1904 Canadian Federal Election
November 3, 1904 · The Laurier era · 214 seats, 108 for a majority
Laurier won a third majority on the wheat boom and his promise of a second transcontinental railway, the Grand Trunk Pacific.
Prime Minister before
Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
majority government
Turnout
71.6%
The result
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier · +9 seats · 50.9%
137
seats
Conservative
Robert Borden · -4 seats · 45.9%
75
seats
2 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.
The result by province & territory
Seats won and vote share in each province and territory. Blank cells mean the party did not contest the province; the results table splits allied labels (Liberal-Conservatives, farmers' candidates, independents) that the headline figures group together.
Liberal
BC 7 (49.5%)NT 7 (58.4%)MB 7 (49.7%)ON 37 (47.5%)QC 53 (55.1%)NB 7 (51.0%)NS 18 (52.9%)PE 1 (49.1%)YT 0 (41.4%)
137
seats
Conservative
BC 0 (38.8%)NT 2 (37.8%)MB 3 (41.8%)ON 44 (46.3%)QC 12 (43.0%)NB 5 (42.0%)NS 0 (44.5%)PE 3 (50.9%)YT 1 (58.6%)
70
seats
Liberal-Conservative
NT 1 (3.8%)ON 3 (2.1%)NB 1 (6.8%)
5
seats
Independent
NT 0 (<0.1%)MB 0 (5.8%)ON 1 (0.6%)QC 0 (1.3%)NS 0 (1.6%)
1
seats
Independent Conservative
ON 1 (1.2%)
1
seats
Total seats
214