1900 Canadian Federal Election
November 7, 1900 · The Laurier era · 213 seats, 107 for a majority
Laurier consolidated his majority as the Boer War strained his balancing act between imperial sentiment in Ontario and opposition in Quebec, sweeping his home province.
Prime Minister before
Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
majority government
Turnout
77.4%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Wilfrid Laurier | 128 | +11 | 477,758 | 50.3% | +8.9 | |
| Conservative | Charles Tupper | 79 | -7 | 438,330 | 46.1% | -2.1 |
6 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.
The result by province & territory
Seats won and vote share in each province and territory. Blank cells mean the party did not contest the province; the results table splits allied labels (Liberal-Conservatives, farmers' candidates, independents) that the headline figures group together.
| Liberal | 4149.1% | 455.1% | 242.9% | 3446.7% | 5756.3% | 951.9% | 1551.7% | 351.8% | 12850.3% |
| Conservative | 240.9% | 044.9% | 335.3% | 4744.9% | 843.6% | 335.6% | 544.9% | 139.4% | 6943.2% |
| Liberal-Conservative | 73.8% | 28.1% | 03.4% | 18.8% | 102.9% | ||||
| Independent | 113.5% | 21.7% | 00.2% | 00.3% | 31.4% | ||||
| Independent Conservative | 11.7% | 04.2% | 11.1% | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | 11.1% | 10.5% | |||||||
| Independent Labour | 18.2% | 10.4% | |||||||
| Total seats | 6 | 4 | 7 | 92 | 65 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 213 |