1900 British Columbia general election

The 1900 British Columbia general election was held in 1900. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on April 24, 1900, and held on June 9, 1900. The new legislature met for the first time on July 19, 1900.

Like in the previous BC general election, of the 38 MLAs 24 were elected in single member districts in 1900. There were also three 2-member districts and two 4-member districts. Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the district.

This was the last election in which political parties were not part of the official process in British Columbia, although because of the political chaos in this year resulting from the joint misrule of Premier Joseph Martin and the Lieutenant-Governor, Thomas Robert McInnes, many individual candidates declared their party affiliations in many ridings as a protest against the non-party system.

For more on the political circumstances of this election, please see 1898 British Columbia general election.

Results by riding
Government ''' Conservative Opposition Independent Opposition ''' Government ''' Government ''' Progressive ''' Government ''' Opposition ''' Government ''' Opposition ''' Independent Opposition Opposition ''' Independent Conservative ''' Opposition Progressive ''' Independent Progressive ''' Labour ''' Opposition ''' Independent Opposition ''' Conservative ''' Independent ''' Independent Liberal ''' Opposition ''' Opposition ''' Opposition ''' Conservative ''' Progressive ''' Progressive ''' Conservative ''' Conservative ''' Opposition ''' Independent Opposition ''' Opposition Progressive '''
 * align="center"|Edwin Clarke Smith
 * align="center" |'''East Kootenay (south riding)
 * align="center"|Edwin Clarke Smith
 * align="center" |'''East Kootenay (south riding)
 * align="center" rowspan=2|'''Cassiar
 * align="center" rowspan=2|'''Cassiar
 * align="center" rowspan=2|'''Cassiar
 * align="center"|Charles William Digby Clifford
 * align="center"|John Oliver
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Delta
 * align="center"|John Oliver
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Delta
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Delta
 * align="center"|James Stables
 * align="center"|John Cunningham Brown
 * align="center" |'''New Westminster City
 * align="center"|John Cunningham Brown
 * align="center" |'''New Westminster City
 * align="center"|John Cunningham Brown
 * align="center" |'''New Westminster City
 * align="center" |'''New Westminster City
 * align="center" |'''Alberni
 * align="center" |'''Alberni
 * align="center" |'''Alberni
 * align="center"|Alan Webster Neill
 * align="center"|Hugh Bowie Gilmour
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Vancouver City
 * align="center"|Hugh Bowie Gilmour
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Vancouver City
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Vancouver City
 * align="center" rowspan=2|'''Cariboo
 * align="center" rowspan=2|'''Cariboo
 * align="center" rowspan=2|'''Cariboo
 * align="center"|Joseph Hunter
 * align="center"|Joseph Martin1
 * align="center"|Samuel Augustus Rogers
 * align="center"|Smith Curtis
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Rossland
 * align="center"|Samuel Augustus Rogers
 * align="center"|Smith Curtis
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Rossland
 * align="center"|Smith Curtis
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Rossland
 * align="center"|Smith Curtis
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Rossland
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Rossland
 * align="center" |'''Comox
 * align="center" |'''Comox
 * align="center" |'''Comox
 * align="center"|Lewis Alfred Mounce
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Esquimalt
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Esquimalt
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Esquimalt
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Esquimalt
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Esquimalt
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Esquimalt
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Esquimalt
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Esquimalt
 * align="center"|William Henry Hayward
 * align="center"|Charles Edward Pooley
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center"|Charles Edward Pooley
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center"|Charles Edward Pooley
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center"|Charles Edward Pooley
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center" |'''Cowichan
 * align="center"|Charles Herbert Dickie
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet East
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet East
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet East
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet East
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet East
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet East
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet East
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet East
 * align="center"|James Douglas Prentice
 * align="center" |'''East Kootenay (north riding)
 * align="center" |'''East Kootenay (north riding)
 * align="center" |'''East Kootenay (north riding)
 * align="center" |'''East Kootenay (north riding)
 * align="center" |'''East Kootenay (north riding)
 * align="center" |'''East Kootenay (north riding)
 * align="center" |'''East Kootenay (north riding)
 * align="center" |'''East Kootenay (north riding)
 * align="center"|Wilmer Cleveland Wells
 * align="center" |'''Nanaimo City
 * align="center" |'''Nanaimo City
 * align="center" |'''Nanaimo City
 * align="center" |'''Nanaimo City
 * align="center" |'''Nanaimo City
 * align="center" |'''Nanaimo City
 * align="center" |'''Nanaimo City
 * align="center" |'''Nanaimo City
 * align="center"|Ralph Smith
 * align="center" |'''South Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''South Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''South Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''South Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''South Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''South Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''South Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''South Nanaimo
 * align="center"|James Dunsmuir2
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet West
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet West
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet West
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet West
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet West
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet West
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet West
 * align="center" |'''Lillooet West
 * align="center"|Alfred Wellington Smith
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Vancouver City
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Vancouver City
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Vancouver City
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Vancouver City
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Vancouver City
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Vancouver City
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Vancouver City
 * align="center" rowspan=2 |'''Vancouver City
 * align="center"|James Ford Garden
 * align="center"|Robert Garnett Tatlow
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center"|Robert Garnett Tatlow
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center"|Robert Garnett Tatlow
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center"|Robert Garnett Tatlow
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center" |'''North Nanaimo
 * align="center"|William Wallace Burns McInnes
 * align="center" |'''North Victoria
 * align="center" |'''North Victoria
 * align="center" |'''North Victoria
 * align="center" |'''North Victoria
 * align="center" |'''North Victoria
 * align="center" |'''North Victoria
 * align="center" |'''North Victoria
 * align="center" |'''North Victoria
 * align="center"|John Paton Booth
 * align="center" |'''South Victoria
 * align="center" |'''South Victoria
 * align="center" |'''South Victoria
 * align="center" |'''South Victoria
 * align="center" |'''South Victoria
 * align="center" |'''South Victoria
 * align="center" |'''South Victoria
 * align="center" |'''South Victoria
 * align="center"|David McEwen Eberts
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Nelson
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Nelson
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Nelson
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Nelson
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Nelson
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Nelson
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Nelson
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Nelson
 * align="center"|John Frederick Hume
 * align="center" rowspan=4 |'''Victoria City
 * align="center" rowspan=4 |'''Victoria City
 * align="center" rowspan=4 |'''Victoria City
 * align="center" rowspan=4 |'''Victoria City
 * align="center" rowspan=4 |'''Victoria City
 * align="center" rowspan=4 |'''Victoria City
 * align="center" rowspan=4 |'''Victoria City
 * align="center" rowspan=4 |'''Victoria City
 * align="center"|Richard Hall
 * align="center"|Henry Dallas Helmcken
 * align="center"|Albert Edward McPhillips
 * align="center"|John Herbert Turner
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center"|Henry Dallas Helmcken
 * align="center"|Albert Edward McPhillips
 * align="center"|John Herbert Turner
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center"|Albert Edward McPhillips
 * align="center"|John Herbert Turner
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center"|Albert Edward McPhillips
 * align="center"|John Herbert Turner
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center"|Albert Edward McPhillips
 * align="center"|John Herbert Turner
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center"|John Herbert Turner
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center"|John Herbert Turner
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center"|John Herbert Turner
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center"|John Herbert Turner
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Revelstoke
 * align="center"|Thomas Taylor
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Slocan
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Slocan
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Slocan
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Slocan
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Slocan
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Slocan
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Slocan
 * align="center" |'''West Kootenay-Slocan
 * align="center"|Robert Francis Green
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Chilliwhack
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Chilliwhack
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Chilliwhack
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Chilliwhack
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Chilliwhack
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Chilliwhack
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Chilliwhack
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Chilliwhack
 * align="center"|Charles William Munro
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Dewdney
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Dewdney
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Dewdney
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Dewdney
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Dewdney
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Dewdney
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Dewdney
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Dewdney
 * align="center"|Richard McBride
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Richmond
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Richmond
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Richmond
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Richmond
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Richmond
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Richmond
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Richmond
 * align="center" |'''Westminster-Richmond
 * align="center"|Thomas Kidd
 * align="center" |'''Yale-East
 * align="center" |'''Yale-East
 * align="center" |'''Yale-East
 * align="center" |'''Yale-East
 * align="center" |'''Yale-East
 * align="center" |'''Yale-East
 * align="center" |'''Yale-East
 * align="center" |'''Yale-East
 * align="center"|Price Ellison
 * align="center" |'''Yale-North
 * align="center" |'''Yale-North
 * align="center" |'''Yale-North
 * align="center" |'''Yale-North
 * align="center" |'''Yale-North
 * align="center" |'''Yale-North
 * align="center" |'''Yale-North
 * align="center" |'''Yale-North
 * align="center"|Frederick John Fulton
 * align="center" |'''Yale-West
 * align="center" |'''Yale-West
 * align="center" |'''Yale-West
 * align="center" |'''Yale-West
 * align="center" |'''Yale-West
 * align="center" |'''Yale-West
 * align="center" |'''Yale-West
 * align="center" |'''Yale-West
 * align="center"|Denis Murphy
 * align-left"|1 Incumbent Premier
 * align-left"|2 Premier-Elect
 * align="center" colspan="10"|Source:
 * }
 * align-left"|2 Premier-Elect
 * align="center" colspan="10"|Source:
 * }
 * align-left"|2 Premier-Elect
 * align="center" colspan="10"|Source:
 * }
 * align="center" colspan="10"|Source:
 * }
 * }

Further reading & references

 * In the Sea of Sterile Mountains: The Chinese in British Columbia, Joseph Morton, J.J. Douglas, Vancouver (1974). Despite its title, a fairly thorough account of the politicians and electoral politics in early BC.