1911 Ontario general election

The 1911 Ontario general election was the 13th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on December 11, 1911, to elect the 106 Members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of Ontario (titled as Members of the Provincial Parliament or M.P.P.).

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, was elected for a third consecutive term in government, with a slight reduced majority in the Legislature.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Newton Rowell, added three members to its caucus.

The legislature's sole Labour MLA, Allan Studholme of Hamilton East, retained his seat.

The four Toronto districts each elected two members in this election. Each seat was contested separately, with each voter in the district allowed to vote for a candidate in each contest.

Results
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes ! Candidates !1908 ! Dissol. !1911 !± !# !% ! ± (pp)


 * style="text-align:left;"|James P. Whitney
 * 106
 * 86
 * 82
 * 4
 * 205,338
 * 55.59%
 * 0.49
 * 0.49


 * style="text-align:left;"|Newton Rowell
 * 78
 * 19
 * 22
 * 3
 * 142,245
 * 38.51%
 * 0.94
 * 0.94


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 7
 * 1
 * 1
 * 8,965
 * 2.43%
 * 0.69
 * 2.43%
 * 0.69


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 1
 * 1
 * 1
 * 1,130
 * 0.31%
 * New
 * 0.31%
 * New


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 2
 * 3,593
 * 0.97%
 * 0.39
 * 3,593
 * 0.97%
 * 0.39
 * 0.39


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 5
 * 3,327
 * 0.90%
 * 0.22
 * 3,327
 * 0.90%
 * 0.22
 * 0.22


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 7
 * 3,206
 * 0.87%
 * 0.23
 * 3,206
 * 0.87%
 * 0.23
 * 0.23


 * style="text-align:left;"|
 * 1
 * 1,604
 * 0.43%
 * New
 * -style="background:#E9E9E9;"
 * colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total
 * 207
 * 106
 * 106
 * 106
 * 369,408
 * 100.00%
 * colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots
 * align="right"|4,390
 * style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"|
 * -style="background:#E9E9E9;"
 * colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout
 * 581,657
 * 64.26%
 * 8.42
 * }
 * style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"|
 * -style="background:#E9E9E9;"
 * colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout
 * 581,657
 * 64.26%
 * 8.42
 * }

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

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

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

Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation.

{{legend|#9999FF|Algoma: Albert Grigg}} {{legend|#9999FF|Fort William: Charles William Jarvis}} {{legend|#9999FF|Kenora: Harold Arthur Clement Machin}} {{legend|#9999FF|Manitoulin: Robert Roswell Gamey}} {{legend|#9999FF|Nipissing: Henri Morel}} {{legend|#9999FF|Port Arthur: Donald McDonald Hogarth}} {{legend|#9999FF|Rainy River: James Arthur Mathieu (Lib-Con)}} {{legend|#9999FF|Sault Ste. Marie: William Howard Hearst}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Sturgeon Falls: Zotique Mageau}} {{legend|#9999FF|Sudbury: Charles McCrea}} {{legend|#9999FF|Timiskaming: Robert Taylor Shillington}}
 * Northern Ontario

{{legend|#9999FF|Carleton: Robert Herbert McElroy}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lanark North: Richard Franklin Preston}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lanark South: Arthur James Matheson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Ottawa East: Napoléon Champagne}} {{legend|#9999FF|Ottawa West: James Albert Ellis}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Prescott: Gustave Évanturel}} {{legend|#9999FF|Renfrew North: Edward Arunah Dunlop}} {{legend|#9999FF|Renfrew South: Thomas William McGarry}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Russell: Damase Racine}}
 * Ottawa Valley

{{legend|#9999FF|Brockville: Albert Edward Donovan}} {{legend|#9999FF|Dundas: James Pliny Whitney}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Glengarry: Hugh Munro}} {{legend|#9999FF|Grenville: George Howard Ferguson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Kingston: Arthur Edward Ross}} {{legend|#9999FF|Leeds: John Robertson Dargavel}} {{legend|#9999FF|Stormont: John Colborne Milligan}}
 * Saint Lawrence Valley

{{legend|#9999FF|Addington: William David Black}} {{legend|#9999FF|Durham East: Josiah Johnston Preston}} {{legend|#9999FF|Durham West: John Henry Devitt}} {{legend|#9999FF|Frontenac: Anthony McGuin Rankin}} {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings East: Sandy Grant}} {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings North: John Robert Cooke}} {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings West: John Wesley Johnson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lennox: Thomas George Carscallen}} {{legend|#9999FF|Northumberland East: Samuel Greerson Nesbitt}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Northumberland West: Samuel Clarke}} {{legend|#9999FF|Peterborough East: James Thompson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Peterborough West: Edward Armour Peck}} {{legend|#9999FF|Prince Edward: Robert Addison Norman}} {{legend|#9999FF|Victoria East: Robert Mercer Mason}} {{legend|#9999FF|Victoria West: Adam Edward Vrooman}}
 * Central Ontario

{{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce North: Charles Martin Bowman}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Grey North: Alexander Grant MacKay}} {{legend|#9999FF|Muskoka: Arthur Arnold Mahaffy}} {{legend|#9999FF|Parry Sound: John Galna}} {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe Centre: Alfred Burke Thompson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe East: James Irwin Hartt}} {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe South: Alexander Ferguson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe West: James Stoddart Duff}}
 * Georgian Bay

{{legend|#9999FF|Halton: Alfred Westland Nixon}} {{legend|#EEBBBB|Hamilton East: Allan Studholme}} {{legend|#9999FF|Hamilton West: John Strathearn Hendrie}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lincoln: Elisha Jessop}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Monck: Thomas A. Marshall}} {{legend|#9999FF|Welland: Evan Eugene Fraser}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wentworth North: James McQueen}} {{legend|#9999FF|Wentworth South: James Thomas Hammill Regan}}
 * Wentworth/Halton/Niagara

{{legend|#9999FF|Brant: John Wesley Westbrook}} {{legend|#9999FF|Brant South: Willoughby Staples Brewster}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce Centre: William MacDonald}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce South: John Anderson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Dufferin: Charles Robert McKeown}} {{legend|#9999FF|Grey Centre: Isaac Benson Lucas}} {{legend|#9999FF|Grey South: David Jamieson}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Haldimand: Christian Kohler}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Huron Centre: William Proudfoot}} {{legend|#9999FF|Huron North: Armstrong Musgrove}} {{legend|#9999FF|'''Huron South:Henry Eilber}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Norfolk North: Thomas Robert Atkinson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Norfolk South: Arthur Clarence Pratt}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Oxford North: Newton Wesley Rowell}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Oxford South: Thomas Richard Mayberry}} {{legend|#9999FF|Perth North: James Torrance}} {{legend|#9999FF|Perth South: John Benneweis}} {{legend|#9999FF|Waterloo North: Henry George Lackner}} {{legend|#9999FF|Waterloo South: George Pattinson}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wellington East: Udney Richardson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Wellington South: Henry Scholfield}} {{legend|#9999FF|Wellington West: William Clarke Chambers}}
 * Midwestern Ontario

{{legend|#9999FF|Elgin East: Charles Andrew Brower}} {{legend|#9999FF|Elgin West: Findlay George MacDiarmid}} {{legend|#9999FF|Essex North: Joseph Octave Reaume}} {{legend|#9999FF|Essex South: Charles N. Anderson}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Kent East: Walter Renwick Ferguson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Kent West: George William Sulman}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lambton East: Robert John McCormick}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lambton West: William John Hanna}} {{legend|#9999FF|London: Adam Beck}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex East: Robert Sutherland}} {{legend|#9999FF|Middlesex North: Duncan MacArthur}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex West: John Campbell Elliott}}
 * Southwestern Ontario

{{legend|#9999FF|Ontario North: William Henry Hoyle}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ontario South: William Edmund Newton Sinclair}} {{legend|#9999FF|Peel: Samuel Charters}} {{legend|#9999FF|York East: Alexander McCowan}} {{legend|#9999FF|York North: Thomas Herbert Lennox}} {{legend|#9999FF|York West: Forbes Godfrey}}
 * Peel/York/Ontario

{{legend|#9999FF|Toronto East - A: Robert Allan Pyne}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto East - B: Thomas Richard Whitesides}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto North - A: William Kirkpatrick McNaught}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto North - B: James Joseph Foy}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto South - A: Edward William James Owens}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto South - B: George Horace Gooderham}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto West - A: Thomas Crawford}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto West - B: William David McPherson}}
 * Toronto

Seats that changed hands
Twenty seats changed allegiance from the previous election:


 * Liberal to Conservative
 * Middlesex North
 * Ottawa East
 * Perth South
 * Renfrew North
 * Simcoe East
 * Stormont
 * Wellington West
 * Wentworth South


 * Conservative to Liberal
 * Bruce Centre
 * Glengarry
 * Kent East
 * Middlesex East
 * Monck
 * Norfolk North
 * Ontario South
 * Prescott
 * Sturgeon Falls
 * Wellington East
 * Wentworth North


 * Conservative to Liberal-Conservative
 * Rainy River