1911 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1911 Ontario general election Ontario 1868 parliamentary no no no 1908 Ontario general election 1908 12th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1914 Ontario general election 1914 elected members 106 seats in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats were needed for a majority December 11, 1911 150x150px ON Conservative nohash James P. Whitney 1896 ON Conservative name Dundas 86 82 4 55.6% 0.5pp 150x150px ON Liberal nohash Newton Rowell 1911 ON Liberal name Oxford North 19 22 3 38.5% 0.9pp Premier Premier after election James P. Whitney ON Conservative name James P. Whitney ON Conservative name 300px Results by electoral district, shaded by winners' vote share 300px Results by electoral district, holds and gains 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.).1911 General Election https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionId=170&levelOfDetail=election Elections Ontario January 3, 2021 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 overview Political party Party leader Before 1911 1908 Dis. At Dissolution of parliamentCan Candidates fielded Seats ± Votes % ± (pp) ConservativeJames Whitney8687106824 205,33855.590.49 Liberal-Conservative - - 111 1,1300.31New LiberalNewton Rowell191878223 142,24538.510.94 Labour11718,9652.430.69 Independent Conservative - - 20-3,5930.970.39 Independent - - 50-3,3270.900.22 Socialist - - 70-3,2060.870.23 Conservative-Temperance - - 10-1,6040.43New Total106106207106 369,408100.00 Blank and invalid ballots4,390 Registered voters / turnout581,65764.268.42 + Seats and popular vote by partyParty Seats Votes Change (pp) ON Conservative row-name 82 106 ON Conservative 175 55.59 175 darkgrey 0.49 -5 1em background:green ON Liberal row-name 22 106 ON Liberal 175 38.51 175 darkgrey -0.94 -5 1em background:red ON Other row-name 2 106 ON Independent 175 5.90 175 darkgrey 0.45 -5 1em background:green Results of members of 12th Parliament & Resulting composition of the 13th Parliament Party Members of 12th Parliament Seats held Seats gainedMembers in 13th ParliamentTotalStooddownReturnedDefeatedIncumbents New mem. Accl.Open Oustedincum. WonAccl.WonAccl. Conservative8721588471111514382 Lib-Con 11 Liberal18693 9 2 4722 Labour1 1 1 1Total106276811681820 106 Ranking overview Winning Party Seats WonParty in 2nd place CandidatesFieldedRankAccl Acclamation Con Lib Lab Soc Oth OthersAccl Acclamation 1st 2nd 3rd Conservative8217 55 4 2 42 Ind. Conservatives, 1 Independent, Conservative-Temperance10617 65 24 Lib-Con1 1 1 1 Liberal22 22 78 22 55 1 Labour1 1 7 1 4 2 Socialist0 7 2 5 Ind. Conservative0 2 2 Independent0 5 1 4 Conservative-Temperance0 1 1 Total10617 24 55 4 2 4 Seats that changed hands Party1908Gain from (loss to)1911ConLibLabL-Con Conservative86 8 (11) (1)82 Liberal19 11 (8) 22 Labour1 1 Liberal-Conservative0 1 1Total 10612 (8) 8 (11) – (1) 106 Twenty seats changed allegiance from the previous election: Liberal to Conservative (8) Ottawa East Renfrew North Stormont Simcoe East Wellington West Wentworth South Middlesex North (lost in 1909 byelection) Perth South Conservative to Liberal (11) Sturgeon Falls Glengarry Prescott Ontario South Wellington East Wentworth North Bruce Centre Monck Norfolk North Middlesex East Kent East Conservative to Liberal-Conservative Rainy River Local results 15em Incumbent in contest: #DCDCDC #FFF retained seat #DCD0FF #FFF defeated #87CEFA #FFF retained seat won in byelection#FFF #FFF (in preceding parliament) 15em Open seat: #B9E5B9 #FFF new candidate retained seat #DEB887 #FFF new candidate failed to retain seat #FFFF00 #000 incumbent from a different electoral#FFF #FFF district elected 15em Misc: #F5F5DC #000 turnout is above provincial average #EEBBBB #FFF candidate not an incumbent but a #FFF #FFF prevoius member of the legislature Electoral Districtorder is as given in EO reports Winning party Turnout VotesRegion 1908 Party Votes Margin Con Lib Lab Labour Soc Socialist Other Total #%#%% Party Addington Con Conacclaimedaccl. Central (East) Algoma Con Con 1,723 61.87 661 23.73 53.34 1,723 1,062 – – 2,785 North Brant North Con Con 1,722 52.69 176 5.39 68.81 1,722 1,546 – – 3,268 W - Grand River Brant South Con Con 3,201 53.19 384 6.38 77.02 3,201 2,817 – – 6,018 W - Grand River Brockville Con Con 2,090 52.99 449 11.38 73.15 2,090 1,641 – 213 3,944 E - St Lawrence Bruce Centre Con Lib 1,727 51.55 104 3.10 78.92 1,623 1,727 – – 3,350 W - Midwestern Bruce North Lib Lib 2,182 54.92 391 9.84 72.94 1,791 2,182 – – 3,973 W - Midwestern Bruce South Lib Lib 1,894 54.38 305 8.76 76.39 1,589 1,894 – – 3,483 W - Midwestern Carleton Con Con 1,347 60.13 454 20.27 88.24 1,347 893 – – 2,240 E - Ottawa Valley Dufferin Con Con 1,880 53.96 276 7.92 62.10 1,880 – – – 1,604 C-Tmp Conservative-Temperance 3,484 W - Midwestern Dundas Con Con 2,239 62.95 921 25.89 68.32 2,239 1,318 – – 3,557 E - St Lawrence Durham East Con Conacclaimedaccl. Central (East) Durham West Con Con 1,553 53.92 226 7.85 82.49 1,553 1,327 – – 2,880 Central (East) Elgin East Con Con 2,127 57.91 581 15.82 69.29 2,127 1,546 – – 3,673 W - Southwest Elgin West Con Con 3,188 62.41 1,268 24.82 59.69 3,188 1,920 – – 5,108 W - Southwest Essex North Con Con 2,586 42.46 53 0.87 54.46 2,586 972 – – 2,533 I-Con 6,091 W - Southwest Essex South Con Con 2,665 51.25 130 2.50 74.93 2,665 2,535 – – 5,200 W - Southwest Fort William Con Con 1,363 43.53 254 8.11 52.04 1,363 1,109 – – 659 Ind 3,131 North Frontenac Con Con 1,641 61.67 621 23.34 59.29 1,641 1,020 – – 2,661 Central (East) Glengarry Con Lib 1,988 53.56 264 7.11 67.83 1,724 1,988 – – 3,712 E - St Lawrence Grenville Con Conacclaimedaccl. E - St Lawrence Grey Centre Con Con 2,223 67.90 1,172 35.80 54.31 2,223 1,051 – – 3,274 W - Midwestern Grey North Lib Lib 3,635 55.67 741 11.35 71.93 2,894 3,635 – – 6,529 W - Midwestern Grey South Con Con 2,281 54.32 363 8.64 69.96 2,281 1,918 – – 4,199 W - Midwestern Haldimand Lib Lib 1,924 56.21 425 12.42 78.23 1,499 1,924 – – 3,423 W - Grand River Halton Con Con 2,385 53.74 332 7.48 70.52 2,385 2,053 – – 4,438 Central (West) Hamilton East Lab Lab 3,521 55.34 679 10.67 63.65 2,842 – 3,521 – 6,363 Central (West) Hamilton West Con Con 2,594 69.30 1,445 38.61 49.32 2,594 1,149 – – 3,743 Central (West) Hastings East Con Conacclaimedaccl. Central (East) Hastings North Con Conacclaimedaccl. Central (East) Hastings West Con Conacclaimedaccl. Central (East) Huron Centre Lib Lib 2,148 52.65 216 5.29 77.16 1,932 2,148 – – 4,080 W - Midwestern Huron North Con Con 2,210 53.21 267 6.43 80.94 2,210 1,943 – – 4,153 W - Midwestern Huron South Con Con 2,261 53.29 279 6.58 82.70 2,261 1,982 – – 4,243 W - Midwestern Kenora Con Con 1,179 61.66 446 23.33 46.40 1,179 733 – – 1,912 North Kent East Con Lib 2,452 52.26 212 4.52 70.47 2,240 2,452 – – 4,692 W - Southwest Kent West Con Con 3,106 58.11 867 16.22 55.76 3,106 – – – 2,239 Ind 5,345 W - Southwest Kingston Con Conacclaimedaccl. E - St Lawrence Lambton East Lib Lib 2,170 51.05 89 2.09 78.10 2,081 2,170 – – 4,251 W - Southwest Lambton West Con Con 3,969 57.71 1,061 15.43 67.85 3,969 2,908 – – 6,877 W - Southwest Lanark North Con Conacclaimedaccl. E - Ottawa Valley Lanark South Con Conacclaimedaccl. E - Ottawa Valley Leeds Con Con 1,995 52.12 162 4.23 72.24 1,995 1,833 – – 3,828 E - St Lawrence Lennox Con Con 1,450 51.40 79 2.80 76.66 1,450 1,371 – – 2,821 Central (East) Lincoln Con Conacclaimedaccl. W - Grand River London Con Conacclaimedaccl. W - Southwest Manitoulin Con Con 1,254 74.69 829 49.37 38.85 1,254 425 – – 1,679 North Middlesex East Con Lib 2,039 50.31 25 0.62 69.27 2,014 2,039 – – 4,053 W - Southwest Middlesex North Lib Con 1,991 50.44 35 0.89 75.39 1,991 1,956 – – 3,947 W - Southwest Middlesex West Lib Lib 1,767 59.86 582 19.72 73.09 1,185 1,767 – – 2,952 W - Southwest Monck Con Lib 1,875 52.14 154 4.28 75.87 1,721 1,875 – – 3,596 W - Grand River Muskoka Con Con 1,970 77.87 1,410 55.73 45.71 1,970 560 – – 2,530 Central (North) Nipissing Con Con 1,800 64.47 808 28.94 50.17 1,800 992 – – 2,792 North Norfolk North Con Lib 1,740 55.20 328 10.41 74.56 1,412 1,740 – – 3,152 W - Midwestern Norfolk South Con Con 1,423 56.99 377 15.10 66.99 1,423 1,046 – 28 2,497 W - Midwestern Northumberland East Con Con 2,311 64.21 1,023 28.42 61.80 2,311 1,288 – – 3,599 Central (East) Northumberland West Lib Lib 1,615 53.89 233 7.77 79.75 1,382 1,615 – – 2,997 Central (East) Ontario North Con Con 1,971 57.21 497 14.43 73.77 1,971 1,474 – – 3,445 Cen (Ont-York) Ontario South Con Lib 2,577 52.52 247 5.03 73.50 2,330 2,577 – – 4,907 Cen (Ont-York) Ottawa East Lib Con 2,842 64.46 1,275 28.92 60.57 2,842 1,567 – – 4,409 E - Ottawa Valley Ottawa West Con Con 4,398 65.70 2,102 31.40 48.42 4,398 2,296 – – 6,694 E - Ottawa Valley Oxford North Lib Lib 2,651 55.90 560 11.81 68.09 2,091 2,651 – – 4,742 W - Southwest Oxford South Lib Lib 2,457 52.15 203 4.31 73.24 2,254 2,457 – – 4,711 W - Southwest Parry Sound Con Con 2,218 65.99 1,075 31.98 35.75 2,218 1,143 – – 3,361 Central (North) Peel Con Con 2,705 57.63 716 15.25 70.55 2,705 1,989 – – 4,694 Central (West) Perth North Con Con 3,523 52.79 372 5.57 77.133,523 3,151 – – 6,674 W - Midwestern Perth South Lib Con 2,388 50.78 73 1.55 80.47 2,388 2,315 – – 4,703 W - Midwestern Peterborough East Con Con 1,579 56.90 503 18.13 61.98 1,579 1,076 – – 120 Ind 2,775 Central (East) Peterborough West Con Con 2,674 56.53 618 13.07 62.49 2,674 2,056 – – 4,730 Central (East) Port Arthur Con Con 1,515 72.56 942 45.11 42.79 1,515 – – 573 2,088 North Prescott Con Lib 1,976 53.87 284 7.74 59.84 1,692 1,976 – – 3,668 E - Ottawa Valley Prince Edward Con Con 2,286 57.37 587 14.73 75.92 2,286 1,699 – – 3,985 Central (East) Rainy River Con L-Con 1,130 57.24 286 14.49 54.14 844 – – – 1,130 LCon Ran as a Liberal Conservative 1,974 North Renfrew North Lib Conacclaimedaccl. E - Ottawa Valley Renfrew South Con Conacclaimedaccl. E - Ottawa Valley Russell Lib Lib 3,041 64.16 1,342 28.31 54.74 1,699 3,041 – – 4,740 E - Ottawa Valley Sault Ste. Marie Con Conacclaimedaccl. North Simcoe Centre Con Con 1,791 51.36 95 2.72 66.18 1,791 1,696 – – 3,487 Central (North) Simcoe East Lib Con 3,103 52.80 329 5.60 65.37 3,103 2,774 – – 5,877 Central (North) Simcoe South Con Conacclaimedaccl. Central (North) Simcoe West Con Conacclaimedaccl. Central (North) Stormont Lib Con 2,249 52.63 225 5.27 63.45 2,249 2,024 – – 4,273 E - St Lawrence Sturgeon Falls Con Lib 885 54.53 147 9.06 66.44 738 885 – – 1,623 North Sudbury Con Con 2,541 68.90 1,394 37.80 29.16 2,541 – – 1,147 3,688 North Timiskaming Con Con 2,403 52.91 264 5.81 40.68 2,403 2,139 – – 4,542 North Toronto East - A Con Con 3,299 78.16 2,239 53.04 32.07 3,299 – 922 – 4,221 Cen (Ont-York) Toronto East – B Con Con 2,767 63.77 1,707 39.34 33.27 2,767 – 512 – 1,060 I-Con 4,339 Cen (Ont-York) Toronto North - A Con Con 5,165 79.73 2,049 31.63 44.92 5,165 – 1,313 – 6,478 Cen (Ont-York) Toronto North – B Con Con 3,824 53.72 708 9.95 49.36 3,824 3,116 178 – 7,118 Cen (Ont-York) Toronto South - A Con Con 2,594 77.11 1,824 54.22 29.34 2,594 – 770 – 3,364 Cen (Ont-York) Toronto South – B Con Con 2,647 78.87 1,877 55.93 29.27 2,647 709 – – 3,356 Cen (Ont-York) Toronto West - A Con Con 5,469 75.93 3,720 51.65 30.56 5,469 1,519 – – 215Ind 7,203 Cen (Ont-York) Toronto West – B Con Con 5,225 74.92 3,476 49.84 29.59 5,225 – 1,749 – 6,974 Cen (Ont-York) Victoria East Con Conacclaimedaccl. Central (North) Victoria West Con Con 1,836 50.14 104 2.84 68.211,836 1,732 – – 94 Ind 3,662 Central (North) Waterloo North Con Con 3,059 47.95 193 3.03 69.51 3,059 2,866 – 454 6,379 W - Grand River Waterloo South Con Con 2,770 54.05 997 19.45 59.48 2,770 1,773 – 582 5,125 W - Grand River Welland Con Con 3,511 56.47 805 12.95 61.62 3,511 2,706 – – 6,217 W - Grand River Wellington East Con Lib 1,932 54.78 337 9.55 72.46 1,595 1,932 – – 3,527 W - Grand River Wellington South Con Con 2,912 54.19 450 8.37 72.76 2,912 2,462 – – 5,374 W - Grand River Wellington West Lib Con 1,778 51.82 125 3.64 77.44 1,778 1,653 – – 3,431 W - Grand River Wentworth North Con Lib 1,723 50.42 29 0.85 81.92 1,694 1,723 – – 3,417 Central (West) Wentworth South Lib Con 1,496 48.32 105 3.39 49.75 1,496 1,391 – 209 3,096 Central (West) York East Con Con 2,337 60.05 782 20.09 36.56 2,337 1,555 – – 3,892 Cen (Ont-York) York North Con Con 3,023 54.44 493 8.88 84.46 3,023 2,530 – – 5,553 Cen (Ont-York) York West Con Con 2,847 65.16 1,325 30.33 39.79 2,847 1,522 – – 4,369 Cen (Ont-York) a Members elected by region and electoral district #99F #FFF Conservative 10#EA6D6A #FFF Liberal 10#EBB #FFF Labour Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation. Southwestern Ontario #99F #FFF Elgin East: Charles Andrew Brower #99F #FFF Elgin West: Findlay George MacDiarmid #99F #FFF Essex North: Joseph Octave Reaume #99F #FFF Essex South: Charles N. Anderson #EA6D6A #FFF Kent East: Walter Renwick Ferguson #99F #FFF Kent West: George William Sulman #EA6D6A #FFF Lambton East: Robert John McCormick #99F #FFF Lambton West: William John Hanna #99F #FFF London: Adam Beck #EA6D6A #FFF Middlesex East: Robert Sutherland #99F #FFF Middlesex North: Duncan MacArthur #EA6D6A #FFF Middlesex West: John Campbell Elliott #EA6D6A #FFF Oxford North: Newton Wesley Rowell #EA6D6A #FFF Oxford South: Thomas Richard Mayberry Midwestern Ontario #EA6D6A #FFF Bruce Centre: William MacDonald #EA6D6A #FFF Bruce North: Charles Martin Bowman #EA6D6A #FFF Bruce South: John Anderson #99F #FFF Dufferin: Charles Robert McKeown #99F #FFF Grey Centre: Isaac Benson Lucas #EA6D6A #FFF Grey North: Alexander Grant MacKay #99F #FFF Grey South: David Jamieson #EA6D6A #FFF Huron Centre: William Proudfoot #99F #FFF Huron North: Armstrong Musgrove #99F #FFF Huron South: Henry Eilber #EA6D6A #FFF Norfolk North: Thomas Robert Atkinson #99F #FFF Norfolk South: Arthur Clarence Pratt #99F #FFF Perth North: James Torrance #99F #FFF Perth South: John Benneweis Grand River #99F #FFF Brant: John Wesley Westbrook #99F #FFF Brant South: Willoughby Staples Brewster #EA6D6A #FFF Haldimand: Christian Kohler #99F #FFF Lincoln: Elisha Jessop #EA6D6A #FFF Monck: Thomas A. Marshall #99F #FFF Waterloo North: Henry George Lackner #99F #FFF Waterloo South: George Pattinson #EA6D6A #FFF Wellington East: Udney Richardson #99F #FFF Wellington South: Henry Scholfield #99F #FFF Wellington West: William Clarke Chambers #99F #FFF Welland: Evan Eugene Fraser Northern Ontario #99F #FFF Algoma: Albert Grigg #99F #FFF Fort William: Charles William Jarvis #99F #FFF Kenora: Harold Arthur Clement Machin #99F #FFF Manitoulin: Robert Roswell Gamey #99F #FFF Nipissing: Henri Morel #99F #FFF Port Arthur: Donald McDonald Hogarth #99F #FFF Rainy River: James Arthur Mathieu (Lib-Con Liberal-Conservative) #99F #FFF Sault Ste. Marie: William Howard Hearst #EA6D6A #FFF Sturgeon Falls: Zotique Mageau #99F #FFF Sudbury: Charles McCrea #99F #FFF Timiskaming: Robert Taylor Shillington Central Ontario (North) #99F #FFF Muskoka: Arthur Arnold Mahaffy #99F #FFF Parry Sound: John Galna #99F #FFF Simcoe Centre: Alfred Burke Thompson #99F #FFF Simcoe East: James Irwin Hartt #99F #FFF Simcoe South: Alexander Ferguson #99F #FFF Simcoe West: James Stoddart Duff #99F #FFF Victoria East: Robert Mercer Mason #99F #FFF Victoria West: Adam Edward Vrooman Central Ontario (West) #99F #FFF Halton: Alfred Westland Nixon #EBB #FFF Hamilton East: Allan Studholme #99F #FFF Hamilton West: John Strathearn Hendrie #99F #FFF Peel: Samuel Charters #EA6D6A #FFF Wentworth North: James McQueen #99F #FFF Wentworth South: James Thomas Hammill Regan Ontario/York/Toronto #99F #FFF Ontario North: William Henry Hoyle #EA6D6A #FFF Ontario South: William Edmund Newton Sinclair #99F #FFF York East: Alexander McCowan #99F #FFF York North: Thomas Herbert Lennox #99F #FFF York West: Forbes Godfrey #99F #FFF Toronto East - A: Robert Allan Pyne #99F #FFF Toronto East - B: Thomas Richard Whitesides #99F #FFF Toronto North - A: William Kirkpatrick McNaught #99F #FFF Toronto North - B: James Joseph Foy #99F #FFF Toronto South - A: Edward William James Owens #99F #FFF Toronto South - B: George Horace Gooderham #99F #FFF Toronto West - A: Thomas Crawford #99F #FFF Toronto West - B: William David McPherson Ottawa Valley #99F #FFF Carleton: Robert Herbert McElroy #99F #FFF Lanark North: Richard Franklin Preston #99F #FFF Lanark South: Arthur James Matheson #99F #FFF Ottawa East: Napoléon Champagne #99F #FFF Ottawa West: James Albert Ellis #99F #FFF Renfrew North: Edward Arunah Dunlop #99F #FFF Renfrew South: Thomas William McGarry #EA6D6A #FFF Russell: Damase Racine #EA6D6A #FFF Prescott: Gustave Évanturel Saint Lawrence Valley #99F #FFF Brockville: Albert Edward Donovan #99F #FFF Dundas: James Pliny Whitney #EA6D6A #FFF Glengarry: Hugh Munro #99F #FFF Grenville: George Howard Ferguson #99F #FFF Kingston: Arthur Edward Ross #99F #FFF Leeds: John Robertson Dargavel #99F #FFF Stormont: John Colborne Milligan Central Ontario (East) #99F #FFF Addington: William David Black #99F #FFF Durham East: Josiah Johnston Preston #99F #FFF Durham West: John Henry Devitt #99F #FFF Frontenac: Anthony McGuin Rankin #99F #FFF Hastings East: Sandy Grant #99F #FFF Hastings North: John Robert Cooke #99F #FFF Hastings West: John Wesley Johnson #99F #FFF Lennox: Thomas George Carscallen #99F #FFF Northumberland East: Samuel Greerson Nesbitt #EA6D6A #FFF Northumberland West: Samuel Clarke #99F #FFF Peterborough East: James Thompson #99F #FFF Peterborough West: Edward Armour Peck #99F #FFF Prince Edward: Robert Addison Norman See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) References Further reading Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1911 1912 The Annual Review Publishing Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre1911unse 1912 Ontario Sessional Papers, 1912: Sessional Papers: Vol. XLIV - Part XIII Sessional Paper No. 49 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1911 https://archive.org/details/n13ontariosessional44ontauoft/page/n22 Toronto King's Printer Category:1911 elections in Canada 1911 Category:1911 in Ontario Category:December 1911 in Canada