The following elections occurred in 1896: {{TOC right

North America

Canada

1896 Canadian federal election The 1896 Canadian federal election was held on June 23, 1896, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 8th Parliament of Canada. Though the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Charles Tupper, won a plurality of the popular ...

December 1896 Edmonton municipal election The second of two 1896 municipal elections was held December 14, 1896. This was the first election to take place on the second Monday of December instead of the second Monday in January. The election was to elect the town council (consisting of a ...

January 1896 Edmonton municipal election The first of two 1896 municipal elections was held January 13, 1896 to elect the town council (consisting of a mayor and six aldermen, each elected for a one-year term), five trustees for the public school division and four trustees for the separate ...

* 1896 Manitoba general election

United States

Bourbon Democrat Bourbon Democrat was a term used in the United States in the later 19th century (1872–1904) to refer to members of the Democratic Party who were ideologically aligned with fiscal conservatism or classical liberalism, especially those who su ...

* 1896 New York state election *

1896 South Carolina gubernatorial election The 1896 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1896 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. William Haselden Ellerbe won the Democratic primary and easily won the general election to become the 86th govern ...

* 1896 United States House of Representatives elections * United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1896 * United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1896 *

1896 United States presidential election The 1896 United States presidential election was the 28th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1896. Former Governor William McKinley, the Republican candidate, defeated former Representative William Jennings Bryan, t ...

United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1896 The 1897 South Carolina United States Senate election was a unanimous election of the Democratic nominee on January 26, 1897 to select the United States Senate, U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. The Democratic Party (United States), ...

* 1896 United States Senate elections

Australia

1896 South Australian colonial election Colonial elections were held in South Australia on 25 April 1896, excepting the Northern Territory, which voted on 2 May. All 54 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent liberal government led by Prem ...

New Zealand

* 1896 New Zealand general election *

1896 City of Christchurch by-election The City of Christchurch by-election of 1896 was a by-election held on 13 February 1896 during the 12th New Zealand Parliament in the urban seat of the City of Christchurch. The by-election was triggered by the appointment of William Pember Reev ...

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