1902 Ontario general election

{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1902 Ontario general election

| country = Ontario

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| party_colour = no

| party_name = no

| previous_election = 1898 Ontario general election

| previous_year = 1898

| previous_mps = 9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

| next_election = 1905 Ontario general election

| next_year = 1905

| seats_for_election = 98 seats in the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario
50 seats were needed for a majority

| election_date = May 29, 1902

| image1 = 150x150px

| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|nohash}}

| leader1 = George William Ross

| leader_since1 = 1899

| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|name}}

| leaders_seat1 = Middlesex West

| last_election1 = 51

| seats1 = 50

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 1

| popular_vote1 = 206,709

| percentage1 = 47.54%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 0.25 pp

| image2 = 150x150px

| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|nohash}}

| leader2 = James P. Whitney

| leader_since2 = 1896

| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|name}}

| leaders_seat2 = Dundas

| last_election2 = 42

| seats2 = 48

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 6

| popular_vote2 = 215,883

| percentage2 = 49.65%

| swing2 = {{increase}} 1.96 pp

| map_image =

| map_size =

| map_caption =

| title = Premier

| posttitle = Premier after election

| before_election = George William Ross

| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|name}}

| after_election = George William Ross

| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|name}}

| map = {{Switcher

| 400px

| Results by electoral district, shaded by winners' vote share

| 400px

| Results by electoral district, holds and gains}}

}}

The 1902 Ontario general election was the tenth general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on May 29, 1902, to elect the 98 Members of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Sir George William Ross, formed the government for a ninth consecutive term, although with only a very slim, two-seat majority in the legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney formed the official opposition.

Expansion of the Legislative Assembly

The number of electoral districts was increased from 93 to 97, under an Act passed in 1902. Ottawa in both cases was entitled to elect two members, and thus 98 MLAs would now be elected to the legislature.{{Cite canlaw|short title =An Act respecting the Representation of the People in the Legislative Assembly|abbr =R.S.O.|year =1897|chapter =6|link= https://books.google.com/books?id=8ylSAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA51 }}, as amended by {{Cite canlaw|short title =An Act to amend the Act respecting the Representation of the People in the Legislative Assembly|abbr =S.O.|year =1902|chapter =4|link= https://archive.org/details/statutesofprovin1902onta/page/20/mode/2up}} The following electoral changes were made:

:* Algoma West was divided into Fort William and Lake of the Woods and Port Arthur and Rainy River

:* Algoma East was divided into Algoma, Manitoulin and Sault Ste. Marie

:* Nipissing was divided into Nipissing East and Nipissing West

Ottawa had two seats, and plurality block voting was used. Elsewhere the first-past-the-post election system was used.

Notable candidates

File:Margaret Haile.JPG

Margaret Haile, a Canadian Socialist League candidate in Toronto North, made history as the first woman ever to run for political office in Canada.Janice Newton, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZo1jEAWS3IC&dq=%22Margaret+Haile%22+election&pg=PA17 The feminist challenge to the Canadian Left, 1900-1918].

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Results

{{election table||title=Elections to the 10th Parliament of Ontario (1902)}}{{cite web |title=1902 General Election |url=https://results.elections.on.ca/en/data-explorer?fromYear=1867&toYear=2021&electionId=145&levelOfDetail=election |website=Elections Ontario |access-date=January 3, 2021}}

|-

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party

! rowspan=2 | Party leader

! colspan=5 | MPPs

! colspan=3 | Votes

|-

! Candidates

!1898

!Dissol.

!1902

!#

!%

! ± (pp)

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|George William Ross

|94

|51

|

|50

|1{{decrease}}

|206,709

|47.54%

|0.25{{increase}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|James P. Whitney

|97

|42

|

|48

|6{{increase}}

|215,883

|49.65%

|1.96{{increase}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent Conservative|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

|2

|1

|

|–

|1{{decrease}}

|1,646

|0.38%

|0.03{{decrease}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

|4

|–

|–

|–

|

|5,133

|1.18%

|3.42{{decrease}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Prohibitionist|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

|6

|–

|–

|–

|

|3,126

|0.72%

|{{n/a|New}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Socialist|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

|9

|–

|–

|–

|

|1,993

|0.46%

|{{n/a|New}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Socialist Labour|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

|4

|–

|–

|–

|

|277

|0.06%

|{{n/a|New}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Labour|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|

|1

|–

|–

|–

|

|colspan="3"|Did not campaign

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Vacant|row-name}}

|colspan="3"|

|

|colspan="5"|

|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"

|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total

|216

|94

|94

|98

|

|434,767

|100.00%

|

|-

|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots

|align="right"|4,021

|style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"|

|-style="background:#E9E9E9;"

|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout

|588,570

|74.55%

|7.50{{decrease}}

|}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Seats and popular vote by party

! colspan="2"|Party !! Seats !! Votes !! colspan="3" | Change (pp)

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|row-name}}

| {{Composition bar|50|94|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal}}|width=175}}

{{Percentage bar|47.54|width=175|c=darkgrey}}{{bartable| 0.25|
5|1em|background:green}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|row-name}}

| {{Composition bar|48|94|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative}}|width=175}}

{{Percentage bar|49.65|width=175|c=darkgrey}}{{bartable| 1.96|
5|1em|background:green}}

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Other|row-name}}

| {{Composition bar|0|94|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent}}|width=175}}

{{Percentage bar|2.81|width=175|c=darkgrey}}{{bartable| -2.21|
5|1em|background:red}}

=Synopsis of results=

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:right; font-size:90%"

|+ Results by riding - 1902 Ontario general election

scope="col" | Ridingexcluding Ottawa, a multi-member constituency

! scope="col" colspan="8" | Winning party

! rowspan="3" scope="col" | Turnout

! scope="col" colspan="6" | Votes

rowspan="2" scope="col" |Nameorder is as given in EO reports

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | 1898

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" |Party

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Votes

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Share

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin
#

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin
%

! scope="col" | Lib

! scope="col" | Con

! scope="col" | I-Con

! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ind|Independent}}

! scope="col" | {{abbr|Oth|Other minor political affiliations}}

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Total

scope="col" style="background-color:#EA6D6A;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#9999FF;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|

 colspan="2"|colspan="2"|
style="text-align:left;" | Addington

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,711

60.14%57720.28%59.37%1,134style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,7112,845
style="text-align:left;" | Algoma

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,753

53.46%2276.92%53.53%1,5261,7533,279
style="text-align:left;" | Brant North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,205

53.37%1526.73%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.47%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,2051,0532,258
style="text-align:left;" | Brant South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,727

53.32%3406.65%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.97%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,7272,3875,114
style="text-align:left;" | Brockville

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,192

54.69%3769.38%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.05%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,1921,8164,008
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Bruce Centre

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,836

50.07%50.14%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.19%1,8311,8363,667
style="text-align:left;" | Bruce North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,477

52.86%2685.72%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.85%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,4772,2094,686
style="text-align:left;" | Bruce South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,932

50.84%641.68%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.67%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,9321,8683,800
style="text-align:left;" | Cardwell

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,003

62.63%80825.27%56.50%1,195style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,0033,198
style="text-align:left;" | Carleton

| style="background-color:#DCDCDC;" |

style="text-align:left;" | I-Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,971

72.57%1,22645.14%54.68%745style="background-color:#EABB94;"|1,9712,716
style="text-align:left;" | Dufferin

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,242

71.40%1,34442.80%50.78%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,2428983,140
style="text-align:left;" | Dundas

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,470

55.68%50411.36%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|80.83%1,966style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,4704,436
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Durham East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,833

61.47%68422.94%68.76%1,1491,8332,982
style="text-align:left;" | Durham West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,706

51.32%882.65%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|86.05%1,706style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,6183,324
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Elgin East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,177

51.32%1122.64%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.74%2,0652,1774,242
style="text-align:left;" | Elgin West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 3,027

50.63%5028.40%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.19%2,525style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,0274275,979
style="text-align:left;" | Essex North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,940

52.95%3285.91%66.69%style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,6122,9405,552
style="text-align:left;" | Essex South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,847

54.67%4869.33%72.92%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,8472,3615,208
style="text-align:left;" | Fort William and Lake of the Woods

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,483

56.95%36213.90%52.78%1,4831,1212,604
style="text-align:left;" | Frontenac

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,774

50.82%571.63%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|73.76%1,717style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,7743,491
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Glengarry

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,128

56.42%48412.83%69.14%1,6442,1283,772
style="text-align:left;" | Grenville

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,261

61.74%86023.48%61.11%1,401style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,2613,662
style="background-color:#FFFF99;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Grey Centre

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

|colspan="11" style="text-align:center;" |acclaimed

style="text-align:left;" | Grey North

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,930

50.04%50.09%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.08%2,930style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,9255,855
style="text-align:left;" | Grey South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,503

54.79%4389.59%73.37%2,065style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,5034,568
style="text-align:left;" | Haldimand

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,705

52.27%1484.54%71.72%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,7051,5573,262
style="text-align:left;" | Halton

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,365

50.17%160.34%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|83.90%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,3652,3494,714
style="text-align:left;" | Hamilton East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,576

47.85%1432.66%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.75%2,433style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,5763755,384
style="text-align:left;" | Hamilton West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,422

48.67%1523.05%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.67%2,2702,422style="background-color:#EABB94;"|891954,976
style="text-align:left;" | Hastings East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,962

50.46%360.93%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.69%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,9621,9263,888
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Hastings North

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,643

53.18%3166.36%69.43%2,3272,6434,970
style="text-align:left;" | Hastings West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,884

54.66%3219.31%64.34%1,563style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,8843,447
style="text-align:left;" | Huron East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,299

55.63%46511.25%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.18%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,2991,8344,133
style="text-align:left;" | Huron South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,497

50.54%531.07%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|83.44%2,444style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,4974,941
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Huron West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,458

50.21%210.43%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|80.84%2,4582,4374,895
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Kent East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,468

50.81%2765.68%66.62%2,4682,1921974,857
style="text-align:left;" | Kent West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,714

51.63%2353.27%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.49%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,7143,4797,193
style="text-align:left;" | Kingston

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,043

51.72%1363.44%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|86.38%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,0431,9073,950
style="text-align:left;" | Lambton East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,530

51.05%1042.10%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|81.33%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,5302,4264,956
style="text-align:left;" | Lambton West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 3,847

51.01%1522.02%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.13%style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|3,6953,8477,542
style="text-align:left;" | Lanark North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,811

51.13%802.26%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|81.79%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,8111,7313,542
style="text-align:left;" | Lanark South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,098

63.60%89727.19%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|83.98%1,201style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,0983,299
style="text-align:left;" | Leeds

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,062

57.04%50914.08%65.19%1,553style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,0623,615
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Lennox

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,566

50.05%30.10%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.89%1,5631,5663,129
style="text-align:left;" | Lincoln

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 3,199

54.34%69511.81%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|81.07%2,504style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,1991845,887
style="text-align:left;" | London

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 3,445

45.06%1311.71%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.15%style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|3,3143,4458877,646
style="text-align:left;" | Manitoulin

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,214

51.90%33914.49%44.31%8751,2142502,339
style="text-align:left;" | Middlesex East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,469

50.03%210.43%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|80.96%2,469style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,448184,935
style="text-align:left;" | Middlesex North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,173

52.44%2024.87%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|79.07%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,1731,9714,144
style="text-align:left;" | Middlesex West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,172

58.07%60416.15%73.32%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,1721,5683,740
style="text-align:left;" | Monck

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,876

55.14%35010.29%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.25%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,8761,5263,402
style="text-align:left;" | Muskoka

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,089

51.05%862.10%72.15%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,0892,0034,092
style="text-align:left;" | Nipissing East

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,218

54.57%2049.14%50.26%1,2181,0142,232
style="text-align:left;" | Nipissing West

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,185

55.69%24211.37%51.26%1,1859432,128
style="text-align:left;" | Norfolk North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,704

50.34%230.68%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|80.13%style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,6811,7043,385
style="text-align:left;" | Norfolk South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,723

51.11%752.22%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|83.15%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,7231,6483,371
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Northumberland East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,538

52.95%2835.90%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.02%2,255style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|2,5384,793
style="text-align:left;" | Northumberland West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,606

53.50%2107.00%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.64%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,6061,3963,002
style="text-align:left;" | Ontario North

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,219

52.17%1854.35%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.20%2,034style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,2194,253
style="text-align:left;" | Ontario South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,632

51.29%1322.57%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.99%style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|2,6322,5005,132
style="text-align:left;" | Oxford North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,254

50.79%1,12425.33%65.26%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,2541,0541,1304,438
style="text-align:left;" | Oxford South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,043

52.21%1734.42%58.76%style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,8702,0433,913
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Parry Sound

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,490

53.40%3176.80%41.45%2,4902,1734,663
style="text-align:left;" | Peel

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,296

51.38%1232.75%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|81.64%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,2962,1734,469
style="text-align:left;" | Perth North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 3,292

50.02%20.03%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|83.90%style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|3,2903,2926,582
style="text-align:left;" | Perth South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,486

50.72%711.45%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|81.35%2,486style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|2,4154,901
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Peterborough East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,067

56.00%44312.00%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.07%2,0671,6243,691
style="text-align:left;" | Peterborough West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,849

63.25%1,19426.51%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|79.43%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,8491,6554,504
style="text-align:left;" | Port Arthur and Rainy River

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,124

66.55%55933.10%46.06%style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|1,1245651,689
style="text-align:left;" | Prescott

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,341

59.51%74819.01%64.13%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,3411,5933,934
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Prince Edward

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,273

51.31%1162.62%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.05%2,2732,1574,430
style="text-align:left;" | Renfrew North

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,565

54.91%4599.83%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.46%style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|2,5652,1064,671
style="text-align:left;" | Renfrew South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,676

59.76%87419.52%69.19%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,6761,8024,478
style="text-align:left;" | Russell

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,536

59.46%80718.92%53.44%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,5361,7294,265
style="text-align:left;" | Sault Ste. Marie

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,359

53.95%1997.90%51.69%1,160style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|1,3592,519
style="text-align:left;" | Simcoe Centre

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,857

50.60%441.20%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.49%1,857style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,8133,670
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Simcoe East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,365

53.56%4477.11%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.41%3,3652,9186,283
style="text-align:left;" | Simcoe West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,734

69.89%98739.78%46.15%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,7347472,481
style="text-align:left;" | Stormont

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,807

53.59%3767.18%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.10%2,807style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,4315,238
style="text-align:left;" | Toronto East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 3,136

54.07%92215.90%56.73%2,214style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|3,1364505,800
style="text-align:left;" | Toronto North

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 3,838

51.19%2823.76%56.62%3,838style="background-color:#EABB94;"|3,5561047,498
style="text-align:left;" | Toronto South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 5,072

52.41%7307.54%59.15%4,342style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|5,0722639,677
style="text-align:left;" | Toronto West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 4,267

58.19%1,54521.07%51.24%2,722style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|4,2673447,333
style="text-align:left;" | Victoria East

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,390

56.81%57313.62%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.02%1,817style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,3904,207
style="text-align:left;" | Victoria West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,234

51.13%992.27%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.23%2,135style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,2344,369
style="text-align:left;" | Waterloo North

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,848

52.45%2664.90%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.34%style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|2,5822,8485,430
style="text-align:left;" | Waterloo South

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,782

50.90%981.79%72.48%2,684style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,7825,466
style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Welland

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,851

51.00%1122.00%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.12%2,8512,7395,590
style="text-align:left;" | Wellington East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,071

56.16%45412.31%70.49%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,0711,6173,688
style="text-align:left;" | Wellington South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,341

48.09%2274.66%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|75.87%style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,1142,3414134,868
style="text-align:left;" | Wellington West

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,786

51.48%1032.97%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|74.28%1,683style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,7863,469
style="text-align:left;" | Wentworth North

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,410

50.87%481.73%71.32%1,410style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,3622,772
style="text-align:left;" | Wentworth South

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,526

53.66%29910.51%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.83%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,5261,227912,844
style="text-align:left;" | York East

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,905

54.62%3229.23%67.28%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|1,9051,5833,488
style="text-align:left;" | York North

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,828

51.90%2073.80%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|84.94%style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|2,8282,6215,449
style="text-align:left;" | York West

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" |

style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,802

54.04%4198.08%style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|76.55%style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|2,383style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|2,8025,185

{{reflist|group=a}}

:{{Color box|#B9E5B9|border=#BFBFBF}} = open seat

:{{Color box|#F5F5DC|border=#BFBFBF}} = turnout is above provincial average

:{{Color box|#DCDCDC|border=#BFBFBF}} = winning candidate was in previous Legislature

:{{Color box|#EABB94|border=#BFBFBF}} = incumbent had switched allegiance

:{{Color box|#FFFF00|border=#BFBFBF}} = previously incumbent in another riding

:{{Color box|#EEBBBB|border=#BFBFBF}} = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

:{{Color box|#87CEFA|border=#BFBFBF}} = incumbency arose from byelection gain

:{{Color box|#D2B48C|border=#BFBFBF}} = incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court

:{{Color box|#DCD0FF|border=#BFBFBF}} = other incumbents renominated

:{{Color box|#FFA07A|border=#BFBFBF}} = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada

:{{Color box|#F0E68C|border=#BFBFBF}} = multiple candidates

{{election table||title= Results for Ottawa (2 seats)}}

|-

! colspan=2 | Political party

! Candidate

! Votes

! %

! Elected

! Incumbent

|-

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Dennis Murphy

|5,770 ||27.15

|style="text-align:center;"|{{aye}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Charles Berkeley Powell

|5,633 ||26.50

|style="text-align:center;"|{{aye}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{aye}}

|-

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|S. Bingham

|5,154 ||24.25

|-

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|row-name}}

|style="text-align:left;"|Alexander Lumsden

|4,698 ||22.10

|style="text-align:center;"|{{nay}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{aye}}

|-

!colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Majorityplurality for third winning candidate

|479 ||2.25

|-

!colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Turnout

|11,247 ||71.85

|-

!colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Registered voters

|15,653

|}

{{Reflist|group=a}}

=Analysis=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Party candidates in 2nd placeexcluding Ottawa seats

rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Party in 1st placecolspan="6"|Party in 2nd placerowspan="2"|Total
{{abbr|Accl|Acclamation}}LibConI-ConProhInd
{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|row-name}}

|

481150
{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|row-name}}

|1

422146
colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" | Total

|1

424812296

{{Reflist|group=a}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Candidates ranked 1st to 4th place, by party

style="text-align:left;" | PartiesAccl1st2nd3rd4th
style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|colour&name}}

|

504211
style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|colour&name}}

|1

46491
style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|ON|Prohibitionist|colour&name}}

|

24
style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent|colour&name}}

|

22
style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent Conservative|colour&name}}

|

11
style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|ON|Socialist|colour&name}}

|

81
style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|ON|Socialist Labour|colour&name}}

|

4

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Resulting composition of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Source !!colspan="3"|Party

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|background}} align="center" |Lib

|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|background}} align="center" |Con

!Total

rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;"|Seats retainedstyle="text-align:left;"|Incumbents returned

|30

2353
style="text-align:left;"|Returned by acclamation

|

11
style="text-align:left;"|Open seats held

|5

49
style="text-align:left;"|Byelection losses reversed

|1

12
style="text-align:left;"|Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance

|

22
rowspan="4" style="text-align:left;"|Seats changing handsstyle="text-align:left;"|Incumbents defeated

|6

814
style="text-align:left;"|Open seats gained

|2

35
style="text-align:left;"|Byelection gains held

|2

2
style="text-align:left;"|Incumbent changing allegiance

|

11
rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Ottawa seatsstyle="text-align:left;"|New MLA

|

11
style="text-align:left;"|Incumbent defeated

|

11
rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|New seatsstyle="text-align:left;"|New MLA

|3

25
style="text-align:left;"|Previously incumbent in another riding

|1

12
colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Total

|50

4898

=MLAs elected by region and riding=

Party designations are as follows:

{{legend|#EA6D6A|Liberal}}

{{legend|#9999FF|Conservative}}

{{col-begin}}{{col-break}}

Northern Ontario

Ottawa Valley

Saint Lawrence Valley

Central Ontario

{{col-break}}

Georgian Bay

Wentworth/Halton/Niagara

Midwestern Ontario

{{col-break}}

Southwestern Ontario

Peel/York/Ontario

Toronto

{{col-end}}

{{reflist|group=a}}

=Division of ridings=

Image:1902 Ontario election.jpg]]

The newly created ridings returned the following MLAs:

class="wikitable"
colspan="3"|1898

! colspan="3"|1902

Riding

! Party

! Riding

! Party

rowspan="2"|Algoma West

| rowspan="2"|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|colour&name}}

| Fort William and Lake of the Woods

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|colour&name}}

Port Arthur and Rainy River

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|colour&name}}

rowspan="3"|Algoma East

| rowspan="3"|{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|colour&name}}

| Algoma

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|colour&name}}

Manitoulin

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|colour&name}}

Sault Ste. Marie

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|colour&name}}

rowspan="2"| Nipissing

| rowspan="2"| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|colour&name}}

| Nipissing East

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|colour&name}}

Nipissing West

| {{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|colour&name}}

=Seats that changed hands=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"

|+ Elections to the 8th Parliament of Ontario – unaltered seats won/lost by party, 1898–1902

rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|1898

!colspan="6"|Gain from (loss to)

!rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"|1902

colspan="2"|Lib

! colspan="2"|Con

! colspan="2"|I-Con

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Liberal|row-name}}

|48

10(12)46
{{Canadian party colour|ON|Conservative|row-name}}

|42

12(10)145

{{Canadian party colour|ON|Independent-Conservative|row-name}}

|1

(1)
colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Total9112(10)10(13)191

Of the constituencies that were not altered, there were 23 seats that changed allegiance in the election:

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Liberal to Conservative

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Conservative to Liberal

Independent-Conservative to Conservative

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See also

Notes and references

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Further reading

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