The Ontario general election, 1908 was the 12th general election held in the Province of Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It was held on June 8, 1908, to elect the 106 Members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

12th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The 12th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was in session from June 8, 1908 until November 13, 1911, just prior to the 1911 general election. The majority party was the Ontario Conservative Party led by Sir James P. Whitney.- References :*...

 ("MLAs").

The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, was elected for a second term in government, increasing its majority in the Legislature significantly.

The Ontario Liberal Party

Ontario Liberal Party

The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

, led by Alexander Grant MacKay, continued to lose seats.

Allan Studholme

Allan Studholme

Allan Studholme was a Canadian trade unionist and politician.Born in England near Birmingham, Studholme worked from his childhood. He moved to Canada in 1878 living in Dundas and Guelph before settling in Hamilton in 1885 where he found work as a stove mounter...

 became the province's first Labour MLA as the result of a 1906 Hamilton East by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

. He was re-elected in the 1908 general election and would remain in the legislature until his death in 1919.

Results

	Party	Leader	1905 Ontario general election, 1905 The Ontario general election, 1905 was the 11th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 25, 1905, to elect the 98 Members of the 11th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ....	Elected	% change	Conservative	James P. Whitney	69	86	+24.6%	Liberal Ontario Liberal Party The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...	Alexander Grant MacKay	28	19	-25.0%	Labour			1		Liberal Independent		1	-
Total Seats			98	106	+8.2%

See also

• Politics of Ontario
  Politics of Ontario
  The Province of Ontario is governed by a unicameral legislature, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, which operates in the Westminster system of government...
  
  
• List of Ontario political parties
• Premier of Ontario
  Premier of Ontario
  The Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. The Premier is appointed as the province's head of government by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and presides over the Executive council, or Cabinet. The Executive Council Act The Premier of Ontario...
  
  
• Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
  Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)
  The Leader of the Opposition in Ontario is usually leader of the largest party in the Ontario legislature which is not the government. The current official opposition is formed by the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, and Tim Hudak is the current Leader of the Opposition.Ontario's first...