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1927 Quebec general election

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85 seats in the 17th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 43 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Arthur Sauvé Party Liberal Conservative Leader since 1920 1915 Leader's seat Montmorency Deux-Montagnes Last election 64 seats, 51.52% 20 seats, 39.32% Seats won 74 9 Seat change 10 11 Popular vote 188,687 109,105 Percentage 59.33% 34.31% Swing 7.81pp 5.01pp
Premier before election Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Liberal Premier after election Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Liberal

The 1927 Quebec general election was held on May 16, 1927, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé.

It was the second general election victory in a row for Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, who had held office since 1920.

Results

Twelve Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation, including one on the Island of Montreal. Taschereau himself was acclaimed in Montmorency, because of the alleged technical rejection of the Conservative candidate Lucien Drolet's nomination papers. Drolet would later sue the returning officer over this.

The Liberals won back six of the Montreal seats they had lost in 1923. There was a controversy in Montréal–Saint-Louis, where the Conservative candidate Louis Fitch claimed that he had been subject to false arrest on Election Day.

Polling was deferred to May 23 in Gaspé. This was because weather conditions caused the closure of many roads in the area.

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1927)

Political party		Party leader	MLAs				Votes
			Candidates	1923	1927	±	#	±	%	± (pp)
	Government candidates
	█ Liberal	Louis-Alexandre Taschereau	85	64	74	10	188,687	38,957	59.34	7.82
	█ Independent	–	3	–	–	–	1,365	New	0.43	New
	Opposition candidates
	█ Conservative	Arthur Sauvé	67	20	9	11	109,105	92,295	34.31	5.01
	█ Liberal	–	–	1	–	1	Did not campaign
	█ Independent	–	3	–	–	–	2,685	2,246	0.84	0.86
	█ Labour	–	1	–	1	1	4,432	1,993	1.39	0.55
	Other candidates
	█ Independent-Liberal	–	7	–	1	1	9,345	3,759	2.94	1.02
	█ Labour	–	1	–	–	–	2,342	1,417	0.74	0.42
Total			167	85			317,961		100%
Rejected ballots							2,843	965
Voter turnout							320,804	26,347	62.91	0.89
Registered electors (contested ridings only)							509,935	35,141
Candidates returned by acclamation					12	4

1. Other allegiances not professed in 1927: Labour-Government; Independent-Conservative; Farmer-Opposition

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties
• 17th Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Further reading

• Hopkins, J. Castell, ed. (1927). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1926–27. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.

References

1. ^ Hopkins 1927, p. 355.
2. "Une contestation dans Montmorency" [A dispute in Montmorency]. Le Progrès du Saguenay (in French). Chicoutimi. May 14, 1927. p. 1.
3. ^ "Taschereau returned with a larger following". The Sherbrooke Daily Record. May 17, 1927. p. 1.
4. "About two hundred candidates seeking seats in Legislature". Sherbrooke Daily Record. August 17, 1931. p. 1.
5. Drouilly, Pierre (November 7, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1927". donneesquebec.ca. Atlas des élections au Québec.

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