The 1898 Ontario general election was the ninth

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held in the province of

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, Canada. It was held on March 1, 1898, to elect the 94 Members of the 9th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The

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, led by Arthur S. Hardy, won an eighth term in office with a clear majority – the

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and the Protestant Protective Association held no sway in this legislature. The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, formed the

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had two seats, and

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was used. Elsewhere the

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election system was used.

Results

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! Dissol. !1898 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) , style="text-align:left;", Arthur S. Hardy , 91 , 45 , , 51 , 6 , 202,332 , 47.29% , 6.30 , style="text-align:left;", James P. Whitney , 90 , 23 , , 42 , 19 , 204,011 , 47.69% , 19.88 , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , – , , 1 , 1 , 1,740 , 0.41% , , style="text-align:left;", Liberal-

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, style="text-align:left;", , – , 2 , , – , 2 , style="text-align:left;", Liberal- P.P.A. , style="text-align:left;", , – , 2 , , – , 2 , - , style="background-color:#FF8000;", , style="text-align:left;", Protestant Protective Association , style="text-align:left;", , – , 1 , , – , 1 , style="text-align:left;", , – , 1 , , – , 1 , style="text-align:left;", , 18 , – , – , – , , 19,683 , 4.60% , 2.10 , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , – , – , – , , 57 , 0.01% , , colspan="3", , , colspan="5", , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Total , 201 , 94 , 94 , 94 , , 427,823 , 100.00% , , - , colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Blank and invalid ballots , align="right", 3,601 , style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2", , -style="background:#E9E9E9;" , colspan="8" style="text-align:left;", Registered voters / turnout , 525,795 , 82.05% , 11.75

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

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: = multiple candidates , - ! colspan=2 , Political party ! Candidate ! Votes ! % ! Elected ! Incumbent , - , style="text-align:left;", Alexander Lumsden , 4,793 , , 26.86 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:left;", Charles Berkeley Powell , 4,548 , , 25.49 , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:left;", George O. O'Keefe , 4,539 , , 25.44 , style="text-align:center;", , style="text-align:center;", , - , style="text-align:left;", B. Slattery , 3,964 , , 22.21 , - !colspan="3" style="text-align:right;", Majorityplurality for second winning candidate , 9 , , 0.05

Analysis

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows: Northern Ontario * * * Ottawa Valley * * * * * * * * * Saint Lawrence Valley * * * * * * * Central Ontario * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Georgian Bay * * * * * * * Wentworth/Halton/Niagara * * * * * * * * Midwestern Ontario * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Southwestern Ontario * * * * * * * * * * * * Peel/York/Ontario * * * * * * * * * * *

Seats that changed hands

There were 50 seats that changed allegiance in the election: Conservative to Liberal * Algoma West * Haldimand * Halton *

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* Lennox *

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* Northumberland East * Perth North *

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Liberal/Patrons of Industry to Liberal * Bruce Centre * Hastings East * Kent West * Middlesex North *

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* Perth South Conservative/PPA to Liberal * Lambton West * Muskoka Liberal/PPA to Liberal * Bruce North Independent-Conservative/PPA to Liberal * Lambton East Liberal to Conservative *

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* Hamilton East * Hamilton West * Hastings West *

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(1 MLA) * Renfrew North *

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* Waterloo South * Wentworth North Liberal/Patrons of Industry to Conservative *

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* Frontenac *

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* Prince Edward * Simcoe West * Stormont Conservative/PPA to Conservative * Durham West * Toronto East * Wellington West Patrons of Industry to Conservative * Dufferin *

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Conservative/Patrons of Industry to Conservative * Cardwell Liberal/PPA to Conservative * Middlesex East PPA to Conservative * Grey Centre Conservative/Patrons of Industry to Independent-Conservative * Carleton

MLAs changing parties

Six members changed their principal affiliation from the previous election:

Notes and references

Notes

References

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