1923 Quebec general election

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1923 Quebec general election

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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 10 15 Popular vote 149,730 114,285 Percentage 51.52% 39.32% Swing 0.39pp 22.36pp
Premier before election Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Liberal Premier after election Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Liberal

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.

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[edit]

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

Results[edit]

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	MPPs				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

Eight Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation:^[4]

See also[edit]

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties
• 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Further reading[edit]

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

References[edit]