The 1904 Canadian federal election was held on November 3, 1904 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 10th Parliament of Canada . Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier led the Liberal Party of Canada to a third term in government, with an increased majority, 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, including his own.[ 2] by-election .
This was the last election until 1949 in which parts of the Northwest Territories were granted representation in the House of Commons. During this parliament, most of the settled region of the NWT was hived off the NWT as the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 1 September 1905, although the NWT MPs continued to sit as representatives of their old ridings until the 10th Parliament's dissolution.
One of the key issues in the election was Imperial Preference .[ 2]
National results
Party
Party leader
# of
Seats
Popular vote
1900
Elected
Change
#
%
Change
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier
208
128
137
+7.0%
521,041
50.88%
+0.63pp
Conservative
Robert Borden
199
69
70
+1.4%
454693
44.40%
+1.18pp
Liberal-Conservative
6
10
5
-50.0%
15,737
1.54%
-1.34pp
Independent
6
3
1
-66.7%
10,205
1.00%
-0.40pp
Independent Conservative
2
1
1
-
5,039
0.49%
-0.57pp
Unknown
13
-
-
-
11,659
1.14%
+1.14pp
Labour
2
-
-
-
2,159
0.21%
-0.10pp
Socialist
3
*
-
*
1,794
0.18%
*
Nationalist
1
*
-
*
1,429
0.14%
*
Independent Liberal
3
1
-
-100%
309
0.03%
-0.48pp
Total
443
213
214
+0.5%
1,024,065
100%
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 [failed verification
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Results by province
Party
BC
NWT
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
0.7
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.
See also
Notes
^ Laurier was also elected in Wright ; he chose to sit for Quebec East instead, and resigned as the Member of Parliament for Wright.
References
Further reading
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