Canadian federal election, 1900

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November 7, 1900

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213 seats in the 9th Canadian Parliament
107 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

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%

Prime Minister before election

Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal

Prime Minister-designate

Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal

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. The voter turnout was 77.4%

Notes:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

x - indicates less than 0.005% of the popular vote.

¹Ralph 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.

²Arthur 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.

Notes:

xx - indicates less than 0.05% of the popular vote.

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