| Election Name: | 1904 Canadian federal election |
| Country: | Canada |
| Flag Year: | 1868 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1900 Canadian federal election |
| Previous Year: | 1900 |
| Next Election: | 1908 Canadian federal election |
| Next Year: | 1908 |
| Seats For Election: | 214 seats in the House of Commons |
| Majority Seats: | 108 |
| Turnout: | 71.6%[1] (5.8pp) |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1904 |
| Elected Members: | 10th Canadian Parliament |
| Outgoing Members: | 9th Canadian Parliament |
| Leader1: | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Leader Since1: | 1887 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Quebec East |
| Last Election1: | 128 seats, 50.3% |
| Seats1: | 137 |
| Seat Change1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 521,041 |
| Percentage1: | 50.9% |
| Swing1: | 0.6% |
| Leader2: | Robert Borden |
| Leader Since2: | 1901 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Halifax (lost re-election) |
| Last Election2: | 79 seats, 46.1% |
| Seats2: | 75 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 470,430 |
| Percentage2: | 45.9% |
| Swing2: | 0.2% |
| Prime Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
| Before Election: | Wilfrid Laurier |
| After Election: | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Map2 Image: | Chambre des Communes 1904.png |
| Map2 Size: | 380px |
| Map2 Caption: | The Canadian parliament after the 1904 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.[2] Borden re-entered parliament the next year in a by-election.
This was the last election until 1949 in which parts of the Northwest Territories were granted representation. Most of the settled regions of the NWT entered Confederation as the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 1 September 1905, although its MP's continued to sit as representatives of the old ridings until the 10th Parliament's dissolution.
One of the key issues in the election was Imperial Preference.
| Party | Party leader |
| Seats | Popular vote | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1900 | Elected | Change | % | Change | Liberal | 208 | 128 | 137 | +7.0% | 521,041 | 50.88% | +0.63pp | Conservative | Robert Borden | 199 | 69 | 70 | +1.4% | 454693 | 44.40% | +1.18pp | Liberal-Conservative | 6 | 10 | 5 | align="right" | -50.0% | 15,737 | 1.54% | align="right" | -1.34pp | Independent | 6 | 3 | 1 | align="right" | -66.7% | 10,205 | 1.00% | -0.40pp | Independent Conservative | 2 | 1 | 1 | align="right" | - | 5,039 | 0.49% | align="right" | -0.57pp | Unknown | 13 | align="right" | - | - | align="right" | - | 11,659 | 1.14% | +1.14pp | 2 | align="right" | - | - | align="right" | - | 2,159 | 0.21% | align="right" | -0.10pp | 3 | - | 1,794 | 0.18% | Nationalist | 1 | - | 1,429 | 0.14% | Independent Liberal | 3 | 1 | - | align="right" | -100% | 309 | 0.03% | align="right" | -0.48pp | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 443 | 213 | 214 | +0.5% | 1,024,065 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
| Party | BC | NW | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | YK | Total | Liberal | Seats: | 7 < | --BC--> | 7 < | --NWT--> | 7< | --Man--> | 37< | --Ont--> | 53< | --Que--> | 7< | --NB--> | 18< | --NS--> | 1< | --PEI--> | - < | --YK--> | 137 < | --Canada/Total--> | Popular Vote (%): | 49.5 < | --BC--> | 58.4 < | --NWT--> | 49.7< | --Man--> | 47.5< | --Ont--> | 55.1< | --Que--> | 51.0< | --NB--> | 52.9< | --NS--> | 49.1< | --PEI--> | 41.4< | --YK--> | 50.9< | --Canada/Total--> | Conservative | Seats: | - < | --BC--> | 2 < | --NWT--> | 3 < | --Man--> | 44< | --Ont--> | 12 < | --Que--> | 5< | --NB--> | - < | --NS--> | 3 < | --PEI--> | 1 < | --YK--> | 70 < | --Canada/Total--> | Vote (%): | 38.8< | --BC--> | 37.8 < | --NWT--> | 41.8< | --Man--> | 46.3< | --Ont--> | 43.0< | --Que--> | 42.0< | --NB--> | 44.5< | --NS--> | 50.9< | --PEI--> | 58.6< | --YK--> | 44.4< | --Canada/Total--> | Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | < | --BC--> | 1 < | --NWT--> | < | --Man--> | 3< | --Ont--> | < | --Que--> | 1 < | --NB--> | < | --NS--> | < | --PEI--> | < | --YK--> | 5 < | --Canada/Total--> | Vote (%): | < | --BC--> | 3.8 < | --NWT--> | < | --Man--> | 2.1< | --Ont--> | < | --Que--> | 6.8 < | --NB--> | < | --NS--> | < | --PEI--> | < | --YK--> | 1.5 < | --Canada/Total--> | Independent | Seats: | < | --BC--> | - < | --NWT--> | - < | --Man--> | 1< | --Ont--> | align="right" | - | < | --NB--> | - < | --NS--> | < | --PEI--> | < | --YK--> | 1< | --Canada/Total--> | Vote (%): | < | --BC--> | xx < | --NWT--> | 5.8 < | --Man--> | 0.6< | --Ont--> | 1.3< | --Que--> | < | --NB--> | 1.6 < | --NS--> | < | --PEI--> | < | --YK--> | 1.0 < | --Canada/Total--> | Independent Conservative | Seats: | < | --BC--> | < | --NWT--> | < | --Man--> | 1 < | --Ont--> | < | --Que--> | < | --NB--> | < | --NS--> | < | --PEI--> | < | --YK--> | 1< | --Canada/Total--> | Vote (%): | < | --BC--> | < | --NWT--> | < | --Man--> | 1.2< | --Ont--> | < | --Que--> | < | --NB--> | < | --NS--> | < | --PEI--> | < | --YK--> | 0.5 < | --Canada/Total--> |
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| Total seats | 7 < | --BC--> | 10 < | --NWT--> | 10 < | --Man--> | 86< | --Ont--> | 65 < | --Que--> | 13 < | --NB--> | 18 < | --NS--> | 4< | --PEI--> | 1< | --YK--> | 214< | --Canada/Total--> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parties that won no seats: | Unknown | Vote (%): | 4.6 < | --BC--> | < | --NWT--> | < | --Man--> | 2.4 < | --Ont--> | xx < | --Que--> | < | --NB--> | < | --NS--> | < | --PEI--> | < | --YK--> | 1.1 < | --Canada/Total--> | Vote (%): | < | --BC--> | < | --NWT--> | 2.7 < | --Man--> | 0.7 < | --Ont--> | < | --Que--> | < | --NB--> | 0.8 < | --NS--> | < | --PEI--> | < | --YK--> | 0.2 < | --Canada/Total--> | Vote (%): | 7.1< | --BC--> | < | --NWT--> | < | --Man--> | < | --Ont--> | < | --Que--> | < | --NB--> | < | --NS--> | < | --PEI--> | < | --YK--> | 0.2< | --Canada/Total--> | Nationalist | Vote (%): | < | --BC--> | < | --NWT--> | < | --Man--> | < | --Ont--> | 0.6 < | --Que--> | < | --NB--> | < | --NS--> | < | --PEI--> | < | --YK--> | 0.5 < | --Canada/Total--> | Independent Liberal | Vote (%): | < | --BC--> | < | --NWT--> | < | --Man--> | xx < | --Ont--> | < | --Que--> | 0.2 < | --NB--> | 0.1 < | --NS--> | < | --PEI--> | < | --YK--> | xx < | --Canada/Total--> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||