1911 Ontario general election

1911 Ontario general election
December 11, 1911
106 seats in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ; 54 seats were needed for a majority
Premier before election; James P. Whitney; Conservative	Premier after election ; James P. Whitney; Conservative

The 1911 Ontario general election was the 13th general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 11, 1911, to elect the 106 Members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (titled as Members of the Provincial Parliament or M.P.P.).^[1]

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, was elected for a third consecutive term in government, with a slight reduced majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Newton Rowell, added three members to its caucus.

The legislature's sole Labour MLA, Allan Studholme of Hamilton East, retained his seat.

The four Toronto districts each elected two members in this election. Each seat was contested separately, with each voter in the district allowed to vote for a candidate in each contest.

Results

Elections to the 13th Parliament of Ontario (1911)^[1]
Political party		Party leader	MPPs					Votes
Political party		Party leader	Candidates	1908	Dissol.	1911	±	#	%	± (pp)
	Conservative	James P. Whitney	106	86		82	4	205,338	55.59%	0.49
	Liberal	Newton Rowell	78	19		22	3	142,245	38.51%	0.94
	Labour		7	1		1		8,965	2.43%	0.69
	Liberal–Conservative		1	–		1	1	1,130	0.31%	New
	Independent-Conservative		2	–	–	–		3,593	0.97%	0.39
	Independent		5	–	–	–		3,327	0.90%	0.22
	Socialist		7	–	–	–		3,206	0.87%	0.23
	Conservative-Temperance		1	–	–	–		1,604	0.43%	New
Total			207	106	106	106		369,408	100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots								4,390
Registered voters / turnout								581,657	64.26%	8.42

Seats and popular vote by party
	Seats	Votes	Change (pp)
Conservative	82 / 106	55.59%	0.49
Liberal	22 / 106	38.51%	-0.94
Other	2 / 106	5.90%	0.45

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1911 Ontario general election^[1]
Riding	Winning party								Turnout	Votes
Name^{[a 1]}	1908		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		Con	L-Con	Lib	Lab	I-Con	Soc	C-Tmp	Ind	Total
Name^{[a 1]}	1908		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %										Total

Addington		Con		Con	acclaimed
Algoma		Con		Con	1,723	61.87%	661	23.73%	53.34%	1,723	–	1,062	–	–	–	–	–	2,785
Brant North		Con		Con	1,722	52.69%	176	5.39%	68.81%	1,722	–	1,546	–	–	–	–	–	3,268
Brant South		Con		Con	3,201	53.19%	384	6.38%	77.02%	3,201	–	2,817	–	–	–	–	–	6,018
Brockville		Con		Con	2,090	52.99%	449	11.38%	73.15%	2,090	–	1,641	–	–	213	–	–	3,944
Bruce Centre		Con		Lib	1,727	51.55%	104	3.10%	78.92%	1,623	–	1,727	–	–	–	–	–	3,350
Bruce North		Lib		Lib	2,182	54.92%	391	9.84%	72.94%	1,791	–	2,182	–	–	–	–	–	3,973
Bruce South		Lib		Lib	1,894	54.38%	305	8.76%	76.39%	1,589	–	1,894	–	–	–	–	–	3,483
Carleton		Con		Con	1,347	60.13%	454	20.27%	88.24%	1,347	–	893	–	–	–	–	–	2,240
Dufferin		Con		Con	1,880	53.96%	276	7.92%	62.10%	1,880	–	–	–	–	–	1,604	–	3,484
Dundas		Con		Con	2,239	62.95%	921	25.89%	68.32%	2,239	–	1,318	–	–	–	–	–	3,557
Durham East		Con		Con	acclaimed
Durham West		Con		Con	1,553	53.92%	226	7.85%	82.49%	1,553	–	1,327	–	–	–	–	–	2,880
Elgin East		Con		Con	2,127	57.91%	581	15.82%	69.29%	2,127	–	1,546	–	–	–	–	–	3,673
Elgin West		Con		Con	3,188	62.41%	1,268	24.82%	59.69%	3,188	–	1,920	–	–	–	–	–	5,108
Essex North		Con		Con	2,586	42.46%	53	0.87%	54.46%	2,586	–	972	–	2,533	–	–	–	6,091
Essex South		Con		Con	2,665	51.25%	130	2.50%	74.93%	2,665	–	2,535	–	–	–	–	–	5,200
Fort William		Con		Con	1,363	43.53%	254	8.11%	52.04%	1,363	–	1,109	–	–	–	–	659	3,131
Frontenac		Con		Con	1,641	61.67%	621	23.34%	59.29%	1,641	–	1,020	–	–	–	–	–	2,661
Glengarry		Con		Lib	1,988	53.56%	264	7.11%	67.83%	1,724	–	1,988	–	–	–	–	–	3,712
Grenville		Con		Con	acclaimed
Grey Centre		Con		Con	2,223	67.90%	1,172	35.80%	54.31%	2,223	–	1,051	–	–	–	–	–	3,274
Grey North		Lib		Lib	3,635	55.67%	741	11.35%	71.93%	2,894	–	3,635	–	–	–	–	–	6,529
Grey South		Con		Con	2,281	54.32%	363	8.64%	69.96%	2,281	–	1,918	–	–	–	–	–	4,199
Haldimand		Lib		Lib	1,924	56.21%	425	12.42%	78.23%	1,499	–	1,924	–	–	–	–	–	3,423
Halton		Con		Con	2,385	53.74%	332	7.48%	70.52%	2,385	–	2,053	–	–	–	–	–	4,438
Hamilton East		Lab		Lab	3,521	55.34%	679	10.67%	63.65%	2,842	–	–	3,521	–	–	–	–	6,363
Hamilton West		Con		Con	2,594	69.30%	1,445	38.61%	49.32%	2,594	–	1,149	–	–	–	–	–	3,743
Hastings East		Con		Con	acclaimed
Hastings North		Con		Con	acclaimed
Hastings West		Con		Con	acclaimed
Huron Centre		Lib		Lib	2,148	52.65%	216	5.29%	77.16%	1,932	–	2,148	–	–	–	–	–	4,080
Huron North		Con		Con	2,210	53.21%	267	6.43%	80.94%	2,210	–	1,943	–	–	–	–	–	4,153
Huron South		Con		Con	2,261	53.29%	279	6.58%	82.70%	2,261	–	1,982	–	–	–	–	–	4,243
Kenora		Con		Con	1,179	61.66%	446	23.33%	46.40%	1,179	–	733	–	–	–	–	–	1,912
Kent East		Con		Lib	2,452	52.26%	212	4.52%	70.47%	2,240	–	2,452	–	–	–	–	–	4,692
Kent West		Con		Con	3,106	58.11%	867	16.22%	55.76%	3,106	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,239	5,345
Kingston		Con		Con	acclaimed
Lambton East		Lib		Lib	2,170	51.05%	89	2.09%	78.10%	2,081	–	2,170	–	–	–	–	–	4,251
Lambton West		Con		Con	3,969	57.71%	1,061	15.43%	67.85%	3,969	–	2,908	–	–	–	–	–	6,877
Lanark North		Con		Con	acclaimed
Lanark South		Con		Con	acclaimed
Leeds		Con		Con	1,995	52.12%	162	4.23%	72.24%	1,995	–	1,833	–	–	–	–	–	3,828
Lennox		Con		Con	1,450	51.40%	79	2.80%	76.66%	1,450	–	1,371	–	–	–	–	–	2,821
Lincoln		Con		Con	acclaimed
London		Con		Con	acclaimed
Manitoulin		Con		Con	1,254	74.69%	829	49.37%	38.85%	1,254	–	425	–	–	–	–	–	1,679
Middlesex East		Con		Lib	2,039	50.31%	25	0.62%	69.27%	2,014	–	2,039	–	–	–	–	–	4,053
Middlesex North		Lib		Con	1,991	50.44%	35	0.89%	75.39%	1,991	–	1,956	–	–	–	–	–	3,947
Middlesex West		Lib		Lib	1,767	59.86%	582	19.72%	73.09%	1,185	–	1,767	–	–	–	–	–	2,952
Monck		Con		Lib	1,875	52.14%	154	4.28%	75.87%	1,721	–	1,875	–	–	–	–	–	3,596
Muskoka		Con		Con	1,970	77.87%	1,410	55.73%	45.71%	1,970	–	560	–	–	–	–	–	2,530
Nipissing		Con		Con	1,800	64.47%	808	28.94%	50.17%	1,800	–	992	–	–	–	–	–	2,792
Norfolk North		Con		Lib	1,740	55.20%	328	10.41%	74.56%	1,412	–	1,740	–	–	–	–	–	3,152
Norfolk South		Con		Con	1,423	56.99%	377	15.10%	66.99%	1,423	–	1,046	–	–	28	–	–	2,497
Northumberland East		Con		Con	2,311	64.21%	1,023	28.42%	61.80%	2,311	–	1,288	–	–	–	–	–	3,599
Northumberland West		Lib		Lib	1,615	53.89%	233	7.77%	79.75%	1,382	–	1,615	–	–	–	–	–	2,997
Ontario North		Con		Con	1,971	57.21%	497	14.43%	73.77%	1,971	–	1,474	–	–	–	–	–	3,445
Ontario South		Con		Lib	2,577	52.52%	247	5.03%	73.50%	2,330	–	2,577	–	–	–	–	–	4,907
Ottawa East		Lib		Con	2,842	64.46%	1,275	28.92%	60.57%	2,842	–	1,567	–	–	–	–	–	4,409
Ottawa West		Con		Con	4,398	65.70%	2,102	31.40%	48.42%	4,398	–	2,296	–	–	–	–	–	6,694
Oxford North		Lib		Lib	2,651	55.90%	560	11.81%	68.09%	2,091	–	2,651	–	–	–	–	–	4,742
Oxford South		Lib		Lib	2,457	52.15%	203	4.31%	73.24%	2,254	–	2,457	–	–	–	–	–	4,711
Parry Sound		Con		Con	2,218	65.99%	1,075	31.98%	35.75%	2,218	–	1,143	–	–	–	–	–	3,361
Peel		Con		Con	2,705	57.63%	716	15.25%	70.55%	2,705	–	1,989	–	–	–	–	–	4,694
Perth North		Con		Con	3,523	52.79%	372	5.57%	77.13%	3,523	–	3,151	–	–	–	–	–	6,674
Perth South		Lib		Con	2,388	50.78%	73	1.55%	80.47%	2,388	–	2,315	–	–	–	–	–	4,703
Peterborough East		Con		Con	1,579	56.90%	503	18.13%	61.98%	1,579	–	1,076	–	–	–	–	120	2,775
Peterborough West		Con		Con	2,674	56.53%	618	13.07%	62.49%	2,674	–	2,056	–	–	–	–	–	4,730
Port Arthur		Con		Con	1,515	72.56%	942	45.11%	42.79%	1,515	–	–	–	–	573	–	–	2,088
Prescott		Con		Lib	1,976	53.87%	284	7.74%	59.84%	1,692	–	1,976	–	–	–	–	–	3,668
Prince Edward		Con		Con	2,286	57.37%	587	14.73%	75.92%	2,286	–	1,699	–	–	–	–	–	3,985
Rainy River		Con		L-Con	1,130	57.24%	286	14.49%	54.14%	844	1,130	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,974
Renfrew North		Lib		Con	acclaimed
Renfrew South		Con		Con	acclaimed
Russell		Lib		Lib	3,041	64.16%	1,342	28.31%	54.74%	1,699	–	3,041	–	–	–	–	–	4,740
Sault Ste. Marie		Con		Con	acclaimed
Simcoe Centre		Con		Con	1,791	51.36%	95	2.72%	66.18%	1,791	–	1,696	–	–	–	–	–	3,487
Simcoe East		Lib		Con	3,103	52.80%	329	5.60%	65.37%	3,103	–	2,774	–	–	–	–	–	5,877
Simcoe South		Con		Con	acclaimed
Simcoe West		Con		Con	acclaimed
Stormont		Lib		Con	2,249	52.63%	225	5.27%	63.45%	2,249	–	2,024	–	–	–	–	–	4,273
Sturgeon Falls		Con		Lib	885	54.53%	147	9.06%	66.44%	738	–	885	–	–	–	–	–	1,623
Sudbury		Con		Con	2,541	68.90%	1,394	37.80%	29.16%	2,541	–	–	–	–	1,147	–	–	3,688
Timiskaming		Con		Con	2,403	52.91%	264	5.81%	40.68%	2,403	–	2,139	–	–	–	–	–	4,542
Toronto East - A		Con		Con	3,299	78.16%	2,239	53.04%	32.07%	3,299	–	–	922	–	–	–	–	4,221
Toronto East – B		Con		Con	2,767	63.77%	1,707	39.34%	33.27%	2,767	–	–	512	1,060	–	–	–	4,339
Toronto North - A		Con		Con	5,165	79.73%	2,049	31.63%	44.92%	5,165	–	–	1,313	–	–	–	–	6,478
Toronto North – B		Con		Con	3,824	53.72%	708	9.95%	49.36%	3,824	–	3,116	178	–	–	–	–	7,118
Toronto South - A		Con		Con	2,594	77.11%	1,824	54.22%	29.34%	2,594	–	–	770	–	–	–	–	3,364
Toronto South – B		Con		Con	2,647	78.87%	1,877	55.93%	29.27%	2,647	–	709	–	–	–	–	–	3,356
Toronto West - A		Con		Con	5,469	75.93%	3,720	51.65%	30.56%	5,469	–	1,519	–	–	–	–	215	7,203
Toronto West – B		Con		Con	5,225	74.92%	3,476	49.84%	29.59%	5,225	–	–	1,749	–	–	–	–	6,974
Victoria East		Con		Con	acclaimed
Victoria West		Con		Con	1,836	50.14%	104	2.84%	68.21%	1,836	–	1,732	–	–	–	–	94	3,662
Waterloo North		Con		Con	3,059	47.95%	193	3.03%	69.51%	3,059	–	2,866	–	–	454	–	–	6,379
Waterloo South		Con		Con	2,770	54.05%	997	19.45%	59.48%	2,770	–	1,773	–	–	582	–	–	5,125
Welland		Con		Con	3,511	56.47%	805	12.95%	61.62%	3,511	–	2,706	–	–	–	–	–	6,217
Wellington East		Con		Lib	1,932	54.78%	337	9.55%	72.46%	1,595	–	1,932	–	–	–	–	–	3,527
Wellington South		Con		Con	2,912	54.19%	450	8.37%	72.76%	2,912	–	2,462	–	–	–	–	–	5,374
Wellington West		Lib		Con	1,778	51.82%	125	3.64%	77.44%	1,778	–	1,653	–	–	–	–	–	3,431
Wentworth North		Con		Lib	1,723	50.42%	29	0.85%	81.92%	1,694	–	1,723	–	–	–	–	–	3,417
Wentworth South		Lib		Con	1,496	48.32%	105	3.39%	49.75%	1,496	–	1,391	–	–	209	–	–	3,096
York East		Con		Con	2,337	60.05%	782	20.09%	36.56%	2,337	–	1,555	–	–	–	–	–	3,892
York North		Con		Con	3,023	54.44%	493	8.88%	84.46%	3,023	–	2,530	–	–	–	–	–	5,553
York West		Con		Con	2,847	65.16%	1,325	30.33%	39.79%	2,847	–	1,522	–	–	–	–	–	4,369

^ order is as given in EO reports

= open seat

= turnout is above provincial average

= winning candidate was in previous Legislature

= incumbent had switched allegiance

= previously incumbent in another riding

= not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

= incumbency arose from by-election gain

= incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court

= other incumbents renominated

= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada

= multiple candidates

Analysis

Party candidates in 2nd place^[1]
Party in 1st place		Party in 2nd place								Total
Party in 1st place		Accl	Con	Lib	Lab	I-Con	Soc	Ind	C-Tmp	Total
	Conservative	17		55	4	2	2	1	1	82
	Liberal–Conservative		1							1
	Liberal		22							22
	Labour		1							1
Total		17	24	55	4	2	2	1	1	106

Candidates ranked 1st to 3rd place, by party^[1]
Parties	Accl	1st	2nd	3rd
█ Conservative	17	65	24
█ Liberal		22	55	1
█ Labour		1	4	2
█ Liberal–Conservative		1
█ Socialist			2	5
█ Independent Conservative			2
█ Independent			1	4
█ Conservative-Temperance			1

Resulting composition of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario^[1]
Source		Party
Source		Con	L-Con	Lib	Lab	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	47		9	1	57
	Acclamations	17				17
	Open seats held	11		2		13
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	3	1	7		11
Seats changing hands	Open seats gained	4		4
Total		82	1	22	1	106

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows:

Conservative

Liberal

Labour

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

Northern Ontario

Algoma: Albert Grigg

Fort William: Charles William Jarvis

Kenora: Harold Arthur Clement Machin

Manitoulin: Robert Roswell Gamey

Nipissing: Henri Morel

Port Arthur: Donald McDonald Hogarth

Rainy River: James Arthur Mathieu (Lib-Con)

Sault Ste. Marie: William Howard Hearst

Sturgeon Falls: Zotique Mageau

Sudbury: Charles McCrea

Timiskaming: Robert Taylor Shillington

Ottawa Valley

Carleton: Robert Herbert McElroy

Lanark North: Richard Franklin Preston

Lanark South: Arthur James Matheson

Ottawa East: Napoléon Champagne

Ottawa West: James Albert Ellis

Prescott: Gustave Évanturel

Renfrew North: Edward Arunah Dunlop

Renfrew South: Thomas William McGarry

Russell: Damase Racine

Saint Lawrence Valley

Brockville: Albert Edward Donovan

Dundas: James Pliny Whitney

Glengarry: Hugh Munro

Grenville: George Howard Ferguson

Kingston: Arthur Edward Ross

Leeds: John Robertson Dargavel

Stormont: John Colborne Milligan

Central Ontario

Addington: William David Black

Durham East: Josiah Johnston Preston

Durham West: John Henry Devitt

Frontenac: Anthony McGuin Rankin

Hastings East: Sandy Grant

Hastings North: John Robert Cooke

Hastings West: John Wesley Johnson

Lennox: Thomas George Carscallen

Northumberland East: Samuel Greerson Nesbitt

Northumberland West: Samuel Clarke

Peterborough East: James Thompson

Peterborough West: Edward Armour Peck

Prince Edward: Robert Addison Norman

Victoria East: Robert Mercer Mason

Victoria West: Adam Edward Vrooman

Georgian Bay

Bruce North: Charles Martin Bowman

Grey North: Alexander Grant MacKay

Muskoka: Arthur Arnold Mahaffy

Parry Sound: John Galna

Simcoe Centre: Alfred Burke Thompson

Simcoe East: James Irwin Hartt

Simcoe South: Alexander Ferguson

Simcoe West: James Stoddart Duff

Wentworth/Halton/Niagara

Halton: Alfred Westland Nixon

Hamilton East: Allan Studholme

Hamilton West: John Strathearn Hendrie

Lincoln: Elisha Jessop

Monck: Thomas A. Marshall

Welland: Evan Eugene Fraser

Wentworth North: James McQueen

Wentworth South: James Thomas Hammill Regan

Midwestern Ontario

Brant: John Wesley Westbrook

Brant South: Willoughby Staples Brewster

Bruce Centre: William MacDonald

Bruce South: John Anderson

Dufferin: Charles Robert McKeown

Grey Centre: Isaac Benson Lucas

Grey South: David Jamieson

Haldimand: Christian Kohler

Huron Centre: William Proudfoot

Huron North: Armstrong Musgrove

Huron South: Henry Eilber

Norfolk North: Thomas Robert Atkinson

Norfolk South: Arthur Clarence Pratt

Oxford North: Newton Wesley Rowell

Oxford South: Thomas Richard Mayberry

Perth North: James Torrance

Perth South: John Benneweis

Waterloo North: Henry George Lackner

Waterloo South: George Pattinson

Wellington East: Udney Richardson

Wellington South: Henry Scholfield

Wellington West: William Clarke Chambers

Southwestern Ontario

Elgin East: Charles Andrew Brower

Elgin West: Findlay George MacDiarmid

Essex North: Joseph Octave Reaume

Essex South: Charles N. Anderson

Kent East: Walter Renwick Ferguson

Kent West: George William Sulman

Lambton East: Robert John McCormick

Lambton West: William John Hanna

London: Adam Beck

Middlesex East: Robert Sutherland

Middlesex North: Duncan MacArthur

Middlesex West: John Campbell Elliott

Peel/York/Ontario

Ontario North: William Henry Hoyle

Ontario South: William Edmund Newton Sinclair

Peel: Samuel Charters

York East: Alexander McCowan

York North: Thomas Herbert Lennox

York West: Forbes Godfrey

Toronto

Toronto East - A: Robert Allan Pyne

Toronto East - B: Thomas Richard Whitesides

Toronto North - A: William Kirkpatrick McNaught

Toronto North - B: James Joseph Foy

Toronto South - A: Edward William James Owens

Toronto South - B: George Horace Gooderham

Toronto West - A: Thomas Crawford

Toronto West - B: William David McPherson

Seats that changed hands

Elections to the 12th Parliament of Ontario – unaltered seats won/lost by party, 1908–1911
Party		1908	Gain from (loss to)								1911
Party		1908	Con		Lib		Lab		L-Con		1911
	Conservative	86			8	(11)				(1)	82
	Liberal	19	11	(8)							22
	Labour	1									1
	Liberal–Conservative	–	1								1
Total		106	12	(8)	8	(11)	–	–	–	(1)	106

Twenty seats changed allegiance from the previous election:

Liberal to Conservative

Middlesex North
Ottawa East
Perth South
Renfrew North
Simcoe East
Stormont
Wellington West
Wentworth South

Conservative to Liberal

Bruce Centre
Glengarry
Kent East
Middlesex East
Monck
Norfolk North
Ontario South
Prescott
Sturgeon Falls
Wellington East
Wentworth North

Conservative to Liberal-Conservative

Rainy River

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "1911 General Election". Elections Ontario. Retrieved January 3, 2021.