The 1902 Ontario general election was the tenth general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on May 29, 1902, to elect the 98 Members of the 10th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The Ontario Liberal Party, led by Sir George William Ross, formed the government for a ninth consecutive term, although with only a very slim, two-seat majority in the Legislature. The Ontario Conservative Party, led by Sir James P. Whitney formed the official opposition. Expansion of the Legislative Assembly The number of electoral districts was increased from 93 to 97, under an Act passed in 1902. Ottawa in both cases was entitled to elect two members, and thus 98 MLAs would now be elected to the Legislature. The following electoral changes were made: Algoma West was divided into Fort William and Lake of the Woods and Port Arthur and Rainy River Algoma East was divided into Algoma, Manitoulin and Sault Ste. Marie Nipissing was divided into Nipissing East and Nipissing West Results |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=5 | MPPs ! colspan=3 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1898 !Dissol. !1902 !± !# !% ! ± (pp) |style="text-align:left;"|George William Ross |94 |51 | |50 |1 |206,709 |47.54% |0.25 |style="text-align:left;"|James P. Whitney |97 |42 | |48 |6 |215,883 |49.65% |1.96 |style="text-align:left;"| |2 |1 | |– |1 |1,646 |0.38% |0.03 |style="text-align:left;"| |4 |– |– |– | |5,133 |1.18% |3.42 |style="text-align:left;"| |6 |– |– |– | |3,126 |0.72% | |style="text-align:left;"| |9 |– |– |– | |1,993 |0.46% | |style="text-align:left;"| |4 |– |– |– | |277 |0.06% | |style="text-align:left;"| |1 |– |– |– | |colspan="3"|Did not campaign |colspan="3"| | |colspan="5"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Total |216 |94 |94 |98 | |434,767 |100.00% | |- |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Blank and invalid ballots |align="right"|4,021 |style="background:#E9E9E9;" colspan="2"| |-style="background:#E9E9E9;" |colspan="8" style="text-align:left;"|Registered voters / turnout |588,570 |74.55% |7.50 |} Division of ridings The newly created ridings returned the following MLAs: Seats that changed hands Of the constituencies that were not altered, there were 23 seats that changed allegiance in the election: Liberal to Conservative Bruce Centre Essex North Lambton West Lennox London Norfolk North Northumberland East Ottawa (2nd MLA) Oxford South Perth North Wellington South York West Conservative to Liberal Durham West Grey North Middlesex East Ontario South Prince Edward Renfrew North Simcoe Centre Simcoe East Stormont Wentworth North Independent-Conservative to Conservative Carleton Notable candidates Margaret Haile, a Canadian Socialist