the election. 2 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after the election. 3 Independent Liberal candidates received only 309 votes nationally. 4 Election returns in 1904 did not require candidates to declare party affiliation. Some candidates did not list a party affiliation. 5 Rounding error. Federal election, 1908 Laurier again led the Liberals in the 1908 general election. His opponent was again Robert Laird Borden, the leader of the Conservatives. Laurier again won a majority government, which would be his last of four victories. 1 Prime Minister when election was called; Prime Minister after the election. 2 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after the election. 3 Election returns in 1908 did not require candidates to declare party affiliation. Some candidates did not list a party affiliation. 4 Rounding error. Federal election, 1911 Laurier again led the Liberals in the 1911 general election, which was fought on the issue of reciprocity (lowered trade barriers) with the United States. Naval policy was also an issue. Laurier lost to Robert Laird Borden, the leader of the Conservatives. The loss ended Laurier's streak of four electoral victories and fifteen years as Prime Minister. He became Leader of the Official Opposition. 1 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Prime Minister after the election. 2 Prime Minister when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after the election. 3 Election returns in 1911 did not require candidates to declare party affiliation. Some candidates did not list a party affiliation. Federal election, 1917 The 1917 election was Laurier's last election. The election was fought entirely on the issue of conscription and Canada's role in World War I. The Liberal Party split between those Liberals who supported the Borden government's policy of conscription, and the Liberals led by Laurier, who opposed it. The election badly divided the country between English-Canadians, who tended to support conscription, and French-Canadians, who opposed it. Laurier and the Laurier Liberals lost the election, with Borden winning office as the leader of a Unionist (coalition) government. Laurier remained as Leader of the Opposition, but died in 1919, ending one of the longest careers in the Parliament of Canada, almost 45 years since he was first elected in 1874. 1 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Prime Minister after the election. 2 Prime Minister when election was called;