| Election Name: | 1911 Ontario general election |
| Country: | Ontario |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1908 Ontario general election |
| Previous Year: | 1908 |
| Previous Mps: | 12th Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| Next Election: | 1914 Ontario general election |
| Next Year: | 1914 |
| Next Mps: | 14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| Seats For Election: | 106 seats in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario 54 seats were needed for a majority |
| Election Date: | December 11, 1911 |
| Leader1: | James P. Whitney |
| Leader Since1: | 1896 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Dundas |
| Last Election1: | 86 |
| Seats1: | 82 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Percentage1: | 55.6% |
| Swing1: | 0.5pp |
| Leader2: | Newton Rowell |
| Leader Since2: | 1911 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Oxford North |
| Last Election2: | 19 |
| Seats2: | 22 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Percentage2: | 38.5% |
| Premier | |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| Before Election: | James P. Whitney |
| After Election: | James P. Whitney |
The 1911 Ontario general election was the 13th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 11, 1911, to elect the 106 Members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (titled as Members of the Provincial Parliament or M.P.P.).[1]
The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, was elected for a third consecutive term in government, with a slight reduced majority in the Legislature.
The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Newton Rowell, added three members to its caucus.
The legislature's sole Labour MLA, Allan Studholme of Hamilton East, retained his seat.
The four Toronto districts each elected two members in this election. Each seat was contested separately, with each voter in the district allowed to vote for a candidate in each contest.
[1] |-! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party! rowspan=2 | Party leader! colspan=5 | MPPs! colspan=3 | Votes|-! Candidates!1908!Dissol.!1911!±!#!%! ± (pp)|style="text-align:left;"|James P. Whitney|106|86||82|4|205,338|55.59%|0.49|style="text-align:left;"|Newton Rowell|78|19||22|3|142,245|38.51%|0.94|style="text-align:left;"||7|1||1||8,965|2.43%|0.69|style="text-align:left;"||1| - ||1|1|1,130|0.31%||style="text-align:left;"||2| - | - | - ||3,593|0.97%|0.39|style="text-align:left;"||5| - | - | - ||3,327|0.90%|0.22|style="text-align:left;"||7| - | - | - ||3,206|0.87%|0.23|style="text-align:left;"||1| - | - | - ||1,604|0.43%||-style="background:#E9E9E9;"|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total|207|106|106|106||369,408|100.00%||-|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots|align="right"|4,390|style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"||-style="background:#E9E9E9;"|colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout|581,657|64.26%|8.42|}
| Change (pp) |
| Riding | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name[2] | 1908 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | Con | L-Con | Lib | Lab | I-Con | Total | |||||||
| Addington | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Algoma | Con | Con | 1,723 | 61.87% | 661 | 23.73% | 53.34% | 1,723 | – | 1,062 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,785 | |||
| Brant North | Con | Con | 1,722 | 52.69% | 176 | 5.39% | 68.81% | 1,722 | – | 1,546 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,268 | |||
| Brant South | Con | Con | 3,201 | 53.19% | 384 | 6.38% | 77.02% | 3,201 | – | 2,817 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,018 | |||
| Brockville | Con | Con | 2,090 | 52.99% | 449 | 11.38% | 73.15% | 2,090 | – | 1,641 | – | – | 213 | – | – | 3,944 | |||
| Bruce Centre | Con | Lib | 1,727 | 51.55% | 104 | 3.10% | 78.92% | 1,623 | – | 1,727 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,350 | |||
| Bruce North | Lib | Lib | 2,182 | 54.92% | 391 | 9.84% | 72.94% | 1,791 | – | 2,182 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,973 | |||
| Bruce South | Lib | Lib | 1,894 | 54.38% | 305 | 8.76% | 76.39% | 1,589 | – | 1,894 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,483 | |||
| Carleton | Con | Con | 1,347 | 60.13% | 454 | 20.27% | 88.24% | 1,347 | – | 893 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,240 | |||
| Dufferin | Con | Con | 1,880 | 53.96% | 276 | 7.92% | 62.10% | 1,880 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,604 | – | 3,484 | |||
| Dundas | Con | Con | 2,239 | 62.95% | 921 | 25.89% | 68.32% | 2,239 | – | 1,318 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,557 | |||
| Durham East | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Durham West | Con | Con | 1,553 | 53.92% | 226 | 7.85% | 82.49% | 1,553 | – | 1,327 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,880 | |||
| Elgin East | Con | Con | 2,127 | 57.91% | 581 | 15.82% | 69.29% | 2,127 | – | 1,546 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,673 | |||
| Elgin West | Con | Con | 3,188 | 62.41% | 1,268 | 24.82% | 59.69% | 3,188 | – | 1,920 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,108 | |||
| Essex North | Con | Con | 2,586 | 42.46% | 53 | 0.87% | 54.46% | 2,586 | – | 972 | – | 2,533 | – | – | – | 6,091 | |||
| Essex South | Con | Con | 2,665 | 51.25% | 130 | 2.50% | 74.93% | 2,665 | – | 2,535 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,200 | |||
| Fort William | Con | Con | 1,363 | 43.53% | 254 | 8.11% | 52.04% | 1,363 | – | 1,109 | – | – | – | – | 659 | 3,131 | |||
| Frontenac | Con | Con | 1,641 | 61.67% | 621 | 23.34% | 59.29% | 1,641 | – | 1,020 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,661 | |||
| Glengarry | Con | Lib | 1,988 | 53.56% | 264 | 7.11% | 67.83% | 1,724 | – | 1,988 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,712 | |||
| Grenville | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Grey Centre | Con | Con | 2,223 | 67.90% | 1,172 | 35.80% | 54.31% | 2,223 | – | 1,051 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,274 | |||
| Grey North | Lib | Lib | 3,635 | 55.67% | 741 | 11.35% | 71.93% | 2,894 | – | 3,635 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,529 | |||
| Grey South | Con | Con | 2,281 | 54.32% | 363 | 8.64% | 69.96% | 2,281 | – | 1,918 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,199 | |||
| Haldimand | Lib | Lib | 1,924 | 56.21% | 425 | 12.42% | 78.23% | 1,499 | – | 1,924 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,423 | |||
| Halton | Con | Con | 2,385 | 53.74% | 332 | 7.48% | 70.52% | 2,385 | – | 2,053 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,438 | |||
| Hamilton East | Lab | Lab | 3,521 | 55.34% | 679 | 10.67% | 63.65% | 2,842 | – | – | 3,521 | – | – | – | – | 6,363 | |||
| Hamilton West | Con | Con | 2,594 | 69.30% | 1,445 | 38.61% | 49.32% | 2,594 | – | 1,149 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,743 | |||
| Hastings East | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Hastings North | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Hastings West | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Huron Centre | Lib | Lib | 2,148 | 52.65% | 216 | 5.29% | 77.16% | 1,932 | – | 2,148 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,080 | |||
| Huron North | Con | Con | 2,210 | 53.21% | 267 | 6.43% | 80.94% | 2,210 | – | 1,943 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,153 | |||
| Huron South | Con | Con | 2,261 | 53.29% | 279 | 6.58% | 82.70% | 2,261 | – | 1,982 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,243 | |||
| Kenora | Con | Con | 1,179 | 61.66% | 446 | 23.33% | 46.40% | 1,179 | – | 733 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,912 | |||
| Kent East | Con | Lib | 2,452 | 52.26% | 212 | 4.52% | 70.47% | 2,240 | – | 2,452 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,692 | |||
| Kent West | Con | Con | 3,106 | 58.11% | 867 | 16.22% | 55.76% | 3,106 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,239 | 5,345 | |||
| Kingston | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Lambton East | Lib | Lib | 2,170 | 51.05% | 89 | 2.09% | 78.10% | 2,081 | – | 2,170 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,251 | |||
| Lambton West | Con | Con | 3,969 | 57.71% | 1,061 | 15.43% | 67.85% | 3,969 | – | 2,908 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,877 | |||
| Lanark North | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Lanark South | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Leeds | Con | Con | 1,995 | 52.12% | 162 | 4.23% | 72.24% | 1,995 | – | 1,833 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,828 | |||
| Lennox | Con | Con | 1,450 | 51.40% | 79 | 2.80% | 76.66% | 1,450 | – | 1,371 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,821 | |||
| Lincoln | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| London | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Manitoulin | Con | Con | 1,254 | 74.69% | 829 | 49.37% | 38.85% | 1,254 | – | 425 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,679 | |||
| Middlesex East | Con | Lib | 2,039 | 50.31% | 25 | 0.62% | 69.27% | 2,014 | – | 2,039 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,053 | |||
| Middlesex North | Lib | Con | 1,991 | 50.44% | 35 | 0.89% | 75.39% | 1,991 | – | 1,956 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,947 | |||
| Middlesex West | Lib | Lib | 1,767 | 59.86% | 582 | 19.72% | 73.09% | 1,185 | – | 1,767 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,952 | |||
| Monck | Con | Lib | 1,875 | 52.14% | 154 | 4.28% | 75.87% | 1,721 | – | 1,875 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,596 | |||
| Muskoka | Con | Con | 1,970 | 77.87% | 1,410 | 55.73% | 45.71% | 1,970 | – | 560 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,530 | |||
| Nipissing | Con | Con | 1,800 | 64.47% | 808 | 28.94% | 50.17% | 1,800 | – | 992 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,792 | |||
| Norfolk North | Con | Lib | 1,740 | 55.20% | 328 | 10.41% | 74.56% | 1,412 | – | 1,740 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,152 | |||
| Norfolk South | Con | Con | 1,423 | 56.99% | 377 | 15.10% | 66.99% | 1,423 | – | 1,046 | – | – | 28 | – | – | 2,497 | |||
| Northumberland East | Con | Con | 2,311 | 64.21% | 1,023 | 28.42% | 61.80% | 2,311 | – | 1,288 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,599 | |||
| Northumberland West | Lib | Lib | 1,615 | 53.89% | 233 | 7.77% | 79.75% | 1,382 | – | 1,615 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,997 | |||
| Ontario North | Con | Con | 1,971 | 57.21% | 497 | 14.43% | 73.77% | 1,971 | – | 1,474 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,445 | |||
| Ontario South | Con | Lib | 2,577 | 52.52% | 247 | 5.03% | 73.50% | 2,330 | – | 2,577 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,907 | |||
| Ottawa East | Lib | Con | 2,842 | 64.46% | 1,275 | 28.92% | 60.57% | 2,842 | – | 1,567 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,409 | |||
| Ottawa West | Con | Con | 4,398 | 65.70% | 2,102 | 31.40% | 48.42% | 4,398 | – | 2,296 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,694 | |||
| Oxford North | Lib | Lib | 2,651 | 55.90% | 560 | 11.81% | 68.09% | 2,091 | – | 2,651 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,742 | |||
| Oxford South | Lib | Lib | 2,457 | 52.15% | 203 | 4.31% | 73.24% | 2,254 | – | 2,457 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,711 | |||
| Parry Sound | Con | Con | 2,218 | 65.99% | 1,075 | 31.98% | 35.75% | 2,218 | – | 1,143 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,361 | |||
| Peel | Con | Con | 2,705 | 57.63% | 716 | 15.25% | 70.55% | 2,705 | – | 1,989 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,694 | |||
| Perth North | Con | Con | 3,523 | 52.79% | 372 | 5.57% | 77.13% | 3,523 | – | 3,151 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,674 | |||
| Perth South | Lib | Con | 2,388 | 50.78% | 73 | 1.55% | 80.47% | 2,388 | – | 2,315 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,703 | |||
| Peterborough East | Con | Con | 1,579 | 56.90% | 503 | 18.13% | 61.98% | 1,579 | – | 1,076 | – | – | – | – | 120 | 2,775 | |||
| Peterborough West | Con | Con | 2,674 | 56.53% | 618 | 13.07% | 62.49% | 2,674 | – | 2,056 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,730 | |||
| Port Arthur | Con | Con | 1,515 | 72.56% | 942 | 45.11% | 42.79% | 1,515 | – | – | – | – | 573 | – | – | 2,088 | |||
| Prescott | Con | Lib | 1,976 | 53.87% | 284 | 7.74% | 59.84% | 1,692 | – | 1,976 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,668 | |||
| Prince Edward | Con | Con | 2,286 | 57.37% | 587 | 14.73% | 75.92% | 2,286 | – | 1,699 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,985 | |||
| Rainy River | Con | L-Con | 1,130 | 57.24% | 286 | 14.49% | 54.14% | 844 | 1,130 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,974 | |||
| Renfrew North | Lib | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Renfrew South | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Russell | Lib | Lib | 3,041 | 64.16% | 1,342 | 28.31% | 54.74% | 1,699 | – | 3,041 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,740 | |||
| Sault Ste. Marie | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Simcoe Centre | Con | Con | 1,791 | 51.36% | 95 | 2.72% | 66.18% | 1,791 | – | 1,696 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,487 | |||
| Simcoe East | Lib | Con | 3,103 | 52.80% | 329 | 5.60% | 65.37% | 3,103 | – | 2,774 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,877 | |||
| Simcoe South | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Simcoe West | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Stormont | Lib | Con | 2,249 | 52.63% | 225 | 5.27% | 63.45% | 2,249 | – | 2,024 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,273 | |||
| Sturgeon Falls | Con | Lib | 885 | 54.53% | 147 | 9.06% | 66.44% | 738 | – | 885 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,623 | |||
| Sudbury | Con | Con | 2,541 | 68.90% | 1,394 | 37.80% | 29.16% | 2,541 | – | – | – | – | 1,147 | – | – | 3,688 | |||
| Timiskaming | Con | Con | 2,403 | 52.91% | 264 | 5.81% | 40.68% | 2,403 | – | 2,139 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,542 | |||
| Toronto East - A | Con | Con | 3,299 | 78.16% | 2,239 | 53.04% | 32.07% | 3,299 | – | – | 922 | – | – | – | – | 4,221 | |||
| Toronto East – B | Con | Con | 2,767 | 63.77% | 1,707 | 39.34% | 33.27% | 2,767 | – | – | 512 | 1,060 | – | – | – | 4,339 | |||
| Toronto North - A | Con | Con | 5,165 | 79.73% | 2,049 | 31.63% | 44.92% | 5,165 | – | – | 1,313 | – | – | – | – | 6,478 | |||
| Toronto North – B | Con | Con | 3,824 | 53.72% | 708 | 9.95% | 49.36% | 3,824 | – | 3,116 | 178 | – | – | – | – | 7,118 | |||
| Toronto South - A | Con | Con | 2,594 | 77.11% | 1,824 | 54.22% | 29.34% | 2,594 | – | – | 770 | – | – | – | – | 3,364 | |||
| Toronto South – B | Con | Con | 2,647 | 78.87% | 1,877 | 55.93% | 29.27% | 2,647 | – | 709 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,356 | |||
| Toronto West - A | Con | Con | 5,469 | 75.93% | 3,720 | 51.65% | 30.56% | 5,469 | – | 1,519 | – | – | – | – | 215 | 7,203 | |||
| Toronto West – B | Con | Con | 5,225 | 74.92% | 3,476 | 49.84% | 29.59% | 5,225 | – | – | 1,749 | – | – | – | – | 6,974 | |||
| Victoria East | Con | Con | acclaimed | ||||||||||||||||
| Victoria West | Con | Con | 1,836 | 50.14% | 104 | 2.84% | 68.21% | 1,836 | – | 1,732 | – | – | – | – | 94 | 3,662 | |||
| Waterloo North | Con | Con | 3,059 | 47.95% | 193 | 3.03% | 69.51% | 3,059 | – | 2,866 | – | – | 454 | – | – | 6,379 | |||
| Waterloo South | Con | Con | 2,770 | 54.05% | 997 | 19.45% | 59.48% | 2,770 | – | 1,773 | – | – | 582 | – | – | 5,125 | |||
| Welland | Con | Con | 3,511 | 56.47% | 805 | 12.95% | 61.62% | 3,511 | – | 2,706 | – | – | – | – | – | 6,217 | |||
| Wellington East | Con | Lib | 1,932 | 54.78% | 337 | 9.55% | 72.46% | 1,595 | – | 1,932 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,527 | |||
| Wellington South | Con | Con | 2,912 | 54.19% | 450 | 8.37% | 72.76% | 2,912 | – | 2,462 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,374 | |||
| Wellington West | Lib | Con | 1,778 | 51.82% | 125 | 3.64% | 77.44% | 1,778 | – | 1,653 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,431 | |||
| Wentworth North | Con | Lib | 1,723 | 50.42% | 29 | 0.85% | 81.92% | 1,694 | – | 1,723 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,417 | |||
| Wentworth South | Lib | Con | 1,496 | 48.32% | 105 | 3.39% | 49.75% | 1,496 | – | 1,391 | – | – | 209 | – | – | 3,096 | |||
| York East | Con | Con | 2,337 | 60.05% | 782 | 20.09% | 36.56% | 2,337 | – | 1,555 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,892 | |||
| York North | Con | Con | 3,023 | 54.44% | 493 | 8.88% | 84.46% | 3,023 | – | 2,530 | – | – | – | – | – | 5,553 | |||
| York West | Con | Con | 2,847 | 65.16% | 1,325 | 30.33% | 39.79% | 2,847 | – | 1,522 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,369 | |||
= open seat
= turnout is above provincial average
= winning candidate was in previous Legislature
= incumbent had switched allegiance
= previously incumbent in another riding
= not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
= incumbency arose from byelection gain
= incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court
= other incumbents renominated
= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
= multiple candidates
| Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Con | Lib | Lab | I-Con | Soc | Ind | ||||||
| 17 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 82 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 22 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 17 | 24 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 106 | ||
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 65 | 24 | |||
| 22 | 55 | 1 | |||
| 1 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 1 | |||||
| 2 | 5 | ||||
| 2 | |||||
| 1 | 4 | ||||
| 1 |
| Party | ||||||||
| align="center" | Con | align="center" | L-Con | align="center" | Lib | align="center" | Lab | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 47 | 9 | 1 | 57 | |||
| Acclamations | 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Open seats held | 11 | 2 | 13 | |||||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | |||
| Open seats gained | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Total | 82 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 106 | |||
Party designations are as follows:
Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.
| Party | 1908 | Gain from (loss to) | 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Con | Lib | Lab | L-Con | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 86 | 8 | (11) | (1) | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 11 | (8) | 22 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 106 | 12 | (8) | 8 | (11) | - | - | - | (1) | 106 | |||||||||||||||||||
Twenty seats changed allegiance from the previous election: