1923 Quebec general election

The 1923 Quebec general election was held on February 5, 1923, to elect members of the 16th Legislative Assembly 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.

1923 Quebec general election

← 1919 February 5, 1923 1927 →

85 seats in the 16th 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 74 seats, 51.91% 5 seats, 16.96%
Seats won 64 20
Seat change Decrease10 Increase15
Popular vote 149,730 114,285
Percentage 51.52% 39.32%
Swing Decrease0.39pp Increase22.36pp

Premier before election

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Liberal

Premier after election

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Liberal

It was the first of four election victories in a row for Taschereau. However, he had held office since 1920, following the resignation of the previous premier, Lomer Gouin.

Redistribution of ridings

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An Act passed prior to the election[1] increased the number of MLAs from 81 to 85 through the following changes:

Abolished ridings New ridings
Divisions of ridings
Creation of riding from parts of others
Merger of ridings
Change of name
  1. ^ a b Protected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.
  2. ^ formed from part of Matane
  3. ^ formed from parts of Montréal-Dorion and Montréal-Laurier
  4. ^ formed from part of Jacques-Cartier

Results

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This was the last Quebec election in which a candidate won in multiple ridings. Joseph-Édouard Perrault took both Abitibi and Arthabaska, and he would later resign from Abitibi to allow Hector Authier to be elected in a byelection later that year.[2]

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1923)[3]
Political party Party leader MLAs Votes
Candidates 1919 1923 ± # ± % ± (pp)
  Government candidates
 Liberal Louis-Alexandre Taschereau 83 74 64 10  149,730 82,438  51.52 0.39 
 Labour 3 2 2  5,554 6,952  1.91 7.74 
  Opposition candidates
 Conservative Arthur Sauvé 66 5 20 15  114,285 92,295  39.32 22.36 
 Liberal 3 1 1  3,684 New 1.27 New
 Independent 6 4,931 New 1.70 New
 Farmer 3 3,180 New 1.09 New
 Labour 3 2,439 New 0.84 New
  Other candidates
 Independent-Liberal 10 5,586 16,316  1.92 14.96 
 Labour 1 925 New 0.32 New
 Independent-Conservative 1 335 New 0.11 New
Total 179 81 85 290,649 100%
Rejected ballots 3,808 2,360 
Voter turnout 294,457 163,273  62.02 6.91 
Registered electors (contested ridings only) 474,794 236,742 
Candidates returned by acclamation 8 37 
Popular vote
PLQ
51.52%
PCQ
39.32%
Others
9.16%
Seats summary
PLQ
75.29%
PCQ
23.53%
Others
1.18%

Eight Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation:[4]

How nominated Riding Member returned
One candidate only Îles-de-la-Madeleine Joseph-Édouard Caron
Lotbinière Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur
Québec-Comté Aurèle Leclerc
Québec-Est Louis-Alfred Létourneau
Two candidates, but one withdrew Bellechasse Antonin Galipeault
Gaspé Gustave Lemieux
Matapédia Joseph Dufour
Saint-Jean Alexis Bouthillier

See also

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Further reading

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  • Hopkins, J. Castell (1924). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1923. Toronto: The Annual Review.

References

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  1. ^ An Act to amend the Revised Statutes, 1909, respecting the territorial division of the Province, S.Q. 1922 (2nd session), c. 13, ss. 1, 5. Although 86 electoral districts were constituted, it was previously provided in 1912 that Charlevoix and Saguenay were united for the purpose of returning one MLA only.
  2. ^ Morin, Jacques Carl (Winter 2008–2009). "A Note on Simultaneous Candidacies in the Québec Legislature" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review. 31 (4): 20–23.
  3. ^ Drouilly, Pierre (November 7, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1923". donneesquebec.ca. Atlas des élections au Québec.
  4. ^ Hopkins 1924, p. 606.