1904 Canadian federal election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox 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.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref> 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 in the House of Commons. During this parliament, most of the settled region of the NWT was hived off the NWT as the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 1 September 1905, although the NWT MPs continued to sit as representatives of their old ridings until the 10th Parliament's dissolution.

One of the key issues in the election was Imperial Preference.<ref name=":0" />

National results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1900	Elected	Change	#	%	Change	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	208	128	137	+7.0%	521,041	50.88%	+0.63pp	Conservative	Robert Borden	199	69	70	+1.4%	454,693	44.40%	+1.18pp	Liberal-Conservative	6	10	5	-50.0%	15,737	1.54%	-1.34pp	Independent		6	3	1	-66.7%	10,205	1.00%	-0.40pp	Independent Conservative		2	1	1	-	5,039	0.49%	-0.57pp	Unknown		13	-	-	-	11,659	1.14%	+1.14pp		2	-	-	-	2,159	0.21%	-0.10pp		3	*	-	*	1,794	0.18%	*	Nationalist		1	*	-	*	1,429	0.14%	*	Independent Liberal		3	1	-	-100%	309	0.03%	-0.48pp
Total			443	213	214	+0.5%	1,024,065	100%
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867Template:Failed verification

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Results by province

Party			BC	NWT	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	YK	Total	Liberal	Seats:	7	7	7	37	53	7	18	1	-	137	Popular Vote (%):	49.5	58.4	49.7	47.5	55.1	51.0	52.9	49.1	41.4	50.9	Conservative	Seats:	-	2	3	44	12	5	-	3	1	70	Vote (%):	38.8	37.8	41.8	46.3	43.0	42.0	44.5	50.9	58.6	44.4	Liberal-Conservative	Seats:		1		3		1				5	Vote (%):		3.8		2.1		6.8				1.5	Independent	Seats:		-	-	1	-		-			1	Vote (%):		xx	5.8	0.6	1.3		1.6			1.0	Independent Conservative	Seats:				1						1	Vote (%):				1.2						0.5
Total seats			7	10	10	86	65	13	18	4	1	214
Parties that won no seats:														Unknown	Vote (%):	4.6			2.4	xx					1.1	Vote (%):			2.7	0.7			0.8			0.2	Vote (%):	7.1									0.2	Nationalist	Vote (%):					0.6					0.5	Independent Liberal	Vote (%):				xx		0.2	0.1			xx

xx - indicates less than 0.05% of the popular vote.

See also

• List of Canadian federal general elections
• List of political parties in Canada
• 10th Canadian Parliament

Further reading

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