1914 Ontario general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1914 Ontario general election Ontario 1868 parliamentary no no no 1911 Ontario general election 1911 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 1919 Ontario general election 1919 elected members 111 seats in the 14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 56 seats were needed for a majority June 29, 1914 150x150px ON Conservative nohash James P. Whitney 1896 ON Conservative name Dundas 83 84 1 55.3% 0.3pp 150x150px ON Liberal nohash Newton Rowell 1911 ON Liberal name Oxford North 22 24 2 38.6% 0.1pp Premier Premier after election James P. Whitney ON Conservative name James P. Whitney ON Conservative name 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).1914 General Election https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionId=179&levelOfDetail=election Elections Ontario January 3, 2021 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 Conservatives contested 109 of the 111 ridings, deciding not to have candidates stand in Glengarry (where the Liberal Hugh Munro was acclaimed) and Norfolk North (where the Liberal incumbent Thomas Robert Atkinson was up against a Liberal anti-Temperance candidate). June 23, 1914 The Ontario Campaign is Hotly Contested https://news.ourontario.ca/3677085/page/9 The Daily British Whig Kingston 8 However, dissension within the Tory ranks resulted in a significant number of them campaigning as either independent or temperance candidates. 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. The campaign was seen to turn more significantly on the matter of Regulation 17 (which limited instruction in French-language Catholic separate schools), in comparison to temperance issues, and that worked against the Liberals, June 30, 1914 Sir James' Triumph https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00367_19140630/6 The Toronto World 6 who placed Prohibition of sales in bars and clubs as a main plank in their platform.Hopkins 1915 440 Expansion of the Legislative Assembly thumb|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.The Representation Act S.O. 1914 4 https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovin1914onta/page/20/mode/2up The following changes were made: Windsor was spun off from Essex North Monck was merged with Lincoln, and St. Catharines was withdrawn Niagara Falls was withdrawn from Welland 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. Electoral system Most seats filled using first past the post voting in single-member districts. The eight Toronto MPPs were elected in four two-seat districts where each seat was filled in a separate first past the post contest. Results Elections to the 14th Parliament of Ontario (1914) |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1911 !Dissol. !1914 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) ON Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;"|James P. Whitney |109 |82 | |84 |2 |268,548 |54.02% |1.57 ON Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Newton Rowell |90 |22 | |24 |2 |186,168 |37.45% |1.06 ON Labour row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |4 |1 | |1 | |6,535 |1.31% |1.12 ON Independent-Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |– |– |1 |1 |2,236 |0.45% |New |- |style="background:#FF00FF;" rowspan="4"|  |style="text-align:left;"|Temperance |style="text-align:left;"| |9 |– |– |– | |13,064 |2.63% |New |- |style="text-align:left;"|Liberal-Temperance |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |– |– |1 |1 |2,733 |0.55% |New |- |style="text-align:left;"|Conservative-Temperance |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |– |– |– | |2,222 |0.45% |0.02 |- |style="text-align:left;"|Prohibitionist |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |– |– |– | |1,302 |0.26% |New ON Liberal-Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | |1 | |– |1 |colspan="3"|Did not campaign ON Independent row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |5 |– |– |– | |4,837 |0.97% |0.07 ON Socialist row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |12 |– |– |– | |4,532 |0.91% |0.04 ON Independent-Conservative row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |4 |– |– |– | |4,270 |0.86% |0.11 ON Liberal-Anti-Temperance row-name |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |– |– |– | |691 |0.14% |New ON Vacant row-name |colspan="3"| | |colspan="5"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total |240 |106 |106 |111 | |497,138 |100.00% | |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|7,304 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout |697,935 |72.28% |8.02 |} + Seats and popular vote by partyParty Seats Votes Change (pp) ON Conservative row-name 84 111 ON Conservative 175 54.02 175 darkgrey -1.57 -5 1em background:red ON Liberal row-name 24 111 ON Liberal 175 37.45 175 darkgrey -1.06 -5 1em background:red Temperance factions 1 111 #FF00FF 175 3.89 175 darkgrey 3.86 -5 1em background:green ON Other row-name 2 111 ON Independent 175 4.64 175 darkgrey -1.23 -5 1em background:red Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1914 Ontario general election Riding Winning party Turnout 1915 Sessional Papers (Vol. XLVIIPart XII) Sessional Paper No. 50 https://archive.org/details/n12ontariosessional47ontauoft/page/n602/mode/1up Toronto Legislative Assembly of Ontario 5–6 VotesNameorder is as given in EO reports 1911Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Con Lib Temp Temperance factions Lab Soc Socialist I-Lib I-Con LAT Liberal Anti-Temperance Ind Independent Total   Addington Con Con 1,841 78.27% 1,330 59.70% 71.18% 1,841 – 511 – – – – – – 2,352 Algoma Con Con 1,959 56.50% 451 13.01% 65.22% 1,959 1,508 – – – – – – – 3,467 Brant North Con Lib 1,987 50.62% 49 1.25% 77.56% 1,938 1,987 – – – – – – – 3,925 Brant South Con Lib 3,594 52.50% 342 5.00% 73.48% 3,252 3,594 – – – – – – – 6,846 Brockville Con Con 1,768 49.08% 466 12.94% 70.40% 1,768 472 1,302 – 60 – – – – 3,602 Bruce North Lib Lib 1,736 50.10% 7 0.20% 86.41% 1,729 1,736 – – – – – – – 3,465 Bruce South Lib Con 1,820 54.77% 317 9.54% 76.76% 1,820 1,503 – – – – – – – 3,323 Bruce West Lib Lib 2,153 58.84% 647 17.68% 72.10% 1,506 2,153 – – – – – – – 3,659 Carleton Con Con 1,712 75.92% 1,169 51.84% 46.30% 1,712 543 – – – – – – – 2,255 Cochrane New Lib 1,197 41.52% 28 0.97% 35.89% 1,169 1,197 – – 517 – – – – 2,883 Dufferin Con Con 2,094 57.48% 545 14.96% 66.68% 2,094 – 1,549 – – – – – – 3,643 Dundas Con Con 2,212 58.97% 673 17.94% 75.17% 2,212 1,539 – – – – – – – 3,751 Durham East Con Con 1,720 58.82% 516 17.65% 72.61% 1,720 – 1,204 – – – – – – 2,924 Durham West Con Con 1,647 53.63% 223 7.26% 79.77% 1,647 1,424 – – – – – – – 3,071 Elgin East Con Con 2,234 54.01% 332 8.03% 77.18% 2,234 1,902 – – – – – – – 4,136 Elgin West Con Con 3,386 55.92% 717 11.84% 69.16% 3,386 2,669 – – – – – – – 6,055 Essex North Con Lib 2,431 57.58% 640 15.16% 64.26% 1,791 2,431 – – – – – – – 4,222 Essex South Con Lib 2,196 50.38% 33 0.76% 77.88% 2,163 2,196 – – – – – – – 4,359 Fort William Con Con 2,385 55.63% 483 11.27% 39.75% 2,385 1,902 – – – – – – – 4,287 Frontenac Con Con 1,623 55.45% 319 10.90% 64.24% 1,623 – – – – – – – 1,304 2,927 Glengarry Lib Libacclaimed Grenville Con Con 2,082 56.42% 474 12.85% 71.28% 2,082 – – – – – 1,608 – – 3,690 Grey Centre Con Con 2,404 61.47% 897 22.94% 65.52% 2,404 1,507 – – – – – – – 3,911 Grey North Lib Con 2,943 56.50% 677 13.00% 68.85% 2,943 2,266 – – – – – – – 5,209 Grey South Con Con 2,866 60.78% 1,017 21.57% 69.21% 2,866 1,849 – – – – – – – 4,715 Haldimand Lib Con 2,692 53.02% 307 6.05% 81.12% 2,692 2,385 – – – – – – – 5,077 Halton Con Con 2,676 53.17% 319 6.34% 74.46% 2,676 2,357 – – – – – – – 5,033 Hamilton East Lab Lab 4,496 56.16% 987 12.33% 61.09% 3,509 – – 4,496 – – – – – 8,005 Hamilton West Con Con 3,361 63.28% 1,411 26.57% 61.36% 3,361 1,950 – – – – – – – 5,311 Hastings East Con Con 2,155 63.78% 931 27.55% 67.73% 2,155 1,224 – – – – – – – 3,379 Hastings North Con Con 2,247 79.01% 1,650 58.02% 53.77% 2,247 597 – – – – – – – 2,844 Hastings West Con Con 2,347 62.67% 949 25.34% 68.31% 2,347 – – – – – – – 1,398 3,745 Huron Centre Lib Lib 2,165 53.98% 319 7.95% 77.20% 1,846 2,165 – – – – – – – 4,011 Huron North Con Con 2,103 51.59% 130 3.19% 84.14% 2,103 1,973 – – – – – – – 4,076 Huron South Con Con 2,159 54.06% 324 8.11% 57.87% 2,159 1,835 – – – – – – – 3,994 Kenora Con Conacclaimed Kent East Lib Lib 2,566 53.90% 371 7.79% 73.65% 2,195 2,566 – – – – – – – 4,761 Kent West Con Con 4,017 50.08% 13 0.16% 76.12% 4,017 4,004 – – – – – – – 8,021 Kingston Con Con 2,900 66.94% 1,468 33.89% 72.51% 2,900 1,432 – – – – – – – 4,332 Lambton East Lib Con 2,154 50.05% 4 0.09% 81.45% 2,154 2,150 – – – – – – – 4,304 Lambton West Con Con 3,924 55.71% 804 11.41% 74.43% 3,924 3,120 – – – – – – – 7,044 Lanark North Con Con 1,666 51.88% 121 3.77% 77.60% 1,666 1,545 – – – – – – – 3,211 Lanark South Con Con 1,860 53.76% 548 15.84% 66.23% 1,860 1,312 – 288 – – – – – 3,460 Leeds Con Con 2,025 55.75% 418 11.51% 69.93% 2,025 1,607 – – – – – – – 3,632 Lennox Con Con 1,485 53.59% 199 7.18% 76.40% 1,485 1,286 – – – – – – – 2,771 Lincoln Con Lib 2,051 53.68% 281 7.35% 77.56% 1,770 2,051 – – – – – – – 3,821 London Con Con 4,350 57.08% 1,496 19.63% 63.27% 4,350 2,854 – 417 – – – – – 7,621 Manitoulin Con Con 1,163 55.38% 226 10.76% 54.14% 1,163 – 937 – – – – – – 2,100 Middlesex East Lib Con 2,383 54.68% 408 9.36% 71.90% 2,383 1,975 – – – – – – – 4,358 Middlesex North Con Lib 1,989 51.56% 120 3.11% 78.43% 1,869 1,989 – – – – – – – 3,858 Middlesex West Lib Lib 1,798 62.30% 710 24.60% 75.04% 1,088 1,798 – – – – – – – 2,886 Muskoka Con Con 2,056 63.09% 853 26.17% 63.44% 2,056 1,203 – – – – – – – 3,259 Niagara Falls New Con 2,444 54.01% 969 21.41% 66.28% 2,444 1,475 – – 606 – – – – 4,525 Nipissing Con Con 1,638 45.46% 58 1.61% 55.72% 1,638 1,580 – – – – – – 385 3,603 Norfolk North Lib Lib 1,927 73.61% 1,236 47.21% 58.05% – 1,927 – – – – – 691 – 2,618 Norfolk South Con Con 1,381 53.24% 168 6.48% 74.20% 1,381 – 1,213 – – – – – – 2,594 Northumberland East Con Con 2,426 57.50% 633 15.00% 71.39% 2,426 1,793 – – – – – – – 4,219 Northumberland West Lib Lib 1,609 52.26% 139 4.51% 83.58% 1,470 1,609 – – – – – – – 3,079 Ontario North Con Con 1,877 54.14% 287 8.28% 81.56% 1,877 1,590 – – – – – – – 3,467 Ontario South Lib Con 2,772 50.47% 52 0.95% 75.19% 2,772 2,720 – – – – – – – 5,492 Ottawa East Con Lib 2,843 53.75% 865 16.35% 64.73% 1,978 2,843 – – – 468 – – – 5,289 Ottawa West Con Lib 5,018 50.54% 108 1.09% 57.43% 4,910 5,018 – – – – – – – 9,928 Oxford North Lib Lib 3,048 50.94% 113 1.89% 80.84% 2,935 3,048 – – – – – – – 5,983 Oxford South Lib Con 2,582 50.01% 1 0.02% 76.78% 2,582 2,581 – – – – – – – 5,163 Parkdale New Con 2,981 55.98% 637 11.96% 58.16% 2,981 – 2,344 – – – – – – 5,325 Parry Sound Con Con 2,770 58.84% 832 17.67% 56.57% 2,770 1,938 – – – – – – – 4,708 Peel Con Con 2,855 56.17% 627 12.34% 73.89% 2,855 2,228 – – – – – – – 5,083 Perth North Con Con 3,840 55.19% 1,117 16.05% 76.19% 3,840 2,723 – – 395 – – – – 6,958 Perth South Con Con 2,375 52.31% 210 4.63% 81.94% 2,375 2,165 – – – – – – – 4,540 Peterborough East Con Con 1,783 57.76% 479 15.52% 69.57% 1,783 1,304 – – – – – – – 3,087 Peterborough West Con Lib 2,587 51.69% 169 3.38% 73.48% 2,418 2,587 – – – – – – – 5,005 Port Arthur Con Con 2,219 49.45% 789 17.58% 58.80% 2,219 1,430 – – – – – – 838 4,487 Prescott Lib I-Lib 1,768 43.01% 349 8.49% 68.21% 924 1,419 – – – 1,768 – – – 4,111 Prince Edward Con Lib 1,943 47.76% 97 2.38% 79.31% 1,846 1,943 – – – – 279 – – 4,068 Rainy River L-Con Con 1,196 60.22% 406 20.44% 53.23% 1,196 790 – – – – – – – 1,986 Renfrew North Con Con 2,548 57.76% 685 15.53% 76.39% 2,548 1,863 – – – – – – – 4,411 Renfrew South Con Conacclaimed Riverdale New Con 3,299 69.06% 1,962 41.07% 55.73% 3,299 – 1,337 – 141 – – – – 4,777 Russell Lib Lib 3,851 73.10% 2,434 46.20% 56.99% 1,417 3,851 – – – – – – – 5,268 St. Catharines New Con 2,863 68.22% 1,529 36.43% 60.38% 2,863 – – 1,334 – – – – – 4,197 Sault Ste. Marie Con Con 2,231 60.92% 800 21.85% 52.73% 2,231 1,431 – – – – – – – 3,662 Simcoe Centre Con Con 2,247 53.27% 276 6.54% 73.17% 2,247 1,971 – – – – – – – 4,218 Simcoe East Con Con 3,293 57.90% 899 15.81% 67.00% 3,293 2,394 – – – – – – – 5,687 Simcoe South Con Con 1,447 66.62% 722 33.24% 59.86% 1,447 725 – – – – – – – 2,172 Simcoe West Con Con 2,233 66.05% 1,085 32.09% 64.58% 2,233 – 1,148 – – – – – – 3,381 Stormont Con Con 2,436 51.46% 138 2.92% 69.88% 2,436 2,298 – – – – – – – 4,734 Sturgeon Falls Lib Lib 1,650 75.65% 1,119 51.31% 62.51% 531 1,650 – – – – – – – 2,181 Sudbury Con Con 2,047 54.78% 357 9.55% 53.61% 2,047 1,690 – – – – – – – 3,737 Timiskaming Con Con 2,838 48.45% 731 12.48% 50.34% 2,838 2,107 – – – – – – 912 5,857 Toronto Northeast - A New Con 5,956 58.25% 1,687 16.50% 58.97% 5,956 4,269 – – – – – – – 10,225 Toronto Northeast - B New Con 5,666 55.86% 1,189 11.72% 58.50% 5,666 4,477 – – – – – – – 10,143 Toronto Northwest - A New Con 6,153 61.59% 2,315 23.17% 53.24% 6,153 3,838 – – – – – – – 9,991 Toronto Northwest - B New Con 5,974 59.86% 2,512 25.17% 41.57% 5,974 3,462 – – 544 – – – – 9,980 Toronto Southeast - A New Con 4,296 71.85% 2,876 48.10% 53.41% 4,296 1,420 – – 263 – – – – 5,979 Toronto Southeast - B New Con 4,362 73.36% 2,778 46.72% 53.41% 4,362 1,584 – – – – – – – 5,946 Toronto Southwest - A New Con 6,127 68.84% 3,696 47.61% 52.45% 6,127 2,431 – – 342 – – – – 8,900 Toronto Southwest - B New Con 6,509 72.32% 4,018 48.15% 52.76% 6,509 2,491 – – – – – – – 9,000 Victoria North New Con 1,474 59.36% 465 18.73% 52.67% 1,474 – 1,009 – – – – – – 2,483 Victoria South New Con 2,232 55.48% 545 13.55% 74.50% 2,232 1,687 – – 104 – – – – 4,023 Waterloo North Con Con 3,787 56.40% 1,454 21.65% 69.35% 3,787 – 2,333 – 595 – – – – 6,715 Waterloo South Con Con 3,251 50.73% 856 13.36% 66.55% 3,251 2,395 – – 762 – – – – 6,408 Welland Con Con 2,541 59.90% 840 19.80% 63.89% 2,541 – 1,701 – – – – – – 4,242 Wellington East Lib Lib 1,946 55.05% 357 10.10% 75.49% 1,589 1,946 – – – – – – – 3,535 Wellington South Con L-Tmp 2,733 49.11% 104 1.87% 76.42% 2,629 – 2,733 – 203 – – – – 5,565 Wellington West Con Con 1,720 52.20% 145 4.40% 76.80% 1,720 1,575 – – – – – – – 3,295 Wentworth North Lib Con 1,586 50.33% 21 0.67% 78.05% 1,586 1,565 – – – – – – – 3,151 Wentworth South Con Con 1,704 55.72% 350 11.45% 71.28% 1,704 1,354 – – – – – – – 3,058 Windsor New Lib 2,309 42.59% 398 7.34% 59.38% 3,112Joseph Octave Reaume, previously in Essex North, failed to receive his party's nomination for the new riding. He campaigned anyway under the Conservative banner, and received 1,911 votes.Hopkins 1915 437 2,309 – – – – – – – 5,421 York East Con Con 3,671 56.51% 846 13.02% 58.62% 3,671 2,825 – – – – – – – 6,496 York North Con Con 2,826 52.42% 261 4.84% 81.09% 2,826 2,565 – – – – – – – 5,391 York West Con Conacclaimed 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 #B8BFFE #BFBFBF = joint Conservative candidate #A9A9A9 #BFBFBF = Prohibition candidate #EEAAEE #BFBFBF = joint Liberal candidate #FFA07A #BFBFBF = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada #F0E68C #BFBFBF = multiple candidates Analysis + Party candidates in 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalAccl Acclamation Con Lib Lab Temp Temperance C-Tmp Conservative-TemperanceInd I-Con Proh Prohibitionist LAT Liberal Anti_TemperanceON Conservative row-name 3 65 1 9 2 2 1 1 84ON Liberal row-name 1 22 1 24ON Labour row-name 1 1ON Independent Liberal row-name 1 1ON Liberal-Temperance row-name 1 1 Total4 24 66 1 9 2 2 1 1 1 111 a + Candidates ranked 1st to 4th place, by party Parties Accl Acclamation 1st 2nd 3rd 4thON Conservative colour&name3 81 24 2 ON Liberal colour&name1 23 66 1 ON Labour colour&name 1 1 2 ON Independent Liberal colour&name 1 1 ON Liberal-Temperance colour&name 1 ON Temperance colour&name 9 ON Independent colour&name 2 3 ON Conservative-Temperance colour&name 2 ON Independent Conservative colour&name 1 1 ON Liberal Anti-Temperance colour&name 1 ON Prohibitionist colour&name 1 ON Socialist colour&name 11 1 + Resulting composition of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario Source PartyConLibLabI-LibL-TmpTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 52 9 1 62Acclamations3 1 4Open seats held6 2 8Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated4 6 1 11Open seats gained2 4 6Byelection gains held2 2Incumbent changed allegiance1 1 2New seats New MLAs6 2 8Previously incumbent8 8Total84 24 1 1 1 111 Results summary by region + Distribution of seats and popular vote %, by party by region (1914)RegionCandidatesSeatsVote share (%)ConLibTempSocIndLabInd-ConInd-LibLib-Anti-TTotalConLibLabInd-LibL-TempConLibTempLabIndSocInd-LibInd-ConLib-Anti-T Northern Ontario 12 10 1 1 3 – – – – 27 10 2 – – – 50.66% 39.96% 2.45% – 5.58% 1.35% – – – Ottawa Valley 9 8 – – – 1 – 2 – 20 5 3 – 1 – 44.86% 48.49% – 0.76% – – 5.89% – – St Lawrence Valley 6 6 1 1 – – 1 – – 15 6 1 – – – 56.54% 30.95% 5.48% – – 0.25% – 6.77% – Georgian Bay 8 7 1 – – – – – – 16 7 1 – – – 58.31% 38.11% 3.58% – – – – – – Central Ontario 15 10 3 1 2 – 1 – – 32 12 3 – – – 57.45% 30.92% 5.45% – 5.41% 0.21% – 0.56% – Wentworth-Halton-Niagara 9 6 1 1 – 2 – – – 19 7 1 1 – – 54.31% 26.01% 4.11% 14.10% – 1.47% – – – Midwestern Ontario 21 18 4 4 – – – – 1 48 14 7 – – 1 50.49% 39.09% 7.78% – – 1.94% – – 0.69% Southwestern Ontario 14 13 – – – 1 – – – 28 7 6 – – – 51.70% 47.67% – 0.62% – – – – – Peel-York-Ontario 6 5 – – – – – – – 11 6 – – – – 54.00% 46.00% – – – – – – – Toronto 10 8 2 4 – – – – – 24 10 – – – – 63.94% 29.87% 4.59% – – 1.61% – – – Total 110 91 13 12 5 4 2 2 1 240 84 24 1 1 1 54.40% 37.54% 3.89% 1.31% 0.97% 0.91% 0.45% 0.38% 0.14% MLAs elected by region and riding Party designations are as follows: #9999FF Conservative #EA6D6A Liberal #EEBBBB Labour Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation. Northern Ontario #9999FF Algoma: Albert Grigg #EA6D6A Cochrane: Malcolm Lang #9999FF Fort William: Charles William Jarvis #9999FF Kenora: Harold Arthur Clement Machin #9999FF Manitoulin: Robert Roswell Gamey #9999FF Nipissing: Henri Morel #9999FF Port Arthur: Donald McDonald Hogarth #9999FF Rainy River: James Arthur Mathieu #9999FF Sault Ste. Marie: William Howard Hearst #EA6D6A Sturgeon Falls: Zotique Mageau #9999FF Sudbury: Charles McCrea #9999FF Timiskaming: Thomas Magladery Ottawa Valley #9999FF Carleton: Robert Herbert McElroy #9999FF Lanark North: Richard Franklin Preston #9999FF Lanark South: Francis William Hall #EA6D6A Ottawa East: Joseph Albert Pinard #EA6D6A Ottawa West: George Charles Hurdman #DCDCDC Prescott: Gustave Évanturel (I-Lib Independent-Liberal) #9999FF Renfrew North: Edward Arunah Dunlop #9999FF Renfrew South: Thomas William McGarry #EA6D6A Russell: Damase Racine Saint Lawrence Valley #9999FF Brockville: Albert Edward Donovan #9999FF Dundas: James Pliny Whitney #EA6D6A Glengarry: Hugh Munro #9999FF Grenville: George Howard Ferguson #9999FF Kingston: Arthur Edward Ross #9999FF Leeds: John Robertson Dargavel #9999FF Stormont: Robert Austin Shearer Georgian Bay #EA6D6A Bruce North: William MacDonald #9999FF Grey North: Colin Stewart Cameron #9999FF Muskoka: Samuel Henry Armstrong #9999FF Parry Sound: Joseph Edgar #9999FF Simcoe Centre: Alfred Burke Thompson #9999FF Simcoe East: James Irwin Hartt #9999FF Simcoe South: Alexander Ferguson #9999FF Simcoe West: James Stoddart Duff Central Ontario #9999FF Addington: William David Black #9999FF Durham East: Josiah Johnston Preston #9999FF Durham West: John Henry Devitt #9999FF Frontenac: Anthony McGuin Rankin #9999FF Hastings East: Sandy Grant #9999FF Hastings North: John Robert Cooke #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 #EA6D6A Peterborough West: George Alexander Gillespie #EA6D6A Prince Edward: Nelson Parliament #9999FF Victoria North: Robert Mercer Mason #9999FF Victoria South: John Carew Wentworth/Halton/Niagara #9999FF Halton: Alfred Westland Nixon #EEBBBB Hamilton East: Allan Studholme #9999FF Hamilton West: John Strathearn Hendrie #EA6D6A Lincoln: Thomas A. 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A later withdrawal in Kenora enabled the acclamation of Harold Arthur Clement Machin. June 24, 1914 Pith of the News https://news.ourontario.ca/3677086/page/2 The Daily British Whig Kingston 1 Forbes Godfrey (York West) was acclaimed because the Liberal candidate was held to have missed the deadline by one minute. In Wellington East, the Liberals opted not to press a similar case against the Conservative candidate, whose nomination papers were filed 90 minutes after the deadline. June 26, 1914 Provincial Election: Only 3 Elected by Acclamation https://news.ourontario.ca/2425946/page/2 Newmarket Era 2 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, 1914 1915 The Annual Review Publishing Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_f1o7 Category:1914 elections in Canada 1914 Category:1914 in Ontario Category:June 1914 in Canada