1908 Canadian federal election

none September 2023 1908 Canadian federal election Canada 1868 parliamentary no no no 1904 Canadian federal election 1904 1911 Canadian federal election 1911 221 seats in the House of Commons 111 70.3%Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=turn&document=index&lang=e 10 March 2019 ( 1.3 pp) October 26, 1908 11th Canadian Parliament 10th Canadian Parliament 200x200px CA Liberal nohash Wilfrid Laurier June 2, 1887 CA Liberal name Quebec EastLaurier was also elected in Ottawa (City of); he chose to sit for Quebec East instead, and resigned as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa (City of). 137 seats, 50.9% 133 4 570,311 48.9% 2.0 pp 200x200px CA Conservative (historical) nohash Robert Borden February 6, 1901 CA Conservative (historical) name HalifaxBorden was also elected in Carleton, which he represented during the previous Parliament; he chose to sit for Halifax instead, and resigned as the Member of Parliament for Carleton. 75 seats, 45.9% 85 10 539,374 46.2% 0.3 pp Canada 1908 Federal Election.svg Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Wilfrid Laurier CA Liberal name Wilfrid Laurier CA Liberal name Cdn1908.PNG 380px The Canadian parliament after the 1908 election The 1908 Canadian federal election was held on Monday October 26, 1908 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 11th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term in government with a majority government. The Liberals lost four seats and a small share of the popular vote. Sir Robert Borden's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives won ten additional seats. This was the first election following the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Following their creation in 1905, the two new provinces continued to be represented by MPs initially elected under the old Northwest Territories riding boundaries, some of which straddled the new provincial border. The remainder of the Northwest Territories that previously had Parliamentary representation lost it, although parts of the NWT would gain or regain representation after being added to Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec in 1912. A seat would not be created for the NWT itself again (which then contained the modern NWT and Nunavut) until 1949. This election was the last time a prime minister managed to retain power into a fourth consecutive term. Electoral system Most of the ridings elected one member through first post the post voting. But Halifax and Queen's (PEI) each elected two MPs through plurality block voting. National results center|300px PartyParty leader# of candidatesSeatsPopular vote1904ElectedChange#%Change CA Liberal row Liberal Wilfrid Laurier 213137 133 -2.9% 570,311 48.87%-2.01pp CA PC row Conservative Robert Borden 20770 82 +17.1% 524,641 44.95%+0.55pp CA PC row Liberal-Conservative 45 3-40.0% 14,733 1.26%-0.27pp CA Independent row Independent 151 1- 16,903 1.45%+0.45pp CA Labour row-name   3- 1  10,400 0.89%+0.68pp CA Independent row Unknown 7- -- 13,478 1.15%+0.02pp CA Socialist row-name   5- -- 6,071 0.52%+0.35pp CA Independent row Independent Conservative 21 1-100% 5,314 0.46%-0.04pp CA Independent rowIndependent Liberal 5- -- 5,191 0.44%+0.41ppTotal 461214 221+2.8% 1,167,042 100%  Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 https://web.archive.org/web/20081204121507/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E 2008-12-04 Results by province PartyBCABSKMBONQCNBNSPEYKTotal CA Liberal rowLiberal Seats: 2 4 9 2 37 52 11 12 3 1 133 CA Liberal row Popular vote (%): 35.9 50.2 56.6 45.4 45.0 53.0 56.2 51.0 50.4 40.2 48.9 CA PC rowConservative Seats: 5 2 1 8 4612 2 5 1 - 82 CA PC row Vote (%): 46.8 38.1 36.8 51.5 49.2 39.5 43.8 44.5 49.6 10.8 45.0 CA PC rowLiberal-Conservative Seats:   1     1    1     3 CA PC row Vote (%):   6.4     1.5     4.5     1.3 CA Independent rowIndependent Seats: - - - - 1 -         1 CA Independent row Vote (%): 8.9 3.7 0.6 0.1 1.8 1.1         1.5 CA Labour row Labour Seats:         - 1         1 CA Labour row Vote (%):        0.7 2.6         0.9 CA Independent row Independent Conservative Seats:     -   1         1 CA Independent row Vote (%):     5.9   0.4          0.5 Total seats7 7 10 10 8665 13 18 4 1 221Parties that won no seats: CA Independent row Unknown Vote (%): 1.3       1.4 1.9       49.01.2 CA Socialist row-name Vote (%):7.1 1.6   2.9 0.2         0.5 CA Independent rowIndependent Liberal Vote (%):     0.1     1.8         0.4 See also Canada Politics List of Canadian federal general elections List of political parties in Canada 11th Canadian Parliament Notes References Further reading Copp John Terry 1968 The Canadian General Election of 1908 https://doi.org/10.82308/33185 Master's Montreal McGill University Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1908 1909 The Annual Review Publishing Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_k9g5 Foley James G. Return of the Eleventh General Election for the House of Commons of Canada, held on the 26th day of October, 1908 1909 King's Printer Ottawa https://archive.org/details/1909v43i8p18_0572 Category:1908 elections in Canada 1908 Category:October 1908 in Canada