1902 Ontario general election

The 1902 Ontario general election was the tenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on May 29, 1902, to elect the 98 Members of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Sir George William Ross, formed the government for a ninth consecutive term, although with only a very slim, two-seat majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney formed the official opposition.

Expansion of the Legislative Assembly
The number of electoral districts was increased from 93 to 97, under an Act passed in 1902. Ottawa in both cases was entitled to elect two members, and thus 98 MLAs would now be elected to the Legislature. The following electoral changes were made:


 * Algoma West was divided into Fort William and Lake of the Woods and Port Arthur and Rainy River
 * Algoma East was divided into Algoma, Manitoulin and Sault Ste. Marie
 * Nipissing was divided into Nipissing East and Nipissing West

Notable candidates
Margaret Haile, a Canadian Socialist League candidate in Toronto North, made history as the first woman ever to run for political office in Canada.

Results
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes ! Candidates !1898 ! Dissol. !1902 !± !# !% ! ± (pp)


 * style="text-align:left;"|George William Ross
 * 94
 * 51
 * 50
 * 1
 * 206,709
 * 47.54%
 * 0.25
 * 0.25


 * style="text-align:left;"|James P. Whitney
 * 97
 * 42
 * 48
 * 6
 * 215,883
 * 49.65%
 * 1.96
 * 1.96


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 2
 * 1
 * 1
 * 1,646
 * 0.38%
 * 0.03
 * 0.38%
 * 0.03


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 4
 * 5,133
 * 1.18%
 * 3.42
 * 5,133
 * 1.18%
 * 3.42
 * 3.42


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 6
 * 3,126
 * 0.72%
 * New
 * 3,126
 * 0.72%
 * New
 * New


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 9
 * 1,993
 * 0.46%
 * New
 * 1,993
 * 0.46%
 * New
 * New


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 4
 * 277
 * 0.06%
 * New
 * 277
 * 0.06%
 * New
 * New


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 1
 * colspan="3"|Did not campaign
 * colspan="3"|Did not campaign
 * colspan="3"|Did not campaign
 * colspan="3"|Did not campaign
 * colspan="3"|Did not campaign


 * colspan="3"|
 * colspan="5"|
 * -style="background:#E9E9E9;"
 * colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total
 * 216
 * 94
 * 94
 * 98
 * 434,767
 * 100.00%
 * colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots
 * align="right"|4,021
 * style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"|
 * -style="background:#E9E9E9;"
 * colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout
 * 588,570
 * 74.55%
 * 7.50
 * }
 * 588,570
 * 74.55%
 * 7.50
 * }

Synopsis of results

 * = open seat
 * = turnout is above provincial average
 * = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
 * = incumbent had switched allegiance
 * = previously incumbent in another riding
 * = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
 * = incumbency arose from byelection gain
 * = incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court
 * = other incumbents renominated
 * = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
 * = multiple candidates

! colspan=2 | Political party ! Candidate ! Votes ! % ! Elected ! Incumbent


 * style="text-align:left;"|Dennis Murphy
 * 5,770 ||27.15
 * style="text-align:center;"|✅


 * style="text-align:left;"|Charles Berkeley Powell
 * 5,633 ||26.50
 * style="text-align:center;"|✅
 * style="text-align:center;"|✅


 * style="text-align:left;"|S. Bingham
 * 5,154 ||24.25

!colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Majority !colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Turnout !colspan="3" style="text-align:right;"|Registered voters
 * style="text-align:left;"|Alexander Lumsden
 * 4,698 ||22.10
 * style="text-align:center;"|❌
 * style="text-align:center;"|✅
 * 479 ||2.25
 * 11,247 ||71.85
 * 15,653
 * }

MLAs elected by region and riding
Party designations are as follows:

{{legend|#EA6D6A|Liberal}} {{legend|#9999FF|Conservative}}


 * Northern Ontario
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Algoma: William Ross Smyth}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Fort William and Lake of the Woods: Douglas Colin Cameron}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Manitoulin: Robert Roswell Gamey}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Nipissing East: Michael James}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Nipissing West: Joseph Michaud}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Port Arthur and Rainy River: James Conmee}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Sault Ste. Marie: Andrew Miscampbell}}


 * Ottawa Valley
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Carleton: George Nelson Kidd}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lanark North: William Clyde Caldwell}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Lanark South: Arthur James Matheson}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Ottawa: Dennis Murphy}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Ottawa: Charles Berkeley Powell}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Prescott: Alfred Évanturel}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Renfrew North: John W. Munro}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Renfrew South: Francis Robert Latchford}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Russell: Onésime Guibord}}


 * Saint Lawrence Valley
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brockville: George Perry Graham}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Dundas: James Pliny Whitney}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Glengarry: William Duncan McLeod}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grenville: Robert L. Joynt}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Kingston: William Harty}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Leeds: Walter Beatty}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Stormont: William John McCart}}


 * Central Ontario
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Addington: James Reid}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Durham East: Josiah Johnston Preston}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Durham West: William Rickard}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Frontenac: John S. Gallagher}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Hastings East: Samuel Russell}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings North: Josiah Williams Pearce}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings West: Marshall Bidwell Morrison}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Lennox: Thomas George Carscallen}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Northumberland East: William Arnson Willoughby}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Northumberland West: Samuel Clarke}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Peterborough East: William A. Anderson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Peterborough West: James Robert Stratton}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Prince Edward: Morley Currie}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Victoria East: John Hilliard Carnegie}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Victoria West: Samuel John Fox}}


 * Georgian Bay
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce North: Charles Martin Bowman}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Grey North: Alexander Grant MacKay}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Muskoka: Samuel Bridgeland}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Parry Sound: Joseph Milton Carr}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Simcoe Centre: David Davidson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Simcoe East: James Brockett Tudhope}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe West: James Stoddart Duff}}


 * Wentworth/Halton/Niagara
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Halton: John Roaf Barber}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Hamilton East: Henry Carscallen}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Hamilton West: John Strathearn Hendrie}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Lincoln: Elisha Jessop}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Monck: Richard Harcourt}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Welland: John Franklin Gross}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wentworth North: Robert Adam Thompson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wentworth South: John Dickenson}}


 * Midwestern Ontario
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brant North: Daniel Burt}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brant South: Thomas Hiram Preston}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Bruce Centre: Hugh Clark}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce South: Reuben Eldridge Truax}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Dufferin: John Barr}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grey Centre: Isaac Benson Lucas}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Grey South: David Jamieson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Haldimand: Joseph William Holmes}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Huron East: Archibald Hislop}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Huron South: Henry Eilber}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Huron West: Malcolm Graeme Cameron}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Norfolk North: Frederick S. Snider}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Norfolk South: William Andrew Charlton}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Oxford North: Andrew Pattulo}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Oxford South: Donald Sutherland}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Perth North: John C. Monteith}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Perth South: Valentine Stock}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Waterloo North: Henry George Lackner}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Waterloo South: William Abram Kribs}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wellington East: John Morison Gibson}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Wellington South: Joseph Patrick Downey}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Wellington West: James Tucker}}


 * Southwestern Ontario
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Elgin East: Charles Andrew Brower}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Elgin West: Findlay George MacDiarmid}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Essex North: Joseph Octave Reaume}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Essex South: John Allan Auld}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Kent East: John Lee}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Kent West: Thomas Letson Pardo}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lambton East: Henry John Pettypiece}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Lambton West: William John Hanna}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|London: Adam Beck}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex East: George Albert Routledge}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex North: William Taylor}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex West: George William Ross}}


 * Peel/York/Ontario
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Cardwell: Edward Alfred Little}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Ontario North: William Henry Hoyle}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ontario South: John Dryden}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|Peel: John Smith}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|York East: John Richardson}}
 * {{legend|#EA6D6A|York North: Elihu James Davis}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|York West: Joseph Wesley St. John}}


 * Toronto
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto East: Robert Allan Pyne}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto North: William Beattie Nesbitt}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto South: J.J. Foy}}
 * {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto West: Thomas Crawford}}

Division of ridings
The newly created ridings returned the following MLAs:

Seats that changed hands
Of the constituencies that were not altered, there were 23 seats that changed allegiance in the election:


 * Liberal to Conservative
 * Bruce Centre
 * Essex North
 * Lambton West
 * Lennox
 * London
 * Norfolk North
 * Northumberland East
 * Ottawa (2nd MLA)
 * Oxford South
 * Perth North
 * Wellington South
 * York West


 * Conservative to Liberal
 * Durham West
 * Grey North
 * Middlesex East
 * Ontario South
 * Prince Edward
 * Renfrew North
 * Simcoe Centre
 * Simcoe East
 * Stormont
 * Wentworth North


 * Independent-Conservative to Conservative
 * Carleton