1927 Quebec general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1927 Quebec general election Quebec parliamentary no no no 1923 Quebec general election 1923 16th Quebec Legislature 1931 Quebec general election 1931 17th Quebec Legislature 85 seats in the 17th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 43 seats were needed for a majority May 16, 1927 File:Louis-Alexandre Taschereau - 1930 02.png 180x180px QC Liberal nohash Louis-Alexandre Taschereau 1920 QC Liberal name Montmorency 64 seats, 51.52% 74 10 188,687 59.33% 7.81pp Arthur Sauvé.jpg 180x180px QC Conservative (historical) nohash Arthur Sauvé 1915 QC Conservative (historical) name Deux-Montagnes 20 seats, 39.32% 9 11 109,105 34.31% 5.01pp Premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau QC Liberal name Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Premier after election QC Liberal name The 1927 Quebec general election was held on May 16, 1927, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province 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 second general election victory in a row for Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, who had held office since 1920. Results Twelve Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation, including one on the Island of Montreal.Hopkins 1927 355 Taschereau himself was acclaimed in Montmorency, because of the alleged technical rejection of the Conservative candidate Lucien Drolet's nomination papers. Drolet would later sue the returning officer over this. May 14, 1927 Une contestation dans Montmorency A dispute in Montmorency https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2616536 French Le Progrès du Saguenay Chicoutimi 1 The Liberals won back six of the Montreal seats they had lost in 1923.Hopkins 1927 355 There was a controversy in Montréal–Saint-Louis, where the Conservative candidate Louis Fitch claimed that he had been subject to false arrest on Election Day. May 17, 1927 Taschereau returned with a larger following https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3094684 The Sherbrooke Daily Record 1 Polling was deferred to May 23 in Gaspé. This was because weather conditions caused the closure of many roads in the area. August 17, 1931 About two hundred candidates seeking seats in Legislature https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3002721 Sherbrooke Daily Record 1 Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1927) https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/atlas-des-elections-au-quebec/resource/9bacdcc9-301f-4b43-9e64-3544db311fd1 Élections québécoises de 1927 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 !1923 !1927 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (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 |85 |64 |74 |10 |188,687 |38,957 |59.34 |7.82 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |1,365 |New |0.43 |New |- |rowspan="5" 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 |67 |20 |9 |11 |109,105 |92,295 |34.31 |5.01 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Liberal colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |– |1 |– |1 | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"|Did not campaignOther allegiances not professed in 1927: Labour-Government; Independent-Conservative; Farmer-Opposition |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |2,685 |2,246 |0.84 |0.86 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Labour colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |1 |1 |4,432 |1,993 |1.39 |0.55 |- |rowspan="3" QC Other background|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent-Liberal colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |7 |– |1 |1 |9,345 |3,759 |2.94 |1.02 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Labour colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |2,342 |1,417 |0.74 |0.42 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 167 ! " colspan="3"| 85 ! " colspan="2"| 317,961 ! " colspan="2"| 100% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 2,843 | 965 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 320,804 | 26,347 | 62.91 | 0.89 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 509,935 | 35,141 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamation | 12 | 4 | colspan="4"| |} a Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PLQ QC Liberal 59.33 PCQ QC PC 34.31 Others QC Independent 6.36Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PLQ QC Liberal 87.06 PCQ QC PC 10.59 Others QC Independent 2.35 See also List of Quebec premiers Politics of Quebec Timeline of Quebec history List of Quebec political parties 17th Legislative Assembly of Quebec Further reading Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1926–27 1927 The Annual Review Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_x4e0 References Quebec general election Category:Elections in Quebec General election Quebec general election