Canadian federal election, 1900

Canadian federal election, 1900

November 7, 1900

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 (lost re-election) Last election 117 seats, 41.4% 86 seats, 48.2% Seats won 128 79 Seat change 11 7 Popular vote 477,758 438,330 Percentage 50.3% 46.1% Swing 8.9% 2.1%

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

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 turnout was 77.4%

National results

The Canadian parliament after the 1900 election

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128	79	6
Liberal	Conservative	O

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1896	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	209	117	128^1	+9.4%	477,758	50.25%	+8.88pp
	Conservative	Charles Tupper	193	83	69	-16.9%	410,953	43.22%	-1.18pp
	Liberal-Conservative		11	15	10	-33.3%	27,377	2.88%	-0.89pp
	Independent		12	1	3	+200%	13,307	1.40%	-0.03pp
	Independent Conservative		4	4	1	-75%	10,081	1.06%	-0.20pp
	Independent Liberal		3	1	1	-	4,895	0.51%	+0.27pp
	Independent Labour		1^2	*	1	*	3,441	0.36%	*
	Labour		3	*	-	*	2,924	0.31%	*
	Unknown		1	-	-	-	27	x	-0.17pp
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:	4^1	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.

Vote and seat summaries

Popular vote
Liberal			50.25%
Conservative			46.10%
Others			3.65%

Seat totals
Liberal			60.09%
Conservative			37.09%
Others			2.82%

See also

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