2000 Canadian Federal Election

Canada held a snap parliamentary election on November 27, 2000. All 301 seats in the House of Commons were up for election, and a party needed at least 151 seats to secure a majority government.

Incumbent Prime Minister Jean Chrétien called the early election to capitalize on his Liberal Party's relative popularity and to catch the fractured opposition parties unprepared to wage a campaign.

Chrétien's gamble worked—the Liberals increased their vote share and gained 17 seats compared to the 1997 election. The Canadian Alliance also flipped a handful of seats. These gains came at the expense of the New Democrats, the Progressive Conservatives, and the Bloc Québécois

This was the last election with a fractured centre-right. A newly unified Conservative Party would contest the 2004 federal election.