The following elections occurred in the year 1916.

Asia

1916 Philippine House of Representatives elections The elections for the members of the Philippine Assembly were held on June 6, 1916 pursuant to the Philippine Organic Act of 1902 which prescribed elections for every three years. After the passage of the Jones Law on August 29, 1916 in where t ...

1916 Philippine Senate elections The first-ever elections to Philippine Senate were held on October 3, 1916, immediately after the passage of the Philippine Autonomy Act, known as the Jones Law. The Act created the Senate of the Philippines. The Senate replaced the Philippin ...

Europe

1916 Finnish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland on 1 and 3 July 1916. Background The Finnish Parliament had not been in session during the early years of World War I. The Russian army's severe losses to the German army started t ...

United Kingdom

1916 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election The 1916 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election was a by-election held on 23 December 1916 for the British House of Commons constituency of Ashton-under-Lyne. Summary The Conservative Albert Stanley was the only candidate nominated and was therefore decl ...

1916 Bolton by-election The 1916 Bolton by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Bolton on 29 February 1916. The seat had become vacant when the Liberal Thomas Taylor Thomas Taylor may refer to: Military *Thoma ...

* 1916 Newington West by-election *

1916 Portsmouth by-election The 1916 Portsmouth by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Portsmouth on 15 January 1916. The seat had become vacant when Lord Charles Beresford (one of the constituency's two Conservativ ...

* 1916 Sheffield Hallam by-election * 1916 South Shields by-election

North America

Canada

1916 British Columbia general election The 1916 British Columbia general election was the fourteenth general election for the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on July 5, 1916, and ...

1916 Edmonton municipal election The 1916 municipal election was held December 11, 1916 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school board, and four trustees to sit on the separate school board. There were ten alder ...

1916 Nova Scotia general election The 1916 Nova Scotia general election was held on 20 June 1916 to elect members of the 36th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal party. Results Results by party Retiring incumbents ;Liberal *C ...

1916 Quebec general election The 1916 Quebec general election was held on May 22, 1916, to elect members of the 14th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conser ...

1916 Toronto municipal election Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1916. Mayor Tommy Church was elected to his second term in office. Toronto mayor Church had first been elected mayor the year previous. In the words of the ''Toronto Daily S ...

United States

* 1916 US presidential election * United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1916 *

1916 Minnesota gubernatorial election The 1916 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1916. Republican Party of Minnesota candidate J. A. A. Burnquist defeated Democratic Party of Minnesota challenger Thomas P. Dwyer. Republican primary Candidates Nomina ...

1916 New York state election The 1916 New York state election was held on November 7, 1916, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the Secretary of State, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state engineer, a U.S. Senator, the ch ...

* United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1916 *

1916 South Carolina gubernatorial election The 1916 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Richard Irvine Manning III faced a strong challenge from former governor Coleman Livingston Blease in the ...

1916 United States House of Representatives elections 1916 United States House of Representatives elections were held, coinciding with the re-election of President Woodrow Wilson. Wilson eked out a narrow re-election, but his Democratic Party lost seats to the Republican Party. Wilson's hybrid app ...

1916 United States Senate elections The 1916 United States Senate elections were elections that coincided with the re-election of President Woodrow Wilson. Republicans gained a net of two seats from the Democrats. Senate Party Division, 65th Congress (1917–1919) Majority Party: ...

United States Senate

* United States Senate election in Massachusetts, 1916 *

South America

1916 Argentine general election General elections were held in Argentina on 2 April 1916. Voters elected the President, legislators, and local officials. The first secret-ballot presidential elections in the nation's history, they were mandatory and had a turnout of 62.8%. The ...

* 1916 Guatemalan presidential election * 1916 Nicaraguan general election * 1916 Panamanian presidential election

Oceania

Australia

1916 Australian plebiscite The 1916 Australian referendum on compulsory military service was held on 28 October 1916. It was the first non-binding Australian referendum, and contained one question. This referendum was held due to Prime Minister Billy Hughes' desire to ...

1916 Tasmanian state election The 1916 Tasmanian state election was held on Thursday, 23 March 1916 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system 1916 Pahiatua by-election The Pahiatua by-election of 1916 was a by-election held in the electorate during the 19th New Zealand Parliament, on 17 August 1916. It was caused by the death of incumbent MP James Escott James Henry Escott (17 April 1872 – 28 July 19 ...