1923 Quebec general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 February 2022 1923 Quebec general election Quebec parliamentary no no no 1919 Quebec general election 1919 15th Quebec Legislature 1927 Quebec general election 1927 16th Quebec Legislature 85 seats in the 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 43 seats were needed for a majority February 5, 1923 File:Louis-Alexandre Taschereau - 1930 02.png 180x180px QC Liberal nohash Louis-Alexandre Taschereau 1920 QC Liberal name Montmorency 74 seats, 51.91% 64 10 149,730 51.52% 0.39pp Arthur Sauvé.jpg 180x180px QC Conservative (historical) nohash Arthur Sauvé 1915 QC Conservative (historical) name Deux-Montagnes 5 seats, 16.96% 20 15 114,285 39.32% 22.36pp Premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau QC Liberal name Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Premier after election QC Liberal name 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 An Act passed prior to the electionAn 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. increased the number of MLAs from 81 to 85 through the following changes: Abolished ridings New ridingsDivisions of ridingsLabelleProtected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.Labelle PapineauTémiscamingAbitibi TémiscamingCreation of riding from parts of othersMatapédiaformed from part of MataneMontréal-Mercierformed from parts of Montréal-Dorion and Montréal-LaurierMontréal-Verdunformed from part of Jacques-CartierMerger of ridingsLaprairie NapiervilleNapierville-LaprairieChange of nameMontréal-HochelagaMontréal–Saint-Henri a Results 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. Morin Jacques Carl Winter 2008–2009 A Note on Simultaneous Candidacies in the Québec Legislature http://www.revparl.ca/31/4/31n4_08e_Morin.pdf Canadian Parliamentary Review 31 4 20–23 Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1923) https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/atlas-des-elections-au-quebec/resource/aa4ce76a-9900-4c77-bc6c-d0622962a38a Élections québécoises de 1923 Drouilly Pierre November 7, 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 !1919 !1923 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- |rowspan="3" QC Government background|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Government candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Liberal colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|Louis-Alexandre Taschereau |83 |74 |64 |10 |149,730 |82,438 |51.52 |0.39 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Labour colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |2 |– |2 |5,554 |6,952 |1.91 |7.74 |- |rowspan="6" QC Opposition background|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Opposition candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Conservative (historical) colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|Arthur Sauvé |66 |5 |20 |15 |114,285 |92,295 |39.32 |22.36 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Liberal colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |1 |1 |3,684 |New |1.27 |New |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |6 |– |– |– |4,931 |New |1.70 |New |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Farmer colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |3,180 |New |1.09 |New |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Labour colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |2,439 |New |0.84 |New |- |rowspan="4" QC Other background|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent-Liberal colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |10 |– |– |– |5,586 |16,316 |1.92 |14.96 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Labour colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |925 |New |0.32 |New |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent-Conservative colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |335 |New |0.11 |New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 179 | 81 ! " colspan="2"| 85 ! " colspan="2"| 290,649 ! " colspan="2"| 100% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 3,808 | 2,360 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 294,457 | 163,273 | 62.02 | 6.91 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 474,794 | 236,742 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamation | 8 | 37 | colspan="4"| |} Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PLQ QC Liberal 51.52 PCQ QC PC 39.32 Others QC Independent 9.16Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PLQ QC Liberal 75.29 PCQ QC PC 23.53 Others QC Independent 1.18 Eight Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation:Hopkins 1924 606 How nominated Riding Member returnedOne candidate only Îles-de-la-Madeleine Joseph-Édouard CaronLotbinière Joseph-Napoléon FrancoeurQuébec-Comté Aurèle LeclercQuébec-Est Louis-Alfred LétourneauTwo candidates, but one withdrew Bellechasse Antonin GalipeaultGaspé Gustave LemieuxMatapédia Joseph DufourSaint-Jean Alexis Bouthillier See also List of Quebec premiers Politics of Quebec Timeline of Quebec history List of Quebec political parties 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec Further reading Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1923 1924 The Annual Review Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_g1z2 References Quebec general election Category:Elections in Quebec General election Quebec general election