In the Canadian federal election of 1908, Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected for a third consecutive term in government with a majority in the Canadian House of Commons. 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 |
Previous |
After |
% Change |
# |
% |
Change |
Liberal
|
|
213 |
137 |
133 |
-2.9% |
570,311 |
48.87% |
-2.01% |
Conservative
|
|
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 |
- |
-100% |
5,314 |
0.46 |
-0.04% |
Independent Liberal |
|
5 |
- |
- |
|
5,191 |
0.44% |
+0.41% |
Total |
|
461
|
214
|
220
|
+2.8%
|
1,167,042
|
100.0%
|
|
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867
|
Note:
"Previous" refers to the results from the previous election, and not to the standings in the House of Commons at dissolution.
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 |
Total Seats |
|
7 |
7 |
10 |
10 |
85 |
65 |
13 |
18 |
4 |
1 |
220 |
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 Conservative |
Vote (%): |
|
|
5.9 |
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
Independent Liberal |
Vote (%): |
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
|
0.4 |
Last updated: 05-07-2005 07:51:56
Last updated: 05-13-2005 07:56:04