Canadian federal election, 1900

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The Canadian parliament after the 1900 election

The Canadian federal election of 1900 was to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. As a result of the election, the Liberal Party, led by Wilfrid Laurier, was re-elected to a second majority government, defeating the Conservative party and Liberal-Conservatives led by Robert Borden.

National results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	1896	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Wilfrid Laurier	209	117	128¹	+9.4%	477,758	50.25%	+8.88%
	Conservative	Robert Borden	193	83	69	-16.9%	410,953	43.22%	-1.18%
	Liberal-Conservative	Robert Borden	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	<center>	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 cnadidates 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			BC	NW	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	Total
	Liberal	Seats:	4¹	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			14	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

Preceded by:
1896 federal election

Canadian federal elections

Followed by:
1904 federal election