Canadian federal election, 1900

Canadian federal election, 1900

1896 ← members November 7, 1900 → 1904 members

213 seats in the 9th Canadian Parliament 107 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Wilfrid Laurier Charles Tupper Party Liberal Conservative Leader since 1887 1896 Leader's seat Quebec East Cape Breton Last election 117 86 Seats won 128 79 Seat change +11 -7 Popular vote 477,758 438,330 Percentage 50.25% 46.10% Swing +8.88% -2.07%

Prime Minister before election Wilfrid Laurier Liberal Prime Minister-designate Wilfrid Laurier Liberal

The Canadian parliament after the 1900 election

The Canadian federal election of 1900 was held on November 7 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Canada. As a result of the election, the Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, was re-elected to a second majority government, defeating the Conservative Party and Liberal-Conservatives led by Charles Tupper. The voter turn-out was 77.4%

National results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1896	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	209	117	1281	+9.4%	477,758	50.25%	+8.88%
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	193	83	69	-16.9%	410,953	43.22%	-1.18%
	Liberal-Conservative		11	15	10	-33.3%	27,377	2.88%	-0.89%
	Independent		12	1	3	+200%	13,307	1.40%	-0.03%
	Independent Conservative		4	4	1	-75%	10,081	1.06%	-0.20%
	Independent Liberal		3	1	1	-	4,895	0.51%	+0.27%
	Independent Labour		12	*	1	*	3,441	0.36%	*
	Labour		3	*	-	*	2,924	0.31%	*
	Unknown		1	-	-	-	27	x	-0.17%
Total			437	229	213	-7.0%	950,763	100%
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

x - indicates less than 0.005% of the popular vote.

¹ Ralph Smith is reported to have run as an Independent Labour candidate in Vancouver. He was elected defeating both a Liberal and Conservative, but immediately joined the Liberal Party caucus when he took his seat in the House of Commons. Some records suggest that he ran as a Liberal in 1900. He was subsequently re-elected as a "Liberal" in 1904 and 1908, and was defeated in 1911. He is listed in these tables as having been elected as a Liberal.

² Arthur Puttee of Winnipeg was elected as a Labour candidate in a 1900 by-election, and was re-elected as an Independent Labour MP in the subsequent 1900 election.

Results by province

Party name			BC	NW	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	Total
	Liberal	Seats:	41	4	2	34	57	9	15	3	128
		Popular vote (%):	49.1	55.1	42.9	46.7	56.3	51.9	51.7	51.8	50.3
	Conservative	Seats:	2	-	3	47	8	3	5	1	69
		Vote (%):	40.9	44.9	35.3	44.9	43.6	35.6	44.9	39.4	43.2
	Liberal-Conservative	Seats:				7		2	-	1	10
		Vote (%):				3.8		8.1	3.4	8.8	2.9
	Independent	Seats:			1	2	-	-			3
		Vote (%):			13.5	1.7	0.2	0.3			1.4
	Independent Conservative	Seats:				1		-			1
		Vote (%):				1.7		4.2			1.1
	Independent Liberal	Seats:				1					1
		Vote (%):				1.1					0.5
	Independent Labour	Seats:			1						1
		Vote (%):			8.2						0.4
Total seats			6	4	7	92	65	14	20	5	213
Parties that won no seats:
	Labour	Vote (%):	10.0			0.1					0.3
	Unknown	Vote (%):					xx				xx

Notes:

xx - indicates less than 0.05% of the popular vote.

See also

• List of Canadian federal general elections
• List of political parties in Canada
• 9th Canadian Parliament