In the Canadian federal election of 1908, Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected for a third consecutive term in government with a majority in the Canadian House of Commons. The Liberals lost four seats and a small share of the popular vote.
Sir Robert Borden's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives won ten additional seats.
National results
| Party
| Party Leader
| # of candidates
| Seats
| Popular Vote
|
| Previous
| After
| % Change
| #
| %
| Change
|
| Liberal
| | 213
| 137
| 133
| -2.9%
| 570,311
| 48.87%
| -2.01%
|
| Conservative
| | 207
| 70
| 82
| +17.1%
| 524,641
| 44.95%
| +0.55%
|
| Liberal-Conservative
| | 4
| 5
| 3
| -40.0%
| 14,733
| 1.26%
| -0.27%
|
| Independent
|
| 15
| 1
| 1
| -
| 16,903
| 1.45%
| +0.45%
|
| Labour
|
| 3
| -
| 1
|
| 10,400
| 0.89%
| +0.68%
|
| Unknown
|
| 7
| -
| -
|
| 13,478
| 1.15%
| +0.02%
|
| Socialist
|
| 5
| -
| -
|
| 6,071
| 0.52%
| +0.35%
|
| Independent Conservative
|
| 2
| 1
| -
| -100%
| 5,314
| 0.46
| -0.04%
|
| Independent Liberal
|
| 5
| -
| -
|
| 5,191
| 0.44%
| +0.41%
|
| Total
|
| 461
| 214
| 220
| +2.8%
| 1,167,042
| 100.0%
|
|
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867
|
Note:
"Previous" refers to the results from the previous election, and not to the standings in the House of Commons at dissolution.
Results by province
| Party Name
| BC
| AB
| SK
| MB
| ON
| QC
| NB
| NS
| PE
| YK
| Total
|
| Liberal
| Seats:
| 2
| 4
| 9
| 2
| 37
| 52
| 11
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 133
|
| Popular Vote (%):
| 35.9
| 50.2
| 56.6
| 45.4
| 45.0
| 53.0
| 56.2
| 51.0
| 50.4
| 40.2
| 48.9
|
| Conservative
| Seats:
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 46
| 12
| 2
| 5
| 1
| -
| 82
|
| Vote (%):
| 46.8
| 38.1
| 36.8
| 51.5
| 49.2
| 39.5
| 43.8
| 44.5
| 49.6
| 10.8
| 45.0
|
| Liberal-Conservative
| Seats:
|
| 1
|
|
| 1
|
|
| 1
|
|
| 3
|
| Vote (%):
|
| 6.4
|
|
| 1.5
|
|
| 4.5
|
|
| 1.3
|
| Independent
| Seats:
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 1
| -
|
|
|
|
| 1
|
| Vote (%):
| 8.9
| 3.7
| 0.6
| 0.1
| 1.8
| 1.1
|
|
|
|
| 1.5
|
| Labour
| Seats:
|
|
|
|
| -
| 1
|
|
|
|
| 1
|
| Vote (%):
|
|
|
|
| 0.7
| 2.6
|
|
|
|
| 0.9
|
| Total Seats
|
| 7
| 7
| 10
| 10
| 85
| 65
| 13
| 18
| 4
| 1
| 220
|
| Parties that won no seats:
|
| Unknown
| Vote (%):
| 1.3
|
|
|
| 1.4
| 1.9
|
|
|
| 49.0
| 1.2
|
| Socialist
| Vote (%):
| 7.1
| 1.6
|
| 2.9
| 0.2
|
|
|
|
|
| 0.5
|
| Independent Conservative
| Vote (%):
|
|
| 5.9
|
| 0.4
|
|
|
|
|
| 0.5
|
| Independent Liberal
| Vote (%):
|
|
| 0.1
|
|
| 1.8
|
|
|
|
| 0.4
|
Last updated: 06-01-2005 21:30:29
