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1912 Quebec general election

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81 seats in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
41 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lomer Gouin Joseph-Mathias Tellier
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since 1905 1909
Leader's seat Portneuf Joliette
Last election 57 seats, 53.53% 14 seats, 39.92%
Seats won 62 16
Seat change Increase5 Increase2
Popular vote 155,958 125,277
Percentage 53.54% 43.01%
Swing Increase0.01pp Increase3.09pp

Premier before election

Lomer Gouin
Liberal

Premier after election

Lomer Gouin
Liberal

The 1912 Quebec general election was held on May 15, 1912, to elect members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Joseph-Mathias Tellier.

Redistribution of ridings

New ridings on the Island of Montreal

An Act passed prior to the election increased the number of MLAs from 74 to 81 through the following changes:

Abolished ridings New ridings
Divisions of ridings
Creation of riding from parts of others
Reorganization of ridings
  1. ^ Protected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.
  2. formed from parts of Beauce and Compton

Results

Party Party leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular Vote
1908 Elected % Change # % % Change
Liberal Lomer Gouin 80 57 62 +10.5% 155,958 53.54% +0.01%
Conservative Joseph-Mathias Tellier 75 14 16 +14.3% 125,277 43.01% +3.09%
  Ligue nationaliste Armand Lavergne 2 3 1 -66.7% 2,703 0,93%  
  Labour Joseph-Alphonse Langlois 3 0 1 +100.0% 3,751 1.29% +1.29%
  Independent Liberal 5 - 0   2,864 1.00% -0.63%
  Other 3 - 1 +100.0 739 0.30% -2.11%
Total 169 74 81 +9.5% 291,292 100%  
Popular vote
PLQ 53.54%
PCQ 43.01%
Labour 1.29%
LN 0.93%
Others 1.23%
Popular vote
PLQ 76.54%
PCQ 19.75%
Labour 1.23%
LN 1.23%
Others 1.23%

See also

Further reading

References

  1. An Act to amend the law respecting representation in the Legislative Assembly, S.Q. 1912 (1st session), c. 9
Quebec Elections and referendums in Quebec
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See also: List of Quebec by-elections


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