The 1911 Ontario general election was the 13th general election held in the Province of

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, Canada. It was held on December 11, 1911, to elect the 106 Members of the

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(titled as Members of the Provincial Parliament or M.P.P.). The

Ontario Conservative Party The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (french: Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario), often shortened to the Ontario PC Party or simply the PCs, colloquially known as the Tories, is a centre-right political party in Ontario, Canada ...

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

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, led by

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, added three members to its caucus. The legislature's sole

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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

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1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 4 ...

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, 78 , 19 , , 22 , 3 , 142,245 , 38.51% , 0.94 , style="text-align:left;", , 7 , 1 , , 1 , , 8,965 , 2.43% , 0.69 , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , – , , 1 , 1 , 1,130 , 0.31% , , style="text-align:left;", , 2 , – , – , – , , 3,593 , 0.97% , 0.39 , style="text-align:left;", , 5 , – , – , – , , 3,327 , 0.90% , 0.22 , style="text-align:left;", , 7 , – , – , – , , 3,206 , 0.87% , 0.23 , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , – , – , – , , 1,604 , 0.43% , , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Total , 207 , 106 , 106 , 106 , , 369,408 , 100.00% , , - , colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Blank and invalid ballots , align="right", 4,390 , style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2", , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Registered voters / turnout , 581,657 , 64.26% , 8.42

Synopsis of results

: = 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 byelection 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

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows: Italicized names indicate members returned by

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. ;Northern Ontario ;Ottawa Valley ;Saint Lawrence Valley ;Central Ontario ;Georgian Bay ;Wentworth/Halton/Niagara ;Midwestern Ontario ;Southwestern Ontario ;Peel/York/Ontario ;Toronto

Seats that changed hands

Twenty seats changed allegiance from the previous election: ;Liberal to Conservative * Middlesex North * Ottawa East *

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* Renfrew North *

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* Stormont * Wellington West * Wentworth South ; Conservative to Liberal * Bruce Centre *

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* Kent East *

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* Monck *

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* Prescott * Sturgeon Falls * Wellington East * Wentworth North ; Conservative to Liberal-Conservative * Rainy River

Results

Synopsis of results

Analysis

MLAs elected by region and riding

Seats that changed hands

See also

References

Further reading