Canadian general election 1911

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 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
48.03
45.82
0.53
1.75
3.87
Independent
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1908
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+3.08
-3.05
-0.73
-0.60
+1.31
Independent
Otherwise.
1
85
3
1
131
1 85 3 1 131 
A total of 221 seats
  • Otherwise: 1
  • Lib : 85
  • Independent: 3
  • Lib-Kon : 1
  • Cons : 131

The 12th Canadian General Election (English. 12th Canadian General Election , French. 12e élection fédérale canadienne ) took place on 21 September 1911. 221 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ). This election ended the 15-year reign of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Party . Two themes dominated the election campaign: free trade with the United States and the creation of the Canadian Navy . The Conservative Party , led by Robert Borden , formed a majority government.

The vote

The liberal government had been drawn into a debate about the German-British naval arms race . Laurier proposed the creation of the Royal Canadian Navy , which he could not win over neither the Francophone nor the English-speaking Canadians. The former firmly refused any assistance from Great Britain , the latter wanted to support the British Royal Navy financially. After the election, the Conservatives presented a bill to contribute to the British Navy, but its implementation was prevented by a Liberal filibuster in the House of Commons and ultimately the Liberal-dominated Senate .

The people of Ontario and the maritime provinces accused the Francophone Laurier of giving up Canada's traditional ties to Great Britain. On the other hand, nationalist Henri Bourassa , who had resigned from the Liberal Party because of the government's allegedly pro-British stance, raised the mood against Laurier in the province of Québec . In Québec this led to the strengthening of the conservatives, who actually took an even more imperialist position than the liberals.

The base of liberal support shifted to western Canada . The West was looking for new markets for its agricultural products and so advocated free trade with the United States. But the representatives of the high-tariff-protected industry in central Canada were strictly against it. The Liberals decided to make free trade the main campaign theme and negotiated a free trade agreement for natural products with the United States.

Although the legislature would last two years, Laurier decided to call an early election in order to obtain a mandate for the implementation of the agreement. The election campaign went badly for the Liberals. The powerful industry advocates in Toronto and Montreal withdrew their support and defected to the Conservatives. They argued that free trade would undermine Canada's sovereignty and lead to creeping annexation by the United States. Almost eight decades later, in the 1988 general election , free trade would also be the main topic, albeit with reversed roles: the Liberals opposed the free trade agreement proposed by the Conservatives.

The turnout was 70.2%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories
Robert Borden
Wilfrid Laurier
Political party Chairman candidates
data 		Seats
1908 		Seats
1911 		+/- be right Share of
voters 		+/-
  Conservative Party Robert Borden 208 082 131 + 49 625.697 48.03% + 3.08%
  Liberal Conservative Party 1 002 003 001 - 02nd 6,842 0.53% - 0.74%
  Liberal Party Wilfrid Laurier 214 133 085 - 48 596,871 45.82% - 3.05%
  Independent Conservatives 003 001 003 + 02 12,499 0.96% + 0.50%
  Labor Party 003 001 001 12.101 0.93% + 0.04%
  not known 010 25,857 1.98% + 0.83%
  Independent 012 001 - 01 10,346 0.79% - 0.65%
  Socialist party 006th 4,574 0.35% - 0.17%
  Nationalist Conservatives 002 4,399 0.34% + 0.34%
  Nationalists 001 3,533 0.27% + 0.27%
total 461 221 221 1,302,719 100.0%

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

Acclamations

4 candidates were elected by acclamation in the absence of opposing candidates :

  • Ontario: 1 Conservative, 1 Liberal
  • Québec: 2 Liberals

Result by provinces and territories

Political party BC FROM SK MB ON QC NB NS PE YK total
Conservative Party Seats 7th 1 1 8th 71 26th 5 9 2 1 131
Percentage ownership % 58.7 38.5 39.0 51.9 53.5 44.1 43.6 44.5 51.1 60.8 48.0
Liberal Conservative Party Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 4.1 0.8 0.5
Liberal Party Seats 6th 9 2 13 36 8th 9 2 85
Percentage ownership % 37.7 53.3 59.4 44.8 41.2 44.6 47.7 55.2 48.9 39.2 45.8
Independent Conservatives Seats 1 2 3
Percentage ownership % 1.5 1.6 1.0
Labor Party Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 0.1 3.6 0.9
not known Percentage ownership % 1.0 2.1 2.6 8.7 2.0
Independent Percentage ownership % 3.1 1.6 0.3 0.5 1.2 0.3 0.8
Socialist party Percentage ownership % 3.7 3.0 0.2 0.1 0.4
Nationalist Conservatives Percentage ownership % 0.3 1.0 0.3
Nationalists Percentage ownership % 1.1 0.3
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