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1911 Ontario general election

The 1911 Ontario general election was the 13th general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 11, 1911, to elect the 106 Members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (titled as Members of the Provincial Parliament or M.P.P.).

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, was elected for a third consecutive term in government, with a slight reduced majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Newton Rowell, added three members to its caucus.

The legislature's sole Labour MLA, Allan Studholme of Hamilton East, retained his seat.

The four Toronto districts each elected two members in this election. Each seat was contested separately, with each voter in the district allowed to vote for a candidate in each contest.

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1908 !<small>Dissol.</small> !1911 !± !# !% ! ± (pp)

|style="text-align:left;"|James P. Whitney |106 |86 | |82 |4 |205,338 |55.59% |0.49

|style="text-align:left;"|Newton Rowell |78 |19 | |22 |3 |142,245 |38.51% |0.94

|style="text-align:left;"| |7 |1 | |1 | |8,965 |2.43% |0.69

|style="text-align:left;"| |1 |&ndash; | |1 |1 |1,130 |0.31% |

|style="text-align:left;"| |2 |&ndash; |&ndash; |&ndash; | |3,593 |0.97% |0.39

|style="text-align:left;"| |5 |&ndash; |&ndash; |&ndash; | |3,327 |0.90% |0.22

|style="text-align:left;"| |7 |&ndash; |&ndash; |&ndash; | |3,206 |0.87% |0.23

|style="text-align:left;"| |1 |&ndash; |&ndash; |&ndash; | |1,604 |0.43% | |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total |207 |106 |106 |106 | |369,408 |100.00% | |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|4,390 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout |581,657 |64.26% |8.42

Synopsis of results

= open seat
= turnout is above provincial average
= winning candidate was in previous Legislature
= incumbent had switched allegiance
= previously incumbent in another riding
= not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
= incumbency arose from by-election gain
= incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court
= other incumbents renominated
= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
= multiple candidates

Analysis

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows:

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

Northern Ontario<br />

Ottawa Valley<br />

Saint Lawrence Valley<br />

Central Ontario<br />

Georgian Bay<br />

Wentworth/Halton/Niagara<br />

Midwestern Ontario<br />

Southwestern Ontario<br />

Peel/York/Ontario<br />

Toronto<br />

Seats that changed hands

Twenty seats changed allegiance from the previous election:

Liberal to Conservative

Conservative to Liberal

Conservative to Liberal-Conservative

See also

References

Further reading