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Canada 1911 federal election

What was the result of the 1911 federal election in Canada?

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 134 of 221 seats with 50.9% of the vote. 72.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Canada
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 134 of 221 seats with 50.9% of the vote; 72.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 134 50.9%
  • Liberal Party of Canada 82 47.7%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
111 of 221 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 50.9%

    Share of the vote won by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

    Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 134 of 221 seats. A majority needs 111.

  2. 72.2%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada13450.9666,074
Liberal Party of Canada8247.7623,554
Independents00.67,177
Other parties (seats only)5
Votes by party
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 666,074
  • Liberal Party of Canada 623,554
  • Independents 7,177
  • Other parties (seats only)

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

72.2% of the 1,820,742 registered voters cast a ballot (1,314,953 ballots). 1,307,528 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada50.9% of votes60.6% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Canada47.7% of votes37.1% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 10.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.1 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Progressive Conservative Party of Canada led Liberal Party of Canada by 3.2 points of the vote.

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