# 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. Borden re-entered parliament the next year in a by-election.
This was the last election until 1949 in which parts of the Northwest Territories were granted representation in the House of Commons. During this parliament, most of the settled region of the NWT was hived off the NWT as the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 1 September 1905, although the NWT MPs continued to sit as representatives of their old ridings until the 10th Parliament's dissolution.
One of the key issues in the election was Imperial Preference.

## National results

| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 1900 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change |
| | Liberal | Wilfrid Laurier | 208 | 128 | 137 | +7.0% | 521,041 | 50.88% | +0.63pp |
| | Conservative | Robert Borden | 199 | 69 | 70 | +1.4% | 454693 | 44.40% | +1.18pp |
| | Liberal-Conservative | Robert Borden | 6 | 10 | 5 | -50.0% | 15,737 | 1.54% | -1.34pp |
| | Independent | Independent | 6 | 3 | 1 | -66.7% | 10,205 | 1.00% | -0.40pp |
| | Independent Conservative | Independent Conservative | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 5,039 | 0.49% | -0.57pp |
| | Unknown | Unknown | 13 | - | - | - | 11,659 | 1.14% | +1.14pp |
| | Labour | | 2 | - | - | - | 2,159 | 0.21% | -0.10pp |
| | Socialist | | 3 | * | - | * | 1,794 | 0.18% | * |
| | Nationalist | | 1 | * | - | * | 1,429 | 0.14% | * |
| | Independent Liberal | Independent Liberal | 3 | 1 | - | -100% | 309 | 0.03% | -0.48pp |
| Total | Total | Total | 443 | 213 | 214 | +0.5% | 1,024,065 | 100% | |
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 ||||||||||
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

## Results by province

| Party | Party | Party | BC | NWT | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | YK | Total |
| | Liberal | Seats: | 7 | 7 | 7 | 37 | 53 | 7 | 18 | 1 | - | 137 |
| | Liberal | Popular Vote (%): | 49.5 | 58.4 | 49.7 | 47.5 | 55.1 | 51.0 | 52.9 | 49.1 | 41.4 | 50.9 |
| | Conservative | Seats: | - | 2 | 3 | 44 | 12 | 5 | - | 3 | 1 | 70 |
| | Conservative | Vote (%): | 38.8 | 37.8 | 41.8 | 46.3 | 43.0 | 42.0 | 44.5 | 50.9 | 58.6 | 44.4 |
| | Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | | 1 | | 3 | | 1 | | | | 5 |
| | Liberal-Conservative | Vote (%): | | 3.8 | | 2.1 | | 6.8 | | | | 1.5 |
| | Independent | Seats: | | - | - | 1 | - | | - | | | 1 |
| | Independent | Vote (%): | | xx | 5.8 | 0.6 | 1.3 | | 1.6 | | | 1.0 |
| | Independent Conservative | Seats: | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| | Independent Conservative | Vote (%): | | | | 1.2 | | | | | | 0.5 |
| Total seats | Total seats | Total seats | 7 | 10 | 10 | 86 | 65 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 214 |
| Parties that won no seats: |||||||||||||
| | Unknown | Vote (%): | 4.6 | | | 2.4 | xx | | | | | 1.1 |
| | Labour | Vote (%): | | | 2.7 | 0.7 | | | 0.8 | | | 0.2 |
| | Socialist | Vote (%): | 7.1 | | | | | | | | | 0.2 |
| | Nationalist | Vote (%): | | | | | 0.6 | | | | | 0.5 |
| | Independent Liberal | Vote (%): | | | | xx | | 0.2 | 0.1 | | | xx |
xx - indicates less than 0.05% of the popular vote.