1908_Canada_federal_election

1908 Canadian federal election
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221 seats in the House of Commons; 111 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70.3% (1.3pp)
	The Canadian parliament after the 1908 election
Prime Minister before election; Wilfrid Laurier; Liberal	Prime Minister after election ; Wilfrid Laurier; Liberal

1908 Canadian federal election

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The 1908 Canadian federal election was held on Monday October 26, 1908 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.

Quick Facts 221 seats in the House of Commons 111 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

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 lost it, although parts of the NWT would gain or re-gain representation after being added to Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec in 1912. A seat would not be created for the NWT itself again (which then contained the modern NWT and Nunavut) until 1949.

This is the most recent election in which a prime minister was able to lead their party to a fourth consecutive mandate.

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

[3] Borden was also elected in Carleton, which he represented during the previous Parliament; he chose to sit for Halifax instead, and resigned as the Member of Parliament for Carleton.

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

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Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	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	Robert Borden	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 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

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
	Liberal	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
	Conservative	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
	Liberal-Conservative	Vote (%):		6.4			1.5			4.5			1.3
	Independent	Seats:	-	-	-	-	1	-					1
	Independent	Vote (%):	8.9	3.7	0.6	0.1	1.8	1.1					1.5
	Labour	Seats:					-	1					1
	Labour	Vote (%):					0.7	2.6					0.9
	Independent Conservative	Seats:			-		1						1
	Independent Conservative	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

1908_Canada_federal_election

1908 Canadian federal election

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