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Why did the Unionists win the 1900 election and how significant was this victory? 1900 saw the Conservative Unionists just over half way through their 7-year period in office. The last general election had been called in 1895 so the Unionist had no pressing reason to hold a general election. Salisbury sought to capitalise on the apparent success of the Boer-war by appealing to the public in the form of a Khaki election. With the liberal party in disarray due to a split over the Boer-war and the economy in apparent boom, Salisbury dissolved parliament and called an election. The liberal party split in 1886, over the issue of Irish home rule, had taken away most of the financial backing and given it to the Conservative party which then became known as the Unionists. This meant that when the 1900 election was being fought, the liberal candidates who had previously been supported...

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