1908 Canadian Federal Election
October 26, 1908 · The Laurier era · 221 seats, 111 for a majority
'Let Laurier finish his work': a fourth consecutive Liberal majority, reduced but comfortable, over Borden's Conservatives campaigning against corruption.
Prime Minister before
Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
majority government
Turnout
70.3%
The result
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier · -4 seats · 48.9%
133
seats
Conservative
Robert Borden · +10 seats · 46.2%
85
seats
3 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 2 (35.9%)AB 4 (50.2%)SK 9 (56.6%)MB 2 (45.4%)ON 37 (45.0%)QC 52 (53.0%)NB 11 (56.2%)NS 12 (51.0%)PE 3 (50.4%)YT 1 (40.2%)
133
seats
Conservative
BC 5 (46.8%)AB 2 (38.1%)SK 1 (36.8%)MB 8 (51.5%)ON 46 (49.2%)QC 12 (39.5%)NB 2 (43.8%)NS 5 (44.5%)PE 1 (49.6%)YT 0 (10.8%)
82
seats
Liberal-Conservative
AB 1 (6.4%)ON 1 (1.5%)NS 1 (4.5%)
3
seats
Independent
BC 0 (8.9%)AB 0 (3.7%)SK 0 (0.6%)MB 0 (0.1%)ON 1 (1.8%)QC 0 (1.1%)
1
seats
Labour
ON 0 (0.7%)QC 1 (2.6%)
1
seats
Independent Conservative
SK 0 (5.9%)ON 1 (0.4%)
1
seats
Total seats
221