1904_Canadian_federal_election

1904 Canadian federal election
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214 seats in the House of Commons; 108 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.6% ( 5.8 pp)
	The Canadian parliament after the 1904 election
Prime Minister before election; Wilfrid Laurier; Liberal	Prime Minister after election ; Wilfrid Laurier; Liberal

1904 Canadian federal election

The 1904 Canadian federal election was held on November 3, 1904, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 10th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier led the Liberal Party of Canada to a third term in government, with an increased majority, and over half of the popular vote.

Quick Facts 214 seats in the House of Commons 108 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

Sir Robert Borden's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives were unable to challenge the Liberals effectively, and lost a small portion of their popular vote, along with four seats, including his own.^[2] Borden re-entered parliament the next year in a by-election.

This was the last election until 1949 in which parts of the Northwest Territories were granted representation in the House of Commons. During this parliament, most of the settled region of the NWT was hived off the NWT as the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 1 September 1905, although the NWT MPs continued to sit as representatives of their old ridings until the 10th Parliament's dissolution.

One of the key issues in the election was Imperial Preference.^[2]

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[2] Laurier was also elected in Wright; he chose to sit for Quebec East instead, and resigned as the Member of Parliament for Wright.

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"Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2019.

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Garner, J. W. (1904). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly. 19 (4): 740. doi:10.2307/2140340. ISSN 0032-3195. JSTOR 2140340.

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Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1900	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	208	128	137	+7.0%	521,041	50.88%	+0.63pp
	Conservative	Robert Borden	199	69	70	+1.4%	454,693	44.40%	+1.18pp
	Liberal-Conservative	Robert Borden	6	10	5	-50.0%	15,737	1.54%	-1.34pp
	Independent		6	3	1	-66.7%	10,205	1.00%	-0.40pp
	Independent Conservative		2	1	1	-	5,039	0.49%	-0.57pp
	Unknown		13	-	-	-	11,659	1.14%	+1.14pp
	Labour		2	-	-	-	2,159	0.21%	-0.10pp
	Socialist		3	*	-	*	1,794	0.18%	*
	Nationalist		1	*	-	*	1,429	0.14%	*
	Independent Liberal		3	1	-	-100%	309	0.03%	-0.48pp
Total			443	213	214	+0.5%	1,024,065	100%
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867^{[failed verification]}

Party			BC	NWT	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	YK	Total
	Liberal	Seats:	7	7	7	37	53	7	18	1	-	137
	Liberal	Popular Vote (%):	49.5	58.4	49.7	47.5	55.1	51.0	52.9	49.1	41.4	50.9
	Conservative	Seats:	-	2	3	44	12	5	-	3	1	70
	Conservative	Vote (%):	38.8	37.8	41.8	46.3	43.0	42.0	44.5	50.9	58.6	44.4
	Liberal-Conservative	Seats:		1		3		1				5
	Liberal-Conservative	Vote (%):		3.8		2.1		6.8				1.5
	Independent	Seats:		-	-	1	-		-			1
	Independent	Vote (%):		xx	5.8	0.6	1.3		1.6			1.0
	Independent Conservative	Seats:				1						1
	Independent Conservative	Vote (%):				1.2						0.5
Total seats			7	10	10	86	65	13	18	4	1	214
Parties that won no seats:
	Unknown	Vote (%):	4.6			2.4	xx					1.1
	Labour	Vote (%):			2.7	0.7			0.8			0.2
	Socialist	Vote (%):	7.1									0.2
	Nationalist	Vote (%):					0.6					0.5
	Independent Liberal	Vote (%):				xx		0.2	0.1			xx

1904_Canadian_federal_election

1904 Canadian federal election

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Results by province

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