1952 Quebec general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 September 2023 1952 Quebec general election Quebec parliamentary no no no 1948 Quebec general election 1948 23rd Quebec Legislature 1956 Quebec general election 1956 24th Quebec Legislature 92 seats in the 24th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 47 seats were needed for a majority July 16, 1952 Maurice Duplessis infobox.jpg 180x180px QC UN nohash Maurice Duplessis June 20, 1936 QC UN name Trois-Rivières 82 seats, 51.24% 68 14 50.5% 0.74pp Georges-Émile Lapalme.jpg 180x180px QC Liberal nohash Georges-Émile Lapalme May 20, 1950 QC Liberal name Ran in Joliette (defeated) 8 seats, 33.17% 23 15 45.77% 12.6pp Premier Maurice Duplessis QC UN name Maurice Duplessis Premier after election QC UN name The 1952 Quebec general election was held on July 16, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent fr Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Georges-Émile Lapalme. This was the fourth time (and the third in a row) that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory. The number of seats won by the Liberals, and their share of the popular vote, were considerably increased over the previous election in 1948. Campaign Thérèse Casgrain became the first female leader of a Quebec political party, heading the CCF. Of the 92 races, 56 were two-way contests between the two major parties: + Riding contests, by number of candidates (1952) CandidatesUNLibCCFI-UNI-LibIndLab-PrLbrPNTotal256 56 112323 24 11 8 2 2 1 1 7248 8 8 2 2 2 2 3254 4 4 4 2 2 20Total91 92 23 10 8 4 4 3 1 236 Outcome Henri Groulx (Montréal-Outremont) was the first candidate to learn that he had been reelected, but he died within an hour of hearing the news. July 17, 1952 Groulx Dies Suddenly https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19520717&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Montreal Gazette 1 Georges-Émile Lapalme, who had lost his campaign to take Joliette, July 17, 1952 National Union Again Sweeps Province https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19520717&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Montreal Gazette 1 would subsequently win the Outremont byelection held on July 9, 1953. July 10, 1953 Party Standing in Quebec Unchanged by By-elections https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19530710&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Montreal Gazette 1 There were two notable results that arose from the election: From 1952 until the 1966 election, Frank Hanley (Montréal–Sainte-Anne) would be the only candidate outside the UN and Liberals to win a seat in the Legislature. For the first time since the 1936 election, no party other than the UN and the Liberals received more than 1% of the popular vote. This would continue until 1966. Results Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1952) https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/atlas-des-elections-au-quebec/resource/fe3498ae-ac50-4538-b2fe-8f895173cacf Élections québécoises de 1952 Drouilly Pierre December 4, 2017 donneesquebec.ca Atlas des élections au Québec |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1948 !1952 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) QC UN row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Maurice Duplessis | 91 || 82 || 68 || 14 || 847,983 ||72,236 || 50.50% || 0.75 QC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Georges-Émile Lapalme | 92 || 8 || 23 || 15 || 768,539 ||221,061 || 45.77% || 9.61 QC CCF row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Thérèse Casgrain | 23 || – || – || – || 16,039 ||7,023 || 0.96% || 0.36 QC Union des électeurs row-name |style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|did not campaign |- |rowspan="7" QC Other background|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|  | 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 13,846 || 10,110 || 0.82% || 0.76 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent-Unionist colour&name |style="text-align:left;"| | 10 || – || – || – || 13,197 ||4,548 || 0.79% || 0.22 |- |style="text-align:left;" |Parti Nationalcontested by René Chaloult (Québec-Comté), who had previously won as an Independent in 1948. This was the only riding in which the UN did not field a candidate but Léopold Larochelle did campaign as an Independent Unionist. |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || – || – || 9,734 ||New || 0.58% ||New |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent-Liberal colour&name |style="text-align:left;"| | 8 || – || – || – || 4,966 ||1,998 || 0.30% || 0.10 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Labor-Progressive colour&name |style="text-align:left;"| | 4 || – || – || – || 3,932 || 967 || 0.23% || 0.09 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Labour colour&name |style="text-align:left;"| | 3 || – || – || – || 1,027 || 71 || 0.06% || 0.01 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 236 | 92 ! " colspan="2"| 92 ! " colspan="2"| 1,679,263 ! " colspan="2"| 100% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 25,648 | 7,720 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 1,704,911 | 173,012 | 75.88 | 0.66 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors | 2,246,998 | 210,422 | colspan="2"| |} a Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (1948-1952) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary QC1948.svg 1948 Ternary plot of 1948 results File:Ternary QC1952.svg 1952 Ternary plot of 1952 results + Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp) QC UN colour&name 68 92 QC UN 175 50.50 175 darkgrey -0.75 -5 1em background:red QC Liberal colour&name 23 92 QC Liberal 175 45.77 175 darkgrey 9.61 -5 1em background:green QC Independent colour&name 1 92 QC Independent 175 0.82 175 darkgrey -0.76 -5 1em background:red QC Other colour&name 0 92 QC Independent 175 2.91 175 darkgrey -8.10 -5 1em background:red Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1952 Quebec general election https://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/patrimoine/depcir/index.html Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription French National Assembly members by riding National Assembly of Quebec September 9, 2023 Riding Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots VotesName 1948Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% UN Lib CCF Ind Independent PN Parti national I-UN Independent UN I-Lib Independent Liberal Lab-Pr Labor-Progressive Lab Labour Total   Abitibi-Est UN UN 12,497 57.01% 3,074 14.02% 77.64% 12,497 9,423 – – – – – – – 21,920 Abitibi-Ouest UN UN 6,713 55.15% 1,254 10.30% 87.83% 6,713 5,459 – – – – – – – 12,172 Argenteuil UN UN 8,248 67.92% 4,352 35.84% 83.18% 8,248 3,896 – – – – – – – 12,144 Arthabaska UN UN 9,003 53.31% 1,119 6.63% 91.17% 9,003 7,884 – – – – – – – 16,887 Bagot UN UN 5,126 57.78% 1,381 15.57% 89.35% 5,126 3,745 – – – – – – – 8,871 Beauce UN UN 12,939 58.21% 3,649 16.42% 88.09% 12,939 9,290 – – – – – – – 22,229 Beauharnois UN UN 10,968 61.25% 4,030 22.51% 82.95% 10,968 6,938 – – – – – – – 17,906 Bellechasse UN UN 5,814 54.65% 989 9.30% 81.31% 5,814 4,825 – – – – – – – 10,639 Berthier UN UN 6,225 51.14% 277 2.28% 89.17% 6,225 5,948 – – – – – – – 12,173 Bonaventure UN UN 8,875 52.14% 730 4.29% 87.00% 8,875 8,145 – – – – – – – 17,020 Brome UN UN 3,982 60.57% 1,550 23.58% 83.84% 3,982 2,432 160 – – – – – – 6,574 Chambly UN UN 18,486 56.54% 5,120 15.66% 74.16% 18,486 13,366 846 – – – – – – 32,698 Champlain UN UN 11,634 59.94% 3,860 19.89% 88.79% 11,634 7,774 – – – – – – – 19,408 Charlevoix UN UN 7,454 62.64% 3,133 26.33% 83.20% 7,454 4,321 – – – 125 – – – 11,900 Châteauguay UN UN 4,691 53.70% 647 7.41% 84.19% 4,691 4,044 – – – – – – – 8,735 Chicoutimi UN UN 29,572 65.66% 14,106 31.32% 83.35% 29,572 15,466 – – – – – – – 45,038 Compton UN UN 6,349 59.58% 2,140 20.08% 83.85% 6,349 4,209 98 – – – – – – 10,656 Deux-Montagnes UN UN 7,257 74.97% 4,991 51.56% 81.47% 7,257 2,266 157 – – – – – – 9,680 Dorchester UN UN 9,764 61.92% 3,758 23.83% 85.58% 9,764 6,006 – – – – – – – 15,770 Drummond UN Lib 11,873 50.25% 118 0.50% 88.97% 11,755 11,873 – – – – – – – 23,628 Frontenac UN Lib 6,464 51.13% 286 2.26% 91.07% 6,178 6,464 – – – – – – – 12,642 Gaspé-Nord Lib UN 4,364 52.45% 438 5.26% 89.43% 4,364 3,926 – – – 30 – – – 8,320 Gaspé-Sud UN UN 8,473 61.41% 3,148 22.81% 84.66% 8,473 5,325 – – – – – – – 13,798 Gatineau UN UN 8,268 60.04% 3,251 23.61% 77.36% 8,268 5,017 – – – 486 – – – 13,771 Hull UN UN 12,354 60.73% 5,043 24.79% 79.08% 12,354 7,311 679 – – – – – – 20,344 Huntingdon UN UN 3,162 52.11% 256 4.22% 82.87% 3,162 2,906 – – – – – – – 6,068 Iberville UN UN 3,597 58.49% 1,044 16.98% 85.98% 3,597 2,553 – – – – – – – 6,150 Îles-de-la-Madeleine UN UN 2,463 57.99% 679 15.99% 89.86% 2,463 1,784 – – – – – – – 4,247 Jacques-Cartier Lib Lib 22,847 53.70% 4,795 11.27% 68.73% 18,052 22,847 1,645 – – – – – – 42,544 Joliette UN UN 10,281 57.88% 2,799 15.76% 89.29% 10,281 7,482 – – – – – – – 17,763 Kamouraska UN UN 6,723 59.65% 2,175 19.30% 82.79% 6,723 4,548 – – – – – – – 11,271 L'Assomption UN UN 6,169 55.44% 1,211 10.88% 88.55% 6,169 4,958 – – – – – – – 11,127 L'Islet UN UN 5,718 57.10% 1,422 14.20% 85.27% 5,718 4,296 – – – – – – – 10,014 Labelle UN UN 6,394 58.97% 1,945 17.94% 87.78% 6,394 4,449 – – – – – – – 10,843 Lac-Saint-Jean UN UN 8,180 57.87% 2,385 16.87% 85.78% 8,180 5,795 – – – 161 – – – 14,136 Laval UN UN 34,656 52.40% 5,972 9.03% 66.97% 34,656 28,684 771 – – 2,031 – – – 66,142 Laviolette UN UN 9,598 52.67% 972 5.33% 82.44% 9,598 8,626 – – – – – – – 18,224 Lévis UN Lib 9,725 50.26% 99 0.51% 85.35% 9,626 9,725 – – – – – – – 19,351 Lotbinière UN UN 6,702 54.51% 1,108 9.01% 89.61% 6,702 5,594 – – – – – – – 12,296 Maisonneuve UN Lib 18,393 49.93% 672 1.82% 67.51% 17,721 18,393 723 – – – – – – 36,837 Maskinongé UN UN 5,074 53.82% 721 7.65% 92.72% 5,074 4,353 – – – – – – – 9,427 Matane UN UN 10,241 58.89% 3,093 17.79% 86.76% 10,241 7,148 – – – – – – – 17,389 Matapédia UN UN 6,797 51.16% 427 3.21% 87.46% 6,797 6,370 – 118 – – – – – 13,285 Mégantic UN UN 10,710 51.38% 577 2.77% 91.04% 10,710 10,133 – – – – – – – 20,843 Missisquoi UN UN 7,191 61.42% 2,675 22.85% 82.40% 7,191 4,516 – – – – – – – 11,707 Montcalm UN UN 4,141 52.72% 428 5.45% 88.19% 4,141 3,713 – – – – – – – 7,854 Montmagny UN UN 6,409 59.49% 2,045 18.98% 83.13% 6,409 4,364 – – – – – – – 10,773 Montmorency UN UN 5,894 60.17% 1,992 20.33% 86.92% 5,894 3,902 – – – – – – – 9,796 Montréal–Jeanne-Mance UN Lib 22,666 48.48% 2,618 5.60% 62.83% 20,048 22,666 1,849 – – 2,194 – – – 46,757 Montréal-Laurier UN UN 14,595 49.67% 1,791 6.10% 67.20% 14,595 12,804 436 – – – 1,549 – – 29,384 Montréal-Mercier UN UN 16,280 51.88% 3,211 10.23% 64.15% 16,280 13,069 1,044 – – – 986 – – 31,379 Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Lib Lib 18,489 64.83% 11,516 40.38% 47.80% 6,973 18,489 634 2,066 – – 359 – – 28,521 Montréal-Outremont Lib Lib 18,794 61.01% 8,482 27.53% 51.62% 10,312 18,794 581 – – – – 1,119 – 30,806 Montréal–Saint-Henri UN Lib 19,254 56.01% 5,153 14.99% 72.54% 14,101 19,254 562 – – – – – 460 34,377 Montréal–Saint-Jacques UN UN 11,049 54.08% 2,178 10.66% 60.43% 11,049 8,871 230 – – – – 282 – 20,432 Montréal–Saint-Louis Lib Lib 15,226 50.36% 3,759 12.43% 50.94% 11,467 15,226 526 – – – 707 2,311 – 30,237 Montréal–Sainte-Anne Ind Ind 11,210 62.87% 5,621 31.52% 55.29% 410 5,589 445 11,210 – – 177 – – 17,831 Montréal–Sainte-Marie UN Lib 15,019 50.90% 1,773 6.01% 66.85% 13,246 15,019 218 – – – 806 220 – 29,509 Montréal-Verdun Lib Lib 17,219 62.17% 10,040 36.25% 61.09% 7,179 17,219 2,857 – – – – – 443 27,698 Napierville-Laprairie UN UN 7,094 57.29% 1,806 14.59% 88.47% 7,094 5,288 – – – – – – – 12,382 Nicolet UN UN 7,191 50.86% 242 1.71% 85.60% 7,191 6,949 – – – – – – – 14,140 Papineau UN UN 11,707 64.97% 5,794 32.15% 84.33% 11,707 5,913 400 – – – – – – 18,020 Pontiac UN UN 5,792 61.22% 2,247 23.75% 83.90% 5,792 3,545 124 – – – – – – 9,461 Portneuf UN UN 10,665 52.90% 1,676 8.31% 85.94% 10,665 8,989 – – – 508 – – – 20,162 Québec-Centre UN UN 9,593 54.50% 1,585 9.01% 76.09% 9,593 8,008 – – – – – – – 17,601 Québec-Comté Ind Lib 11,230 39.67% 1,496 5.28% 83.11% – 11,230 – – 9,734 7,344 – – – 28,308 Québec-Est UN Lib 15,778 51.12% 860 2.79% 81.22% 14,918 15,778 – – – – 167 – – 30,863 Québec-Ouest UN Lib 8,787 50.53% 183 1.05% 79.16% 8,604 8,787 – – – – – – – 17,391 Richelieu UN Lib 8,751 52.88% 954 5.77% 89.91% 7,797 8,751 – – – – – – – 16,548 Richmond UN Lib 8,156 51.07% 341 2.14% 87.33% 7,815 8,156 – – – – – – – 15,971 Rimouski UN UN 9,210 52.05% 981 5.54% 83.69% 9,210 8,229 – – – 256 – – – 17,695 Rivière-du-Loup UN UN 8,689 51.15% 453 2.67% 89.38% 8,689 8,236 – – – 62 – – – 16,987 Roberval UN UN 11,478 59.24% 3,579 18.47% 87.64% 11,478 7,899 – – – – – – – 19,377 Rouville UN UN 5,263 58.77% 1,571 17.54% 81.70% 5,263 3,692 – – – – – – – 8,955 Rouyn-Noranda UN UN 6,998 52.55% 678 5.09% 79.08% 6,998 6,320 – – – – – – – 13,318 Saguenay UN UN 8,977 62.55% 4,054 28.25% 75.34% 8,977 4,923 – 452 – – – – – 14,352 Saint-Hyacinthe UN UN 9,542 55.15% 1,783 10.31% 78.19% 9,542 7,759 – – – – – – – 17,301 Saint-Jean UN UN 7,901 60.64% 2,772 21.27% 83.44% 7,901 5,129 – – – – – – – 13,030 Saint-Maurice UN Lib 14,489 57.91% 3,960 15.83% 87.70% 10,529 14,489 – – – – – – – 25,018 Saint-Sauveur UN UN 12,877 57.02% 3,293 14.58% 85.54% 12,877 9,584 – – – – – – 124 22,585 Shefford UN Lib 9,792 50.59% 230 1.19% 83.05% 9,562 9,792 – – – – – – – 19,354 Sherbrooke UN UN 14,905 55.77% 3,480 13.02% 74.15% 14,905 11,425 395 – – – – – – 26,725 Stanstead UN UN 7,047 50.32% 91 0.65% 75.60% 7,047 6,956 – – – – – – – 14,003 Témiscamingue UN Lib 4,284 52.72% 442 5.44% 85.17% 3,842 4,284 – – – – – – – 8,126 Témiscouata UN UN 5,776 52.92% 638 5.85% 86.65% 5,776 5,138 – – – – – – – 10,914 Terrebonne UN UN 17,763 55.91% 3,970 12.50% 85.41% 17,763 13,793 – – – – 215 – – 31,771 Trois-Rivières UN UN 15,493 60.64% 5,435 21.27% 90.65% 15,493 10,058 – – – – – – – 25,551 Vaudreuil-Soulanges UN UN 7,235 55.44% 1,420 10.88% 83.14% 7,235 5,815 – – – – – – – 13,050 Verchères Lib Lib 4,673 53.97% 688 7.95% 88.13% 3,985 4,673 – – – – – – – 8,658 Westmount–Saint-Georges Lib Lib 12,455 75.99% 9,179 56.00% 46.48% 3,276 12,455 659 – – – – – – 16,390 Wolfe UN Lib 3,995 50.42% 66 0.83% 92.33% 3,929 3,995 – – – – – – – 7,924 Yamaska UN UN 4,382 59.29% 1,373 18.58% 88.59% 4,382 3,009 – – – – – – – 7,391 a #B9E5B9 silver = open seat #F5F5DC silver = turnout is above provincial average #DCDCDC silver = winning candidate was in previous Legislature #EABB94 silver = incumbent had switched allegiance #DCD0FF silver = other incumbents renominated Analysis + Party candidates in 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalUN Lib NatQC UN row-name 68 68QC Liberal row-name 22 1 23QC Independent row-name 1 1 Total22 69 1 92 + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TotalQC UN colour&name68 22 1 91QC Liberal colour&name23 69 92QC Independent colour&name1 3 4QC Parti National colour&name 1 1QC CCF colour&name 15 6 2 23QC Independent UN colour&name 10 10QC Independent Liberal colour&name 4 2 2 8QC Labor-Progressive colour&name 3 1 4QC Labour colour&name 1 2 3 + Resulting composition of the 24th Quebec Legislative Assembly Source PartyUNLibIndTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 62 7 1 70Open seats held5 5Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated1 16 17Total68 23 1 92 See also List of Quebec premiers Politics of Quebec Timeline of Quebec history List of Quebec political parties 24th Legislative Assembly of Quebec References Quebec general election Category:Elections in Quebec General election Quebec general election