The 1914 Ontario general election 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 Conservatives contested 109 of the 111 ridings, deciding not to have candidates stand in Glengarry (where the Liberal Hugh Munro was acclaimed) and Norfolk North (where the Liberal incumbent Thomas Robert Atkinson was up against a Liberal anti-Temperance candidate). However, dissension within the Tory ranks resulted in a significant number of them campaigning as either independent or temperance candidates. The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Newton 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. The campaign was seen to turn more significantly on the matter of Regulation 17 (which limited instruction in French-language Catholic separate schools), in comparison to temperance issues, and that worked against the Liberals, who placed Prohibition of sales in bars and clubs as a main plank in their platform.

Expansion of the Legislative Assembly

An Act passed prior to the election expanded the number of members from 106 to 111, and the number of ridings from 103 to 107. The following changes were made: The Patricia Portion acquired in 1912 was divided between Cochrane and Kenora.

Results

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Synopsis of results

Analysis

Results summary by region

MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows: {{legend|#9999FF|Conservative}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Liberal}} {{legend|#EEBBBB|Labour}} Italicized names indicate members returned by acclamation. {{legend|#9999FF|Algoma: Albert Grigg}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Cochrane: Malcolm Lang}} {{legend|#9999FF|Fort William: Charles William Jarvis}} {{legend|#9999FF|Kenora: Harold Arthur Clement Machin}} {{legend|#9999FF|Manitoulin: Robert Roswell Gamey}} {{legend|#9999FF|Nipissing: Henri Morel}} {{legend|#9999FF|Port Arthur: Donald McDonald Hogarth}} {{legend|#9999FF|Rainy River: James Arthur Mathieu}} {{legend|#9999FF|Sault Ste. Marie: William Howard Hearst}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Sturgeon Falls: Zotique Mageau}} {{legend|#9999FF|Sudbury: Charles McCrea}} {{legend|#9999FF|Timiskaming: Thomas Magladery}} {{legend|#9999FF|Carleton: Robert Herbert McElroy}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lanark North: Richard Franklin Preston}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lanark South: Francis William Hall}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ottawa East: Joseph Albert Pinard}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Ottawa West: George Charles Hurdman}} {{legend|#DCDCDC|Prescott: Gustave Évanturel (I-Lib)}} {{legend|#9999FF|Renfrew North: Edward Arunah Dunlop}} {{legend|#9999FF|Renfrew South: Thomas William McGarry}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Russell: Damase Racine}} {{legend|#9999FF|Brockville: Albert Edward Donovan}} {{legend|#9999FF|Dundas: James Pliny Whitney}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Glengarry: Hugh Munro}} {{legend|#9999FF|Grenville: George Howard Ferguson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Kingston: Arthur Edward Ross}} {{legend|#9999FF|Leeds: John Robertson Dargavel}} {{legend|#9999FF|Stormont: Robert Austin Shearer}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce North: William MacDonald}} {{legend|#9999FF|Grey North: Colin Stewart Cameron}} {{legend|#9999FF|Muskoka: Samuel Henry Armstrong}} {{legend|#9999FF|Parry Sound: Joseph Edgar}} {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe Centre: Alfred Burke Thompson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe East: James Irwin Hartt}} {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe South: Alexander Ferguson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Simcoe West: James Stoddart Duff}} {{legend|#9999FF|Addington: William David Black}} {{legend|#9999FF|Durham East: Josiah Johnston Preston}} {{legend|#9999FF|Durham West: John Henry Devitt}} {{legend|#9999FF|Frontenac: Anthony McGuin Rankin}} {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings East: Sandy Grant}} {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings North: John Robert Cooke}} {{legend|#9999FF|Hastings West: John Wesley Johnson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lennox: Thomas George Carscallen}} {{legend|#9999FF|Northumberland East: Samuel Greerson Nesbitt}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Northumberland West: Samuel Clarke}} {{legend|#9999FF|Peterborough East: James Thompson}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Peterborough West: George Alexander Gillespie}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Prince Edward: Nelson Parliament}} {{legend|#9999FF|Victoria North: Robert Mercer Mason}} {{legend|#9999FF|Victoria South: John Carew}} {{legend|#9999FF|Halton: Alfred Westland Nixon}} {{legend|#EEBBBB|Hamilton East: Allan Studholme}} {{legend|#9999FF|Hamilton West: John Strathearn Hendrie}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Lincoln: Thomas A. Marshall}} {{legend|#9999FF|Niagara Falls: George Musgrove}} {{legend|#9999FF|St. Catharines: Elisha Jessop}} {{legend|#9999FF|Welland: Donald Sharpe}} {{legend|#9999FF|Wentworth North: Arthur Frederick Rykert}} {{legend|#9999FF|Wentworth South: James Thomas Hammill Regan}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brant: Thomas Scott Davidson}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Brant South: Joseph Henry Ham}} {{legend|#9999FF|Bruce South: Wellington David Cargill}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Bruce West: Charles Martin Bowman}} {{legend|#9999FF|Dufferin: Charles Robert McKeown}} {{legend|#9999FF|Grey Centre: Isaac Benson Lucas}} {{legend|#9999FF|Grey South: David Jamieson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Haldimand: William Jaques}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Huron Centre: William Proudfoot}} {{legend|#9999FF|Huron North: Armstrong Musgrove}} {{legend|#9999FF|Huron South: Henry Eilber}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Norfolk North: Thomas Robert Atkinson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Norfolk South: Arthur Clarence Pratt}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Oxford North: Newton Wesley Rowell}} {{legend|#9999FF|Oxford South: Victor Albert Sinclair}} {{legend|#9999FF|Perth North: James Torrance}} {{legend|#9999FF|Perth South: John Benneweis}} {{legend|#9999FF|Waterloo North: Charles Henry Mills}} {{legend|#9999FF|Waterloo South: Zachariah Adam Hall}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Wellington East: Udney Richardson}} {{legend|#DCDCDC|Wellington South: Samuel Carter (Lib-Temp)}} {{legend|#9999FF|Wellington West: William Clarke Chambers}} {{legend|#9999FF|Elgin East: Charles Andrew Brower}} {{legend|#9999FF|Elgin West: Findlay George MacDiarmid}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Essex North: Severin Ducharme}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Essex South: Lambert Peter Wigle}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Kent East: Walter Renwick Ferguson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Kent West: George William Sulman}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lambton East: John Burton Martyn}} {{legend|#9999FF|Lambton West: William John Hanna}} {{legend|#9999FF|London: Adam Beck}} {{legend|#9999FF|Middlesex East: John McFarlane}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex North: John Grieve}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Middlesex West: John Campbell Elliott}} {{legend|#EA6D6A|Windsor: James Craig Tolmie}} {{legend|#9999FF|Ontario North: William Henry Hoyle}} {{legend|#9999FF|Ontario South: Charles Calder}} {{legend|#9999FF|Peel: James Robinson Fallis}} {{legend|#9999FF|York East: George Stewart Henry}} {{legend|#9999FF|York North: Thomas Herbert Lennox}} {{legend|#9999FF|York West: Forbes Godfrey}} {{legend|#9999FF|Parkdale: William Herbert Price}} {{legend|#9999FF|Riverdale: Joseph Russell}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto Northeast - A: Robert Allan Pyne}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto Northeast - B: Mark Howard Irish}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto Northwest - A: Thomas Crawford}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto Northwest - B: William David McPherson}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto Southeast - A: Edward William James Owens}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto Southeast - B: Thomas Hook}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto Southwest - A: James Joseph Foy}} {{legend|#9999FF|Toronto Southwest - B: George Horace Gooderham}}

Reorganization of ridings

The newly created ridings returned the following MLAs:

Seats that changed hands

There were 20 seats that changed allegiance in the election:

Acclamations

When nominations closed, three candidates were acclaimed. A later withdrawal in Kenora enabled the acclamation of Harold Arthur Clement Machin. Forbes Godfrey (York West) was acclaimed because the Liberal candidate was held to have missed the deadline by one minute. In Wellington East, the Liberals opted not to press a similar case against the Conservative candidate, whose nomination papers were filed 90 minutes after the deadline.

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