1919 Quebec general election
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The 1919 Quebec general election was held on June 23, 1919, to elect members of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé.
Gouin, who had held office since 1905, resigned precisely one year after the election to make way for his successor Louis-Alexandre Taschereau. Gouin himself had originally come to power in much the same way, after his predecessor Simon-Napoléon Parent resigned soon after winning his final election.
Results
| Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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| 1916 | Elected | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | ||||
| Liberal | Lomer Gouin | 79 | 75 | 74 | 1 | 67,292 | 58,974 | 51.91 | 8.66 | |
| Conservative | Arthur Sauvé | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21,990 | 73,147 | 16.96 | 18.13 | |
| Parti ouvrier | 7 | – | 2 | 2 | 12,506 | 10,674 | 9.65 | 8.77 | ||
| Independent-Liberal | 22 | – | – | – | 21,902 | 14,695 | 16.88 | 13.42 | ||
| Liberal-Democrat | 5 | – | – | – | 4,399 | New | 3.38 | New | ||
| Liberal–Labour | 1 | – | – | – | 1,457 | New | 1.12 | New | ||
| Total | 134 | 81 | 129,636 | 100% | ||||||
| Rejected ballots | 1,448 | 1,319 | ||||||||
| Voter turnout | 131,184 | 80,035 | 55.11 | 7.44 | ||||||
| Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 238,052 | 99,644 | ||||||||
| Candidates returned by acclamation | 45 | 19 | ||||||||
| Source | Party | ||||
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| Lib | Con | PO | Total | ||
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 30 | 30 | ||
| Open seats held | 1 | 1 | |||
| Acclamation | 43 | 2 | 45 | ||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Open seats gained | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Total | 74 | 5 | 2 | 81 | |
See also
- List of Quebec premiers
- Politics of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
- List of Quebec political parties
- 15th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Further reading
- Hopkins, J. Castell (1920). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1919. Toronto: The Annual Review.
References
- ^ Drouilly, Pierre (November 7, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1919". donneesquebec.ca. Atlas des élections au Québec.
- ^ Hopkins 1920, pp. 692–693.