1914 Ontario general election

1914 Ontario general election

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111 seats in the 14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 56 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 83 22 Seats won 84 24 Seat change 1 2 Percentage 55.3% 38.6% Swing 0.3pp 0.1pp
Premier before election James P. Whitney Conservative Premier after election James P. Whitney Conservative

The 1914 Ontario general election was the 14th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 29, 1914, to elect the 111 Members of the 14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (MLAs). ^[1]

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, won a fourth consecutive term in government. Whitney died three months after the election and was succeeded by William Howard Hearst. The Conservatives contested 109 of the 111 ridings, deciding not to have candidates stand in Glengarry (where the Liberal Hugh Munro was acclaimed) and Norfolk North (where the Liberal incumbent Thomas Robert Atkinson was up against a Liberal anti-Temperance candidate). ^[2] However, dissension within the Tory ranks resulted in a significant number of them campaigning as either independent or temperance candidates. ^[2]

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Newton Rowell, formed the official opposition.

Independent Labour MLA Allan Studholme was re-elected in Hamilton East. He had held the seat since a 1906 by-election.

The campaign was seen to turn more significantly on the matter of Regulation 17 (which limited instruction in French-language Catholic separate schools), in comparison to temperance issues, and that worked against the Liberals, ^[3] who placed Prohibition of sales in bars and clubs as a main plank in their platform. ^[4]

Expansion of the Legislative Assembly

Toronto ridings, as constituted in 1914

An Act passed prior to the election expanded the number of members from 106 to 111, and the number of ridings from 103 to 107. ^[5] The following changes were made:

• Windsor was spun off from Essex North
• Monck was merged with Lincoln, and St. Catharines was withdrawn
• Niagara Falls was withdrawn from Welland
• Cochrane was carved out from Timiskaming
• In Bruce County, the three ridings were reorganized:

• The Township of Kinloss was withdrawn from Bruce South
• Bruce North gained the Township of Elderslie, while those of Bruce and Saugeen were withdrawn
• As a consequence, Bruce Centre was reconstituted as Bruce West

• In Victoria County, Victoria East and Victoria West were reorganized into Victoria North and Victoria South
• In Toronto, the ridings of Toronto East, Toronto North, Toronto South and Toronto West were replaced:

• Toronto Northeast, Toronto Northwest, Toronto Southeast and Toronto Southwest were constituted as two-member constituencies
• Parkdale and Riverdale were created as single-member constituencies

The Patricia Portion acquired in 1912 was divided between Cochrane and Kenora.

Results

^[1]

Elections to the 14th Parliament of Ontario (1914)

Political party		Party leader	MPPs					Votes
			Candidates	1911	Dissol.	1914	±	#	%	± (pp)
	Conservative	James P. Whitney	109	82		84	2	268,548	54.02%	1.57
	Liberal	Newton Rowell	90	22		24	2	186,168	37.45%	1.06
	Labour		4	1		1		6,535	1.31%	1.12
	Independent-Liberal		2	–	–	1	1	2,236	0.45%	New
	Temperance		9	–	–	–		13,064	2.63%	New
	Liberal-Temperance		1	–	–	1	1	2,733	0.55%	New
	Conservative-Temperance		2	–	–	–		2,222	0.45%	0.02
	Prohibitionist		1	–	–	–		1,302	0.26%	New
	Liberal–Conservative			1		–	1	Did not campaign
	Independent		5	–	–	–		4,837	0.97%	0.07
	Socialist		12	–	–	–		4,532	0.91%	0.04
	Independent-Conservative		4	–	–	–		4,270	0.86%	0.11
	Liberal-Anti-Temperance		1	–	–	–		691	0.14%	New
	Vacant
Total			240	106	106	111		497,138	100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots								7,304
Registered voters / turnout								697,935	72.28%	8.02

Seats and popular vote by party

Party		Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
	Conservative	84 / 111	54.02%	-1.57
	Liberal	24 / 111	37.45%	-1.06
	Temperance factions	1 / 111	3.89%	3.86		3.86
	Other	2 / 111	4.64%	-1.23

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1914 Ontario general election ^[1]

Riding	Winning party								Turnout [6]	Votes
Name [a 1]	1911		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		Con	Lib	Temp	Lab	Soc	I-Lib	I-Con	LAT	Ind	Total
Addington		Con		Con	1,841	78.27%	1,330	59.70%	71.18%	1,841	–	511	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,352
Algoma		Con		Con	1,959	56.50%	451	13.01%	65.22%	1,959	1,508	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,467
Brant North		Con		Lib	1,987	50.62%	49	1.25%	77.56%	1,938	1,987	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,925
Brant South		Con		Lib	3,594	52.50%	342	5.00%	73.48%	3,252	3,594	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,846
Brockville		Con		Con	1,768	49.08%	466	12.94%	70.40%	1,768	472	1,302	–	60	–	–	–	–	3,602
Bruce North		Lib		Lib	1,736	50.10%	7	0.20%	86.41%	1,729	1,736	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,465
Bruce South		Lib		Con	1,820	54.77%	317	9.54%	76.76%	1,820	1,503	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,323
Bruce West		Lib		Lib	2,153	58.84%	647	17.68%	72.10%	1,506	2,153	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,659
Carleton		Con		Con	1,712	75.92%	1,169	51.84%	46.30%	1,712	543	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,255
Cochrane	New			Lib	1,197	41.52%	28	0.97%	35.89%	1,169	1,197	–	–	517	–	–	–	–	2,883
Dufferin		Con		Con	2,094	57.48%	545	14.96%	66.68%	2,094	–	1,549	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,643
Dundas		Con		Con	2,212	58.97%	673	17.94%	75.17%	2,212	1,539	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,751
Durham East		Con		Con	1,720	58.82%	516	17.65%	72.61%	1,720	–	1,204	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,924
Durham West		Con		Con	1,647	53.63%	223	7.26%	79.77%	1,647	1,424	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,071
Elgin East		Con		Con	2,234	54.01%	332	8.03%	77.18%	2,234	1,902	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,136
Elgin West		Con		Con	3,386	55.92%	717	11.84%	69.16%	3,386	2,669	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,055
Essex North		Con		Lib	2,431	57.58%	640	15.16%	64.26%	1,791	2,431	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,222
Essex South		Con		Lib	2,196	50.38%	33	0.76%	77.88%	2,163	2,196	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,359
Fort William		Con		Con	2,385	55.63%	483	11.27%	39.75%	2,385	1,902	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,287
Frontenac		Con		Con	1,623	55.45%	319	10.90%	64.24%	1,623	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,304	2,927
Glengarry		Lib		Lib	acclaimed
Grenville		Con		Con	2,082	56.42%	474	12.85%	71.28%	2,082	–	–	–	–	–	1,608	–	–	3,690
Grey Centre		Con		Con	2,404	61.47%	897	22.94%	65.52%	2,404	1,507	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,911
Grey North		Lib		Con	2,943	56.50%	677	13.00%	68.85%	2,943	2,266	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,209
Grey South		Con		Con	2,866	60.78%	1,017	21.57%	69.21%	2,866	1,849	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,715
Haldimand		Lib		Con	2,692	53.02%	307	6.05%	81.12%	2,692	2,385	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,077
Halton		Con		Con	2,676	53.17%	319	6.34%	74.46%	2,676	2,357	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,033
Hamilton East		Lab		Lab	4,496	56.16%	987	12.33%	61.09%	3,509	–	–	4,496	–	–	–	–	–	8,005
Hamilton West		Con		Con	3,361	63.28%	1,411	26.57%	61.36%	3,361	1,950	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,311
Hastings East		Con		Con	2,155	63.78%	931	27.55%	67.73%	2,155	1,224	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,379
Hastings North		Con		Con	2,247	79.01%	1,650	58.02%	53.77%	2,247	597	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,844
Hastings West		Con		Con	2,347	62.67%	949	25.34%	68.31%	2,347	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,398	3,745
Huron Centre		Lib		Lib	2,165	53.98%	319	7.95%	77.20%	1,846	2,165	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,011
Huron North		Con		Con	2,103	51.59%	130	3.19%	84.14%	2,103	1,973	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,076
Huron South		Con		Con	2,159	54.06%	324	8.11%	57.87%	2,159	1,835	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,994
Kenora		Con		Con	acclaimed
Kent East		Lib		Lib	2,566	53.90%	371	7.79%	73.65%	2,195	2,566	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,761
Kent West		Con		Con	4,017	50.08%	13	0.16%	76.12%	4,017	4,004	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,021
Kingston		Con		Con	2,900	66.94%	1,468	33.89%	72.51%	2,900	1,432	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,332
Lambton East		Lib		Con	2,154	50.05%	4	0.09%	81.45%	2,154	2,150	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,304
Lambton West		Con		Con	3,924	55.71%	804	11.41%	74.43%	3,924	3,120	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,044
Lanark North		Con		Con	1,666	51.88%	121	3.77%	77.60%	1,666	1,545	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,211
Lanark South		Con		Con	1,860	53.76%	548	15.84%	66.23%	1,860	1,312	–	288	–	–	–	–	–	3,460
Leeds		Con		Con	2,025	55.75%	418	11.51%	69.93%	2,025	1,607	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,632
Lennox		Con		Con	1,485	53.59%	199	7.18%	76.40%	1,485	1,286	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,771
Lincoln		Con		Lib	2,051	53.68%	281	7.35%	77.56%	1,770	2,051	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,821
London		Con		Con	4,350	57.08%	1,496	19.63%	63.27%	4,350	2,854	–	417	–	–	–	–	–	7,621
Manitoulin		Con		Con	1,163	55.38%	226	10.76%	54.14%	1,163	–	937	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,100
Middlesex East		Lib		Con	2,383	54.68%	408	9.36%	71.90%	2,383	1,975	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,358
Middlesex North		Con		Lib	1,989	51.56%	120	3.11%	78.43%	1,869	1,989	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,858
Middlesex West		Lib		Lib	1,798	62.30%	710	24.60%	75.04%	1,088	1,798	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,886
Muskoka		Con		Con	2,056	63.09%	853	26.17%	63.44%	2,056	1,203	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,259
Niagara Falls	New			Con	2,444	54.01%	969	21.41%	66.28%	2,444	1,475	–	–	606	–	–	–	–	4,525
Nipissing		Con		Con	1,638	45.46%	58	1.61%	55.72%	1,638	1,580	–	–	–	–	–	–	385	3,603
Norfolk North		Lib		Lib	1,927	73.61%	1,236	47.21%	58.05%	–	1,927	–	–	–	–	–	691	–	2,618
Norfolk South		Con		Con	1,381	53.24%	168	6.48%	74.20%	1,381	–	1,213	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,594
Northumberland East		Con		Con	2,426	57.50%	633	15.00%	71.39%	2,426	1,793	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,219
Northumberland West		Lib		Lib	1,609	52.26%	139	4.51%	83.58%	1,470	1,609	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,079
Ontario North		Con		Con	1,877	54.14%	287	8.28%	81.56%	1,877	1,590	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,467
Ontario South		Lib		Con	2,772	50.47%	52	0.95%	75.19%	2,772	2,720	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,492
Ottawa East		Con		Lib	2,843	53.75%	865	16.35%	64.73%	1,978	2,843	–	–	–	468	–	–	–	5,289
Ottawa West		Con		Lib	5,018	50.54%	108	1.09%	57.43%	4,910	5,018	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,928
Oxford North		Lib		Lib	3,048	50.94%	113	1.89%	80.84%	2,935	3,048	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,983
Oxford South		Lib		Con	2,582	50.01%	1	0.02%	76.78%	2,582	2,581	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,163
Parkdale	New			Con	2,981	55.98%	637	11.96%	58.16%	2,981	–	2,344	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,325
Parry Sound		Con		Con	2,770	58.84%	832	17.67%	56.57%	2,770	1,938	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,708
Peel		Con		Con	2,855	56.17%	627	12.34%	73.89%	2,855	2,228	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,083
Perth North		Con		Con	3,840	55.19%	1,117	16.05%	76.19%	3,840	2,723	–	–	395	–	–	–	–	6,958
Perth South		Con		Con	2,375	52.31%	210	4.63%	81.94%	2,375	2,165	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,540
Peterborough East		Con		Con	1,783	57.76%	479	15.52%	69.57%	1,783	1,304	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,087
Peterborough West		Con		Lib	2,587	51.69%	169	3.38%	73.48%	2,418	2,587	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,005
Port Arthur		Con		Con	2,219	49.45%	789	17.58%	58.80%	2,219	1,430	–	–	–	–	–	–	838	4,487
Prescott		Lib		I-Lib	1,768	43.01%	349	8.49%	68.21%	924	1,419	–	–	–	1,768	–	–	–	4,111
Prince Edward		Con		Lib	1,943	47.76%	97	2.38%	79.31%	1,846	1,943	–	–	–	–	279	–	–	4,068
Rainy River		L-Con		Con	1,196	60.22%	406	20.44%	53.23%	1,196	790	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,986
Renfrew North		Con		Con	2,548	57.76%	685	15.53%	76.39%	2,548	1,863	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,411
Renfrew South		Con		Con	acclaimed
Riverdale	New			Con	3,299	69.06%	1,962	41.07%	55.73%	3,299	–	1,337	–	141	–	–	–	–	4,777
Russell		Lib		Lib	3,851	73.10%	2,434	46.20%	56.99%	1,417	3,851	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,268
St. Catharines	New			Con	2,863	68.22%	1,529	36.43%	60.38%	2,863	–	–	1,334	–	–	–	–	–	4,197
Sault Ste. Marie		Con		Con	2,231	60.92%	800	21.85%	52.73%	2,231	1,431	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,662
Simcoe Centre		Con		Con	2,247	53.27%	276	6.54%	73.17%	2,247	1,971	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,218
Simcoe East		Con		Con	3,293	57.90%	899	15.81%	67.00%	3,293	2,394	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,687
Simcoe South		Con		Con	1,447	66.62%	722	33.24%	59.86%	1,447	725	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,172
Simcoe West		Con		Con	2,233	66.05%	1,085	32.09%	64.58%	2,233	–	1,148	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,381
Stormont		Con		Con	2,436	51.46%	138	2.92%	69.88%	2,436	2,298	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,734
Sturgeon Falls		Lib		Lib	1,650	75.65%	1,119	51.31%	62.51%	531	1,650	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,181
Sudbury		Con		Con	2,047	54.78%	357	9.55%	53.61%	2,047	1,690	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,737
Timiskaming		Con		Con	2,838	48.45%	731	12.48%	50.34%	2,838	2,107	–	–	–	–	–	–	912	5,857
Toronto Northeast - A	New			Con	5,956	58.25%	1,687	16.50%	58.97%	5,956	4,269	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,225
Toronto Northeast - B	New			Con	5,666	55.86%	1,189	11.72%	58.50%	5,666	4,477	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10,143
Toronto Northwest - A	New			Con	6,153	61.59%	2,315	23.17%	53.24%	6,153	3,838	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,991
Toronto Northwest - B	New			Con	5,974	59.86%	2,512	25.17%	41.57%	5,974	3,462	–	–	544	–	–	–	–	9,980
Toronto Southeast - A	New			Con	4,296	71.85%	2,876	48.10%	53.41%	4,296	1,420	–	–	263	–	–	–	–	5,979
Toronto Southeast - B	New			Con	4,362	73.36%	2,778	46.72%	53.41%	4,362	1,584	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,946
Toronto Southwest - A	New			Con	6,127	68.84%	3,696	47.61%	52.45%	6,127	2,431	–	–	342	–	–	–	–	8,900
Toronto Southwest - B	New			Con	6,509	72.32%	4,018	48.15%	52.76%	6,509	2,491	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,000
Victoria North	New			Con	1,474	59.36%	465	18.73%	52.67%	1,474	–	1,009	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,483
Victoria South	New			Con	2,232	55.48%	545	13.55%	74.50%	2,232	1,687	–	–	104	–	–	–	–	4,023
Waterloo North		Con		Con	3,787	56.40%	1,454	21.65%	69.35%	3,787	–	2,333	–	595	–	–	–	–	6,715
Waterloo South		Con		Con	3,251	50.73%	856	13.36%	66.55%	3,251	2,395	–	–	762	–	–	–	–	6,408
Welland		Con		Con	2,541	59.90%	840	19.80%	63.89%	2,541	–	1,701	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,242
Wellington East		Lib		Lib	1,946	55.05%	357	10.10%	75.49%	1,589	1,946	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,535
Wellington South		Con		L-Tmp	2,733	49.11%	104	1.87%	76.42%	2,629	–	2,733	–	203	–	–	–	–	5,565
Wellington West		Con		Con	1,720	52.20%	145	4.40%	76.80%	1,720	1,575	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,295
Wentworth North		Lib		Con	1,586	50.33%	21	0.67%	78.05%	1,586	1,565	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,151
Wentworth South		Con		Con	1,704	55.72%	350	11.45%	71.28%	1,704	1,354	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,058
Windsor	New			Lib	2,309	42.59%	398	7.34%	59.38%	3,112 [lower-alpha 1]	2,309	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,421
York East		Con		Con	3,671	56.51%	846	13.02%	58.62%	3,671	2,825	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,496
York North		Con		Con	2,826	52.42%	261	4.84%	81.09%	2,826	2,565	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,391
York West		Con		Con	acclaimed

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

  = joint Conservative candidate

  = Prohibition candidate

  = joint Liberal candidate

  = 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	Temp	C-Tmp	Ind	I-Con	Proh	LAT
	Conservative	3		65	1	9	2	2	1	1		84
	Liberal	1	22								1	24
	Labour		1									1
	Independent Liberal			1								1
	Liberal-Temperance		1									1
Total		4	24	66	1	9	2	2	1	1	1	111

Candidates ranked 1st to 4th place, by party ^[1]

Parties	Accl	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
█  Conservative	3	81	24	2
█  Liberal	1	23	66	1
█  Labour		1	1	2
█ Independent Liberal		1		1
█ Liberal-Temperance		1
█ Temperance			9
█  Independent			2	3
█ Conservative-Temperance			2
█ Independent Conservative			1	1
█ Liberal Anti-Temperance			1
█ Prohibitionist			1
█  Socialist				11	1

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

Source		Party
		Con	Lib	Lab	I-Lib	L-Tmp	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	52	9	1			62
	Acclamations	3	1				4
	Open seats held	6	2				8
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	4	6			1	11
	Open seats gained	2	4				6
	Byelection gains held	2					2
	Incumbent changed allegiance	1			1		2
New seats	New MLAs	6	2				8
	Previously incumbent	8					8
Total		84	24	1	1	1	111

Results summary by region

Distribution of seats and popular vote %, by party by region (1914)

Region	Candidates										Seats					Vote share (%)
	Con	Lib	Temp	Soc	Ind	Lab	Ind-Con	Ind-Lib	Lib-Anti-T	Total	Con	Lib	Lab	Ind-Lib	L-Temp	Con	Lib	Temp	Lab	Ind	Soc	Ind-Lib	Ind-Con	Lib-Anti-T
Northern Ontario	12	10	1	1	3	–	–	–	–	27	10	2	–	–	–	50.66%	39.96%	2.45%	–	5.58%	1.35%	–	–	–
Ottawa Valley	9	8	–	–	–	1	–	2	–	20	5	3	–	1	–	44.86%	48.49%	–	0.76%	–	–	5.89%	–	–
St Lawrence Valley	6	6	1	1	–	–	1	–	–	15	6	1	–	–	–	56.54%	30.95%	5.48%	–	–	0.25%	–	6.77%	–
Georgian Bay	8	7	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	7	1	–	–	–	58.31%	38.11%	3.58%	–	–	–	–	–	–
Central Ontario	15	10	3	1	2	–	1	–	–	32	12	3	–	–	–	57.45%	30.92%	5.45%	–	5.41%	0.21%	–	0.56%	–
Wentworth-Halton-Niagara	9	6	1	1	–	2	–	–	–	19	7	1	1	–	–	54.31%	26.01%	4.11%	14.10%	–	1.47%	–	–	–
Midwestern Ontario	21	18	4	4	–	–	–	–	1	48	14	7	–	–	1	50.49%	39.09%	7.78%	–	–	1.94%	–	–	0.69%
Southwestern Ontario	14	13	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	28	7	6	–	–	–	51.70%	47.67%	–	0.62%	–	–	–	–	–
Peel-York-Ontario	6	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	6	–	–	–	–	54.00%	46.00%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Toronto	10	8	2	4	–	–	–	–	–	24	10	–	–	–	–	63.94%	29.87%	4.59%	–	–	1.61%	–	–	–
Total	110	91	13	12	5	4	2	2	1	240	84	24	1	1	1	54.40%	37.54%	3.89%	1.31%	0.97%	0.91%	0.45%	0.38%	0.14%

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    Cochrane : Malcolm Lang    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    Sault Ste. Marie : William Howard Hearst    Sturgeon Falls : Zotique Mageau    Sudbury : Charles McCrea    Timiskaming : Thomas Magladery Ottawa Valley    Carleton : Robert Herbert McElroy    Lanark North : Richard Franklin Preston    Lanark South : Francis William Hall    Ottawa East : Joseph Albert Pinard    Ottawa West : George Charles Hurdman    Prescott : Gustave Évanturel (I-Lib)    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 : Robert Austin Shearer Georgian Bay    Bruce North : William MacDonald    Grey North : Colin Stewart Cameron    Muskoka : Samuel Henry Armstrong    Parry Sound : Joseph Edgar    Simcoe Centre : Alfred Burke Thompson    Simcoe East : James Irwin Hartt    Simcoe South : Alexander Ferguson    Simcoe West : James Stoddart Duff

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 : George Alexander Gillespie    Prince Edward : Nelson Parliament    Victoria North : Robert Mercer Mason    Victoria South : John Carew Wentworth/Halton/Niagara    Halton : Alfred Westland Nixon    Hamilton East : Allan Studholme    Hamilton West : John Strathearn Hendrie    Lincoln : Thomas A. Marshall    Niagara Falls : George Musgrove    St. Catharines : Elisha Jessop    Welland : Donald Sharpe    Wentworth North : Arthur Frederick Rykert    Wentworth South : James Thomas Hammill Regan Midwestern Ontario    Brant : Thomas Scott Davidson    Brant South : Joseph Henry Ham    Bruce South : Wellington David Cargill    Bruce West : Charles Martin Bowman    Dufferin : Charles Robert McKeown    Grey Centre : Isaac Benson Lucas    Grey South : David Jamieson    Haldimand : William Jaques    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 : Victor Albert Sinclair    Perth North : James Torrance    Perth South : John Benneweis    Waterloo North : Charles Henry Mills    Waterloo South : Zachariah Adam Hall    Wellington East : Udney Richardson    Wellington South : Samuel Carter (Lib-Temp)    Wellington West : William Clarke Chambers

Southwestern Ontario    Elgin East : Charles Andrew Brower    Elgin West : Findlay George MacDiarmid    Essex North : Severin Ducharme    Essex South : Lambert Peter Wigle    Kent East : Walter Renwick Ferguson    Kent West : George William Sulman    Lambton East : John Burton Martyn    Lambton West : William John Hanna    London : Adam Beck    Middlesex East : John McFarlane    Middlesex North : John Grieve    Middlesex West : John Campbell Elliott    Windsor : James Craig Tolmie Peel/York/Ontario    Ontario North : William Henry Hoyle    Ontario South : Charles Calder    Peel : James Robinson Fallis    York East : George Stewart Henry    York North : Thomas Herbert Lennox    York West : Forbes Godfrey Toronto    Parkdale : William Herbert Price    Riverdale : Joseph Russell    Toronto Northeast - A: Robert Allan Pyne   Toronto Northeast - B: Mark Howard Irish    Toronto Northwest - A: Thomas Crawford   Toronto Northwest - B: William David McPherson    Toronto Southeast - A: Edward William James Owens   Toronto Southeast - B: Thomas Hook    Toronto Southwest - A: James Joseph Foy   Toronto Southwest - B: George Horace Gooderham

Reorganization of ridings

The newly created ridings returned the following MLAs:

1911		1914
Riding	Party	Riding		Party
Essex North	█  Conservative	Essex North		█  Liberal
		Windsor		█  Liberal
Monck	█  Liberal	Lincoln		█  Liberal
Lincoln	█  Conservative
Withdrawn from Lincoln		St. Catharines		█  Conservative
Welland	█  Conservative	Niagara Falls		█  Conservative
		Welland
Timiskaming	█  Conservative	Timiskaming		█  Conservative
		Cochrane		█  Liberal
Bruce Centre	█  Liberal	Bruce West		█  Liberal
Toronto ridings: Toronto East Toronto North Toronto South Toronto West	█  Conservative (8 MLAs)	Parkdale		█  Conservative
		Riverdale		█  Conservative
		Toronto Northeast	A	█  Conservative
			B	█  Conservative
		Toronto Northwest	A	█  Conservative
			B	█  Conservative
		Toronto Southeast	A	█  Conservative
			B	█  Conservative
		Toronto Southwest	A	█  Conservative
			B	█  Conservative

Seats that changed hands

Elections to the 12th Parliament of Ontario – unaltered seats won/lost by party, 1911–1914

Party		1911	Gain from (loss to)												1914
			Con		Lib		Lab		I-Lib		L-Tmp		L-Con
	Conservative	71			8	(8)						(1)	1		71
	Liberal	20	8	(8)						(1)					19
	Labour	1													1
	Independent-Liberal [a 1]	–			1										1
	Liberal-Temperance	–	1												1
	Liberal–Conservative [a 2]	1		(1)											–
Total		93	9	(9)	9	(9)	–	–	–	(1)	–	(1)	1	–	93

1. Gustave Évanturel (Prescott) was originally elected as a Liberal in 1911.
2. James Arthur Mathieu (Rainy River) campaigned as a Conservative and won.

There were 20 seats that changed allegiance in the election:

Liberal to Conservative Bruce South Grey North Haldimand Lambton East Middlesex East Ontario South Oxford South Wentworth North Liberal to Independent-Liberal Prescott Liberal-Conservative to Conservative Rainy River

Conservative to Liberal Brant Brant South Essex South Middlesex North Ottawa East Ottawa West Peterborough West Prince Edward Conservative to Liberal-Temperance Wellington South

Acclamations

Candidates returned by acclamation

Party		Riding	Candidate
	Conservative	Kenora	Harold Arthur Clement Machin
		Renfrew South	Thomas William McGarry
		York West	Forbes Godfrey
	Liberal	Glengarry	Hugh Munro

When nominations closed, three candidates were acclaimed. ^[2] A later withdrawal in Kenora enabled the acclamation of Harold Arthur Clement Machin. ^[8]

Forbes Godfrey (York West) was acclaimed because the Liberal candidate was held to have missed the deadline by one minute. ^[2] In Wellington East, the Liberals opted not to press a similar case against the Conservative candidate, whose nomination papers were filed 90 minutes after the deadline. ^[9]

See also

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

Notes and references

Notes

1. Joseph Octave Reaume, previously in Essex North, failed to receive his party's nomination for the new riding. He campaigned anyway under the Conservative banner, and received 1,911 votes. ^[7]

References

1. "1914 General Election". Elections Ontario. Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
2. "The Ontario Campaign is Hotly Contested". The Daily British Whig . Kingston. June 23, 1914. p. 8.
3. "Sir James' Triumph". The Toronto World . June 30, 1914. p. 6.
4. Hopkins 1915, p. 440.
5. The Representation Act , S.O. 1914, c. 4
6. "Sessional Paper No. 50". Sessional Papers (Vol. XLVII–Part XII). Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 1915. pp. 5–6.
7. Hopkins 1915, p. 437.
8. "Pith of the News". The Daily British Whig . Kingston. June 24, 1914. p. 1.
9. "Provincial Election: Only 3 Elected by Acclamation". Newmarket Era . June 26, 1914. p. 2.

Further reading

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1915). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1914. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.