1904 Canadian federal election

Canadian federal election, 1904

November 3, 1904
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 (lost re-election) Last election 128 seats, 50.3% 79 seats, 46.1% Seats won 137 75 Seat change 9 4 Popular vote 521,041 470,430 Percentage 50.9% 45.9% Swing 0.6% 0.2%
Prime Minister before election Wilfrid Laurier Liberal Prime Minister-designate Wilfrid Laurier Liberal

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

The Canadian parliament after the 1904 election

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137	75	2
Liberal	Conservative	O

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1900	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	208	128	137	+7.0%	521,041	50.88%	+0.63pp
	Conservative	Robert Borden	199	69	70	+1.4%	454 693	44.40%	+1.18pp
	Liberal-Conservative		6	10	5	-50.0%	15,737	1.54%	-1.34pp
	Independent		6	3	1	-66.7%	10,205	1.45%	-0.40pp
	Independent Conservative		2	1	1	-	5,039	0.49%	-0.57pp
	Unknown		13	-	-	-	11,659	1.14%	+1.14pp
	Labour		2	-	-	-	2,159	0.21%	-0.10pp
	Socialist		3	*	-	*	1,794	0.18%	*
	Nationalist		1	*	-	*	1,429	0.14%	*
	Independent Liberal		3	1	-	-100%	309	0.03%	-0.48pp
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	0.7			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.

Vote and seat summaries

Popular vote
Liberal			50.88%
Conservative			45.94%
Others			3.18%

Seat totals
Liberal			64.02%
Conservative			35.05%
Others			0.93%

See also

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