Canadian federal election, 1904

Canadian federal election, 1904

1900 ← members November 3, 1904 → 1908 members

214 seats in the 10th Canadian Parliament 108 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Wilfrid Laurier Robert Borden Party Liberal Conservative Leader since 1887 1901 Leader's seat Quebec East Halifax Last election 128 79 Seats won 137 75 Seat change +9 -4 Popular vote 521,041 470,430 Percentage 50.88% 45.94% Swing +0.63% -1.65%

Prime Minister before election Wilfrid Laurier Liberal Prime Minister-designate Wilfrid Laurier Liberal

The Canadian parliament after the 1904 election

The Canadian federal election of 1904 was held on November 3 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons 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. Borden re-entered parliament the next year in a by-election.

Voter turnout: 71.6 %.

National results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1900	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	208	128	137	+7.0%	521,041	50.88%	+0.63%
	Conservative	Robert Borden	199	69	70	+1.4%	454 693	44.40%	+1.18%
	Liberal-Conservative		6	10	5	-50.0%	15,737	1.54%	-1.34%
	Independent		6	3	1	-66.7%	10,205	1.45%	-0.40%
	Independent Conservative		2	1	1	-	5,039	0.49%	-0.57%
	Unknown		13	-	-	-	11,659	1.14%	+1.14%
	Labour		2	-	-	-	2,159	0.21%	-0.10%
	Socialist		3	*	-	*	1,794	0.18%	*
	Nationalist		1	*	-	*	1,429	0.14%	*
	Independent Liberal		3	1	-	-100%	309	0.03%	-0.48%
Total			443	213	214	+0.5%	1,024,065	100%
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Results by province

Party			BC	NW	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	YK	Total
	Liberal	Seats:	7	7	7	37	53	7	18	1	-	137
		Popular Vote (%):	49.5	58.4	49.7	47.5	55.1	51.0	52.9	49.1	41.4	50.9
	Conservative	Seats:	-	2	3	44	12	5	-	3	1	70
		Vote (%):	38.8	37.8	41.8	46.3	43.0	42.0	44.5	50.9	58.6	44.4
	Liberal-Conservative	Seats:		1		3		1				5
		Vote (%):		3.8		2.1		6.8				1.5
	Independent	Seats:		-	-	1	-		-			1
		Vote (%):		xx	5.8	0.6	1.3		1.6			1.0
	Independent Conservative	Seats:				1						1
		Vote (%):				1.2						0.5
Total seats			7	10	10	86	65	13	18	4	1	214
Parties that won no seats:
	Unknown	Vote (%):	4.6			2.4	xx					1.1
	Labour	Vote (%):			2.7	7			0.8			0.2
	Socialist	Vote (%):	7.1									0.2
	Nationalist	Vote (%):					0.6					0.5
	Independent Liberal	Vote (%):				xx		0.2	0.1			xx

xx - indicates less than 0.05% of the popular vote.

See also

• List of Canadian federal general elections
• List of political parties in Canada
• 10th Canadian Parliament