1911 Canadian Federal Election

Reciprocity election

September 21, 1911 · The Laurier era · 221 seats, 111 for a majority

The reciprocity election: Laurier's free-trade agreement with the United States united Ontario manufacturers and imperial loyalists against him ('No truck nor trade with the Yankees'), while Henri Bourassa's nationalistes attacked his naval policy in Quebec. Borden's Conservatives ended fifteen years of Liberal rule.

Prime Minister before

Wilfrid Laurier

Liberal

Prime Minister after

Robert Borden

Conservative

Government formed

Conservative

majority government

Turnout

70.2%

The result

Conservative
Robert Borden · +47 seats · 48.6%
132
seats
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier · -48 seats · 45.8%
85
seats

4 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.

Conservative
BC 7 (58.7%)AB 1 (38.5%)SK 1 (39.0%)MB 8 (51.9%)ON 71 (53.5%)QC 26 (44.1%)NB 5 (43.6%)NS 9 (44.5%)PE 2 (51.1%)YT 1 (60.8%)
131
seats
Liberal
BC 0 (37.7%)AB 6 (53.3%)SK 9 (59.4%)MB 2 (44.8%)ON 13 (41.2%)QC 36 (44.6%)NB 8 (47.7%)NS 9 (55.2%)PE 2 (48.9%)YT 0 (39.2%)
85
seats
Independent Conservative
ON 1 (1.5%)QC 2 (1.6%)
3
seats
Labour
ON 0 (0.1%)QC 1 (3.6%)
1
seats
Liberal-Conservative
AB 0 (4.1%)ON 1 (0.8%)
1
seats
Total seats
221