1900 Canadian federal election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1900 Canadian federal election
| country = Canada
| flag_year = 1868
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = no
| party_name = no
| previous_election = 1896 Canadian federal election
| previous_year = 1896
| next_election = 1904 Canadian federal election
| next_year = 1904
| seats_for_election = 213 seats in the House of Commons
| majority_seats = 107
| turnout = 77.4%{{cite web|title=Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums
|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=turn&document=index&lang=e|website=Elections Canada|access-date=10 March 2019}} ({{increase}}14.5pp)
| election_date = November 7, 1900
| elected_members = 9th Canadian Parliament
| outgoing_members = 8th Canadian Parliament
| image1 = 200x200px
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader1 = Wilfrid Laurier
| leader_since1 = 1887
| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name}}
| leaders_seat1 = Quebec East
| last_election1 = 117 seats, 41.4%
| seats1 = 128
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}11
| popular_vote1 = 477,758
| percentage1 = 50.3%
| swing1 = {{increase}}8.9%
| image2 = 200x200px
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)|nohash}}
| leader2 = Charles Tupper
| leader_since2 = 1896
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative (historical)|name}}
| leaders_seat2 = Cape Breton (lost re-election)
| last_election2 = 86 seats, 48.2%
| seats2 = 79
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}7
| popular_vote2 = 438,330
| percentage2 = 46.1%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}2.1%
| map_image = Canada 1900 Federal Election.svg
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = Prime Minister
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = Wilfrid Laurier
| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name}}
| after_election = Wilfrid Laurier
| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name}}
| map2_image = Chambre des Communes 1900.png
| map2_size = 380px
| map2_caption = The Canadian parliament after the 1900 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.
National results
File:1900 Canadian parliament.svg
| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Party !rowspan=2|Party leader !rowspan=2|# of !colspan=3|Seats !colspan=3|Popular vote |
| bgcolor="CCCCCC"
|align="center"|1896 |align="center"|Elected |align="center"|Change |align="center"|# |align="center"|% |align="center"|Change {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Liberal |align="center"| Wilfrid Laurier |align="right"| 209 |align="right"|117 |align="right"| 1281 |align="right"|+9.4% |align="right"| 477,758 |align="right"| 50.25% |align="right"|+8.88pp {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | rowspan=2| Charles Tupper |align="right"| 193 |align="right"|83 |align="right"| 69 |align="right" |
| 16.9%
|align="right"| 410,953 |align="right"| 43.22% |align="right" |
| 1.18pp
{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} |align="right"| 11 |align="right"|15 |align="right"| 10 |align="right" |
| 33.3%
|align="right"|27,377 |align="right"| 2.88% |align="right" |
| 0.89pp
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} |colspan=2| Independent |align="right"| 12 |align="right"|1 |align="right"| 3 |align="right"|+200% |align="right"| 13,307 |align="right"| 1.40% |align="right" |
| 0.03pp
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | colspan=2|Independent Conservative |align="right"| 4 |align="right"|4 |align="right"| 1 |align="right" |
| 75%
|align="right"| 10,081 |align="right"| 1.06% |align="right" |
| 0.20pp
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | colspan=2|Independent Liberal |align="right"| 3 |align="right"|1 |align="right"| 1 |align="right" |
| align="right"| 4,895
|align="right"| 0.51% |align="right"|+0.27pp {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | colspan=2|Independent Labour |align="right"| 12 |align="right"|* |align="right"| 1 |align="right"|* |align="right"| 3,441 |align="right"| 0.36% |align="right"|* {{Canadian party colour|CA|Labour|row-name}} |align="center"| |align="right"| 3 |align="right"|* |align="right"| - |align="right"|* |align="right"| 2,924 |align="right"| 0.31% |align="right"|* {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | colspan=2|Unknown |align="right"| 1 |align="right" |
| align="right"| -
|align="right" |
| align="right"| 27
|align="right"| x |align="right" |
| 0.17pp |
| colspan=3 |Total
!align="right"|437 !align="right"|229 !align="right"| 213 !align="right" |
| 7.0%
!align="right"| 950,763 !align="right"| 100% !align="right"| |
| align="center" colspan=10|Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E History of Federal Ridings since 1867] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204121507/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E |date=2008-12-04 }}{{failed verification|date=October 2023|reason=No mention of the 1900 election at this page. The search feature for General elections at the archived page isn't avaialable, and the resulting URL from that UI isn't archived.}} |
Notes:
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
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| class="wikitable"
! align="center" colspan=3|Party name ! align="center"|BC ! align="center"|NW ! align="center"|MB ! align="center"|ON ! align="center"|QC ! align="center"|NB ! align="center"|NS ! align="center"|PE ! align="center"|Total {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | rowspan=2|Liberal | Seats: | align="right"| 41 | align="right"| 4 | align="right"| 2 | align="right"| 34 | align="right"| 57 | align="right"| 9 | align="right"| 15 | align="right"| 3 | align="right"| 128 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}} | Popular vote (%): | align="right"| 49.1 | align="right"| 55.1 | align="right"| 42.9 | align="right"| 46.7 | align="right"| 56.3 | align="right"| 51.9 | align="right"| 51.7 | align="right"| 51.8 | align="right"| 50.3 {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | rowspan=2|Conservative | Seats: | align="right"| 2 | align="right"| - | align="right"| 3 | align="right"| 47 | align="right"| 8 | align="right"| 3 | align="right"| 5 | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| 69 {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| 40.9 | align="right"| 44.9 | align="right"| 35.3 | align="right"| 44.9 | align="right"| 43.6 | align="right"| 35.6 | align="right"| 44.9 | align="right"| 39.4 | align="right"| 43.2 {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | rowspan=2 |Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 7 | align="right"| | align="right"| 2 | align="right"| - | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| 10 {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 3.8 | align="right"| | align="right"| 8.1 | align="right"| 3.4 | align="right"| 8.8 | align="right"| 2.9 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | rowspan=2 |Independent | Seats: | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| 2 | align="right"| - | align="right"| - | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 3 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 13.5 | align="right"| 1.7 | align="right"| 0.2 | align="right"| 0.3 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.4 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | rowspan=2 |Independent Conservative | Seats: | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| | align="right"| - | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|1 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.7 | align="right"| | align="right"| 4.2 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.1 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | rowspan=2 |Independent Liberal | Seats: | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|1 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1.1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.5 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | rowspan=2 |Independent Labour | Seats: | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|1 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 8.2 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.4 |
| colspan=3|Total seats
| align="right"|6 | align="right"| 4 | align="right"|7 | align="right"| 92 | align="right"|65 | align="right"|14 | align="right"|20 | align="right"| 5 | align="right"| 213 |
| colspan=12|Parties that won no seats:
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Labour|row-name}} | Vote (%): | align="right"| 10.0 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.1 | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| 0.3 {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | Unknown | Vote (%): | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| xx | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"| | align="right"|xx |
Notes:
xx - indicates less than 0.05% of the popular vote.
See also
{{Portal|Canada|Politics}}