1904 Canadian federal election

The 1904 Canadian federal election was held on November 3, 1904, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 10th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier led the Liberal Party of Canada to a third term in government, with an increased majority, and over half of the popular vote.

Sir Robert Borden's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives were unable to challenge the Liberals effectively, and lost a small portion of their popular vote, along with four seats, including his own.^[2] Borden re-entered parliament the next year in a by-election.

This was the last election until 1949 in which the Northwest Territories was to have representation in the House of Commons.

During the term of this parliament, most of the settled region of the western prairies was hived off the NWT as the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 1 September 1905. The NWT MPs in what had become Alberta - representing Edmonton, Strathcona, Calgary and Medicine Hat - continued to sit as representatives of their old NWT ridings until the 10th Parliament's dissolution in 1908.

One of the key issues in the election was Imperial Preference.^[2]

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

xx - indicates less than 0.05% of the popular vote.

• List of Canadian federal general elections
• List of political parties in Canada
• 10th Canadian Parliament

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1905). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1904. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
• LaMothe, H.G. (1905). Return of the Tenth General Election for the House of Commons of Canada, held on the 27th day of October, 1904, and the 3rd day of November, 1904, followed by a Return of the By elections held during the Ninth Parliament. Ottawa: King's Printer.