1908 Canadian federal election

The Canadian parliament after the 1908 election

The Canadian federal election of 1908 was held on October 26 to elect members of the 11th Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons. Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term in government with a majority government. The Liberals lost four seats and a small share of the popular vote.

Sir Robert Borden's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives won ten additional seats.

National results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1904	Elected	Change	#	%	Change	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	213	137	133	-2.9%	570,311	48.87%	-2.01%	Conservative	Robert Borden	207	70	82	+17.1%	524,641	44.95%	+0.55%	Liberal-Conservative	4	5	3	-40.0%	14,733	1.26%	-0.27%	Independent		15	1	1	-	16,903	1.45%	+0.45%	Labour		3	-	1		10,400	0.89%	+0.68%	Unknown		7	-	-	-	13,478	1.15%	+0.02%	Socialist		5	-	-	-	6,071	0.52%	+0.35%	Independent Conservative		2	1	1	-100%	5,314	0.46	-0.04%	Independent Liberal		5	-	-	-	5,191	0.44%	+0.41%
Total			461	214	221	+2.8%	1,167,042	100%
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Results by province

Party Name			BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	YK	Total	Liberal	Seats:	2	4	9	2	37	52	11	12	3	1	133	Popular Vote (%):	35.9	50.2	56.6	45.4	45.0	53.0	56.2	51.0	50.4	40.2	48.9	Conservative	Seats:	5	2	1	8	46	12	2	5	1	-	82	Vote (%):	46.8	38.1	36.8	51.5	49.2	39.5	43.8	44.5	49.6	10.8	45.0	Liberal-Conservative	Seats:		1			1			1			3	Vote (%):		6.4			1.5			4.5			1.3	Independent	Seats:	-	-	-	-	1	-					1	Vote (%):	8.9	3.7	0.6	0.1	1.8	1.1					1.5	Labour	Seats:					-	1					1	Vote (%):					0.7	2.6					0.9	| Independent Conservative	Seats:					1						1	Independent Conservative	Vote (%):			5.9		0.4						0.5
Total Seats			7	7	10	10	86	65	13	18	4	1	221
Parties that won no seats:														Unknown	Vote (%):	1.3				1.4	1.9				49.0	1.2	Socialist	Vote (%):	7.1	1.6		2.9	0.2						0.5	Independent Liberal	Vote (%):			0.1			1.8					0.4

Preceded by 1904 federal election

Canadian federal elections

Succeeded by 1911 federal election