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Canadian federal election, 1904
In the Canadian federal election of 1904, SIr Wilfrid Laurier led the Liberal Party of Canada to a second term in government, with an increased majority in the canadian House of Commons, and over half of the popular vote.
Sir Robert Borden's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives were unable to challenge the Liberals effectively, and lost a small portion of their popular vote, along with four seats.
National results
| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous | After | % Change | # | % | Change | |||
| Liberal | 208 | 128 | 137 | +7.0% | 521,041 | 50.88% | +0.63% | |
| Conservative | 199 | 69 | 70 | +1.4% | 454 693 | 44.40% | +1.18% | |
| Liberal-Conservative | 6 | 10 | 5 | -50.0% | 15,737 | 1.54% | -1.34% | |
| Independent | | 6 | 3 | 1 | -66.7% | 10,205 | 1.45% | -0.40% |
| Independent Conservative | | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5,039 | 0.49% | -0.57% |
| Unknown | | 13 | - | - | 11,659 | 1.14% | +1.14% | |
| Labour | | 2 | - | - | 2,159 | 0.21% | -0.10% | |
| Socialist | | 3 | n.a. | - | n.a. | 1,794 | 0.18% | n.a. |
| Nationalist | | 1 | n.a. | - | n.a. | 1,429 | 0.14% | n.a. |
| Independent Liberal | | 3 | 1 | - | -100% | 309 | 0.03% | -0.48% |
| Total | | 443
| 213
| 214
| +0.5%
| 1,024,065
| 100.0%
| |
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | ||||||||
Note:
"Previous" refers to the results from the previous election, and not to the standings in the House of Commons at dissolution.
Results by province
| Party Name | BC | NW | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | YK | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Seats: | 7 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 53 | 7 | 18 | 1 | - | 137 | |
| Popular Vote (%): | 49.5 | 58.4 | 49.7 | 47.5 | 55.1 | 51.0 | 52.9 | 49.1 | 41.4 | 50.9 | ||
| Conservative | Seats: | - | 2 | 3 | 44 | 12 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | 70 | |
| Vote (%): | 38.8 | 37.8 | 41.8 | 46.3 | 43.0 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 50.9 | 58.6 | 44.4 | ||
| Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||
| Vote (%): | 3.8 | 2.1 | 6.8 | 1.5 | ||||||||
| Independent | Seats: | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Vote (%): | xx | 5.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Independent Conservative | Seats: | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Vote (%): | 1.2 | 0.5 | ||||||||||
| Total Seats | 7 | 10 | 10 | 86 | 65 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 214 | ||
| Parties that won no seats: | ||||||||||||
| Unknown | Vote (%): | 4.6 | 2.4 | xx | 1.1 | |||||||
| Labour | Vote (%): | 2.7 | 7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | |||||||
| Socialist | Vote (%): | 7.1 | 0.2 | |||||||||
| Nationalist | Vote (%): | 0.6 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| Independent Liberal | Vote (%): | xx | 0.2 | 0.1 | xx | |||||||
xx - indicates less than 0.05% of the popular vote
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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