Canadian federal election, 1900

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The Canadian parliament after the 1900 election
The Canadian parliament after the 1900 election

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.

Voter turn-out: 77.4%


[edit] 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% +8.88%
     Conservative Charles Tupper 193 83 69 -16.9% 410,953 43.22% -1.18%
     Liberal-Conservative 11 15 10 -33.3% 27,377 2.88% -0.89%
     Independent 12 1 3 +200% 13,307 1.40% -0.03%
     Independent Conservative 4 4 1 -75% 10,081 1.06% -0.20%
     Independent Liberal 3 1 1 - 4,895 0.51% +0.27%
     Independent Labour 12 * 1 * 3,441 0.36% *
     Labour 3 * - * 2,924 0.31% *
     Unknown 1 - - - 27 x -0.17%
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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] See also

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