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, 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

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

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, led by

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, added three members to its caucus. The legislature's sole Labour MLA,

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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

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, 78 , 19 , , 22 , 3 , 142,245 , 38.51% , 0.94 , style="text-align:left;", , 7 , 1 , , 1 , , 8,965 , 2.43% , 0.69 , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , – , , 1 , 1 , 1,130 , 0.31% , , style="text-align:left;", , 2 , – , – , – , , 3,593 , 0.97% , 0.39 , style="text-align:left;", , 5 , – , – , – , , 3,327 , 0.90% , 0.22 , style="text-align:left;", , 7 , – , – , – , , 3,206 , 0.87% , 0.23 , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , – , – , – , , 1,604 , 0.43% , , -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

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

Analysis

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows: Italicized names indicate members returned by

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. Northern Ontario
Ottawa Valley
Saint Lawrence Valley
Central Ontario
Georgian Bay
Wentworth/Halton/Niagara
Midwestern Ontario
Southwestern Ontario
Peel/York/Ontario
Toronto

Seats that changed hands

Twenty seats changed allegiance from the previous election: Liberal to Conservative *

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* Ottawa East * Perth South * Renfrew North * Simcoe East * Stormont * Wellington West *

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Conservative to Liberal * Bruce Centre *

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* Kent East * Middlesex East * Monck *

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* Wellington East * Wentworth North Conservative to Liberal-Conservative * Rainy River

Results

Synopsis of results

Analysis

MLAs elected by region and riding

Seats that changed hands

See also

References

Further reading