Ontario general election, 1905

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Ontario general election, 1905
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  1902 January 25, 1905 1908  

98 seats in the 11th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
50 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party
  James Whitney.jpg Honourable GW Ross, Prime Minister for Ontario (HS85-10-12129).jpg
Leader James P. Whitney George William Ross
Party Conservative Liberal
Leader since 1896 1899
Leader's seat Dundas Middlesex West
Last election 48 50
Seats won 69 28
Seat change +21 -22

Premier before election

George William Ross
Liberal

Premier-designate

James P. Whitney
Conservative

The Ontario general election, 1905 was the 11th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 25, 1905, to elect the 98 Members of the 11th 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.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, defeated the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Sir George William Ross, bringing to an end the control of the government that the Liberal Party had exercised power for the previous 34 years.

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.

Results

 Party Leader 1902 Elected% change
  Conservative James P. Whitney 48 69+43.8%
  Liberal George William Ross 50 28-44.0%
 Liberal Independent  - 1 
Total Seats9898 -

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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