
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Welland: Evan Eugene Fraser James Thomas Hammill Regan
Brant: John Wesley Westbrook John Benneweis Wellington West: William Clarke Chambers
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Charles N. Anderson
William Henry Hoyle William Edmund Newton Sinclair Samuel Charters York West: Forbes Godfrey
Toronto East - B: Thomas Richard Whitesides
Toronto North - B: James Joseph Foy
Toronto South - B: George Horace Gooderham
Toronto West - B: William David McPherson
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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 |
Twenty seats changed allegiance from the previous election:
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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.