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
First party Second party   Leader James P. Whitney Newton Rowell Party Conservative Liberal Leader since 1896 1911 Leader's seat Dundas Oxford North Last election 86 19 Seats won 82 22 Seat change 4 3 Percentage 55.6% 38.5% Swing 0.5pp 0.9pp
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.).

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 overview

Political party		Party leader	Before		1911
			1908	Dis.	Can	Seats	±	Votes	%	± (pp)
	Conservative	James Whitney	86	87	106	82	4	205,338	55.59	0.49
	Liberal-Conservative		-	-	1	1	1	1,130	0.31	New
	Liberal	Newton Rowell	19	18	78	22	3	142,245	38.51	0.94
	Labour		1	1	7	1		8,965	2.43	0.69
	Independent Conservative		-	-	2	0	-	3,593	0.97	0.39
	Independent		-	-	5	0	-	3,327	0.90	0.22
	Socialist		-	-	7	0	-	3,206	0.87	0.23
	Conservative-Temperance		-	-	1	0	-	1,604	0.43	New
	Total		106	106	207	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

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

Results of members of 12th Parliament & Resulting composition of the 13th Parliament

Party		Members of 12th Parliament					Seats held				Seats gained			Members in 13th Parliament
		Total	Stood down	Returned	Defeated		Incumbents		New mem.		Accl.	Open	Ousted incum.
							Won	Accl.	Won	Accl.
	Conservative	87	21	58	8		47	11	11	5	1	4	3	82
	Lib-Con												1	1
	Liberal	18	6	9	3		9		2			4	7	22
	Labour	1		1			1							1
Total		106	27	68	11		68		18		20			106

Ranking overview

Winning Party		Seats Won	Party in 2nd place							Candidates Fielded	Rank
			Accl	Con	Lib	Lab	Soc	Oth			Accl	1st	2nd	3rd
	Conservative	82	17		55	4	2	4		106	17	65	24
	Lib-Con	1		1						1		1
	Liberal	22		22						78		22	55	1
	Labour	1		1						7		1	4	2
	Socialist	0								7			2	5
	Ind. Conservative	0								2			2
	Independent	0								5			1	4
	Conservative-Temperance	0								1			1
Total		106	17	24	55	4	2	4

Seats that changed hands

Party		1908	Gain from (loss to)				1911
			Con	Lib	Lab	L-Con
	Conservative	86		8 (11)		(1)	82
	Liberal	19	11 (8)				22
	Labour	1					1
	Liberal-Conservative	0	1				1
Total		106	12 (8)	8 (11)	–	(1)	106

Twenty seats changed allegiance from the previous election:

Liberal to Conservative (8)

• Ottawa East
• Renfrew North
• Stormont
• Simcoe East
• Wellington West
• Wentworth South
• Middlesex North (lost in 1909 byelection)
• Perth South

Conservative to Liberal (11)

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

Conservative to Liberal-Conservative

• Rainy River

Local results

Incumbent in contest:
  retained seat
  defeated
  retained seat won in byelection
  (in preceding parliament)

Open seat:
  new candidate retained seat
  new candidate failed to retain seat
  incumbent from a different electoral
  district elected

Misc:
  turnout is above provincial average
  candidate not an incumbent but a
  prevoius member of the legislature

Electoral District	Winning party								Turnout	Votes							Region
	1908		Party		Votes		Margin			Con	Lib	Lab	Soc	Other		Total
					#	%	#	%	%						Party
Addington		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							Central (East)
Algoma		Con		Con	1,723	61.87	661	23.73	53.34	1,723	1,062	–	–			2,785	North
Brant North		Con		Con	1,722	52.69	176	5.39	68.81	1,722	1,546	–	–			3,268	W - Grand River
Brant South		Con		Con	3,201	53.19	384	6.38	77.02	3,201	2,817	–	–			6,018	W - Grand River
Brockville		Con		Con	2,090	52.99	449	11.38	73.15	2,090	1,641	–	213			3,944	E - St Lawrence
Bruce Centre		Con		Lib	1,727	51.55	104	3.10	78.92	1,623	1,727	–	–			3,350	W - Midwestern
Bruce North		Lib		Lib	2,182	54.92	391	9.84	72.94	1,791	2,182	–	–			3,973	W - Midwestern
Bruce South		Lib		Lib	1,894	54.38	305	8.76	76.39	1,589	1,894	–	–			3,483	W - Midwestern
Carleton		Con		Con	1,347	60.13	454	20.27	88.24	1,347	893	–	–			2,240	E - Ottawa Valley
Dufferin		Con		Con	1,880	53.96	276	7.92	62.10	1,880	–	–	–	1,604	C-Tmp	3,484	W - Midwestern
Dundas		Con		Con	2,239	62.95	921	25.89	68.32	2,239	1,318	–	–			3,557	E - St Lawrence
Durham East		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							Central (East)
Durham West		Con		Con	1,553	53.92	226	7.85	82.49	1,553	1,327	–	–			2,880	Central (East)
Elgin East		Con		Con	2,127	57.91	581	15.82	69.29	2,127	1,546	–	–			3,673	W - Southwest
Elgin West		Con		Con	3,188	62.41	1,268	24.82	59.69	3,188	1,920	–	–			5,108	W - Southwest
Essex North		Con		Con	2,586	42.46	53	0.87	54.46	2,586	972	–	–	2,533	I-Con	6,091	W - Southwest
Essex South		Con		Con	2,665	51.25	130	2.50	74.93	2,665	2,535	–	–			5,200	W - Southwest
Fort William		Con		Con	1,363	43.53	254	8.11	52.04	1,363	1,109	–	–	659	Ind	3,131	North
Frontenac		Con		Con	1,641	61.67	621	23.34	59.29	1,641	1,020	–	–			2,661	Central (East)
Glengarry		Con		Lib	1,988	53.56	264	7.11	67.83	1,724	1,988	–	–			3,712	E - St Lawrence
Grenville		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							E - St Lawrence
Grey Centre		Con		Con	2,223	67.90	1,172	35.80	54.31	2,223	1,051	–	–			3,274	W - Midwestern
Grey North		Lib		Lib	3,635	55.67	741	11.35	71.93	2,894	3,635	–	–			6,529	W - Midwestern
Grey South		Con		Con	2,281	54.32	363	8.64	69.96	2,281	1,918	–	–			4,199	W - Midwestern
Haldimand		Lib		Lib	1,924	56.21	425	12.42	78.23	1,499	1,924	–	–			3,423	W - Grand River
Halton		Con		Con	2,385	53.74	332	7.48	70.52	2,385	2,053	–	–			4,438	Central (West)
Hamilton East		Lab		Lab	3,521	55.34	679	10.67	63.65	2,842	–	3,521	–			6,363	Central (West)
Hamilton West		Con		Con	2,594	69.30	1,445	38.61	49.32	2,594	1,149	–	–			3,743	Central (West)
Hastings East		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							Central (East)
Hastings North		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							Central (East)
Hastings West		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							Central (East)
Huron Centre		Lib		Lib	2,148	52.65	216	5.29	77.16	1,932	2,148	–	–			4,080	W - Midwestern
Huron North		Con		Con	2,210	53.21	267	6.43	80.94	2,210	1,943	–	–			4,153	W - Midwestern
Huron South		Con		Con	2,261	53.29	279	6.58	82.70	2,261	1,982	–	–			4,243	W - Midwestern
Kenora		Con		Con	1,179	61.66	446	23.33	46.40	1,179	733	–	–			1,912	North
Kent East		Con		Lib	2,452	52.26	212	4.52	70.47	2,240	2,452	–	–			4,692	W - Southwest
Kent West		Con		Con	3,106	58.11	867	16.22	55.76	3,106	–	–	–	2,239	Ind	5,345	W - Southwest
Kingston		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							E - St Lawrence
Lambton East		Lib		Lib	2,170	51.05	89	2.09	78.10	2,081	2,170	–	–			4,251	W - Southwest
Lambton West		Con		Con	3,969	57.71	1,061	15.43	67.85	3,969	2,908	–	–			6,877	W - Southwest
Lanark North		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							E - Ottawa Valley
Lanark South		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							E - Ottawa Valley
Leeds		Con		Con	1,995	52.12	162	4.23	72.24	1,995	1,833	–	–			3,828	E - St Lawrence
Lennox		Con		Con	1,450	51.40	79	2.80	76.66	1,450	1,371	–	–			2,821	Central (East)
Lincoln		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							W - Grand River
London		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							W - Southwest
Manitoulin		Con		Con	1,254	74.69	829	49.37	38.85	1,254	425	–	–			1,679	North
Middlesex East		Con		Lib	2,039	50.31	25	0.62	69.27	2,014	2,039	–	–			4,053	W - Southwest
Middlesex North		Lib		Con	1,991	50.44	35	0.89	75.39	1,991	1,956	–	–			3,947	W - Southwest
Middlesex West		Lib		Lib	1,767	59.86	582	19.72	73.09	1,185	1,767	–	–			2,952	W - Southwest
Monck		Con		Lib	1,875	52.14	154	4.28	75.87	1,721	1,875	–	–			3,596	W - Grand River
Muskoka		Con		Con	1,970	77.87	1,410	55.73	45.71	1,970	560	–	–			2,530	Central (North)
Nipissing		Con		Con	1,800	64.47	808	28.94	50.17	1,800	992	–	–			2,792	North
Norfolk North		Con		Lib	1,740	55.20	328	10.41	74.56	1,412	1,740	–	–			3,152	W - Midwestern
Norfolk South		Con		Con	1,423	56.99	377	15.10	66.99	1,423	1,046	–	28			2,497	W - Midwestern
Northumberland East		Con		Con	2,311	64.21	1,023	28.42	61.80	2,311	1,288	–	–			3,599	Central (East)
Northumberland West		Lib		Lib	1,615	53.89	233	7.77	79.75	1,382	1,615	–	–			2,997	Central (East)
Ontario North		Con		Con	1,971	57.21	497	14.43	73.77	1,971	1,474	–	–			3,445	Cen (Ont-York)
Ontario South		Con		Lib	2,577	52.52	247	5.03	73.50	2,330	2,577	–	–			4,907	Cen (Ont-York)
Ottawa East		Lib		Con	2,842	64.46	1,275	28.92	60.57	2,842	1,567	–	–			4,409	E - Ottawa Valley
Ottawa West		Con		Con	4,398	65.70	2,102	31.40	48.42	4,398	2,296	–	–			6,694	E - Ottawa Valley
Oxford North		Lib		Lib	2,651	55.90	560	11.81	68.09	2,091	2,651	–	–			4,742	W - Southwest
Oxford South		Lib		Lib	2,457	52.15	203	4.31	73.24	2,254	2,457	–	–			4,711	W - Southwest
Parry Sound		Con		Con	2,218	65.99	1,075	31.98	35.75	2,218	1,143	–	–			3,361	Central (North)
Peel		Con		Con	2,705	57.63	716	15.25	70.55	2,705	1,989	–	–			4,694	Central (West)
Perth North		Con		Con	3,523	52.79	372	5.57	77.13	3,523	3,151	–	–			6,674	W - Midwestern
Perth South		Lib		Con	2,388	50.78	73	1.55	80.47	2,388	2,315	–	–			4,703	W - Midwestern
Peterborough East		Con		Con	1,579	56.90	503	18.13	61.98	1,579	1,076	–	–	120	Ind	2,775	Central (East)
Peterborough West		Con		Con	2,674	56.53	618	13.07	62.49	2,674	2,056	–	–			4,730	Central (East)
Port Arthur		Con		Con	1,515	72.56	942	45.11	42.79	1,515	–	–	573			2,088	North
Prescott		Con		Lib	1,976	53.87	284	7.74	59.84	1,692	1,976	–	–			3,668	E - Ottawa Valley
Prince Edward		Con		Con	2,286	57.37	587	14.73	75.92	2,286	1,699	–	–			3,985	Central (East)
Rainy River		Con		L-Con	1,130	57.24	286	14.49	54.14	844	–	–	–	1,130	LCon	1,974	North
Renfrew North		Lib		Con	acclaimed					accl.							E - Ottawa Valley
Renfrew South		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							E - Ottawa Valley
Russell		Lib		Lib	3,041	64.16	1,342	28.31	54.74	1,699	3,041	–	–			4,740	E - Ottawa Valley
Sault Ste. Marie		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							North
Simcoe Centre		Con		Con	1,791	51.36	95	2.72	66.18	1,791	1,696	–	–			3,487	Central (North)
Simcoe East		Lib		Con	3,103	52.80	329	5.60	65.37	3,103	2,774	–	–			5,877	Central (North)
Simcoe South		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							Central (North)
Simcoe West		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							Central (North)
Stormont		Lib		Con	2,249	52.63	225	5.27	63.45	2,249	2,024	–	–			4,273	E - St Lawrence
Sturgeon Falls		Con		Lib	885	54.53	147	9.06	66.44	738	885	–	–			1,623	North
Sudbury		Con		Con	2,541	68.90	1,394	37.80	29.16	2,541	–	–	1,147			3,688	North
Timiskaming		Con		Con	2,403	52.91	264	5.81	40.68	2,403	2,139	–	–			4,542	North
Toronto East - A		Con		Con	3,299	78.16	2,239	53.04	32.07	3,299	–	922	–			4,221	Cen (Ont-York)
Toronto East – B		Con		Con	2,767	63.77	1,707	39.34	33.27	2,767	–	512	–	1,060	I-Con	4,339	Cen (Ont-York)
Toronto North - A		Con		Con	5,165	79.73	2,049	31.63	44.92	5,165	–	1,313	–			6,478	Cen (Ont-York)
Toronto North – B		Con		Con	3,824	53.72	708	9.95	49.36	3,824	3,116	178	–			7,118	Cen (Ont-York)
Toronto South - A		Con		Con	2,594	77.11	1,824	54.22	29.34	2,594	–	770	–			3,364	Cen (Ont-York)
Toronto South – B		Con		Con	2,647	78.87	1,877	55.93	29.27	2,647	709	–	–			3,356	Cen (Ont-York)
Toronto West - A		Con		Con	5,469	75.93	3,720	51.65	30.56	5,469	1,519	–	–	215	Ind	7,203	Cen (Ont-York)
Toronto West – B		Con		Con	5,225	74.92	3,476	49.84	29.59	5,225	–	1,749	–			6,974	Cen (Ont-York)
Victoria East		Con		Con	acclaimed					accl.							Central (North)
Victoria West		Con		Con	1,836	50.14	104	2.84	68.21	1,836	1,732	–	–	94	Ind	3,662	Central (North)
Waterloo North		Con		Con	3,059	47.95	193	3.03	69.51	3,059	2,866	–	454			6,379	W - Grand River
Waterloo South		Con		Con	2,770	54.05	997	19.45	59.48	2,770	1,773	–	582			5,125	W - Grand River
Welland		Con		Con	3,511	56.47	805	12.95	61.62	3,511	2,706	–	–			6,217	W - Grand River
Wellington East		Con		Lib	1,932	54.78	337	9.55	72.46	1,595	1,932	–	–			3,527	W - Grand River
Wellington South		Con		Con	2,912	54.19	450	8.37	72.76	2,912	2,462	–	–			5,374	W - Grand River
Wellington West		Lib		Con	1,778	51.82	125	3.64	77.44	1,778	1,653	–	–			3,431	W - Grand River
Wentworth North		Con		Lib	1,723	50.42	29	0.85	81.92	1,694	1,723	–	–			3,417	Central (West)
Wentworth South		Lib		Con	1,496	48.32	105	3.39	49.75	1,496	1,391	–	209			3,096	Central (West)
York East		Con		Con	2,337	60.05	782	20.09	36.56	2,337	1,555	–	–			3,892	Cen (Ont-York)
York North		Con		Con	3,023	54.44	493	8.88	84.46	3,023	2,530	–	–			5,553	Cen (Ont-York)
York West		Con		Con	2,847	65.16	1,325	30.33	39.79	2,847	1,522	–	–			4,369	Cen (Ont-York)

Members elected by region and electoral district

  Conservative             Liberal             Labour
Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

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
  Oxford North: Newton Wesley Rowell
  Oxford South: Thomas Richard Mayberry

Midwestern Ontario

  Bruce Centre: William MacDonald
  Bruce North: Charles Martin Bowman
  Bruce South: John Anderson
  Dufferin: Charles Robert McKeown
  Grey Centre: Isaac Benson Lucas
  Grey North: Alexander Grant MacKay
  Grey South: David Jamieson
  Huron Centre: William Proudfoot
  Huron North: Armstrong Musgrove
  Huron South: Henry Eilber
  Norfolk North: Thomas Robert Atkinson
  Norfolk South: Arthur Clarence Pratt
  Perth North: James Torrance
  Perth South: John Benneweis

Grand River

  Brant: John Wesley Westbrook
  Brant South: Willoughby Staples Brewster
  Haldimand: Christian Kohler
  Lincoln: Elisha Jessop
  Monck: Thomas A. Marshall
  Waterloo North: Henry George Lackner
  Waterloo South: George Pattinson
  Wellington East: Udney Richardson
  Wellington South: Henry Scholfield
  Wellington West: William Clarke Chambers
  Welland: Evan Eugene Fraser

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

Central Ontario (North)

  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
  Victoria East: Robert Mercer Mason
  Victoria West: Adam Edward Vrooman

Central Ontario (West)

  Halton: Alfred Westland Nixon
  Hamilton East: Allan Studholme
  Hamilton West: John Strathearn Hendrie
  Peel: Samuel Charters
  Wentworth North: James McQueen
  Wentworth South: James Thomas Hammill Regan

Ontario/York/Toronto

  Ontario North: William Henry Hoyle
  Ontario South: William Edmund Newton Sinclair
  York East: Alexander McCowan
  York North: Thomas Herbert Lennox
  York West: Forbes Godfrey
  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

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
  Renfrew North: Edward Arunah Dunlop
  Renfrew South: Thomas William McGarry
  Russell: Damase Racine
  Prescott: Gustave Évanturel

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 (East)

  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

See also

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)

Further reading

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1912). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1911. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
• "Sessional Paper No. 49 - Return from the records of the General Election to the Legislative Assembly in 1911". Ontario Sessional Papers, 1912: Sessional Papers: Vol. XLIV - Part XIII (Report). Toronto: King's Printer. 1912.