1900 Canadian federal election

1900 Canadian federal election

November 7, 1900
213 seats in the House of Commons 107 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	77.4% ( 14.5 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Wilfrid Laurier Charles Tupper Party Liberal Conservative Leader since June 2, 1887 May 1, 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 pp 2.1 pp
The Canadian parliament after the 1900 election
Prime Minister before election Wilfrid Laurier Liberal Prime Minister after election Wilfrid Laurier Liberal

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.

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 (People's Party)3		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.

³ The Toronto Trades and Labour Council helped organize the People's Party and affiliated with the party for the 1900 federal election. Its political programme included shorter working hours, improved factory inspection, equal civil and political rights for women, national accident, unemployment and old-age insurance, and municipal ownership of gas, electricity, telephone and street-railway services. The party ran three labour candidates in Toronto who were poorly financed and ultimately lost their deposits, capturing only 4.7% of the local popular vote.

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

Further reading

• LaMothe, H.G. (1901). Return of the Ninth General Election for the House of Commons of Canada, held on the 30th day of October, 1900, and the 7th day of November, 1900, by H. G. LaMothe, Esq., Clerk of the Crown in Chancery for Canada. Ottawa: King's Printer.