Ontario general election, 1902

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Ontario general election, 1902
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←  1898 May 29, 1902 1905  →
98 seats in the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
50 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party
  Honourable GW Ross, Prime Minister for Ontario (HS85-10-12129).jpg James Whitney.jpg
Leader George William Ross James P. Whitney
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since 1899 1896
Leader's seat Middlesex West Dundas
Last election 51 42
Seats won 50 48
Seat change -1 +6
Premier before election

George William Ross
Liberal

Premier-designate

George William Ross
Liberal

Voters go to the polls in Ottawa East 1902 Ontario election.jpg
Voters go to the polls in Ottawa East

The Ontario general election, 1902 was the tenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on May 29, 1902, to elect the 98 Members of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").

Ontario Province of Canada

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province accounting for 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province in total area. Ontario is fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is also Ontario's provincial capital.

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The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Sir George William Ross, formed the government for a ninth consecutive term, although with only a very slim, two-seat majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and have separate, though overlapping, memberships.

George William Ross Canadian politician and Premier of Ontario

Sir George William Ross was an educator and politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the fifth Premier of Ontario from 1899 to 1905.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney formed the official opposition.

Notable candidates

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Margaret Haile

Margaret Haile, a Canadian Socialist League candidate in Toronto North, made history as the first woman ever to run for political office in Canada. [1]

Margaret Haile Canadian teacher, socialist, and political candidate

Margaret Haile was a Canadian socialist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a teacher and journalist by profession. She was active in the socialist movements in both Canada and the United States. Frederic Heath's "Socialism in America," published in January 1900 in the Social Democracy Red Book, lists her, along with Corinne Stubbs Brown and Eugene V. Debs, among "One Hundred Well-known Social Democrats".

The Canadian Socialist League (CSL) was the first nationwide socialist organization founded in Canada. It originated in Montreal in 1898, but was strongest in Ontario and British Columbia. The leaders espoused a moderate socialism based on Christian reform principles. Members of the League formed provincial socialist parties. In 1905 these parties merged into the Socialist Party of Canada (SPC).

Toronto North (provincial electoral district)

Toronto North, also known as North Toronto, was a provincial riding that was created in Toronto, Ontario in 1894. In 1886, Toronto was represented as one entire riding that elected three members. In 1894 this riding was split into four parts of which Toronto North was one. It occupied the northern part of the old city of Toronto. From 1908 to 1914 it elected two members to the legislature. In 1914 the riding was abolished and reformed into two new ridings called Toronto Northeast and Toronto Northwest.

Results

 Party Leader 1898 Elected% change
  Liberal George William Ross 51 50 -2.0%
  Conservative James P. Whitney 42 48 +14.3%
 Conservative Independent  1-*
Total Seats9498 +4.3%

See also

The Province of Ontario is governed by a unicameral legislature, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, which operates in the Westminster system of government. The political party that wins the largest number of seats in the legislature normally forms the government, and the party's leader becomes premier of the province, i.e., the head of the government. Ontario's primary political parties are the centre-right Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC), the centre-left to left Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP), the centre-left Ontario Liberal Party and the left-wing Green Party of Ontario.

Premier of Ontario first minister of the government of Ontario

The Premier of Ontario is the first minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario and the province’s head of government. The position was formerly styled "Prime Minister of Ontario" until the ministry of Bill Davis formally changed the title to premier.

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References

  1. ↑ Janice Newton, The feminist challenge to the Canadian Left, 1900-1918.


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