1902 Ontario general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox 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

Ottawa had two seats, and plurality block voting was used. Elsewhere the first-past-the-post election system was used.

Notable candidates

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Margaret Haile

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

Elections to the 10th Parliament of Ontario (1902)Template:Election table/category

Political party		Party leader	MPPs					Votes
			Candidates	1898	Dissol.	1902	±	#	%	± (pp)	George William Ross	94	51		50	1Decrease	206,709	47.54%	0.25Increase	James P. Whitney	97	42		48	6Increase	215,883	49.65%	1.96Increase		2	1		–	1Decrease	1,646	0.38%	0.03Decrease		4	–	–	–		5,133	1.18%	3.42Decrease		6	–	–	–		3,126	0.72%	New		9	–	–	–		1,993	0.46%	New		4	–	–	–		277	0.06%	New		1	–	–	–		Did not campaign
Total			216	94	94	98		434,767	100.00%
Blank and invalid ballots								4,021
Registered voters / turnout								588,570	74.55%	7.50Decrease

Seats and popular vote by party

Party		Seats	Votes	Change (pp)			Template:Composition bar	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Bartable	Template:Composition bar	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Bartable	Template:Composition bar	Template:Percentage bar	Template:Bartable

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1902 Ontario general election

Riding	Winning party								Turnout	Votes
Name	1898		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		Lib	Con	I-Con	Ind	Oth	Total
Addington		Con		Con	1,711	60.14%	577	20.28%	59.37%	1,134	1,711	–	–	–	2,845
Algoma	New			Con	1,753	53.46%	227	6.92%	53.53%	1,526	1,753	–	–	–	3,279
Brant North		Lib		Lib	1,205	53.37%	152	6.73%	78.47%	1,205	1,053	–	–	–	2,258
Brant South		Lib		Lib	2,727	53.32%	340	6.65%	75.97%	2,727	2,387	–	–	–	5,114
Brockville		Lib		Lib	2,192	54.69%	376	9.38%	76.05%	2,192	1,816	–	–	–	4,008
Bruce Centre		Lib		Con	1,836	50.07%	5	0.14%	75.19%	1,831	1,836	–	–	–	3,667
Bruce North		Lib		Lib	2,477	52.86%	268	5.72%	76.85%	2,477	2,209	–	–	–	4,686
Bruce South		Lib		Lib	1,932	50.84%	64	1.68%	74.67%	1,932	1,868	–	–	–	3,800
Cardwell		Con		Con	2,003	62.63%	808	25.27%	56.50%	1,195	2,003	–	–	–	3,198
Carleton		I-Con		Con	1,971	72.57%	1,226	45.14%	54.68%	745	1,971	–	–	–	2,716
Dufferin		Con		Con	2,242	71.40%	1,344	42.80%	50.78%	–	2,242	–	–	898	3,140
Dundas		Con		Con	2,470	55.68%	504	11.36%	80.83%	1,966	2,470	–	–	–	4,436
Durham East		Con		Con	1,833	61.47%	684	22.94%	68.76%	1,149	1,833	–	–	–	2,982
Durham West		Con		Lib	1,706	51.32%	88	2.65%	86.05%	1,706	1,618	–	–	–	3,324
Elgin East		Con		Con	2,177	51.32%	112	2.64%	78.74%	2,065	2,177	–	–	–	4,242
Elgin West		Con		Con	3,027	50.63%	502	8.40%	77.19%	2,525	3,027	–	–	427	5,979
Essex North		Lib		Con	2,940	52.95%	328	5.91%	66.69%	2,612	2,940	–	–	–	5,552
Essex South		Lib		Lib	2,847	54.67%	486	9.33%	72.92%	2,847	2,361	–	–	–	5,208
Fort William and Lake of the Woods	New			Lib	1,483	56.95%	362	13.90%	52.78%	1,483	1,121	–	–	–	2,604
Frontenac		Con		Con	1,774	50.82%	57	1.63%	73.76%	1,717	1,774	–	–	–	3,491
Glengarry		Con		Con	2,128	56.42%	484	12.83%	69.14%	1,644	2,128	–	–	–	3,772
Grenville		Con		Con	2,261	61.74%	860	23.48%	61.11%	1,401	2,261	–	–	–	3,662
Grey Centre		Con		Con	acclaimed
Grey North		Con		Lib	2,930	50.04%	5	0.09%	78.08%	2,930	2,925	–	–	–	5,855
Grey South		Con		Con	2,503	54.79%	438	9.59%	73.37%	2,065	2,503	–	–	–	4,568
Haldimand		Lib		Lib	1,705	52.27%	148	4.54%	71.72%	1,705	–	1,557	–	–	3,262
Halton		Lib		Lib	2,365	50.17%	16	0.34%	83.90%	2,365	2,349	–	–	–	4,714
Hamilton East		Con		Con	2,576	47.85%	143	2.66%	77.75%	2,433	2,576	–	–	375	5,384
Hamilton West		Con		Con	2,422	48.67%	152	3.05%	77.67%	2,270	2,422	89	–	195	4,976
Hastings East		Lib		Lib	1,962	50.46%	36	0.93%	82.69%	1,962	1,926	–	–	–	3,888
Hastings North		Con		Con	2,643	53.18%	316	6.36%	69.43%	2,327	2,643	–	–	–	4,970
Hastings West		Con		Con	1,884	54.66%	321	9.31%	64.34%	1,563	1,884	–	–	–	3,447
Huron East		Lib		Lib	2,299	55.63%	465	11.25%	78.18%	2,299	1,834	–	–	–	4,133
Huron South		Con		Con	2,497	50.54%	53	1.07%	83.44%	2,444	2,497	–	–	–	4,941
Huron West		Lib		Lib	2,458	50.21%	21	0.43%	80.84%	2,458	2,437	–	–	–	4,895
Kent East		Lib		Lib	2,468	50.81%	276	5.68%	66.62%	2,468	2,192	–	197	–	4,857
Kent West		Lib		Lib	3,714	51.63%	235	3.27%	76.49%	3,714	3,479	–	–	–	7,193
Kingston		Lib		Lib	2,043	51.72%	136	3.44%	86.38%	2,043	1,907	–	–	–	3,950
Lambton East		Lib		Lib	2,530	51.05%	104	2.10%	81.33%	2,530	2,426	–	–	–	4,956
Lambton West		Lib		Con	3,847	51.01%	152	2.02%	77.13%	3,695	3,847	–	–	–	7,542
Lanark North		Lib		Lib	1,811	51.13%	80	2.26%	81.79%	1,811	1,731	–	–	–	3,542
Lanark South		Con		Con	2,098	63.60%	897	27.19%	83.98%	1,201	2,098	–	–	–	3,299
Leeds		Con		Con	2,062	57.04%	509	14.08%	65.19%	1,553	2,062	–	–	–	3,615
Lennox		Lib		Con	1,566	50.05%	3	0.10%	77.89%	1,563	1,566	–	–	–	3,129
Lincoln		Con		Con	3,199	54.34%	695	11.81%	81.07%	2,504	3,199	–	–	184	5,887
London		Lib		Con	3,445	45.06%	131	1.71%	82.15%	3,314	3,445	–	–	887	7,646
Manitoulin	New			Con	1,214	51.90%	339	14.49%	44.31%	875	1,214	–	250	–	2,339
Middlesex East		Con		Lib	2,469	50.03%	21	0.43%	80.96%	2,469	2,448	–	–	18	4,935
Middlesex North		Lib		Lib	2,173	52.44%	202	4.87%	79.07%	2,173	1,971	–	–	–	4,144
Middlesex West		Lib		Lib	2,172	58.07%	604	16.15%	73.32%	2,172	1,568	–	–	–	3,740
Monck		Lib		Lib	1,876	55.14%	350	10.29%	78.25%	1,876	1,526	–	–	–	3,402
Muskoka		Lib		Lib	2,089	51.05%	86	2.10%	72.15%	2,089	2,003	–	–	–	4,092
Nipissing East	New			Lib	1,218	54.57%	204	9.14%	50.26%	1,218	1,014	–	–	–	2,232
Nipissing West	New			Lib	1,185	55.69%	242	11.37%	51.26%	1,185	943	–	–	–	2,128
Norfolk North		Lib		Con	1,704	50.34%	23	0.68%	80.13%	1,681	1,704	–	–	–	3,385
Norfolk South		Lib		Lib	1,723	51.11%	75	2.22%	83.15%	1,723	1,648	–	–	–	3,371
Northumberland East		Lib		Con	2,538	52.95%	283	5.90%	78.02%	2,255	2,538	–	–	–	4,793
Northumberland West		Lib		Lib	1,606	53.50%	210	7.00%	82.64%	1,606	1,396	–	–	–	3,002
Ontario North		Con		Con	2,219	52.17%	185	4.35%	82.20%	2,034	2,219	–	–	–	4,253
Ontario South		Con		Lib	2,632	51.29%	132	2.57%	82.99%	2,632	2,500	–	–	–	5,132
Oxford North		Lib		Lib	2,254	50.79%	1,124	25.33%	65.26%	2,254	1,054	–	1,130	–	4,438
Oxford South		Lib		Con	2,043	52.21%	173	4.42%	58.76%	1,870	2,043	–	–	–	3,913
Parry Sound		Lib		Lib	2,490	53.40%	317	6.80%	41.45%	2,490	2,173	–	–	–	4,663
Peel		Lib		Lib	2,296	51.38%	123	2.75%	81.64%	2,296	2,173	–	–	–	4,469
Perth North		Lib		Con	3,292	50.02%	2	0.03%	83.90%	3,290	3,292	–	–	–	6,582
Perth South		Lib		Lib	2,486	50.72%	71	1.45%	81.35%	2,486	2,415	–	–	–	4,901
Peterborough East		Lib		Lib	2,067	56.00%	443	12.00%	76.07%	2,067	1,624	–	–	–	3,691
Peterborough West		Lib		Lib	2,849	63.25%	1,194	26.51%	79.43%	2,849	1,655	–	–	–	4,504
Port Arthur and Rainy River	New			Lib	1,124	66.55%	559	33.10%	46.06%	1,124	565	–	–	–	1,689
Prescott		Lib		Lib	2,341	59.51%	748	19.01%	64.13%	2,341	1,593	–	–	–	3,934
Prince Edward		Con		Lib	2,273	51.31%	116	2.62%	82.05%	2,273	2,157	–	–	–	4,430
Renfrew North		Con		Lib	2,565	54.91%	459	9.83%	82.46%	2,565	2,106	–	–	–	4,671
Renfrew South		Lib		Lib	2,676	59.76%	874	19.52%	69.19%	2,676	1,802	–	–	–	4,478
Russell		Lib		Lib	2,536	59.46%	807	18.92%	53.44%	2,536	1,729	–	–	–	4,265
Sault Ste. Marie	New			Con	1,359	53.95%	199	7.90%	51.69%	1,160	1,359	–	–	–	2,519
Simcoe Centre		Con		Lib	1,857	50.60%	44	1.20%	75.49%	1,857	1,813	–	–	–	3,670
Simcoe East		Con		Lib	3,365	53.56%	447	7.11%	78.41%	3,365	2,918	–	–	–	6,283
Simcoe West		Con		Con	1,734	69.89%	987	39.78%	46.15%	–	1,734	–	–	747	2,481
Stormont		Con		Lib	2,807	53.59%	376	7.18%	75.10%	2,807	2,431	–	–	–	5,238
Toronto East		Con		Con	3,136	54.07%	922	15.90%	56.73%	2,214	3,136	–	–	450	5,800
Toronto North		Con		Con	3,838	51.19%	282	3.76%	56.62%	–	3,838	–	3,556	104	7,498
Toronto South		Con		Con	5,072	52.41%	730	7.54%	59.15%	4,342	5,072	–	–	263	9,677
Toronto West		Con		Con	4,267	58.19%	1,545	21.07%	51.24%	2,722	4,267	–	–	344	7,333
Victoria East		Con		Con	2,390	56.81%	573	13.62%	77.02%	1,817	2,390	–	–	–	4,207
Victoria West		Con		Con	2,234	51.13%	99	2.27%	78.23%	2,135	2,234	–	–	–	4,369
Waterloo North		Con		Con	2,848	52.45%	266	4.90%	74.34%	2,582	2,848	–	–	–	5,430
Waterloo South		Con		Con	2,782	50.90%	98	1.79%	72.48%	2,684	2,782	–	–	–	5,466
Welland		Lib		Lib	2,851	51.00%	112	2.00%	77.12%	2,851	2,739	–	–	–	5,590
Wellington East		Lib		Lib	2,071	56.16%	454	12.31%	70.49%	2,071	1,617	–	–	–	3,688
Wellington South		Lib		Con	2,341	48.09%	227	4.66%	75.87%	2,114	2,341	–	–	413	4,868
Wellington West		Con		Con	1,786	51.48%	103	2.97%	74.28%	1,683	1,786	–	–	–	3,469
Wentworth North		Con		Lib	1,410	50.87%	48	1.73%	71.32%	1,410	1,362	–	–	–	2,772
Wentworth South		Lib		Lib	1,526	53.66%	299	10.51%	78.83%	1,526	1,227	–	–	91	2,844
York East		Lib		Lib	1,905	54.62%	322	9.23%	67.28%	1,905	1,583	–	–	–	3,488
York North		Lib		Lib	2,828	51.90%	207	3.80%	84.94%	2,828	2,621	–	–	–	5,449
York West		Lib		Con	2,802	54.04%	419	8.08%	76.55%	2,383	2,802	–	–	–	5,185

Template:Color box = open seat

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Template:Color box = winning candidate was in previous Legislature

Template:Color box = incumbent had switched allegiance

Template:Color box = previously incumbent in another riding

Template:Color box = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

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Results for Ottawa (2 seats)Template:Election table/category

Political party		Candidate	Votes	%	Elected	Incumbent
Dennis Murphy	5,770	27.15	Green tickY
Charles Berkeley Powell	5,633	26.50	Green tickY	Green tickY
S. Bingham	5,154	24.25
Alexander Lumsden	4,698	22.10	Red XN	Green tickY
Majority			479	2.25
Turnout			11,247	71.85
Registered voters			15,653

Analysis

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Party candidates in 2nd place

Party in 1st place		Party in 2nd place						Total
		Accl	Lib	Con	I-Con	Proh	Ind
		48	1		1	50
1	42			2	1	46
Total		1	42	48	1	2	2	96

Candidates ranked 1st to 4th place, by party

Parties	Accl	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Template:Canadian party colour		50	42	1	1
Template:Canadian party colour	1	46	49	1
Template:Canadian party colour			2	4
Template:Canadian party colour			2	2
Template:Canadian party colour			1		1
Template:Canadian party colour				8	1
Template:Canadian party colour					4

Resulting composition of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Source		Party
		Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Lib	Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Con	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	30	23	53
	Returned by acclamation		1	1
	Open seats held	5	4	9
	Byelection losses reversed	1	1	2
	Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance		2	2
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	6	8	14
	Open seats gained	2	3	5
	Byelection gains held	2		2
	Incumbent changing allegiance		1	1
Ottawa seats	New MLA		1	1
	Incumbent defeated		1	1
New seats	New MLA	3	2	5
	Previously incumbent in another riding	1	1	2
Total		50	48	98

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows:

  Liberal

  Conservative

Northern Ontario

•   Algoma: William Ross Smyth
•   Fort William and Lake of the Woods: Douglas Colin Cameron
•   Manitoulin: Robert Roswell Gamey
•   Nipissing East: Michael James
•   Nipissing West: Joseph Michaud
•   Port Arthur and Rainy River: James Conmee
•   Sault Ste. Marie: Andrew MiscampbellTemplate:Efn

Ottawa Valley

•   Carleton: George Nelson Kidd
•   Lanark North: William Clyde Caldwell
•   Lanark South: Arthur James Matheson
•   Ottawa: Dennis Murphy
•   Ottawa: Charles Berkeley Powell
•   Prescott: Alfred Évanturel
•   Renfrew North: John W. MunroTemplate:Efn
•   Renfrew South: Francis Robert Latchford
•   Russell: Onésime Guibord

Saint Lawrence Valley

•   Brockville: George Perry Graham
•   Dundas: James Pliny Whitney
•   Glengarry: William Duncan McLeod
•   Grenville: Robert L. Joynt
•   Kingston: William Harty
•   Leeds: Walter Beatty
•   Stormont: William John McCart

Central Ontario

•   Addington: James Reid
•   Durham East: Josiah Johnston Preston
•   Durham West: William Rickard
•   Frontenac: John S. Gallagher
•   Hastings East: Samuel Russell
•   Hastings North: Josiah Williams Pearce
•   Hastings West: Marshall Bidwell Morrison
•   Lennox: Thomas George Carscallen
•   Northumberland East: William Arnson Willoughby
•   Northumberland West: Samuel Clarke
•   Peterborough East: William A. Anderson
•   Peterborough West: James Robert Stratton
•   Prince Edward: Morley Currie
•   Victoria East: John Hilliard Carnegie
•   Victoria West: Samuel John Fox

Georgian Bay

•   Bruce North: Charles Martin Bowman
•   Grey North: Alexander Grant MacKayTemplate:Efn
•   Muskoka: Samuel Bridgeland
•   Parry Sound: Joseph Milton Carr
•   Simcoe Centre: David Davidson
•   Simcoe East: James Brockett Tudhope
•   Simcoe West: James Stoddart Duff

Wentworth/Halton/Niagara

•   Halton: John Roaf Barber
•   Hamilton East: Henry Carscallen
•   Hamilton West: John Strathearn Hendrie
•   Lincoln: Elisha Jessop
•   Monck: Richard Harcourt
•   Welland: John Franklin Gross
•   Wentworth North: Robert Adam Thompson
•   Wentworth South: John Dickenson

Midwestern Ontario

•   Brant North: Daniel Burt
•   Brant South: Thomas Hiram Preston
•   Bruce Centre: Hugh ClarkTemplate:Efn
•   Bruce South: Reuben Eldridge Truax
•   Dufferin: John Barr
•   Grey Centre: Isaac Benson Lucas
•   Grey South: David Jamieson
•   Haldimand: Joseph William Holmes
•   Huron East: Archibald Hislop
•   Huron South: Henry Eilber
•   Huron West: Malcolm Graeme Cameron
•   Norfolk North: Frederick SniderTemplate:Efn
•   Norfolk South: William Andrew Charlton
•   Oxford North: Andrew Pattulo
•   Oxford South: Donald Sutherland
•   Perth North: John C. MonteithTemplate:Efn
•   Perth South: Valentine Stock
•   Waterloo North: Henry George Lackner
•   Waterloo South: William Abram Kribs
•   Wellington East: John Morison Gibson
•   Wellington South: Joseph Patrick Downey
•   Wellington West: James Tucker

Southwestern Ontario

•   Elgin East: Charles Andrew Brower
•   Elgin West: Findlay George MacDiarmid
•   Essex North: Joseph Octave Reaume
•   Essex South: John Allan Auld
•   Kent East: John Lee
•   Kent West: Thomas Letson Pardo
•   Lambton East: Henry John Pettypiece
•   Lambton West: William John Hanna
•   London: Adam Beck
•   Middlesex East: George Albert Routledge
•   Middlesex North: William Taylor
•   Middlesex West: George William Ross

Peel/York/Ontario

•   Cardwell: Edward Alfred Little
•   Ontario North: William Henry Hoyle
•   Ontario South: John Dryden
•   Peel: John Smith
•   York East: John Richardson
•   York North: Elihu James DavisTemplate:Efn
•   York West: Joseph Wesley St. John

Toronto

•   Toronto East: Robert Allan Pyne
•   Toronto North: William Beattie Nesbitt
•   Toronto South: J.J. Foy
•   Toronto West: Thomas Crawford

Division of ridings

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Voters go to the polls in Ottawa East

The newly created ridings returned the following MLAs:

1898			1902
Riding	Party	Riding	Party
Algoma West	Template:Canadian party colour	Fort William and Lake of the Woods	Template:Canadian party colour
		Port Arthur and Rainy River	Template:Canadian party colour
Algoma East	Template:Canadian party colour	Algoma	Template:Canadian party colour
		Manitoulin	Template:Canadian party colour
		Sault Ste. Marie	Template:Canadian party colour
Nipissing	Template:Canadian party colour	Nipissing East	Template:Canadian party colour
		Nipissing West	Template:Canadian party colour

Seats that changed hands

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Elections to the 8th Parliament of Ontario – unaltered seats won/lost by party, 1898–1902

Party		1898	Gain from (loss to)						1902
			Lib		Con		I-Con
48			10	(12)			46
42	12	(10)			1		45	1				(1)			–
Total		91	12	(10)	10	(13)	1	–	91

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

See also

• Politics of Ontario
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)