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Canadian federal election, 1908
In the Canadian federal election of 1908, Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected for a third consecutive term in government with a majority in the Canadian House of Commons. The Liberals lost four seats and a small share of the popular vote.
Sir Robert Borden's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives won ten additional seats.
National results
| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous | After | % Change | # | % | Change | |||
| Liberal | 213 | 137 | 133 | -2.9% | 570,311 | 48.87% | -2.01% | |
| Conservative | 207 | 70 | 82 | +17.1% | 524,641 | 44.95% | +0.55% | |
| Liberal-Conservative | 4 | 5 | 3 | -40.0% | 14,733 | 1.26% | -0.27%
| |
| Independent | | 15 | 1 | 1 | - | 16,903 | 1.45% | +0.45% |
| Labour | | 3 | - | 1 | 10,400 | 0.89% | +0.68% | |
| Unknown | | 7 | - | - | 13,478 | 1.15% | +0.02% | |
| Socialist | | 5 | - | - | 6,071 | 0.52% | +0.35% | |
| Independent Conservative | | 2 | 1 | - | -100% | 5,314 | 0.46 | -0.04% |
| Independent Liberal | | 5 | - | - | 5,191 | 0.44% | +0.41% | |
| Total | | 461
| 214
| 220
| +2.8%
| 1,167,042
| 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 | AB | SK | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | YK | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Seats: | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 52 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 133 |
| Popular Vote (%): | 35.9 | 50.2 | 56.6 | 45.4 | 45.0 | 53.0 | 56.2 | 51.0 | 50.4 | 40.2 | 48.9 | |
| Conservative | Seats: | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | 82 |
| Vote (%): | 46.8 | 38.1 | 36.8 | 51.5 | 49.2 | 39.5 | 43.8 | 44.5 | 49.6 | 10.8 | 45.0 | |
| Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Vote (%): | 6.4 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 1.3 | ||||||||
| Independent | Seats: | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||
| Vote (%): | 8.9 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | |||||
| Labour | Seats: | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Vote (%): | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 | |||||||||
| Total Seats | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 85 | 65 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 220 | |
| Parties that won no seats: | ||||||||||||
| Unknown | Vote (%): | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 49.0 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Socialist | Vote (%): | 7.1 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Independent Conservative | Vote (%): | 5.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | ||||||||
| Independent Liberal | Vote (%): | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Last updated: 06-01-2005 21:30:29
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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