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Canadian Federal Election, 1908In the Canadian federal election of 1908, Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected for a third consecutive term in government with a majority in the Canadian House of Commons. The Liberals lost four seats and a small share of the popular vote. Sir Robert Borden's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives won ten additional seats.
National results | owspan="2"|Party | rowspan="2"|Party Leader | rowspan="2"|# of candidates | colspan="3"|Seats | colspan="3"|Popular Vote | | lign="center"|Previous | align="center"|After | align="center"|% Change | align="center"|# | align="center"|% | align="center"|Change | | Liberal | Wilfrid Laurier | align="right"| 213 | align="right"|137 | align="right"| 133 | align="right"|-2.9% | align="right"| 570,311 | align="right"| 48.87% | align="right"|-2.01% | | Conservative | Robert Borden | align="right"| 207 | align="right"|70 | align="right"| 82 | align="right"|+17.1% | align="right"| 524,641 | align="right"| 44.95% | align="right"|+0.55% | | Liberal-Conservative | Robert Borden | align="right"| 4 | align="right"|5 | align="right"| 3 | align="right"|-40.0% | align="right"| 14,733 | align="right"| 1.26% | align="right"|-0.27% | | Independent | | align="right"| 15 | align="right"|1 | align="right"| 1 | align="right"|- | align="right"| 16,903 | align="right"| 1.45% | align="right"|+0.45% | | Labour | | align="right"| 3 | align="right"|- | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| | align="right"| 10,400 | align="right"| 0.89% | align="right"|+0.68% | | Unknown | | align="right"| 7 | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| | align="right"| 13,478 | align="right"| 1.15% | align="right"|+0.02% | | Socialist | | align="right"| 5 | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| | align="right"| 6,071 | align="right"| 0.52% | align="right"|+0.35% | | Independent Conservative | | align="right"| 2 | align="right"|1 | align="right"| - | align="right"|-100% | align="right"| 5,314 | align="right"| 0.46 | align="right"|-0.04% | | Independent Liberal | | align="right"| 5 | align="right"|- | align="right"| - | align="right"| | align="right"| 5,191 | align="right"| 0.44% | align="right"|+0.41% | | Total | | 461 | 214 | 220 | +2.8% | 1,167,042 | 100.0% | | | align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | Note: "Previous" refers to the results from the previous election, and not to the standings in the House of Commons at dissolution. Results by province | align="center" colspan="2"|Party Name | align="center"|BC | align="center"|AB | align="center"|SK | align="center"|MB | align="center"|ON | align="center"|QC | align="center"|NB | align="center"|NS | align="center"|PE | align="center"|YK | align="center"|Total | | rowspan="2"|Liberal | Seats: | align="right"| 2 | align="right"| 4 | align="right"| 9 | align="right"| 2 | align="right"| 37 | align="right"| 52 | align="right"| 11 | align="right"| 12 | align="right"| 3 | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| 133 | | Popular Vote (%): | align="right"| 35.9 | align="right"| 50.2 | align="right"| 56.6 | align="right"| 45.4 | align="right"| 45.0 | align="right"| 53.0 | align="right"| 56.2 | align="right"| 51.0 | align="right"| 50.4 | align="right"| 40.2 | align="right"| 48.9 | | rowspan="2"|Conservative > | Seats: | align="right"| 5 | align="right"| 2 | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| 8 | align="right"| 46 | align="right"|12 | align="right"| 2 | align="right"| 5 | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| - | align="right"|82 | | Vote (%): | align="right"| 46.8 | align="right"| 38.1 | align="right"| 36.8 | align="right"| 51.5 | align="right"| 49.2 | align="right"| 39.5 | align="right"| 43.8 | align="right"| 44.5 | align="right"| 49.6 | align="right"| 10.8 | align="right"| 45.0 | | rowspan="2" |Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | align="right"| | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|3 | | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| 6.4 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.5 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 4.5 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.3 | | rowspan="2" |Independent | Seats: | align="right"| - | align="right"| - | align="right"| - | align="right"| - | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| - | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|1 | | Vote (%): | align="right"| 8.9 | align="right"| 3.7 | align="right"| 0.6 | align="right"| 0.1 | align="right"| 1.8 | align="right"| 1.1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.5 | | rowspan="2" | Labour | Seats: | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| - | align="right"|1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|1 | | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.7 | align="right"| 2.6 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.9 | | Total Seats | | align="right"|7 | align="right"|7 | align="right"|10 | align="right"|10 | align="right"| 85 | align="right"|65 | align="right"|13 | align="right"|18 | align="right"| 4 | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| 220 | | olspan="13"|Parties that won no seats: | | Unknown | Vote (%): | align="right"| 1.3 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.4 | align="right"| 1.9 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 49.0 | align="right"|1.2 | | Socialist | Vote (%): | align="right"|7.1 | align="right"| 1.6 | align="right"| | align="right"| 2.9 | align="right"| 0.2 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.5 | | Independent Conservative | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 5.9 | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.4 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|0.5 | | ndependent Liberal | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.8 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.4 |
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