Canadian general election 1908

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 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
48.87
44.95
1.26
2.35
2.56
Independent
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1904
 % p
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-2.01
+0.55
-0.28
+0.38
+0.89
Independent
Otherwise.
1
133
2
3
82
1 133 2 3 82 
A total of 221 seats
  • Otherwise: 1
  • Lib : 133
  • Independent: 2
  • Lib-Kon : 3
  • Cons : 82

The 11th Canadian General Election ( English 11th Canadian General Election , French 11e élection fédérale canadienne ) took place on 26 October 1908th 221 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ).

The vote

For the fourth time in a row, Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier led the ruling Liberal Party to an election victory. Although the Liberals suffered slight losses in the share of the vote and in the number of seats, they were still able to rule with a comfortable majority. The Conservative Party, led by Robert Borden , and with them individual liberal-conservative MPs again failed to oust the liberals. They gained ten seats, but since Parliament had been enlarged by seven seats, this largely offset each other. In the southern part of the Northwest Territories , the new provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created in 1905, and three years later they were represented by their own MPs.

The turnout was 70.3%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories
Wilfrid Laurier
Robert Borden
Political party Chairman candidates
data 		Seats
1904 		Seats
1908 		+/- be right Share of
voters 		+/-
  Liberal Party Wilfrid Laurier 213 137 133 - 04th 570.311 48.87% - 2.01%
  Conservative Party Robert Borden 207 070 082 + 12 524,641 44.95% + 0.55%
  Liberal Conservative Party 1 004th 005 003 - 02nd 14,733 1.26% - 0.28%
  Independent 015th 001 001 16,903 1.45% -
  Labor Party 003 001 + 01 10,400 0.89% + 0.68%
  Independent Conservatives 002 001 001 5,314 0.46% - 0.03%
  not known 007th 13,478 1.15% + 0.01%
  Socialist party 005 6,071 0.52% + 0.34%
  Independent liberals 005 5,191 0.44% + 0.41%
total 461 214 221 + 07 1,167,042 100.0%

1 The Liberal Conservatives and the Conservatives formed a parliamentary group in the House of Commons

Result by provinces and territories

Political party BC FROM SK MB ON QC NB NS PE YK total
Liberal Party Seats 2 4th 9 2 37 52 11 12 3 1 133
Percentage ownership % 35.9 50.2 56.6 45.4 45.0 53.0 56.2 51.0 50.4 40.2 48.9
Conservative Party Seats 5 2 1 8th 46 12 2 5 1 82
Percentage ownership % 46.8 38.1 36.8 51.5 49.2 39.5 43.8 44.5 49.6 10.8 45.0
Liberal Conservative Party Seats 1 1 1 3
Percentage ownership % 6.4 1.5 4.5 1.3
Independent Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 8.9 3.7 0.6 0.1 1.8 1.1 1.5
Labor Party Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 0.7 2.6 0.9
Independent Conservatives Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 5.9 0.4 0.5
not known Percentage ownership % 1.3 1.4 1.9 49.0 1.2
Socialist party Percentage ownership % 7.1 1.6 2.9 0.2 0.5
Independent liberals Percentage ownership % 0.1 1.8 0.4
Totally sit 7th 7th 10 10 86 65 13 18th 4th 1 221

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums. Elections Canada, February 18, 2013, accessed July 4, 2015 .

See also