1904 Canadian federal election

The 1904 Canadian federal election was held on November 3, 1904, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada 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.

This was the last election until 1949 in which the Northwest Territories was to have representation in the House of Commons.

During the term of this parliament, most of the settled region of the western prairies was hived off the NWT as the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 1 September 1905. The NWT MPs in what had become Alberta - representing Edmonton, Strathcona, Calgary and Medicine Hat - continued to sit as representatives of their old NWT ridings until the 10th Parliament's dissolution in 1908.

One of the key issues in the election was Imperial Preference.

National results

PartyParty leader# of candidatesSeatsPopular vote1900ElectedChange#%Change Liberal Wilfrid Laurier 208128 137 +7.0% 521,041 50.88%+0.63pp ConservativeRobert Borden 19969 70+1.4% 454,693 44.40%+1.18pp Liberal-Conservative 610 5-50.0% 15,737 1.54%-1.34ppIndependent 63 1-66.7% 10,205 1.00% -0.40ppIndependent Conservative 21 1- 5,039 0.49%-0.57ppUnknown 13- -- 11,659 1.14%+1.14pp 2- -- 2,159 0.21%-0.10pp 3* -* 1,794 0.18%* Nationalist 1* -* 1,429 0.14%* Independent Liberal 31 --100% 309 0.03%-0.48ppTotal443213 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

PartyBCNWTMBONQCNBNSPEYKTotalLiberal 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 4412 5 - 3 1 70 Vote (%): 38.8 37.8 41.8 46.3 43.0 42.0 44.5 50.9 58.6 44.4Liberal-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 8665 13 18 4 1 214Parties that won no seats: Unknown Vote (%): 4.6 2.4 xx 1.1 Vote (%): 2.7 0.7 0.8 0.2 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.

1904 Canadian federal election

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