1904 Canadian federal election

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214 seats in the House of Commons
108 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 71.6%[1] (5.8pp)
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Leader  | Wilfrid Laurier | Robert Borden
Party  | Liberal | Conservative
Leader since  | 1887  | 1901
Leader's seat  | Quebec East[a] | Halifax (lost re-election)
Last election  | 128 seats, 50.3%  | 79 seats, 46.1%
Seats won  | 137  | 75
Seat change  | 9  | 4
Popular vote  | 521,041  | 470,430
Percentage  | 50.9%  | 45.9%
Swing  | 0.6%  | 0.2%

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The Canadian parliament after the 1904 election

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| Prime Minister before election

Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal

| Prime Minister after election

Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal

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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.[2] 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.[2]

## National results

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Party  | Party leader  | # of
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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%  | 454693  | 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
| Labour |  | 2  | \-  | \-  | \-  | 2,159  | 0.21%  | -0.10pp
| Socialist |  | 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 1867[failed verification]

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

## Results by province

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Party  | BC | NWT | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | YK | Total

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| 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
| Labour | Vote (%):  |  |  | 2.7  |  0.7  |  |  | 0.8  |  |  | 0.2
| Socialist | 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

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* Canada portal
* Politics portal

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

## Notes

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1. ^ Laurier was also elected in Wright; he chose to sit for Quebec East instead, and resigned as the Member of Parliament for Wright.

## References

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1. ^ "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
2. ^ a b Garner, J. W. (1904). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly. 19 (4): 740. doi:10.2307/2140340. ISSN 0032-3195. JSTOR 2140340.

## Further reading

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* Hopkins, J. Castell (1905). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1904. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.

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