1908 Canadian federal election 221 seats in the House of Commons 111 seats needed for a majorityTurnout 70.3%[1] ( 1.3pp )
The Canadian federal election of 1908 was held on October 26 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 in which Alberta and Saskatchewan voted as provinces. Following their creation in 1905, the two new provinces continued to be represented by MP's 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 (all of what comprises the present-day NWT plus parts of present-day Nunavut ) lost it - a seat would not be created for the NWT again until 1949 .
National results [ edit ]
The Canadian parliament after the 1908 election
↓
133
85
3
Liberal
Conservative
O
Party
Party leader
# of candidates
Seats
Popular vote
1904
Elected
Change
#
%
Change
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier
213
137
133
-2.9%
570,311
48.87%
-2.01pp
Conservative
Robert Borden
207
70
82
+17.1%
524,641
44.95%
+0.55pp
Liberal-Conservative
4
5
3
-40.0%
14,733
1.26%
-0.27pp
Independent
15
1
1
-
16,903
1.45%
+0.45pp
Labour
3
-
1
10,400
0.89%
+0.68pp
Unknown
7
-
-
-
13,478
1.15%
+0.02pp
Socialist
5
-
-
-
6,071
0.52%
+0.35pp
Independent Conservative
2
1
1
-100%
5,314
0.46%
-0.04pp
Independent Liberal
5
-
-
-
5,191
0.44%
+0.41pp
Total
461
214
221
+2.8%
1,167,042
100%
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867
Results by province [ edit ]
Party
BC
AB
SK
MB
ON
QC
NB
NS
PE
YK
Total
Liberal
Seats:
2
4
9
2
37
52
11
12
3
1
133
Popular vote (%):
35.9
50.2
56.6
45.4
45.0
53.0
56.2
51.0
50.4
40.2
48.9
Conservative
Seats:
5
2
1
8
46
12
2
5
1
-
82
Vote (%):
46.8
38.1
36.8
51.5
49.2
39.5
43.8
44.5
49.6
10.8
45.0
Liberal-Conservative
Seats:
1
1
1
3
Vote (%):
6.4
1.5
4.5
1.3
Independent
Seats:
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
Vote (%):
8.9
3.7
0.6
0.1
1.8
1.1
1.5
Labour
Seats:
-
1
1
Vote (%):
0.7
2.6
0.9
Independent Conservative
Seats:
-
1
1
Vote (%):
5.9
0.4
0.5
Total seats
7
7
10
10
86
65
13
18
4
1
221
Parties that won no seats:
Unknown
Vote (%):
1.3
1.4
1.9
49.0
1.2
Socialist
Vote (%):
7.1
1.6
2.9
0.2
0.5
Independent Liberal
Vote (%):
0.1
1.8
0.4
Vote and seat summaries [ edit ]
Popular vote
Liberal
48.87%
Conservative
46.21%
Others
4.92%
Seat totals
Liberal
60.18%
Conservative
38.46%
Others
1.36%
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]