Ontario general election, 1914

Ontario general election, 1914

1911 ← members 29 June 1914 (1914-06-29) members → 1919

111 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 30 seats were needed for a majority   Majority party Minority party   Leader Newton Wesley Rowell James Whitney Party Liberal [[Ontario Conservative Party|Template:Ontario Conservative Party/meta/shortname]] Leader since 1911 1896 Seats before 22 24 Seats won 24 84

Premier before election James Whitney [[Conservative Party of Ontario|Template:Conservative Party of Ontario/meta/shortname]] Elected Premier James Whitney [[Conservative Party of Ontario|Template:Conservative Party of Ontario/meta/shortname]]

The Ontario general election, 1914 was the 14th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 29, 1914, to elect the 111 Members of the 14th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs").

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, won a fourth consecutive term in government. Whitney died three months after the election and was succeeded by William Howard Hearst.

The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Newton Wesley Rowell, formed the official opposition.

Independent Labour MLA Allan Studholme was re-elected in Hamilton East. He had held the seat since a 1906 by-election.

Results

	Party	Leader	1911	Elected	% change	Popular vote
						%	change
	Conservative	James P. Whitney	82	84	+2.4%	55.3%
	Liberal	Newton Wesley Rowell	22	24	+9.1%	38.6%
	Liberal-Temperance			1
	Labour		1	1	-	1.3%
	Liberal Independent		-	1
Total			106	111	+4.7%	100%

See also

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