| Election name | 1904 Quebec general election |
|---|---|
| Country | Quebec |
| Ongoing | no |
| Party colour | no |
| Party name | no |
| Previous election | 1900 Quebec general election |
| Previous year | 1900 |
| Previous mps | 10th Quebec Legislature |
| Next election | 1908 Quebec general election |
| Next year | 1908 |
| Elected members | 11th Quebec Legislature |
| Seats for election | 74 seats in the 11th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 38 seats were needed for a majority |
| Election date | November 25, 1904 |
| Leader 1 | Simon-Napoléon Parent |
| Leader since 1 | 1900 |
| Leaders seat 1 | Saint-Sauveur |
| Last election 1 | 67 seats, 53.15% |
| Seats 1 | 67 |
| Popular vote 1 | 62,889 |
| Percentage 1 | 55.43% |
| Swing 1 | 2.28pp |
| Leader 2 | Edmund James Flynn |
| Leader since 2 | 1896 |
| Leaders seat 2 | Gaspé |
| Last election 2 | 7 seats, 41.85% |
| Seats 2 | 7 |
| Popular vote 2 | 30,331 |
| Percentage 2 | 26.73% |
| Swing 2 | 15.12pp |
| Before election | Simon-Napoléon Parent |
| After election | Simon-Napoléon Parent |
| Posttitle | Premier after election |
The 1904 Quebec general election was held on November 25, 1904, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Simon-Napoléon Parent, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Edmund James Flynn.
It was Parent's final election. Due to internal dissension within his party, he resigned in 1905, and was succeeded as Liberal leader and premier by Lomer Gouin.
The turnout was 29.97%.[1]
Results
| Party | Party leader |
| Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Elected | % Change | % | % Change | Simon-Napoléon Parent | 87 | 67 | 67 | - | 62,889 | 55.43% | +2.28% | Edmund James Flynn | 24 | 7 | 7 | - | 30,331 | 26.73% | -15.12% | Other | 6 | - | - | - | 20,233 | 17.84% | +12.8% | ||
| Total | 117 | 74 | 74 | -% | 113,453 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- List of Quebec premiers
- Politics of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
- List of Quebec political parties
- 11th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Further reading
- Hopkins, J. Castell (1905). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1904. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
References
- ^ "Élections Québec's history". Élections Québec