1904 Canadian federal election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1904 Canadian federal election
| country = Canada
| flag_year = 1868
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = no
| party_name = no
| previous_election = 1900 Canadian federal election
| previous_year = 1900
| next_election = 1908 Canadian federal election
| next_year = 1908
| seats_for_election = 214 seats in the House of Commons
| majority_seats = 108
| turnout = 71.6%{{cite web|title=Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums
|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=turn&document=index&lang=e|website=Elections Canada|access-date=10 March 2019}} ({{decrease}} 5.8 pp)
| election_date = November 3, 1904
| elected_members = 10th Canadian Parliament
| outgoing_members = 9th Canadian Parliament
| image1 = 200x200px
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader1 = Wilfrid Laurier
| leader_since1 = 1887
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name}}
| leaders_seat1 = Quebec East{{efn|Laurier was also elected in Wright; he chose to sit for Quebec East instead, and resigned as the Member of Parliament for Wright.}}
| last_election1 = 128 seats, 50.3%
| seats1 = 137
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 9
| popular_vote1 = 521,041
| percentage1 = 50.9%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 0.6 pp
| image2 = 200x200px
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)|nohash}}
| leader2 = Robert Borden
| leader_since2 = 1901
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)|name}}
| leaders_seat2 = Halifax (lost re-election)
| last_election2 = 79 seats, 46.1%
| seats2 = 75
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 4
| popular_vote2 = 470,430
| percentage2 = 45.9%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 0.2 pp
| map_image = Canada 1904 Federal Election.svg
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = Prime Minister
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = Wilfrid Laurier
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name}}
| after_election = Wilfrid Laurier
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name}}
| map2_image = Chambre des Communes 1904.png
| map2_size = 380px
| map2_caption = The Canadian parliament after the 1904 election
}}
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.{{Cite journal|last=Garner|first=J. W.|date=1904|title=Record of Political Events|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2140340|journal=Political Science Quarterly|volume=19|issue=4|pages=740|doi=10.2307/2140340|jstor=2140340 |issn=0032-3195|url-access=subscription}} Borden re-entered parliament the next year in a 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.
National results
File:1904 Canadian parliament.svg
| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Party !rowspan=2|Party leader !rowspan=2|# of !colspan=3|Seats !colspan=3|Popular vote |
| bgcolor="CCCCCC"
|align="center"|1900 |align="center"|Elected |align="center"|Change |align="center"|# |align="center"|% |align="center"|Change {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Liberal |align="right"| 208 |align="right"|128 |align="right"| 137 |align="right"|+7.0% |align="right"| 521,041 |align="right"| 50.88% |align="right"|+0.63pp {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | rowspan=2|Robert Borden |align="right"| 199 |align="right"|69 |align="right"| 70 |align="right"|+1.4% |align="right"| 454,693 |align="right"| 44.40% |align="right"|+1.18pp {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} |align="right"| 6 |align="right"|10 |align="right"| 5 |align="right" |
| 50.0%
|align="right"| 15,737 |align="right"| 1.54% |align="right" |
| 1.34pp
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | colspan=2|Independent |align="right"| 6 |align="right"|3 |align="right"| 1 |align="right" |
| 66.7%
|align="right"| 10,205 |align="right"| 1.00% |align="right"| -0.40pp {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | colspan=2|Independent Conservative |align="right"| 2 |align="right"|1 |align="right"| 1 |align="right" |
| align="right"| 5,039
|align="right"| 0.49% |align="right" |
| 0.57pp
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | colspan=2|Unknown |align="right"| 13 |align="right" |
| align="right"| -
|align="right" |
| align="right"| 11,659
|align="right"| 1.14% |align="right"|+1.14pp {{Canadian party colour|CA|Labour|row-name}} | |align="right"| 2 |align="right" |
| align="right"| -
|align="right" |
| align="right"| 2,159
|align="right"| 0.21% |align="right" |
| 0.10pp
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Socialist|row-name}} | |align="right"| 3 |align="right"|* |align="right"| - |align="right"|* |align="right"| 1,794 |align="right"| 0.18% |align="right"|* {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Nationalist | |align="right"| 1 |align="right"|* |align="right"| - |align="right"|* |align="right"| 1,429 |align="right"| 0.14% |align="right"|* {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} |colspan=2| Independent Liberal |align="right"| 3 |align="right"|1 |align="right"| - |align="right" |
| 100%
|align="right"| 309 |align="right"| 0.03% |align="right" |
| 0.48pp |
| colspan=3 |Total
!align="right"|443 !align="right"|213 !align="right"| 214 !align="right"|+0.5% !align="right"|1,024,065 !align="right"| 100% !align="right"| |
| align="center" colspan=10|Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090609211221/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E History of Federal Ridings since 1867]{{failed verification|date=October 2023|reason=No mention of the 1900 election at this page. The search feature for General elections at the archived page isn't available, and the resulting URL from that UI isn't archived.}} |
Note:
Results by province
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| class="wikitable"
! align="center" colspan=3|Party ! align="center"|BC ! align="center"|NWT ! align="center"|MB ! align="center"|ON ! align="center"|QC ! align="center"|NB ! align="center"|NS ! align="center"|PE ! align="center"|YK ! align="center"|Total {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | rowspan=2|Liberal | Seats: | align="right"| 7 | align="right"| 7 | align="right"| 7 | align="right"| 37 | align="right"| 53 | align="right"| 7 | align="right"| 18 | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| - | align="right"| 137 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Popular Vote (%): | align="right"| 49.5 | align="right"| 58.4 | align="right"| 49.7 | align="right"| 47.5 | align="right"| 55.1 | align="right"| 51.0 | align="right"| 52.9 | align="right"| 49.1 | align="right"| 41.4 | align="right"| 50.9 {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | rowspan=2|Conservative | Seats: | align="right"| - | align="right"| 2 | align="right"| 3 | align="right"| 44 | align="right"|12 | align="right"| 5 | align="right"| - | align="right"| 3 | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| 70 {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| 38.8 | align="right"| 37.8 | align="right"| 41.8 | align="right"| 46.3 | align="right"| 43.0 | align="right"| 42.0 | align="right"| 44.5 | align="right"| 50.9 | align="right"| 58.6 | align="right"| 44.4 {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | rowspan=2 |Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | align="right"| | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| | align="right"| 3 | align="right"| | align="right"|1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 5 {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| 3.8 | align="right"| | align="right"| 2.1 | align="right"| | align="right"| 6.8 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.5 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | rowspan=2 |Independent | Seats: | align="right"| | align="right"| - | align="right"| - | align="right"| 1 | align="right" |
|
| align="right"| | align="right"| - | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|1 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| xx | align="right"| 5.8 | align="right"| 0.6 | align="right"| 1.3 | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.6 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.0 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | rowspan=2 |Independent Conservative | Seats: | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|1 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.2 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.5 |
| colspan=3|Total seats
| align="right"|7 | align="right"| 10 | align="right"|10 | align="right"| 86 | align="right"|65 | align="right"|13 | align="right"|18 | align="right"| 4 | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| 214 |
| colspan=14|Parties that won no seats:
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Unknown | Vote (%): | align="right"| 4.6 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 2.4 | align="right"| xx | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|1.1 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Labour|row-name}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 2.7 | align="right"| 0.7 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.8 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.2 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Socialist|row-name}} | Vote (%): | align="right"|7.1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.2 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Nationalist | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|0.6 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|0.5 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} |Independent Liberal | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| xx | align="right"| | align="right"|0.2 | align="right"| 0.1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| xx |
xx - indicates less than 0.05% of the popular vote.
See also
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Notes
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=J. Castell |title=The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1904 |date=1905 |publisher=The Annual Review Publishing Company |location=Toronto |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre1904unse}}
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