1923 Quebec general election

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 election^[1] increased the number of MLAs from 81 to 85 through the following changes:

1. ^ Protected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.
2. ^ formed from part of Matane
3. ^ formed from parts of Montréal-Dorion and Montréal-Laurier
4. ^ formed from part of Jacques-Cartier

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.^[2]

^[3] |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1919 !1923 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- |rowspan="3" |   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Government candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|Louis-Alexandre Taschereau |83 |74 |64 |10 |149,730 |82,438 |51.52 |0.39 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |2 |– |2 |5,554 |6,952 |1.91 |7.74 |- |rowspan="6" |   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Opposition candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|Arthur Sauvé |66 |5 |20 |15 |114,285 |92,295 |39.32 |22.36 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |1 |1 |3,684 | |1.27 | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |6 |– |– |– |4,931 | |1.70 | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |3,180 | |1.09 | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |2,439 | |0.84 | |- |rowspan="4" |   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |10 |– |– |– |5,586 |16,316 |1.92 |14.96 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |925 | |0.32 | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |335 | |0.11 | |- ! 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"| |}

Eight Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation:^[4]

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 (1924). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1923. Toronto: The Annual Review.

References

1. ^ An 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.
2. ^ Morin, Jacques Carl (Winter 2008–2009). "A Note on Simultaneous Candidacies in the Québec Legislature". Canadian Parliamentary Review. 31 (4): 20–23.
3. ^ Drouilly, Pierre (November 7, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1923". donneesquebec.ca. Atlas des élections au Québec.
4. ^ Hopkins 1924, p. 606.