1911 Ontario general election

1911 Ontario general election

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106 seats in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader James P. Whitney Newton Rowell Party Conservative Liberal Leader since 1896 1911 Leader's seat Dundas Oxford North Last election 86 19 Seats won 82 22 Seat change 4 3 Percentage 55.6% 38.5% Swing 0.5pp 0.9pp
Premier before election James P. Whitney Liberal Premier after election James P. Whitney Conservative

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.). ^[1]

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

^[1]

Elections to the 13th Parliament of Ontario (1911)

Political party		Party leader	MPPs					Votes
			Candidates	1908	Dissol.	1911	±	#	%	± (pp)
	Conservative	James P. Whitney	106	86		82	4	205,338	55.59%	0.49
	Liberal	Newton Rowell	78	19		22	3	142,245	38.51%	0.94
	Labour		7	1		1		8,965	2.43%	0.69
	Liberal–Conservative		1	–		1	1	1,130	0.31%	New
	Independent-Conservative		2	–	–	–		3,593	0.97%	0.39
	Independent		5	–	–	–		3,327	0.90%	0.22
	Socialist		7	–	–	–		3,206	0.87%	0.23
	Conservative-Temperance		1	–	–	–		1,604	0.43%	New
Total			207	106	106	106		369,408	100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots								4,390
Registered voters / turnout								581,657	64.26%	8.42

Seats and popular vote by party

Party		Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
	Conservative	82 / 106	55.59%	0.49		0.49
	Liberal	22 / 106	38.51%	-0.94
	Other	2 / 106	5.90%	0.45		0.45

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1911 Ontario general election ^[1]

Riding	Winning party								Turnout	Votes
Name [a 1]	1908		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		Con	L-Con	Lib	Lab	I-Con	Soc	C-Tmp	Ind	Total
Addington		Con		Con	acclaimed
Algoma		Con		Con	1,723	61.87%	661	23.73%	53.34%	1,723	–	1,062	–	–	–	–	–	2,785
Brant North		Con		Con	1,722	52.69%	176	5.39%	68.81%	1,722	–	1,546	–	–	–	–	–	3,268
Brant South		Con		Con	3,201	53.19%	384	6.38%	77.02%	3,201	–	2,817	–	–	–	–	–	6,018
Brockville		Con		Con	2,090	52.99%	449	11.38%	73.15%	2,090	–	1,641	–	–	213	–	–	3,944
Bruce Centre		Con		Lib	1,727	51.55%	104	3.10%	78.92%	1,623	–	1,727	–	–	–	–	–	3,350
Bruce North		Lib		Lib	2,182	54.92%	391	9.84%	72.94%	1,791	–	2,182	–	–	–	–	–	3,973
Bruce South		Lib		Lib	1,894	54.38%	305	8.76%	76.39%	1,589	–	1,894	–	–	–	–	–	3,483
Carleton		Con		Con	1,347	60.13%	454	20.27%	88.24%	1,347	–	893	–	–	–	–	–	2,240
Dufferin		Con		Con	1,880	53.96%	276	7.92%	62.10%	1,880	–	–	–	–	–	1,604	–	3,484
Dundas		Con		Con	2,239	62.95%	921	25.89%	68.32%	2,239	–	1,318	–	–	–	–	–	3,557
Durham East		Con		Con	acclaimed
Durham West		Con		Con	1,553	53.92%	226	7.85%	82.49%	1,553	–	1,327	–	–	–	–	–	2,880
Elgin East		Con		Con	2,127	57.91%	581	15.82%	69.29%	2,127	–	1,546	–	–	–	–	–	3,673
Elgin West		Con		Con	3,188	62.41%	1,268	24.82%	59.69%	3,188	–	1,920	–	–	–	–	–	5,108
Essex North		Con		Con	2,586	42.46%	53	0.87%	54.46%	2,586	–	972	–	2,533	–	–	–	6,091
Essex South		Con		Con	2,665	51.25%	130	2.50%	74.93%	2,665	–	2,535	–	–	–	–	–	5,200
Fort William		Con		Con	1,363	43.53%	254	8.11%	52.04%	1,363	–	1,109	–	–	–	–	659	3,131
Frontenac		Con		Con	1,641	61.67%	621	23.34%	59.29%	1,641	–	1,020	–	–	–	–	–	2,661
Glengarry		Con		Lib	1,988	53.56%	264	7.11%	67.83%	1,724	–	1,988	–	–	–	–	–	3,712
Grenville		Con		Con	acclaimed
Grey Centre		Con		Con	2,223	67.90%	1,172	35.80%	54.31%	2,223	–	1,051	–	–	–	–	–	3,274
Grey North		Lib		Lib	3,635	55.67%	741	11.35%	71.93%	2,894	–	3,635	–	–	–	–	–	6,529
Grey South		Con		Con	2,281	54.32%	363	8.64%	69.96%	2,281	–	1,918	–	–	–	–	–	4,199
Haldimand		Lib		Lib	1,924	56.21%	425	12.42%	78.23%	1,499	–	1,924	–	–	–	–	–	3,423
Halton		Con		Con	2,385	53.74%	332	7.48%	70.52%	2,385	–	2,053	–	–	–	–	–	4,438
Hamilton East		Lab		Lab	3,521	55.34%	679	10.67%	63.65%	2,842	–	–	3,521	–	–	–	–	6,363
Hamilton West		Con		Con	2,594	69.30%	1,445	38.61%	49.32%	2,594	–	1,149	–	–	–	–	–	3,743
Hastings East		Con		Con	acclaimed
Hastings North		Con		Con	acclaimed
Hastings West		Con		Con	acclaimed
Huron Centre		Lib		Lib	2,148	52.65%	216	5.29%	77.16%	1,932	–	2,148	–	–	–	–	–	4,080
Huron North		Con		Con	2,210	53.21%	267	6.43%	80.94%	2,210	–	1,943	–	–	–	–	–	4,153
Huron South		Con		Con	2,261	53.29%	279	6.58%	82.70%	2,261	–	1,982	–	–	–	–	–	4,243
Kenora		Con		Con	1,179	61.66%	446	23.33%	46.40%	1,179	–	733	–	–	–	–	–	1,912
Kent East		Con		Lib	2,452	52.26%	212	4.52%	70.47%	2,240	–	2,452	–	–	–	–	–	4,692
Kent West		Con		Con	3,106	58.11%	867	16.22%	55.76%	3,106	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,239	5,345
Kingston		Con		Con	acclaimed
Lambton East		Lib		Lib	2,170	51.05%	89	2.09%	78.10%	2,081	–	2,170	–	–	–	–	–	4,251
Lambton West		Con		Con	3,969	57.71%	1,061	15.43%	67.85%	3,969	–	2,908	–	–	–	–	–	6,877
Lanark North		Con		Con	acclaimed
Lanark South		Con		Con	acclaimed
Leeds		Con		Con	1,995	52.12%	162	4.23%	72.24%	1,995	–	1,833	–	–	–	–	–	3,828
Lennox		Con		Con	1,450	51.40%	79	2.80%	76.66%	1,450	–	1,371	–	–	–	–	–	2,821
Lincoln		Con		Con	acclaimed
London		Con		Con	acclaimed
Manitoulin		Con		Con	1,254	74.69%	829	49.37%	38.85%	1,254	–	425	–	–	–	–	–	1,679
Middlesex East		Con		Lib	2,039	50.31%	25	0.62%	69.27%	2,014	–	2,039	–	–	–	–	–	4,053
Middlesex North		Lib		Con	1,991	50.44%	35	0.89%	75.39%	1,991	–	1,956	–	–	–	–	–	3,947
Middlesex West		Lib		Lib	1,767	59.86%	582	19.72%	73.09%	1,185	–	1,767	–	–	–	–	–	2,952
Monck		Con		Lib	1,875	52.14%	154	4.28%	75.87%	1,721	–	1,875	–	–	–	–	–	3,596
Muskoka		Con		Con	1,970	77.87%	1,410	55.73%	45.71%	1,970	–	560	–	–	–	–	–	2,530
Nipissing		Con		Con	1,800	64.47%	808	28.94%	50.17%	1,800	–	992	–	–	–	–	–	2,792
Norfolk North		Con		Lib	1,740	55.20%	328	10.41%	74.56%	1,412	–	1,740	–	–	–	–	–	3,152
Norfolk South		Con		Con	1,423	56.99%	377	15.10%	66.99%	1,423	–	1,046	–	–	28	–	–	2,497
Northumberland East		Con		Con	2,311	64.21%	1,023	28.42%	61.80%	2,311	–	1,288	–	–	–	–	–	3,599
Northumberland West		Lib		Lib	1,615	53.89%	233	7.77%	79.75%	1,382	–	1,615	–	–	–	–	–	2,997
Ontario North		Con		Con	1,971	57.21%	497	14.43%	73.77%	1,971	–	1,474	–	–	–	–	–	3,445
Ontario South		Con		Lib	2,577	52.52%	247	5.03%	73.50%	2,330	–	2,577	–	–	–	–	–	4,907
Ottawa East		Lib		Con	2,842	64.46%	1,275	28.92%	60.57%	2,842	–	1,567	–	–	–	–	–	4,409
Ottawa West		Con		Con	4,398	65.70%	2,102	31.40%	48.42%	4,398	–	2,296	–	–	–	–	–	6,694
Oxford North		Lib		Lib	2,651	55.90%	560	11.81%	68.09%	2,091	–	2,651	–	–	–	–	–	4,742
Oxford South		Lib		Lib	2,457	52.15%	203	4.31%	73.24%	2,254	–	2,457	–	–	–	–	–	4,711
Parry Sound		Con		Con	2,218	65.99%	1,075	31.98%	35.75%	2,218	–	1,143	–	–	–	–	–	3,361
Peel		Con		Con	2,705	57.63%	716	15.25%	70.55%	2,705	–	1,989	–	–	–	–	–	4,694
Perth North		Con		Con	3,523	52.79%	372	5.57%	77.13%	3,523	–	3,151	–	–	–	–	–	6,674
Perth South		Lib		Con	2,388	50.78%	73	1.55%	80.47%	2,388	–	2,315	–	–	–	–	–	4,703
Peterborough East		Con		Con	1,579	56.90%	503	18.13%	61.98%	1,579	–	1,076	–	–	–	–	120	2,775
Peterborough West		Con		Con	2,674	56.53%	618	13.07%	62.49%	2,674	–	2,056	–	–	–	–	–	4,730
Port Arthur		Con		Con	1,515	72.56%	942	45.11%	42.79%	1,515	–	–	–	–	573	–	–	2,088
Prescott		Con		Lib	1,976	53.87%	284	7.74%	59.84%	1,692	–	1,976	–	–	–	–	–	3,668
Prince Edward		Con		Con	2,286	57.37%	587	14.73%	75.92%	2,286	–	1,699	–	–	–	–	–	3,985
Rainy River		Con		L-Con	1,130	57.24%	286	14.49%	54.14%	844	1,130	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,974
Renfrew North		Lib		Con	acclaimed
Renfrew South		Con		Con	acclaimed
Russell		Lib		Lib	3,041	64.16%	1,342	28.31%	54.74%	1,699	–	3,041	–	–	–	–	–	4,740
Sault Ste. Marie		Con		Con	acclaimed
Simcoe Centre		Con		Con	1,791	51.36%	95	2.72%	66.18%	1,791	–	1,696	–	–	–	–	–	3,487
Simcoe East		Lib		Con	3,103	52.80%	329	5.60%	65.37%	3,103	–	2,774	–	–	–	–	–	5,877
Simcoe South		Con		Con	acclaimed
Simcoe West		Con		Con	acclaimed
Stormont		Lib		Con	2,249	52.63%	225	5.27%	63.45%	2,249	–	2,024	–	–	–	–	–	4,273
Sturgeon Falls		Con		Lib	885	54.53%	147	9.06%	66.44%	738	–	885	–	–	–	–	–	1,623
Sudbury		Con		Con	2,541	68.90%	1,394	37.80%	29.16%	2,541	–	–	–	–	1,147	–	–	3,688
Timiskaming		Con		Con	2,403	52.91%	264	5.81%	40.68%	2,403	–	2,139	–	–	–	–	–	4,542
Toronto East - A		Con		Con	3,299	78.16%	2,239	53.04%	32.07%	3,299	–	–	922	–	–	–	–	4,221
Toronto East – B		Con		Con	2,767	63.77%	1,707	39.34%	33.27%	2,767	–	–	512	1,060	–	–	–	4,339
Toronto North - A		Con		Con	5,165	79.73%	2,049	31.63%	44.92%	5,165	–	–	1,313	–	–	–	–	6,478
Toronto North – B		Con		Con	3,824	53.72%	708	9.95%	49.36%	3,824	–	3,116	178	–	–	–	–	7,118
Toronto South - A		Con		Con	2,594	77.11%	1,824	54.22%	29.34%	2,594	–	–	770	–	–	–	–	3,364
Toronto South – B		Con		Con	2,647	78.87%	1,877	55.93%	29.27%	2,647	–	709	–	–	–	–	–	3,356
Toronto West - A		Con		Con	5,469	75.93%	3,720	51.65%	30.56%	5,469	–	1,519	–	–	–	–	215	7,203
Toronto West – B		Con		Con	5,225	74.92%	3,476	49.84%	29.59%	5,225	–	–	1,749	–	–	–	–	6,974
Victoria East		Con		Con	acclaimed
Victoria West		Con		Con	1,836	50.14%	104	2.84%	68.21%	1,836	–	1,732	–	–	–	–	94	3,662
Waterloo North		Con		Con	3,059	47.95%	193	3.03%	69.51%	3,059	–	2,866	–	–	454	–	–	6,379
Waterloo South		Con		Con	2,770	54.05%	997	19.45%	59.48%	2,770	–	1,773	–	–	582	–	–	5,125
Welland		Con		Con	3,511	56.47%	805	12.95%	61.62%	3,511	–	2,706	–	–	–	–	–	6,217
Wellington East		Con		Lib	1,932	54.78%	337	9.55%	72.46%	1,595	–	1,932	–	–	–	–	–	3,527
Wellington South		Con		Con	2,912	54.19%	450	8.37%	72.76%	2,912	–	2,462	–	–	–	–	–	5,374
Wellington West		Lib		Con	1,778	51.82%	125	3.64%	77.44%	1,778	–	1,653	–	–	–	–	–	3,431
Wentworth North		Con		Lib	1,723	50.42%	29	0.85%	81.92%	1,694	–	1,723	–	–	–	–	–	3,417
Wentworth South		Lib		Con	1,496	48.32%	105	3.39%	49.75%	1,496	–	1,391	–	–	209	–	–	3,096
York East		Con		Con	2,337	60.05%	782	20.09%	36.56%	2,337	–	1,555	–	–	–	–	–	3,892
York North		Con		Con	3,023	54.44%	493	8.88%	84.46%	3,023	–	2,530	–	–	–	–	–	5,553
York West		Con		Con	2,847	65.16%	1,325	30.33%	39.79%	2,847	–	1,522	–	–	–	–	–	4,369

1. order is as given in EO reports

  = 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 byelection 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

Party candidates in 2nd place ^[1]

Party in 1st place		Party in 2nd place								Total
		Accl	Con	Lib	Lab	I-Con	Soc	Ind	C-Tmp
	Conservative	17		55	4	2	2	1	1	82
	Liberal–Conservative		1							1
	Liberal		22							22
	Labour		1							1
Total		17	24	55	4	2	2	1	1	106

Candidates ranked 1st to 3rd place, by party ^[1]

Parties	Accl	1st	2nd	3rd
█  Conservative	17	65	24
█  Liberal		22	55	1
█  Labour		1	4	2
█  Liberal–Conservative		1
█  Socialist			2	5
█ Independent Conservative			2
█  Independent			1	4
█ Conservative-Temperance			1

Resulting composition of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ^[1]

Source		Party
		Con	L-Con	Lib	Lab	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	47		9	1	57
	Acclamations	17				17
	Open seats held	11		2		13
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	3	1	7		11
	Open seats gained	4		4
Total		82	1	22	1	106

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows:

  Conservative

  Liberal

  Labour

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

Northern Ontario    Algoma : Albert Grigg    Fort William : Charles William Jarvis    Kenora : Harold Arthur Clement Machin    Manitoulin : Robert Roswell Gamey    Nipissing : Henri Morel    Port Arthur : Donald McDonald Hogarth    Rainy River : James Arthur Mathieu (Lib-Con)    Sault Ste. Marie : William Howard Hearst    Sturgeon Falls : Zotique Mageau    Sudbury : Charles McCrea    Timiskaming : Robert Taylor Shillington Ottawa Valley    Carleton : Robert Herbert McElroy    Lanark North : Richard Franklin Preston    Lanark South : Arthur James Matheson    Ottawa East : Napoléon Champagne    Ottawa West : James Albert Ellis    Prescott : Gustave Évanturel    Renfrew North : Edward Arunah Dunlop    Renfrew South : Thomas William McGarry    Russell : Damase Racine Saint Lawrence Valley    Brockville : Albert Edward Donovan    Dundas : James Pliny Whitney    Glengarry : Hugh Munro    Grenville : George Howard Ferguson    Kingston : Arthur Edward Ross    Leeds : John Robertson Dargavel    Stormont : John Colborne Milligan Central Ontario    Addington : William David Black    Durham East : Josiah Johnston Preston    Durham West : John Henry Devitt    Frontenac : Anthony McGuin Rankin    Hastings East : Sandy Grant    Hastings North : John Robert Cooke    Hastings West : John Wesley Johnson    Lennox : Thomas George Carscallen    Northumberland East : Samuel Greerson Nesbitt    Northumberland West : Samuel Clarke    Peterborough East : James Thompson    Peterborough West : Edward Armour Peck    Prince Edward : Robert Addison Norman    Victoria East : Robert Mercer Mason    Victoria West : Adam Edward Vrooman

Georgian Bay    Bruce North : Charles Martin Bowman    Grey North : Alexander Grant MacKay    Muskoka : Arthur Arnold Mahaffy    Parry Sound : John Galna    Simcoe Centre : Alfred Burke Thompson    Simcoe East : James Irwin Hartt    Simcoe South : Alexander Ferguson    Simcoe West : James Stoddart Duff Wentworth/Halton/Niagara    Halton : Alfred Westland Nixon    Hamilton East : Allan Studholme    Hamilton West : John Strathearn Hendrie    Lincoln : Elisha Jessop    Monck : Thomas A. Marshall    Welland : Evan Eugene Fraser    Wentworth North : James McQueen    Wentworth South : James Thomas Hammill Regan Midwestern Ontario    Brant : John Wesley Westbrook    Brant South : Willoughby Staples Brewster    Bruce Centre : William MacDonald    Bruce South : John Anderson    Dufferin : Charles Robert McKeown    Grey Centre : Isaac Benson Lucas    Grey South : David Jamieson    Haldimand : Christian Kohler    Huron Centre : William Proudfoot    Huron North : Armstrong Musgrove    Huron South : Henry Eilber    Norfolk North : Thomas Robert Atkinson    Norfolk South : Arthur Clarence Pratt    Oxford North : Newton Wesley Rowell    Oxford South : Thomas Richard Mayberry    Perth North : James Torrance    Perth South : John Benneweis    Waterloo North : Henry George Lackner    Waterloo South : George Pattinson    Wellington East : Udney Richardson    Wellington South : Henry Scholfield    Wellington West : William Clarke Chambers

Southwestern Ontario    Elgin East : Charles Andrew Brower    Elgin West : Findlay George MacDiarmid    Essex North : Joseph Octave Reaume    Essex South : Charles N. Anderson    Kent East : Walter Renwick Ferguson    Kent West : George William Sulman    Lambton East : Robert John McCormick    Lambton West : William John Hanna    London : Adam Beck    Middlesex East : Robert Sutherland    Middlesex North : Duncan MacArthur    Middlesex West : John Campbell Elliott Peel/York/Ontario    Ontario North : William Henry Hoyle    Ontario South : William Edmund Newton Sinclair    Peel : Samuel Charters    York East : Alexander McCowan    York North : Thomas Herbert Lennox    York West : Forbes Godfrey Toronto    Toronto East - A: Robert Allan Pyne   Toronto East - B: Thomas Richard Whitesides    Toronto North - A: William Kirkpatrick McNaught   Toronto North - B: James Joseph Foy    Toronto South - A: Edward William James Owens   Toronto South - B: George Horace Gooderham    Toronto West - A: Thomas Crawford   Toronto West - B: William David McPherson

Seats that changed hands

Elections to the 12th Parliament of Ontario – unaltered seats won/lost by party, 1908–1911

Party		1908	Gain from (loss to)								1911
			Con		Lib		Lab		L-Con
	Conservative	86			8	(11)				(1)	82
	Liberal	19	11	(8)							22
	Labour	1									1
	Liberal–Conservative	–	1								1
Total		106	12	(8)	8	(11)	–	–	–	(1)	106

Twenty seats changed allegiance from the previous election:

Liberal to Conservative Middlesex North Ottawa East Perth South Renfrew North Simcoe East Stormont Wellington West Wentworth South

Conservative to Liberal Bruce Centre Glengarry Kent East Middlesex East Monck Norfolk North Ontario South Prescott Sturgeon Falls Wellington East Wentworth North

Conservative to Liberal-Conservative Rainy River

See also

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)

References

1. "1911 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

Further reading

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1912). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1911. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.