1900 Canadian federal election

The 1900 Canadian federal election was held on November 7, 1900 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada 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.

1900 Canadian federal election
November 7, 1900
213 seats in the House of Commons
107 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.4%[1] (Increase14.5pp)
  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 Increase11 Decrease7
Popular vote 477,758 438,330
Percentage 50.3% 46.1%
Swing Increase8.9% Decrease2.1%
The Canadian parliament after the 1900 election
Prime Minister before election

Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal

 Prime Minister after election

Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal

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% +8.88pp
  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 12 * 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 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

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

References
  1. "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
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