The Canadian federal election of 1900 was held on November 7 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons

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 of the 9th Parliament

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 of Canada

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. As a result of the election, the Liberal Party

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, led by Prime Minister

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 Wilfrid Laurier

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, was re-elected to a second majority government

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, defeating the Conservative Party

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 and Liberal-Conservatives led by Charles Tupper

Charles Tupper

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. The voter turn-out was 77.4%

National results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1896 Canadian federal election, 1896 The Canadian federal election of 1896 was held on June 23, 1896 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Canada. Though the Conservative Party won a plurality of the popular vote, the Liberal Party, led by Wilfrid Laurier, won the majority of seats to form the...	Elected	Change	#	%	Change	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	Wilfrid Laurier Wilfrid Laurier Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....	209	117	1281	+9.4%	477,758	50.25%	+8.88%	Conservative Conservative Party of Canada (historical) The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...	Charles Tupper Charles Tupper Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, GCMG, CB, PC was a Canadian father of Confederation: as the Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He later went on to serve as the sixth Prime Minister of Canada, sworn in to office on May 1, 1896, seven days after...	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

Arthur Puttee

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 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 British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...	NW Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...	MB Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...	ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	NB New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...	NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...	PE Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...	Total	Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...	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 Conservative Party of Canada (historical) The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...	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

• List of Canadian federal general elections
• List of political parties in Canada
• 9th Canadian Parliament
  9th Canadian Parliament
  The 9th Canadian Parliament was in session from February 6, 1901 until September 29, 1904. The membership was set by the 1900 federal election on November 7, 1900, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1904 election.It was controlled...