1900 Canadian federal election

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213 seats in the House of Commons
107 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 77.4%[1] (14.5pp)
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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%

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The Canadian parliament after the 1900 election

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| Prime Minister before election

Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal

| Prime Minister after election

Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal

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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

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Party  | Party leader  | # of
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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[failed verification]

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

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Party name  | BC | NW | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | Total

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| 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

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* Canada portal
* Politics portal

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

## References

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

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