1908 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1908 Ontario general election Ontario 1868 parliamentary no no no 1905 Ontario general election 1905 11th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1911 Ontario general election 1911 elected members 106 seats in the 12th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats were needed for a majority June 8, 1908 150x150px ON Conservative nohash James P. Whitney 1896 ON Conservative name Dundas 69 86 17 246,324 54.68%  1.31 pp 150x150px ON Liberal nohash Alexander Grant MacKay 1907 ON Liberal name Grey North 28 19 9 177,719 39.45%  5.16 pp Premier Premier after election James P. Whitney ON Conservative name James P. Whitney ON Conservative name 400px Results by electoral district, shaded by winners' vote share 400px Results by electoral district, holds and gains The 1908 Ontario general election was the 12th general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 8, 1908, to elect the 106 Members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, was elected for a second term in government, increasing its majority in the Legislature significantly. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Alexander Grant MacKay, continued to lose seats. Allan Studholme became the province's first Labour MLA as the result of a 1906 Hamilton East by-election. He was re-elected in the 1908 general election and would remain in the legislature until his death in 1919. 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. Expansion of the Legislative Assembly The number of electoral districts was increased from 97 to 102, under an Act passed in 1902, returning a total of 106 MLAs.The Representation Act, 1908 S.O. 1908 2 https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovin1908onta/page/6/mode/2up The following electoral changes were made: Fort William and Lake of the Woods was split into Fort William and Kenora Port Arthur and Rainy River was split into Port Arthur and Rainy River Nipissing East was divided into Nipissing and Timiskaming Nipissing West was divided into Sudbury and Sturgeon Falls Cardwell was renamed Simcoe South, after the transfer of Albion and Bolton to Peel The three ridings of Huron County were reorganized: Huron South gained from Huron West the remainder of the Township of Goderich not previously included in it, in exchange for Seaforth Huron East and Huron West were reorganized into Huron North and Huron Centre respectively Ottawa was divided into Ottawa East and Ottawa West Toronto East, Toronto North, Toronto South and Toronto West now returned two MLAs each, elected separately in seats labelled A and B in each district. Electoral system The eight Toronto MPPs were elected in two-seat districts, with each seat determined by a separate First-past-the-post voting contest. The other 94 MPPs were elected through First-past-the-post voting in single-member districts. Results Elections to the 12th Parliament of Ontario (1908)1908 General Election https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionId=164&levelOfDetail=election Elections Ontario January 3, 2021 |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1905 !1908 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) ON Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;"|James P. Whitney | 105 || 69 || 86 || 17 || 246,324 || 8,712 || 54.68% || 1.31 ON Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Alexander Grant MacKay | 90 || 28 || 19 || 9 || 177,719 || 20,876 || 39.45% || 5.16 ON Labour row-name | || 8 || – || 1 || 1 || 7,555 || 7,555 || 1.68% ||New ON Independent Liberal row-name | || 2 || 1 || – || 1 || 1,470 || 3,892 || 0.33% || 0.87 ON Independent Conservative row-name | || 6 || – || – || – || 7,977 || 7,882 || 1.77% || 1.75 ON Socialist row-name | || 13 || – || – || – || 3,129 || 1,856 || 0.69% || 0.40 ON Independent row-name | || 6 || – || – || – || 3,091 || 2,991 || 0.69% || 0.67 ON Prohibitionist row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 2,187 || 281 || 0.49% || 0.06 ON Liberal-Temperance row-name | || 1 || – || – || – || 1,017 || 1,017 || 0.23% ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |232||98 ! " colspan="2"|106 ! " colspan="2"|450,469 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 457,209 | 10,006 | 73.42 | 0.54 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors | 622,751 | 18,085 | colspan="2"| |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3" |Acclamations | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" |ON Conservative colour&name ||6 |} + Seats and popular vote by partyParty Seats Votes Change (pp) ON Conservative row-name 86 106 ON Conservative 175 54.68 175 darkgrey 1.31 -5 1em background:green ON Liberal row-name 19 106 ON Liberal 175 39.45 175 darkgrey -5.16 -5 1em background:red ON Labour row-name 1 106 ON Labour 175 1.68 175 darkgrey 1.68 -5 1em background:green ON Other row-name 0 106 ON Independent 175 4.19 175 darkgrey 2.17 -5 1em background:green Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1908 Ontario general election Riding Winning party Turnout VotesNameorder is as given in EO reports 1905Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Con Lib Lab I-Con I-Lib Soc Socialist Proh Prohibitionist L-Tmp Liberal-Temperance Ind Independent Total   Addington Con Conacclaimed Algoma Con Con 2,134 60.95% 767 21.91% 80.70% 2,134 1,367 – – – – – – – 3,501 Brant North Con Con 1,850 54.69% 317 9.37% 89.15% 1,850 1,533 – – – – – – – 3,383 Brant South Lib Con 2,815 51.83% 199 3.66% 86.91% 2,815 2,616 – – – – – – – 5,431 Brockville Lib Con 2,195 56.59% 511 13.17% 85.09% 2,195 1,684 – – – – – – – 3,879 Bruce Centre Con Con 1,940 55.05% 356 10.10% 88.48% 1,940 1,584 – – – – – – – 3,524 Bruce North Lib Lib 2,282 53.99% 337 7.97% 80.85% 1,945 2,282 – – – – – – – 4,227 Bruce South Con Lib 1,774 51.39% 96 2.78% 86.02% 1,678 1,774 – – – – – – – 3,452 Carleton Con Con 1,352 62.22% 531 24.44% 51.67% 1,352 821 – – – – – – – 2,173 Dufferin Con Con 2,229 50.48% 42 0.95% 84.37% 2,229 – – – – – 2,187 – – 4,416 Dundas Con Con 2,260 62.67% 914 25.35% 75.78% 2,260 1,346 – – – – – – – 3,606 Durham East Con Conacclaimed Durham West Con Con 1,575 51.04% 64 2.07% 85.30% 1,575 1,511 – – – – – – – 3,086 Elgin East Con Con 2,289 56.09% 497 12.18% 86.70% 2,289 1,792 – – – – – – – 4,081 Elgin West Con Con 3,347 55.00% 609 10.01% 76.88% 3,347 2,738 – – – – – – – 6,085 Essex North Con Con 2,988 63.63% 1,280 27.26% 51.74% 2,988 1,708 – – – – – – – 4,696 Essex South Lib Con 2,618 50.76% 78 1.51% 83.62% 2,618 2,540 – – – – – – – 5,158 Fort William New Con 1,317 61.06% 477 22.11% 67.38% 1,317 840 – – – – – – – 2,157 Frontenac Con Con 1,576 53.05% 181 6.09% 67.46% 1,576 1,395 – – – – – – – 2,971 Glengarry Lib Con 2,170 53.07% 251 6.14% 77.41% 2,170 1,919 – – – – – – – 4,089 Grenville Con Con 1,923 50.30% 23 0.60% 75.72% 1,923 – – 1,900 – – – – – 3,823 Grey Centre Con Con 2,253 64.54% 1,015 29.07% 62.54% 2,253 1,238 – – – – – – – 3,491 Grey North Lib Lib 3,026 50.59% 71 1.19% 70.93% 2,955 3,026 – – – – – – – 5,981 Grey South Con Con 2,187 53.04% 251 6.09% 73.16% 2,187 1,936 – – – – – – – 4,123 Haldimand Lib Lib 1,977 54.81% 347 9.62% 96.22% 1,630 1,977 – – – – – – – 3,607 Halton Con Con 2,449 53.86% 351 7.72% 86.86% 2,449 2,098 – – – – – – – 4,547 Hamilton East Con Lab 2,717 40.91% 75 1.13% 72.45% 2,642 1,258 2,717 – – – – – 24 6,641 Hamilton West Con Con 3,121 63.22% 1,558 31.56% 69.65% 3,121 1,563 – – – – – – 253 4,937 Hastings East I-Lib Con 2,201 61.76% 838 23.51% 75.90% 2,201 1,363 – – – – – – – 3,564 Hastings North Con Con 2,225 65.42% 1,049 30.84% 64.19% 2,225 – – 1,176 – – – – – 3,401 Hastings West Con Con 1,882 52.41% 173 4.82% 81.15% 1,882 1,709 – – – – – – – 3,591 Huron Centre Lib Lib 2,051 52.11% 166 4.22% 78.68% 1,885 2,051 – – – – – – – 3,936 Huron North Lib Con 2,292 51.94% 171 3.87% 93.11% 2,292 2,121 – – – – – – – 4,413 Huron South Con Con 2,365 54.41% 383 8.81% 89.97% 2,365 1,982 – – – – – – – 4,347 Kenora New Con 1,078 56.00% 231 12.00% 41.23% 1,078 847 – – – – – – – 1,925 Kent East Con Con 2,524 50.83% 82 1.65% 78.54% 2,524 2,442 – – – – – – – 4,966 Kent West Lib Con 3,926 52.98% 441 5.95% 83.47% 3,926 3,485 – – – – – – – 7,411 Kingston Lib Con 2,215 54.48% 393 9.67% 96.27% 2,215 1,822 29 – – – – – – 4,066 Lambton East Con Lib 2,404 52.57% 235 5.14% 93.46% 2,169 2,404 – – – – – – – 4,573 Lambton West Con Con 3,841 54.45% 628 8.90% 79.98% 3,841 3,213 – – – – – – – 7,054 Lanark North Con Con 2,017 56.61% 471 13.22% 90.11% 2,017 1,546 – – – – – – – 3,563 Lanark South Con Conacclaimed Leeds Con Con 2,102 52.35% 189 4.71% 89.98% 2,102 1,913 – – – – – – – 4,015 Lennox Con Con 1,477 50.29% 17 0.58% 89.40% 1,477 1,460 – – – – – – – 2,937 Lincoln Con Con 3,463 59.56% 1,112 19.13% 78.67% 3,463 2,351 – – – – – – – 5,814 London Con Con 5,084 58.00% 1,403 16.01% 78.42% 5,084 3,681 – – – – – – – 8,765 Manitoulin Con Con 1,414 66.73% 709 33.46% 58.48% 1,414 705 – – – – – – – 2,119 Middlesex East Con Con 2,363 56.44% 539 12.87% 79.28% 2,363 1,824 – – – – – – – 4,187 Middlesex North Con Lib 2,172 51.29% 109 2.57% 91.10% 2,063 2,172 – – – – – – – 4,235 Middlesex West Lib Lib 1,775 60.29% 606 20.58% 82.91% – 1,775 – – 1,169 – – – – 2,944 Monck Lib Con 1,816 50.49% 35 0.97% 90.23% 1,816 1,781 – – – – – – – 3,597 Muskoka Con Conacclaimed Nipissing New Con 1,654 59.09% 509 18.19% 67.63% 1,654 1,145 – – – – – – – 2,799 Norfolk North Lib Con 1,720 51.08% 73 2.17% 94.01% 1,720 1,647 – – – – – – – 3,367 Norfolk South Con Con 1,490 52.04% 117 4.09% 92.48% 1,490 1,373 – – – – – – – 2,863 Northumberland East Con Con 2,582 56.30% 578 12.60% 82.12% 2,582 2,004 – – – – – – – 4,586 Northumberland West Lib Lib 1,591 53.44% 205 6.89% 92.38% 1,386 1,591 – – – – – – – 2,977 Ontario North Con Con 2,230 55.62% 451 11.25% 85.39% 2,230 1,779 – – – – – – – 4,009 Ontario South Con Con 2,773 52.90% 304 5.80% 85.46% 2,773 2,469 – – – – – – – 5,242 Ottawa East New Lib 2,798 54.54% 466 9.08% 78.11% 2,332 2,798 – – – – – – – 5,130 Ottawa West New Con 4,806 55.04% 880 10.08% 71.86% 4,806 3,926 – – – – – – – 8,732 Oxford North Lib Lib 2,893 54.03% 432 8.07% 81.25% 2,461 2,893 – – – – – – – 5,354 Oxford South Con Lib 2,671 50.42% 44 0.83% 88.55% 2,627 2,671 – – – – – – – 5,298 Parry Sound Con Con 2,879 62.05% 1,263 27.22% 53.88% 2,879 1,616 – – – – – – 145 4,640 Peel Lib Con 2,852 54.78% 498 9.57% 87.79% 2,852 2,354 – – – – – – – 5,206 Perth North Con Con 3,688 51.87% 266 3.74% 88.65% 3,688 3,422 – – – – – – – 7,110 Perth South Con Lib 2,453 50.58% 56 1.15% 93.18% 2,397 2,453 – – – – – – – 4,850 Peterborough East Lib Con 1,978 61.14% 721 22.29% 78.99% 1,978 1,257 – – – – – – – 3,235 Peterborough West Con Con 2,561 54.56% 428 9.12% 76.14% 2,561 2,133 – – – – – – – 4,694 Port Arthur New Con 1,241 55.16% 380 16.89% 71.64% 1,241 – – 861 – 148 – – – 2,250 Prescott Lib Con 1,944 50.09% 7 0.18% 66.02% 1,944 1,937 – – – – – – – 3,881 Prince Edward Lib Con 2,221 51.53% 132 3.06% 86.70% 2,221 – – 2,089 – – – – – 4,310 Rainy River New Con 944 54.95% 170 9.90% 78.65% 944 774 – – – – – – – 1,718 Renfrew North Con Lib 2,274 52.28% 198 4.55% 86.47% 2,076 2,274 – – – – – – – 4,350 Renfrew South Con Con 2,623 52.39% 239 4.77% 77.82% 2,623 2,384 – – – – – – – 5,007 Russell Lib Lib 2,642 58.72% 785 17.45% 59.61% 1,857 2,642 – – – – – – – 4,499 Sault Ste. Marie Lib Con 1,406 54.69% 241 9.37% 61.43% 1,406 1,165 – – – – – – – 2,571 Simcoe Centre Con Con 1,972 55.08% 364 10.17% 75.97% 1,972 1,608 – – – – – – – 3,580 Simcoe East Lib Lib 3,105 51.49% 180 2.99% 75.37% 2,925 3,105 – – – – – – – 6,030 Simcoe South Con Conacclaimed Simcoe West Con Con 1,921 65.38% 904 30.77% 61.18% 1,921 – – – – – – 1,017 – 2,938 Stormont Con Lib 2,327 50.09% 8 0.17% 70.96% 2,319 2,327 – – – – – – – 4,646 Sturgeon Falls New Con 959 52.92% 106 5.85% 82.42% 959 853 – – – – – – – 1,812 Sudbury New Con 1,492 62.69% 604 25.38% 64.29% 1,492 888 – – – – – – – 2,380 Timiskaming New Con 1,649 55.00% 549 18.31% 48.21% 1,649 1,100 – – – 249 – – – 2,998 Toronto East - A Con Con 4,393 76.51% 1,988 34.62% 48.59% 4,393 – 1,003 – – 346 – – – 5,742 Toronto East – B New Con 2,695 43.03% 290 4.63% 53.00% 2,695 975 – – – 188 – – 2,405 6,263 Toronto North - A Con Con 6,789 88.44% 2,919 38.03% 53.92% 6,789 – 544 – – 343 – – – 7,676 Toronto North – B New Con 4,502 52.40% 632 7.36% 60.40% 4,502 3,870 – – – 220 – – – 8,592 Toronto South - A Con Con 5,202 74.69% 3,103 44.55% 47.61% 5,202 – 1,473 – – 290 – – – 6,965 Toronto South – B New Con 4,947 67.67% 2,848 38.95% 49.94% 4,947 2,099 – – – 265 – – – 7,311 Toronto West - A Con Con 6,190 70.58% 3,975 45.32% 47.86% 6,190 1,877 56 – 301 297 – – 49 8,770 Toronto West – B New Con 4,160 47.41% 1,945 22.17% 47.88% 4,160 2,215 380 1,870 – 150 – – – 8,775 Victoria East Con Conacclaimed Victoria West Con Con 2,061 50.50% 98 2.40% 94.00% 2,061 1,963 – – – 57 – – – 4,081 Waterloo North Con Con 3,063 49.42% 332 5.36% 76.73% 3,063 2,731 – – – 404 – – – 6,198 Waterloo South Con Con 2,353 63.49% 1,000 26.98% 54.01% 2,353 – 1,353 – – – – – – 3,706 Welland Con Con 3,729 56.57% 866 13.14% 77.32% 3,729 2,863 – – – – – – – 6,592 Wellington East Con Con 1,898 53.06% 219 6.12% 82.09% 1,898 1,679 – – – – – – – 3,577 Wellington South Con Con 2,787 52.12% 399 7.46% 78.67% 2,787 2,388 – – – 172 – – – 5,347 Wellington West Con Lib 1,665 50.53% 35 1.06% 83.14% 1,630 1,665 – – – – – – – 3,295 Wentworth North Lib Con 1,600 50.60% 119 3.76% 90.98% 1,600 1,481 – 81 – – – – – 3,162 Wentworth South Lib Lib 1,582 53.72% 219 7.44% 85.19% 1,363 1,582 – – – – – – – 2,945 York East Con Con 2,998 56.84% 722 13.69% 65.47% 2,998 2,276 – – – – – – – 5,274 York North Con Con 2,918 54.00% 432 7.99% 92.95% 2,918 2,486 – – – – – – – 5,404 York West Con Con 3,241 61.80% 1,453 27.71% 54.81% 3,241 1,788 – – – – – – 215 5,244 a #B9E5B9 #BFBFBF = open seat #F5F5DC #BFBFBF = turnout is above provincial average #DCDCDC #BFBFBF = winning candidate was in previous Legislature #EABB94 #BFBFBF = incumbent had switched allegiance #FFFF00 #BFBFBF = previously incumbent in another riding #EEBBBB #BFBFBF = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature #87CEFA #BFBFBF = incumbency arose from byelection gain #D2B48C #BFBFBF = incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court #DCD0FF #BFBFBF = other incumbents renominated #FFA07A #BFBFBF = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada #F0E68C #BFBFBF = multiple candidates Analysis + Party candidates in 2nd placeexcluding Ottawa seats Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalAccl Acclamation Con Lib Lab I-Con I-Lib Ind L-Tmp Liberal-Temperance Proh ProhibitionistON Conservative row-name 6 69 4 4 1 1 1 86ON Liberal row-name 18 1 19ON Labour row-name 1 1 Total6 19 69 4 4 1 1 1 1 106 a + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party Parties Accl Acclamation 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5thON Conservative colour&name6 80 19 ON Liberal colour&name 19 69 2 ON Labour colour&name 1 4 1 1 1ON Independent Conservative colour&name 4 2 ON Independent colour&name 1 3 1 ON Independent Liberal colour&name 1 1 ON Prohibitionist colour&name 1 ON Liberal-Temperance colour&name 1 ON Socialist colour&name 10 2 1 + Resulting composition of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario Source PartyConLibLabTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 49 7 56Acclamations6 6Open seats held2 3 5Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated6 6 12Open seats gained9 2 11Byelection gains held1 1 2New seats New MLAs9 9Previously incumbent in the Legislature4 1 5Total86 19 1 106 MLAs elected by region and riding Party designations are as follows: #9999FF Conservative #EA6D6A Liberal #EEBBBB Labour Northern Ontario #9999FF Algoma: William Ross SmythResigned before the opening of the first session, in order to stand and win in Algoma East in the 1908 federal election. Albert Grigg (Conservative) won the subsequent byelection. #9999FF Fort William: Thomas Smellie #9999FF Kenora: Harold Arthur Clement Machin #9999FF Manitoulin: Robert Roswell Gamey #9999FF Nipissing: Henri Morel #9999FF Port Arthur: John James Carrick #9999FF Rainy River: William Alfred Preston #9999FF Sault Ste. Marie: William Howard Hearst #9999FF Sturgeon Falls: Azaire Adulphe Aubin #9999FF Sudbury: Francis Cochrane #9999FF Timiskaming: Robert Taylor Shillington Ottawa Valley #9999FF Carleton: Robert Herbert McElroy #9999FF Lanark North: Richard Franklin Preston #9999FF Lanark South: Arthur James Matheson #EA6D6A Ottawa East: Donald Joseph McDougal #9999FF Ottawa West: Alfred Ernest Fripp #9999FF Prescott: George Hector Pharand #EA6D6A Renfrew North: Norman Reid #9999FF Renfrew South: Thomas William McGarry #EA6D6A Russell: Damase Racine Saint Lawrence Valley #9999FF Brockville: Albert Edward Donovan #9999FF Dundas: James Pliny Whitney #9999FF Glengarry: Donald Robert McDonald #9999FF Grenville: George Howard Ferguson #9999FF Kingston: William Folger Nickle #9999FF Leeds: John Robertson Dargavel #EA6D6A Stormont: William John McCart Central Ontario #9999FF Addington: William James Paul #9999FF Durham East: Josiah Johnston Preston #9999FF Durham West: John Henry Devitt #9999FF Frontenac: John S. Gallagher #9999FF Hastings East: Amos Augustus Richardson #9999FF Hastings North: Josiah Williams Pearce #9999FF Hastings West: John Wesley Johnson #9999FF Lennox: Thomas George Carscallen #9999FF Northumberland East: Samuel Greerson Nesbitt #EA6D6A Northumberland West: Samuel Clarke #9999FF Peterborough East: James Thompson #9999FF Peterborough West: Thomas Evans Bradburn #9999FF Prince Edward: Robert Addison Norman #9999FF Victoria East: John Hilliard Carnegie #9999FF Victoria West: Samuel John Fox Georgian Bay #EA6D6A Bruce North: Charles Martin Bowman #EA6D6A Grey North: Alexander Grant MacKay #9999FF Muskoka: Arthur Arnold Mahaffy #9999FF Parry Sound: John Galna #9999FF Simcoe Centre: Alfred Burke Thompson #EA6D6A Simcoe East: James Brockett Tudhope #9999FF Simcoe South: Alexander Ferguson #9999FF Simcoe West: James Stoddart Duff Wentworth/Halton/Niagara #9999FF Halton: Alfred Westland Nixon #EEBBBB Hamilton East: Allan Studholme #9999FF Hamilton West: John Strathearn Hendrie #9999FF Lincoln: Elisha Jessop #9999FF Monck: James Alway Ross #9999FF Welland: Evan Eugene Fraser #9999FF Wentworth North: Gordon Crooks Wilson #EA6D6A Wentworth South: Daniel Reed Midwestern Ontario #9999FF Brant North: John Henry Fisher #9999FF Brant South: Willoughby Staples Brewster #9999FF Bruce Centre: Hugh Clark #EA6D6A Bruce South: Reuben Eldridge Truax #9999FF Dufferin: Charles Robert McKeown #9999FF Grey Centre: Isaac Benson Lucas #9999FF Grey South: David Jamieson #EA6D6A Haldimand: Jacob Kohler #EA6D6A Huron Centre: William Proudfoot #9999FF Huron North: Armstrong Musgrove #9999FF Huron South: Henry Eilber #9999FF Norfolk North: Hugh Paterson Innes #9999FF Norfolk South: Arthur Clarence Pratt #EA6D6A Oxford North: Andrew MacKay #EA6D6A Oxford South: Thomas Richard Mayberry #9999FF Perth North: James Torrance #EA6D6A Perth South: Valentine Stock #9999FF Waterloo North: Henry George Lackner #9999FF Waterloo South: George Pattinson #9999FF Wellington East: James J. Craig #9999FF Wellington South: Joseph Patrick Downey #EA6D6A Wellington West: James McEwing Southwestern Ontario #9999FF Elgin East: Charles Andrew Brower #9999FF Elgin West: Findlay George MacDiarmid #9999FF Essex North: Joseph Octave Reaume #9999FF Essex South: Charles N. Anderson #9999FF Kent East: Philip Henry Bowyer #9999FF Kent West: George William Sulman #EA6D6A Lambton East: Robert John McCormick #9999FF Lambton West: William John Hanna #9999FF London: Adam Beck #9999FF Middlesex East: George Wesley Neely #EA6D6A Middlesex North: Duncan Campbell Ross #EA6D6A Middlesex West: John Campbell Elliott Peel/York/Ontario #9999FF Ontario North: William Henry Hoyle #9999FF Ontario South: Charles Calder #9999FF Peel: Samuel Charters #9999FF York East: Alexander McCowan #9999FF York North: Thomas Herbert Lennox #9999FF York West: Forbes Godfrey Toronto #9999FF Toronto East - A: Robert Allan Pyne #9999FF Toronto East - B: Thomas Richard Whitesides #9999FF Toronto North - A: William Kirkpatrick McNaught #9999FF Toronto North - B: John Shaw #9999FF Toronto South - A: J.J. Foy #9999FF Toronto South - B: George Horace Gooderham #9999FF Toronto West - A: Thomas Crawford #9999FF Toronto West - B: William David McPherson a Division and reorganization of ridings The newly created ridings returned the following MLAs: 19051908 Riding Party Riding PartyFort William and Lake of the WoodsON Conservative colour&name Fort William ON Conservative colour&name Kenora ON Conservative colour&namePort Arthur and Rainy RiverON Liberal colour&name Port Arthur ON Conservative colour&name Rainy River ON Conservative colour&name Nipissing East ON Conservative colour&name Nipissing ON Conservative colour&name Timiskaming ON Conservative colour&name Nipissing West ON Conservative colour&name Sudbury ON Conservative colour&name Sturgeon Falls ON Conservative colour&name Ottawa ON Liberal colour&name(2 MLAs) Ottawa East ON Liberal colour&name Ottawa West ON Conservative colour&name Toronto East ON Conservative colour&name Seat A ON Conservative colour&name Seat B ON Conservative colour&name Toronto North ON Conservative colour&name Seat A ON Conservative colour&name Seat B ON Conservative colour&name Toronto South ON Conservative colour&name Seat A ON Conservative colour&name Seat B ON Conservative colour&name Toronto West ON Conservative colour&name Seat A ON Conservative colour&name Seat B ON Conservative colour&name Huron East ON Liberal colour&name Huron North ON Conservative colour&name Huron West ON Liberal colour&name Huron Centre ON Liberal colour&name Seats that changed hands + Elections to the 12th Parliament of Ontario – unaltered seats won/lost by party, 1905–1908Party1905Gain from (loss to)1908ConLibI-LibLabON Conservative row-name 62 14 (8) 1 (1) 68ON Liberal row-name 23 8 (14) 17 ON Independent-Liberal row-name1 (1) – ON Labour row-name– 1 1Total 869 (15) 14 (8) 1 – – (1) 86 Of the unaltered seats, there were 24 that changed allegiance in the election: Liberal to Conservative Brant South Brockville Essex South Glengarry Kent West Kingston Monck Norfolk North Peel Peterborough East Prescott Prince Edward Sault Ste. Marie Wentworth North Independent-Liberal to Conservative Hastings East Conservative to Liberal Bruce South Lambton East Middlesex North Oxford South Perth South Renfrew North Stormont Wellington West Conservative to Labour Hamilton East See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) Notes and references Notes References Further reading Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1908 1909 The Annual Review Publishing Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_k9g5 1908 Sessional Papers: Vol. XIL - Part X Sessional Paper No. 46 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1908 https://archive.org/details/n10ontariosession41ontauoft/page/n18 Toronto King's Printer Category:1908 elections in Canada 1908 Category:1908 in Ontario Category:June 1908 in Canada