1939 Quebec general election

Canadian provincial election December 2021 September 2023 1939 Quebec general election Quebec parliamentary no no no 1936 Quebec general election 1936 20th Quebec Legislature 1944 Quebec general election 1944 21st Quebec Legislature 86 seats in the 21st Legislative Assembly of Quebec 44 seats were needed for a majority October 25, 1939 Adelard Godbout portrait.jpg 180x180px QC Liberal nohash Adélard Godbout June 11, 1936 QC Liberal name L'Islet 14 seats, 39.41% 70 56 54.05% 14.64pp Maurice Duplessis, 1938 (cropped).png 180x180px QC UN nohash Maurice Duplessis June 20, 1936 QC UN name Trois-Rivières 76 seats, 56.88% 15 61 39.13% 17.75pp Premier Maurice Duplessis QC UN name Adélard Godbout Premier after election QC Liberal name The 1939 Quebec general election was held on October 25, 1939, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by former premier Adélard Godbout, defeated the incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis. This was Godbout's second non-consecutive term of office and his only victory out of four consecutive general elections opposing Duplessis. The Action libérale nationale, which had won 25 seats in the 1935 election and then merged with the Quebec Conservative Party, was re-formed by Paul Gouin, who had split with Duplessis soon after the formation of the Union Nationale. However the ALN obtained only 4.5% of the vote and no seats. It soon disbanded. Also, a rump Conservative Party ran three candidates who won 0.2% of the vote and no seats. This party also disbanded. This was the last Quebec provincial election in which women didnt have the vote. Redistribution of ridings An Act passed before the electionAn Act respecting the electoral districts of the Province, S.Q. 1939, c. 7. reduced the number of MLAs from 90 to 86 through the following changes: Abolished ridings New ridingsReorganization of ridingsChâteauguay Napierville-Laprairie Saint-JeanChâteauguay-Laprairie Saint-Jean–NapiervilleMontreal–Sainte-Anne Montreal–Saint-Jacques Montréal–Saint-LaurentMontreal–Sainte-Anne Montreal–Saint-JacquesMontréal–Saint-Georges WestmountMontréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Montréal-Outremont Westmount–Saint-GeorgesMontréal-Dorion Montréal-MercierMontréal–Jeanne-Mancealso absorbed part of Maisonneuve Montréal-MercierMergers of ridingsKamouraska Rivière-du-LoupKamouraska–Rivière-du-LoupRichelieu VerchèresRichelieu-VerchèresSoulanges VaudreuilVaudreuil-Soulanges a Campaign + Riding contests, by number of candidates (1939) CandidatesLibUNConALNNatIndCCFI-ConI-LibI-ALNI-UNLabALN-LabCommTotalAcclaimed1 1224 24 1 1 50348 48 44 2 1 1 14447 7 7 1 1 1 1 2 1 2855 5 5 2 2 2 1 2 1 25Total85 84 1 56 1 5 1 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 248 Results Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1939) https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/atlas-des-elections-au-quebec/resource/c99f4cdf-9e88-43ef-9e84-6a44269ecda7 Élections québécoises de 1939 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 !1936 !1939 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- QC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Adélard Godbout |85 |14 |69 |55 |301,382 |77,008 |53.50 |14.09 |- |rowspan="3" QC UN background|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Union Nationale and allies |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC UN colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|Maurice Duplessis |84 |76 |14 |62 |217,413 |106,399 |38.60 |18.28 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Conservative (historical) colour&nameJoseph-Philias Morin (Champlain) elected under Conservative banner but siding with the UN; joined UN caucus after election. |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |1 |1 |2,989 |New |0.53 |New |- | style="background-color:#D9B2FF;" |   | style="text-align:left;" |Action libérale nationale |style="text-align:left;"|Paul Gouin |56 |– |– |– |25,295 |New |4.49 |New |- | style="background-color:#FF5555;" |   | style="text-align:left;" |Parti nationalFormed during the 20th Legislature, when five MLAs broke from the UN. Only René Chaloult (Lotbinière) ran for re-election under the Nationalist ticket, and he declared himself as an Independent-Liberal after the election |style="text-align:left;" |– |1 |– |1 |1 |3,074 |New |0.55 |New |- |rowspan="11" QC Other background|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent colour&nameCamillien Houde was elected in Montréal–Sainte-Marie |style="text-align:left;"|– |5 |– |1 |1 |6,281 |5,514 |1.12 |0.99 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC CCF colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |2,513 |1,044 |0.45 |0.19 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Conservative (historical) colour&nameCandidates oppositing the UN |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |1,679 |191 |0.30 |0.03 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent-Liberal colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |788 |8,958 |0.14 |1.57 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent-ALN colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |617 |New |0.11 |New |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent-Unionist colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |469 |1,459 |0.08 |0.26 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Labour colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |410 |331 |0.07 |0.06 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC ALN-Labour colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |228 |New |0.04 |New |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Communist colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |159 |886 |0.03 |0.15 |- |style="text-align:left;" |QC Candidat du peuple colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|– |colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|did not campaign |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 248 | 90 ! " colspan="2"| 86 ! " colspan="2"| 563,297 ! " colspan="2"| 100% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 7,334 | 2,404 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 570,631 | 3,624 | 77.00 | 0.06 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 741,131 | 5,283 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamationEdgar Rochette (Charlevoix—Saguenay), for the Liberals | 1 | 1 | colspan="4"| |} a Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (1936-1939) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary QC1936.svg 1936 Ternary plot of 1936 results File:Ternary QC1939.svg 1939 Ternary plot of 1939 results Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px PLQ QC Liberal 54.05 UN QC UN 39.13 Others QC Independent 6.82Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px PLQ QC Liberal 81.40 UN QC UN 17.44 Others QC Independent 1.16 Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1939 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 13, 2023 October 26, 1939 Results by Ridings Outside City; Figures for Ridings on Island https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qb4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1566%2C1081159 Montreal Gazette 6 Riding Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots VotesAffiliations without candidates gaining 1st or 2nd place results provincewide, or otherwise not receiving more than 1% of the total vote, are grouped under "I-Oth" or "Other"Name 1936Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Lib UN Con-G Conservatives siding with the UN ALN Action libérale nationale Nat Nationalist Ind Independent CCF Con-O Conservatives opposing the UN I-Oth Independent with other affiliations Other Other minor affiliations Total   Abitibi UN Lib 7,488 56.39% 3,020 22.74% 69.71% 7,488 4,468 – 396 – – – – 927 – 13,279 Argenteuil Lib Lib 2,670 58.89% 954 21.04% 78.26% 2,670 1,716 – 148 – – – – – – 4,534 Arthabaska UN Lib 3,448 56.53% 797 13.07% 86.40% 3,448 2,651 – – – – – – – – 6,099 Bagot Lib Lib 2,183 52.14% 179 4.28% 89.51% 2,183 2,004 – – – – – – – – 4,187 Beauce UN Lib 3,395 42.83% 135 1.70% 76.38% 3,395 3,260 – 1,272 – – – – – – 7,927 Beauharnois UN UN 2,614 46.88% 102 1.83% 82.47% 2,512 2,614 – 450 – – – – – – 5,576 Bellechasse UN Lib 2,515 53.25% 384 8.13% 83.88% 2,515 2,131 – 77 – – – – – – 4,723 Berthier Lib Lib 2,664 54.01% 396 8.03% 88.65% 2,664 2,268 – – – – – – – – 4,932 Bonaventure UN Lib 4,265 55.62% 862 11.24% 81.69% 4,265 3,403 – – – – – – – – 7,668 Brome UN UN 1,795 53.52% 236 7.04% 82.33% 1,559 1,795 – – – – – – – – 3,354 Chambly UN Lib 3,598 59.93% 1,603 26.70% 76.16% 3,598 1,995 – 209 – – – 202 – – 6,004 Champlain UN Con 2,989 50.70% 83 1.41% 76.15% 2,906 – 2,989 – – – – – – – 5,895 Charlevoix—SaguenayEdgar Rochette had previously been MLA until 1936 UN Lib acclaimed Châteauguay-Laprairie New Lib 3,049 52.26% 432 7.40% 84.71% 3,049 2,617 – 168 – – – – – – 5,834 Chicoutimi UN UN 5,968 50.59% 1,537 13.03% 77.39% 4,431 5,968 – 1,398 – – – – – – 11,797 Compton UN Lib 2,455 47.93% 287 5.60% 80.29% 2,455 2,168 – 499 – – – – – – 5,122 Deux-Montagnes UN UN 1,930 53.26% 236 6.51% 84.35% 1,694 1,930 – – – – – – – – 3,624 Dorchester UN UN 3,235 52.72% 597 9.73% 78.11% 2,638 3,235 – 263 – – – – – – 6,136 Drummond UN Lib 3,950 53.81% 1,027 13.99% 80.26% 3,950 2,923 – 467 – – – – – – 7,340 Frontenac UN Lib 2,242 44.00% 83 1.63% 78.81% 2,242 2,159 – 694 – – – – – – 5,095 Gaspé-Nord UN Lib 1,548 52.44% 275 9.32% 82.49% 1,548 1,273 – – – – – – 131 – 2,952 Gaspé-Sud UN UN 3,338 53.83% 475 7.66% 81.52% 2,863 3,338 – – – – – – – – 6,201 Gatineau UN Lib 3,592 61.22% 1,317 22.45% 76.59% 3,592 2,275 – – – – – – – – 5,867 Hull UN Lib 2,833 50.08% 237 4.19% 76.92% 2,833 2,596 – – – – – – – 228 5,657 Huntingdon UN Lib 1,729 58.14% 484 16.27% 81.95% 1,729 1,245 – – – – – – – – 2,974 Iberville Lib Lib 1,146 47.26% 34 1.40% 87.61% 1,146 1,112 – – – 167 – – – – 2,425 Îles-de-la-Madeleine UN UN 1,030 53.59% 138 7.18% 89.84% 892 1,030 – – – – – – – – 1,922 Jacques-Cartier UN Lib 7,341 68.05% 3,895 36.11% 78.74% 7,341 3,446 – – – – – – – – 10,787 Joliette UN UN 3,466 51.82% 243 3.63% 87.08% 3,223 3,466 – – – – – – – – 6,689 Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup New Lib 6,691 58.67% 2,148 18.83% 81.46% 6,691 4,543 – 171 – – – – – – 11,405 L'Assomption UN Lib 2,043 55.82% 633 17.30% 84.92% 2,043 1,410 – 207 – – – – – – 3,660 L'Islet UN Lib 2,459 56.39% 566 12.98% 84.20% 2,459 1,893 – 9 – – – – – – 4,361 Labelle UN UN 2,226 54.17% 343 8.35% 78.32% 1,883 2,226 – – – – – – – – 4,109 Lac-Saint-Jean UN Lib 2,482 51.05% 135 2.78% 89.15% 2,482 2,347 – 33 – – – – – – 4,862 Laval UN Lib 7,200 55.72% 2,226 17.23% 75.31% 7,200 4,974 – 748 – – – – – – 12,922 Laviolette UN Lib 2,838 49.13% 339 5.87% 72.98% 2,838 2,499 – 439 – – – – – – 5,776 Lévis UN Lib 4,342 56.03% 934 12.05% 85.60% 4,342 3,408 – – – – – – – – 7,750 Lotbinière UN Nat 3,074 57.58% 2,265 42.42% 80.39% – 2,265 – – 3,074René Chaloult was previously elected in Kamouraska under the UN banner – – – – – 5,339 Maisonneuve UN Lib 7,019 58.79% 2,685 22.49% 74.31% 7,019 4,334 – 586 – – – – – – 11,939 Maskinongé UN Lib 2,155 57.76% 579 15.52% 80.76% 2,155 1,576 – – – – – – – – 3,731 Matane UN UN 2,892 49.65% 10 0.17% 77.61% 2,882 2,892 – 51 – – – – – – 5,825 Matapédia UN Lib 3,089 56.37% 840 15.33% 78.87% 3,089 2,249 – 142 – – – – – – 5,480 Mégantic UN Lib 4,174 52.64% 418 5.27% 83.35% 4,174 3,756 – – – – – – – – 7,930 Missisquoi UN Lib 2,334 49.60% 155 3.29% 79.40% 2,334 2,179 – 193 – – – – – – 4,706 Montcalm UN Lib 1,654 47.49% 116 3.33% 87.12% 1,654 1,538 – 291 – – – – – – 3,483 Montmagny UN Lib 2,326 53.63% 640 14.76% 76.14% 2,326 1,686 – 325 – – – – – – 4,337 Montmorency UN Lib 1,960 50.91% 489 12.70% 87.21% 1,960 1,471 – 373 – 46 – – – – 3,850 Montréal–Jeanne-Mance New Lib 6,978 60.01% 3,072 26.42% 71.43% 6,978 3,906 – 745 – – – – – – 11,629 Montréal-Laurier Lib Lib 5,050 51.03% 1,028 10.39% 68.22% 5,050 4,022 – 824 – – – – – – 9,896 Montréal-Mercier UN Lib 6,215 53.77% 2,431 21.03% 72.21% 6,215 3,784 – 1,524 – – – – 35 – 11,558 Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce New Lib 6,827 74.95% 5,529 60.70% 62.16% 6,827 694 – 111 – – – 1,477William Ross Bulloch (1,298 votes) was previously elected as the UN MLA in Westmount – – 9,109 Montréal-Outremont New Lib 6,869 79.29% 5,368 61.96% 62.62% 6,869 1,501 – 293 – – – – – – 8,663 Montréal–Saint-Henri UN Lib 6,261 64.28% 3,796 38.97% 67.73% 6,261 2,465 – 611 – – – – 229 174 9,740 Montreal–Saint-Jacques UN Lib 3,810 52.84% 1,359 18.85% 66.87% 3,810 2,451 – 490 – 301 – – – 159 7,211 Montréal–Saint-Louis Lib Lib 5,084 64.92% 3,324 42.45% 63.09% 5,084 1,760 – 987 – – – – – – 7,831 Montreal–Sainte-Anne Lib Lib 5,770 76.62% 4,206 55.85% 64.92% 5,770 1,564 – 197 – – – – – – 7,531 Montréal–Sainte-Marie UN Ind 4,517 47.67% 1,997 21.07% 68.95% 2,520 2,002 – 330 – 4,517 – – – 107 9,476 Montréal-Verdun UN Lib 4,449 50.91% 1,936 22.15% 63.15% 4,449 1,415 – 362 – – 2,513 – – – 8,739 Nicolet UN Lib 3,351 53.97% 825 13.29% 79.35% 3,351 2,526 – 332 – – – – – – 6,209 Papineau UN UN 3,617 49.82% 704 9.70% 74.92% 2,913 3,617 – 730 – – – – – – 7,260 Pontiac Lib Lib 1,998 50.85% 67 1.71% 65.21% 1,998 1,931 – – – – – – – – 3,929 Portneuf UN Lib 3,759 48.45% 290 3.74% 80.53% 3,759 3,469 – 531 – – – – – – 7,759 Québec-Centre UN Lib 4,296 59.05% 1,921 26.41% 76.86% 4,296 2,375 – 604 – – – – – – 7,275 Québec-Comté UN Lib 3,539 47.17% 876 11.68% 86.24% 3,539 2,663 – 1,052 – – – – 249 – 7,503 Québec-Est UN Lib 6,431 64.11% 2,831 28.22% 80.44% 6,431 3,600 – – – – – – – – 10,031 Québec-Ouest Lib Lib 2,803 62.66% 1,366 30.54% 77.19% 2,803 1,437 – 233 – – – – – – 4,473 Richelieu-Verchères New Lib 4,776 58.32% 2,137 26.09% 84.24% 4,776 2,639 – 775 – – – – – – 8,190 Richmond UN Lib 2,998 52.55% 684 11.99% 82.92% 2,998 2,314 – 393 – – – – – – 5,705 Rimouski UN Lib 3,584 54.63% 690 10.52% 83.28% 3,584 2,894 – 83 – – – – – – 6,561 Roberval UN Lib 3,424 50.69% 589 8.72% 82.75% 3,424 2,835 – 496 – – – – – – 6,755 Rouville UN Lib 1,761 50.01% 1 0.03% 81.83% 1,761 1,760 – – – – – – – – 3,521 Saint-Hyacinthe Lib Lib 3,615 55.39% 703 10.77% 83.38% 3,615 2,912 – – – – – – – – 6,527 Saint-Jean–Napierville New Lib 3,833 59.89% 1,309 20.45% 83.23% 3,833 2,524 – 43 – – – – – – 6,400 Saint-Maurice UN Lib 3,462 46.54% 134 1.80% 80.23% 3,462 3,328 – 648 – – – – – – 7,438 Saint-Sauveur UN Lib 4,972 56.56% 1,848 21.02% 85.59% 4,972 3,124 – 566 – – – – – 129 8,791 Shefford UN Lib 3,370 50.55% 598 8.97% 80.27% 3,370 2,772 – 525 – – – – – – 6,667 Sherbrooke UN UN 3,914 46.90% 98 1.17% 75.23% 3,816 3,914 – 615 – – – – – – 8,345 Stanstead UN Lib 2,846 50.18% 552 9.73% 76.83% 2,846 2,294 – 532 – – – – – – 5,672 Témiscamingue UN Lib 4,760 56.52% 1,861 22.10% 65.61% 4,760 2,899 – 460 – – – – 303 – 8,422 Témiscouata UN Lib 2,362 53.63% 373 8.47% 83.48% 2,362 1,989 – 53 – – – – – – 4,404 Terrebonne UN Lib 4,891 53.17% 1,044 11.35% 83.15% 4,891 3,847 – 460 – – – – – – 9,198 Trois-Rivières UN UN 5,278 59.69% 1,713 19.37% 87.91% 3,565 5,278 – – – – – – – – 8,843 Vaudreuil-Soulanges New Lib 2,933 56.01% 710 13.56% 85.33% 2,933 2,223 – 81 – – – – – – 5,237 Westmount–Saint-Georges New Lib 5,385 76.25% 4,135 58.55% 64.97% 5,385 427 – – – 1,250Gilbert Layton was previously elected in Montréal–Saint-Georges under the UN banner – – – – 7,062 Wolfe UN Lib 2,035 52.56% 198 5.11% 87.47% 2,035 1,837 – – – – – – – – 3,872 Yamaska UN UN 2,089 54.97% 378 9.95% 87.32% 1,711 2,089 – – – – – – – – 3,800 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 #EEBBBB silver = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature #87CEFA silver = incumbency arose from byelection gain #FFFF00 silver = previously incumbent in another riding #DCD0FF silver = other incumbents renominated #FFA07A silver = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates Analysis + Party candidates in 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalLib UN Ind CCF I-ConQC Liberal row-name 65 1 1 1 68QC UN row-name 14 14QC Conservative (historical) row-name 1 1QC Nationalist row-name 1 1QC Independent row-name 1 1 Total16 66 1 1 1 85 + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party Parties Acclaimed 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TotalQC Liberal colour&name1 68 16 85QC UN colour&name 14 66 4 84QC Independent colour&name 1 1 1 2 5QC Conservative (historical) colour&name 1 1QC Nationalist colour&name 1 1QC Independent Conservative colour&name 1 2 3QC CCF colour&name 1 1QC Action libérale nationale colour&name 52 3 1 56QC Independent UN colour&name 1 2 3QC Independent ALN colour&name 1 1QC ALN-Lab colour&name 1 1QC Independent Liberal colour&name 2 1 3QC Labour colour&name 1 2 3QC Communist colour&name 1 1 + Resulting composition of the 21st Quebec Legislative Assembly Source PartyLibUNConNatIndTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 6 14 20Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance1 1Byelection loss reversed - previous incumbent returned1 1Byelection loss reversed - new MLA elected1 1Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated - previous incumbent returned10 1 11Incumbents defeated - new MLAs elected25 1 26Open seats gained - previous incumbent returned3 3Open seats gained - new MLAs elected9 1 10Acclamation - previous incumbent returned1 1Incumbent changed allegiance1 1New ridings Incumbent returned in new seat3 3New MLA elected6 6Total68 14 1 1 1 86 See also List of Quebec premiers Politics of Quebec Timeline of Quebec history List of Quebec political parties 21st Legislative Assembly of Quebec References Quebec general election Category:Elections in Quebec General election Quebec general election