# 1908 Ontario general election

The 1908 Ontario general election was the 12th general election held in the province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 8, 1908, to elect the 106 Members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("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, led by Alexander Grant MacKay, continued to lose seats.
Allan Studholme became the province's first Labour MLA as the result of a 1906 Hamilton East by-election. He was re-elected in the 1908 general election and would remain in the legislature until his death in 1919.
The four Toronto districts each elected two members in this election. Each seat was contested separately, with each voter in the district allowed to vote for a candidate in each contest.

## Expansion of the Legislative Assembly

The number of electoral districts was increased from 97 to 102, under an Act passed in 1902, returning a total of 106 MLAs. The following electoral changes were made:
   * Fort William and Lake of the Woods was split into Fort William and Kenora
   * Port Arthur and Rainy River was split into Port Arthur and Rainy River
   * Nipissing East was divided into Nipissing and Timiskaming
   * Nipissing West was divided into Sudbury and Sturgeon Falls
   * Cardwell was renamed Simcoe South, after the transfer of Albion and Bolton to Peel
   * The three ridings of Huron County were reorganized:
      * Huron South gained from Huron West the remainder of the Township of Goderich not previously included in it, in exchange for Seaforth
      * Huron East and Huron West were reorganized into Huron North and Huron Centre respectively
   * Ottawa was divided into Ottawa East and Ottawa West
   * Toronto East, Toronto North, Toronto South and Toronto West now returned two MLAs each, elected separately in seats labelled A and B in each district.

## Electoral system

The eight Toronto MPPs were elected in two-seat districts, with each seat determined by a separate First-past-the-post voting contest.
The other 94 MPPs were elected through First-past-the-post voting in single-member districts.

## Results

Elections to the 12th Parliament of Ontario (1908) :
| Political party | Political party | Party leader | MLAs | MLAs | MLAs | MLAs | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Political party | Political party | Party leader | Candidates | 1905 | 1908 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) |
| | Conservative | James P. Whitney | 105 | 69 | 86 | 17 | 246,324 | 8,712 | 54.68% | 1.31 |
| | Liberal | Alexander Grant MacKay | 90 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 177,719 | 20,876 | 39.45% | 5.16 |
| | Labour | | 8 | – | 1 | 1 | 7,555 | 7,555 | 1.68% | New |
| | Independent Liberal | | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1,470 | 3,892 | 0.33% | 0.87 |
| | Independent Conservative | | 6 | – | – | – | 7,977 | 7,882 | 1.77% | 1.75 |
| | Socialist | | 13 | – | – | – | 3,129 | 1,856 | 0.69% | 0.40 |
| | Independent | | 6 | – | – | – | 3,091 | 2,991 | 0.69% | 0.67 |
| | Prohibitionist | | 1 | – | – | – | 2,187 | 281 | 0.49% | 0.06 |
| | Liberal-Temperance | | 1 | – | – | – | 1,017 | 1,017 | 0.23% | New |
| Total | Total | Total | 232 | 98 | 106 | 106 | 450,469 | 450,469 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 457,209 | 10,006 | 73.42 | 0.54 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 622,751 | 18,085 | | |
| Acclamations | Acclamations | Acclamations | █ Conservative | █ Conservative | 6 |
Seats and popular vote by party :
| Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | Change (pp) |
| Conservative | 86 / 106 | 54.68% | 1.31 | 1.31 |
| Liberal | 19 / 106 | 39.45% | -5.16 | |
| Labour | 1 / 106 | 1.68% | 1.68 | 1.68 |
| Other | 0 / 106 | 4.19% | 2.17 | 2.17 |

### Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1908 Ontario general election :
| Riding | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Winning party | Turnout | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Name | 1905 | 1905 | Party | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | Turnout | Con | Lib | Lab | I-Con | I-Lib | Soc | Proh | L-Tmp | Ind | Total |
| Addington | | Con | | Con | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed |
| Algoma | | Con | | Con | 2,134 | 60.95% | 767 | 21.91% | 80.70% | 2,134 | 1,367 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,501 |
| Brant North | | Con | | Con | 1,850 | 54.69% | 317 | 9.37% | 89.15% | 1,850 | 1,533 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,383 |
| Brant South | | Lib | | Con | 2,815 | 51.83% | 199 | 3.66% | 86.91% | 2,815 | 2,616 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,431 |
| Brockville | | Lib | | Con | 2,195 | 56.59% | 511 | 13.17% | 85.09% | 2,195 | 1,684 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,879 |
| Bruce Centre | | Con | | Con | 1,940 | 55.05% | 356 | 10.10% | 88.48% | 1,940 | 1,584 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,524 |
| Bruce North | | Lib | | Lib | 2,282 | 53.99% | 337 | 7.97% | 80.85% | 1,945 | 2,282 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,227 |
| Bruce South | | Con | | Lib | 1,774 | 51.39% | 96 | 2.78% | 86.02% | 1,678 | 1,774 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,452 |
| Carleton | | Con | | Con | 1,352 | 62.22% | 531 | 24.44% | 51.67% | 1,352 | 821 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,173 |
| Dufferin | | Con | | Con | 2,229 | 50.48% | 42 | 0.95% | 84.37% | 2,229 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,187 | – | – | 4,416 |
| Dundas | | Con | | Con | 2,260 | 62.67% | 914 | 25.35% | 75.78% | 2,260 | 1,346 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,606 |
| Durham East | | Con | | Con | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed |
| Durham West | | Con | | Con | 1,575 | 51.04% | 64 | 2.07% | 85.30% | 1,575 | 1,511 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,086 |
| Elgin East | | Con | | Con | 2,289 | 56.09% | 497 | 12.18% | 86.70% | 2,289 | 1,792 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,081 |
| Elgin West | | Con | | Con | 3,347 | 55.00% | 609 | 10.01% | 76.88% | 3,347 | 2,738 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,085 |
| Essex North | | Con | | Con | 2,988 | 63.63% | 1,280 | 27.26% | 51.74% | 2,988 | 1,708 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,696 |
| Essex South | | Lib | | Con | 2,618 | 50.76% | 78 | 1.51% | 83.62% | 2,618 | 2,540 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,158 |
| Fort William | New | New | | Con | 1,317 | 61.06% | 477 | 22.11% | 67.38% | 1,317 | 840 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,157 |
| Frontenac | | Con | | Con | 1,576 | 53.05% | 181 | 6.09% | 67.46% | 1,576 | 1,395 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,971 |
| Glengarry | | Lib | | Con | 2,170 | 53.07% | 251 | 6.14% | 77.41% | 2,170 | 1,919 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,089 |
| Grenville | | Con | | Con | 1,923 | 50.30% | 23 | 0.60% | 75.72% | 1,923 | – | – | 1,900 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,823 |
| Grey Centre | | Con | | Con | 2,253 | 64.54% | 1,015 | 29.07% | 62.54% | 2,253 | 1,238 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,491 |
| Grey North | | Lib | | Lib | 3,026 | 50.59% | 71 | 1.19% | 70.93% | 2,955 | 3,026 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,981 |
| Grey South | | Con | | Con | 2,187 | 53.04% | 251 | 6.09% | 73.16% | 2,187 | 1,936 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,123 |
| Haldimand | | Lib | | Lib | 1,977 | 54.81% | 347 | 9.62% | 96.22% | 1,630 | 1,977 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,607 |
| Halton | | Con | | Con | 2,449 | 53.86% | 351 | 7.72% | 86.86% | 2,449 | 2,098 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,547 |
| Hamilton East | | Con | | Lab | 2,717 | 40.91% | 75 | 1.13% | 72.45% | 2,642 | 1,258 | 2,717 | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 6,641 |
| Hamilton West | | Con | | Con | 3,121 | 63.22% | 1,558 | 31.56% | 69.65% | 3,121 | 1,563 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 253 | 4,937 |
| Hastings East | | I-Lib | | Con | 2,201 | 61.76% | 838 | 23.51% | 75.90% | 2,201 | 1,363 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,564 |
| Hastings North | | Con | | Con | 2,225 | 65.42% | 1,049 | 30.84% | 64.19% | 2,225 | – | – | 1,176 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,401 |
| Hastings West | | Con | | Con | 1,882 | 52.41% | 173 | 4.82% | 81.15% | 1,882 | 1,709 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,591 |
| Huron Centre | | Lib | | Lib | 2,051 | 52.11% | 166 | 4.22% | 78.68% | 1,885 | 2,051 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,936 |
| Huron North | | Lib | | Con | 2,292 | 51.94% | 171 | 3.87% | 93.11% | 2,292 | 2,121 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,413 |
| Huron South | | Con | | Con | 2,365 | 54.41% | 383 | 8.81% | 89.97% | 2,365 | 1,982 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,347 |
| Kenora | New | New | | Con | 1,078 | 56.00% | 231 | 12.00% | 41.23% | 1,078 | 847 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,925 |
| Kent East | | Con | | Con | 2,524 | 50.83% | 82 | 1.65% | 78.54% | 2,524 | 2,442 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,966 |
| Kent West | | Lib | | Con | 3,926 | 52.98% | 441 | 5.95% | 83.47% | 3,926 | 3,485 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,411 |
| Kingston | | Lib | | Con | 2,215 | 54.48% | 393 | 9.67% | 96.27% | 2,215 | 1,822 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,066 |
| Lambton East | | Con | | Lib | 2,404 | 52.57% | 235 | 5.14% | 93.46% | 2,169 | 2,404 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,573 |
| Lambton West | | Con | | Con | 3,841 | 54.45% | 628 | 8.90% | 79.98% | 3,841 | 3,213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,054 |
| Lanark North | | Con | | Con | 2,017 | 56.61% | 471 | 13.22% | 90.11% | 2,017 | 1,546 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,563 |
| Lanark South | | Con | | Con | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed |
| Leeds | | Con | | Con | 2,102 | 52.35% | 189 | 4.71% | 89.98% | 2,102 | 1,913 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,015 |
| Lennox | | Con | | Con | 1,477 | 50.29% | 17 | 0.58% | 89.40% | 1,477 | 1,460 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,937 |
| Lincoln | | Con | | Con | 3,463 | 59.56% | 1,112 | 19.13% | 78.67% | 3,463 | 2,351 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,814 |
| London | | Con | | Con | 5,084 | 58.00% | 1,403 | 16.01% | 78.42% | 5,084 | 3,681 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,765 |
| Manitoulin | | Con | | Con | 1,414 | 66.73% | 709 | 33.46% | 58.48% | 1,414 | 705 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,119 |
| Middlesex East | | Con | | Con | 2,363 | 56.44% | 539 | 12.87% | 79.28% | 2,363 | 1,824 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,187 |
| Middlesex North | | Con | | Lib | 2,172 | 51.29% | 109 | 2.57% | 91.10% | 2,063 | 2,172 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,235 |
| Middlesex West | | Lib | | Lib | 1,775 | 60.29% | 606 | 20.58% | 82.91% | – | 1,775 | – | – | 1,169 | – | – | – | – | 2,944 |
| Monck | | Lib | | Con | 1,816 | 50.49% | 35 | 0.97% | 90.23% | 1,816 | 1,781 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,597 |
| Muskoka | | Con | | Con | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed |
| Nipissing | New | New | | Con | 1,654 | 59.09% | 509 | 18.19% | 67.63% | 1,654 | 1,145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,799 |
| Norfolk North | | Lib | | Con | 1,720 | 51.08% | 73 | 2.17% | 94.01% | 1,720 | 1,647 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,367 |
| Norfolk South | | Con | | Con | 1,490 | 52.04% | 117 | 4.09% | 92.48% | 1,490 | 1,373 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,863 |
| Northumberland East | | Con | | Con | 2,582 | 56.30% | 578 | 12.60% | 82.12% | 2,582 | 2,004 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,586 |
| Northumberland West | | Lib | | Lib | 1,591 | 53.44% | 205 | 6.89% | 92.38% | 1,386 | 1,591 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,977 |
| Ontario North | | Con | | Con | 2,230 | 55.62% | 451 | 11.25% | 85.39% | 2,230 | 1,779 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,009 |
| Ontario South | | Con | | Con | 2,773 | 52.90% | 304 | 5.80% | 85.46% | 2,773 | 2,469 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,242 |
| Ottawa East | New | New | | Lib | 2,798 | 54.54% | 466 | 9.08% | 78.11% | 2,332 | 2,798 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,130 |
| Ottawa West | New | New | | Con | 4,806 | 55.04% | 880 | 10.08% | 71.86% | 4,806 | 3,926 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,732 |
| Oxford North | | Lib | | Lib | 2,893 | 54.03% | 432 | 8.07% | 81.25% | 2,461 | 2,893 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,354 |
| Oxford South | | Con | | Lib | 2,671 | 50.42% | 44 | 0.83% | 88.55% | 2,627 | 2,671 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,298 |
| Parry Sound | | Con | | Con | 2,879 | 62.05% | 1,263 | 27.22% | 53.88% | 2,879 | 1,616 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 145 | 4,640 |
| Peel | | Lib | | Con | 2,852 | 54.78% | 498 | 9.57% | 87.79% | 2,852 | 2,354 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,206 |
| Perth North | | Con | | Con | 3,688 | 51.87% | 266 | 3.74% | 88.65% | 3,688 | 3,422 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,110 |
| Perth South | | Con | | Lib | 2,453 | 50.58% | 56 | 1.15% | 93.18% | 2,397 | 2,453 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,850 |
| Peterborough East | | Lib | | Con | 1,978 | 61.14% | 721 | 22.29% | 78.99% | 1,978 | 1,257 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,235 |
| Peterborough West | | Con | | Con | 2,561 | 54.56% | 428 | 9.12% | 76.14% | 2,561 | 2,133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,694 |
| Port Arthur | New | New | | Con | 1,241 | 55.16% | 380 | 16.89% | 71.64% | 1,241 | – | – | 861 | – | 148 | – | – | – | 2,250 |
| Prescott | | Lib | | Con | 1,944 | 50.09% | 7 | 0.18% | 66.02% | 1,944 | 1,937 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,881 |
| Prince Edward | | Lib | | Con | 2,221 | 51.53% | 132 | 3.06% | 86.70% | 2,221 | – | – | 2,089 | – | – | – | – | – | 4,310 |
| Rainy River | New | New | | Con | 944 | 54.95% | 170 | 9.90% | 78.65% | 944 | 774 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,718 |
| Renfrew North | | Con | | Lib | 2,274 | 52.28% | 198 | 4.55% | 86.47% | 2,076 | 2,274 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,350 |
| Renfrew South | | Con | | Con | 2,623 | 52.39% | 239 | 4.77% | 77.82% | 2,623 | 2,384 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,007 |
| Russell | | Lib | | Lib | 2,642 | 58.72% | 785 | 17.45% | 59.61% | 1,857 | 2,642 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,499 |
| Sault Ste. Marie | | Lib | | Con | 1,406 | 54.69% | 241 | 9.37% | 61.43% | 1,406 | 1,165 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,571 |
| Simcoe Centre | | Con | | Con | 1,972 | 55.08% | 364 | 10.17% | 75.97% | 1,972 | 1,608 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,580 |
| Simcoe East | | Lib | | Lib | 3,105 | 51.49% | 180 | 2.99% | 75.37% | 2,925 | 3,105 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,030 |
| Simcoe South | | Con | | Con | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed |
| Simcoe West | | Con | | Con | 1,921 | 65.38% | 904 | 30.77% | 61.18% | 1,921 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,017 | – | 2,938 |
| Stormont | | Con | | Lib | 2,327 | 50.09% | 8 | 0.17% | 70.96% | 2,319 | 2,327 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,646 |
| Sturgeon Falls | New | New | | Con | 959 | 52.92% | 106 | 5.85% | 82.42% | 959 | 853 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,812 |
| Sudbury | New | New | | Con | 1,492 | 62.69% | 604 | 25.38% | 64.29% | 1,492 | 888 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,380 |
| Timiskaming | New | New | | Con | 1,649 | 55.00% | 549 | 18.31% | 48.21% | 1,649 | 1,100 | – | – | – | 249 | – | – | – | 2,998 |
| Toronto East - A | | Con | | Con | 4,393 | 76.51% | 1,988 | 34.62% | 48.59% | 4,393 | – | 1,003 | – | – | 346 | – | – | – | 5,742 |
| Toronto East – B | New | New | | Con | 2,695 | 43.03% | 290 | 4.63% | 53.00% | 2,695 | 975 | – | – | – | 188 | – | – | 2,405 | 6,263 |
| Toronto North - A | | Con | | Con | 6,789 | 88.44% | 2,919 | 38.03% | 53.92% | 6,789 | – | 544 | – | – | 343 | – | – | – | 7,676 |
| Toronto North – B | New | New | | Con | 4,502 | 52.40% | 632 | 7.36% | 60.40% | 4,502 | 3,870 | – | – | – | 220 | – | – | – | 8,592 |
| Toronto South - A | | Con | | Con | 5,202 | 74.69% | 3,103 | 44.55% | 47.61% | 5,202 | – | 1,473 | – | – | 290 | – | – | – | 6,965 |
| Toronto South – B | New | New | | Con | 4,947 | 67.67% | 2,848 | 38.95% | 49.94% | 4,947 | 2,099 | – | – | – | 265 | – | – | – | 7,311 |
| Toronto West - A | | Con | | Con | 6,190 | 70.58% | 3,975 | 45.32% | 47.86% | 6,190 | 1,877 | 56 | – | 301 | 297 | – | – | 49 | 8,770 |
| Toronto West – B | New | New | | Con | 4,160 | 47.41% | 1,945 | 22.17% | 47.88% | 4,160 | 2,215 | 380 | 1,870 | – | 150 | – | – | – | 8,775 |
| Victoria East | | Con | | Con | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed | acclaimed |
| Victoria West | | Con | | Con | 2,061 | 50.50% | 98 | 2.40% | 94.00% | 2,061 | 1,963 | – | – | – | 57 | – | – | – | 4,081 |
| Waterloo North | | Con | | Con | 3,063 | 49.42% | 332 | 5.36% | 76.73% | 3,063 | 2,731 | – | – | – | 404 | – | – | – | 6,198 |
| Waterloo South | | Con | | Con | 2,353 | 63.49% | 1,000 | 26.98% | 54.01% | 2,353 | – | 1,353 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,706 |
| Welland | | Con | | Con | 3,729 | 56.57% | 866 | 13.14% | 77.32% | 3,729 | 2,863 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,592 |
| Wellington East | | Con | | Con | 1,898 | 53.06% | 219 | 6.12% | 82.09% | 1,898 | 1,679 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,577 |
| Wellington South | | Con | | Con | 2,787 | 52.12% | 399 | 7.46% | 78.67% | 2,787 | 2,388 | – | – | – | 172 | – | – | – | 5,347 |
| Wellington West | | Con | | Lib | 1,665 | 50.53% | 35 | 1.06% | 83.14% | 1,630 | 1,665 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,295 |
| Wentworth North | | Lib | | Con | 1,600 | 50.60% | 119 | 3.76% | 90.98% | 1,600 | 1,481 | – | 81 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,162 |
| Wentworth South | | Lib | | Lib | 1,582 | 53.72% | 219 | 7.44% | 85.19% | 1,363 | 1,582 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,945 |
| York East | | Con | | Con | 2,998 | 56.84% | 722 | 13.69% | 65.47% | 2,998 | 2,276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,274 |
| York North | | Con | | Con | 2,918 | 54.00% | 432 | 7.99% | 92.95% | 2,918 | 2,486 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,404 |
| York West | | Con | | Con | 3,241 | 61.80% | 1,453 | 27.71% | 54.81% | 3,241 | 1,788 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 215 | 5,244 |
* ↑ order is as given in EO reports
    = open seat
    = turnout is above provincial average
    = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
    = incumbent had switched allegiance
    = previously incumbent in another riding
    = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
    = incumbency arose from byelection gain
    = incumbency arose from prior election result being overturned by the court
    = other incumbents renominated
    = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
    = multiple candidates

### Analysis

Party candidates in 2nd place :
| Party in 1st place | Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Party in 2nd place | Party in 2nd place | Party in 2nd place | Party in 2nd place | Party in 2nd place | Party in 2nd place | Party in 2nd place | Party in 2nd place | Total |
| Party in 1st place | Party in 1st place | Accl | Con | Lib | Lab | I-Con | I-Lib | Ind | L-Tmp | Proh | Total |
| | Conservative | 6 | | 69 | 4 | 4 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 86 |
| | Liberal | | 18 | | | | 1 | | | | 19 |
| | Labour | | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Total | Total | 6 | 19 | 69 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 106 |
* ↑ excluding Ottawa seats
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party :
| Parties | Accl | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| █ Conservative | 6 | 80 | 19 | | | |
| █ Liberal | | 19 | 69 | 2 | | |
| █ Labour | | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| █ Independent Conservative | | | 4 | 2 | | |
| █ Independent | | | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| █ Independent Liberal | | | 1 | 1 | | |
| █ Prohibitionist | | | 1 | | | |
| █ Liberal-Temperance | | | 1 | | | |
| █ Socialist | | | | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Resulting composition of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario :
| Source | Source | Party | Party | Party | Party |
| Source | Source | Con | Lib | Lab | Total |
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 49 | 7 | | 56 |
| Seats retained | Acclamations | 6 | | | 6 |
| Seats retained | Open seats held | 2 | 3 | | 5 |
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 6 | 6 | | 12 |
| Seats changing hands | Open seats gained | 9 | 2 | | 11 |
| Seats changing hands | Byelection gains held | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| New seats | New MLAs | 9 | | | 9 |
| New seats | Previously incumbent in the Legislature | 4 | 1 | | 5 |
| Total | Total | 86 | 19 | 1 | 106 |

### MLAs elected by region and riding

Party designations are as follows:

### Division and reorganization of ridings

The newly created ridings returned the following MLAs:
| 1905 | 1905 | 1908 | 1908 |
| Riding | Party | Riding | Party |
| Fort William and Lake of the Woods | █ Conservative | Fort William | █ Conservative |
| Fort William and Lake of the Woods | █ Conservative | Kenora | █ Conservative |
| Port Arthur and Rainy River | █ Liberal | Port Arthur | █ Conservative |
| Port Arthur and Rainy River | █ Liberal | Rainy River | █ Conservative |
| Nipissing East | █ Conservative | Nipissing | █ Conservative |
| Nipissing East | █ Conservative | Timiskaming | █ Conservative |
| Nipissing West | █ Conservative | Sudbury | █ Conservative |
| Nipissing West | █ Conservative | Sturgeon Falls | █ Conservative |
| Ottawa | █ Liberal (2 MLAs) | Ottawa East | █ Liberal |
| Ottawa | █ Liberal (2 MLAs) | Ottawa West | █ Conservative |
| Toronto East | █ Conservative | Seat A | █ Conservative |
| Toronto East | █ Conservative | Seat B | █ Conservative |
| Toronto North | █ Conservative | Seat A | █ Conservative |
| Toronto North | █ Conservative | Seat B | █ Conservative |
| Toronto South | █ Conservative | Seat A | █ Conservative |
| Toronto South | █ Conservative | Seat B | █ Conservative |
| Toronto West | █ Conservative | Seat A | █ Conservative |
| Toronto West | █ Conservative | Seat B | █ Conservative |
| Huron East | █ Liberal | Huron North | █ Conservative |
| Huron West | █ Liberal | Huron Centre | █ Liberal |

### Seats that changed hands

Elections to the 12th Parliament of Ontario – unaltered seats won/lost by party, 1905–1908 :
| Party | Party | 1905 | Gain from (loss to) | Gain from (loss to) | Gain from (loss to) | Gain from (loss to) | Gain from (loss to) | Gain from (loss to) | Gain from (loss to) | Gain from (loss to) | 1908 |
| Party | Party | 1905 | Con | Con | Lib | Lib | I-Lib | I-Lib | Lab | Lab | | 1908 |
| | Conservative | 62 | | | 14 | (8) | 1 | | | (1) | 68 |
| | Liberal | 23 | 8 | (14) | | | | | | | 17 |
| | Independent-Liberal | 1 | | (1) | | | | | | | – |
| | Labour | – | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Total | Total | 86 | 9 | (15) | 14 | (8) | 1 | – | – | (1) | 86 |
Of the unaltered seats, there were 24 that changed allegiance in the election: