# 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.

## National results

| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Seats | Seats | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Party | Party | Party leader | # of candidates | 1896 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change |
| | Liberal | Wilfrid Laurier | 209 | 117 | 128$^1$ | +9.4% | 477,758 | 50.25% | +8.88pp |
| | Conservative | Charles Tupper | 193 | 83 | 69 | -16.9% | 410,953 | 43.22% | -1.18pp |
| | Liberal-Conservative | Charles Tupper | 11 | 15 | 10 | -33.3% | 27,377 | 2.88% | -0.89pp |
| | Independent | Independent | 12 | 1 | 3 | +200% | 13,307 | 1.40% | -0.03pp |
| | Independent Conservative | Independent Conservative | 4 | 4 | 1 | -75% | 10,081 | 1.06% | -0.20pp |
| | Independent Liberal | Independent Liberal | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 4,895 | 0.51% | +0.27pp |
| | Independent Labour | Independent Labour | 1$^2$ | * | 1 | * | 3,441 | 0.36% | * |
| | Labour | | 3 | * | - | * | 2,924 | 0.31% | * |
| | Unknown | Unknown | 1 | - | - | - | 27 | x | -0.17pp |
| Total | Total | 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 | Party name | Party name | BC | NW | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | Total |
| | Liberal | Seats: | 4$^1$ | 4 | 2 | 34 | 57 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 128 |
| | Liberal | 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 |
| | Conservative | 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 |
| | Liberal-Conservative | Vote (%): | | | | 3.8 | | 8.1 | 3.4 | 8.8 | 2.9 |
| | Independent | Seats: | | | 1 | 2 | - | - | | | 3 |
| | Independent | Vote (%): | | | 13.5 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | | | 1.4 |
| | Independent Conservative | Seats: | | | | 1 | | - | | | 1 |
| | Independent Conservative | Vote (%): | | | | 1.7 | | 4.2 | | | 1.1 |
| | Independent Liberal | Seats: | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 |
| | Independent Liberal | Vote (%): | | | | 1.1 | | | | | 0.5 |
| | Independent Labour | Seats: | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 |
| | Independent Labour | Vote (%): | | | 8.2 | | | | | | 0.4 |
| Total seats | Total seats | 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.