The 1905 Ontario general election was the 11th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on January 25, 1905, to elect the 98 Members of the 11th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney, defeated the Ontario Liberal Party, led by Sir George William Ross, bringing to an end the control of the government that the Liberal Party had exercised power for the previous 34 years. Results |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1902 !Dissol. !1905 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) |style="text-align:left;"|James P. Whitney |98 |48 | |69 |21 |237,612 |53.37% |5.83 |style="text-align:left;"|George William Ross |95 |50 | |28 |22 |198,595 |44.61% |5.04 |style="text-align:left;"| |3 |– | |1 |1 |5,362 |1.20% | |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |– |– |– | |95 |0.02% |0.36 |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |– |– |– | |100 |0.02% |1.16 |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |– |– |– | |1,906 |0.43% |0.29 |style="text-align:left;"| |7 |– |– |– | |1,273 |0.29% |0.17 |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |– |– |– | |250 |0.06% | |style="text-align:left;"| |– |– |– |– | |colspan="3"|Did not campaign |colspan="3"| | |colspan="5"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total |210 |98 |98 |98 | |445,193 |100.00% | |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|3,254 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout |616,996 |72.68% |1.87 |} Seats that changed hands There were 32 seats that changed allegiance in the election: Liberal to Conservative Brant Bruce South Durham West Fort William and Lake of the Woods Halton Kent East Lambton East Lanark North Middlesex East Middlesex North Muskoka Nipissing East Nipissing West Norfolk South Ontario South Parry Sound Perth South Peterborough West Renfrew South Simcoe Centre Stormont Welland Wellington East York East York North York West Liberal to Independent-Liberal Hastings East Conservative to Liberal Glengarry Norfolk North Ottawa (both MLAs) Sault Ste. Marie See also Politics of Ontario List of Ontario political parties Premier of Ontario Leader of the Opposition (Ontario) References Further reading 1905 elections in Canada 1905 1905 in Ontario January 1905 events