| Election name | 1936 Quebec general election |
|---|---|
| Country | Quebec |
| Ongoing | no |
| Party colour | no |
| Party name | no |
| Previous election | 1935 Quebec general election |
| Previous year | 1935 |
| Previous mps | 19th Quebec Legislature |
| Next election | 1939 Quebec general election |
| Next year | 1939 |
| Elected members | 20th Quebec Legislature |
| Seats for election | 90 seats in the 20th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 46 seats were needed for a majority |
| Election date | August 17, 1936 |
| Leader 1 | Maurice Duplessis |
| Leader since 1 | June 20, 1936 |
| Leaders seat 1 | Trois-Rivières |
| Last election 1 | 42 seats, 48.41% |
| Seats 1 | 76 |
| Seat change 1 | 34 |
| Percentage 1 | 56.88% |
| Swing 1 | 8.47pp |
| Leader 2 | Adélard Godbout |
| Leader since 2 | June 11, 1936 |
| Leaders seat 2 | L'Islet (lost re-election) |
| Last election 2 | 47 seats, 46.53% |
| Seats 2 | 14 |
| Seat change 2 | 33 |
| Percentage 2 | 39.41% |
| Swing 2 | 7.12pp |
| Before election | Adélard Godbout |
| After election | Maurice Duplessis |
| Posttitle | Premier after election |
The 1936 Quebec general election was held on August 17, 1936, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout.[1]
This marked the end of slightly more than 39 consecutive years in power for the Liberals, who had governed Quebec since the 1897 election.
This 1936 election had been called less than one year after the 1935 election after Liberal premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau resigned because of a scandal. He was replaced by Godbout as Liberal leader and premier.
This was Duplessis's first term in office. After losing the subsequent 1939 election, he later won four more general elections in a row, and became the dominant politician of his time. It was also the Union Nationale's first election, having been formed from a merger between the Action libérale nationale and the Quebec Conservative Party.
Campaign
| Candidates | UN | Lib | Ind-G | I-Lib | I-UN | I-Con | CCF | Comm | Ind | CDP | Lab | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 69 | 68 | 1 | 138 | ||||||||
| 3 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 51 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Total | 90 | 88 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 205 |
Results
[2] |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1935 !1936 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- || |style="text-align:left;" |Union Nationale[a 1] |style="text-align:left;"|Maurice Duplessis |90 |42 |76 |34 |323,812 |61,138 |56.88 |8.47 |- |rowspan="3" | |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Liberals and allies |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|Adélard Godbout |88 |47 |14 |33 |224,374 |25,212 |39.41 |7.12 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |2 |– |– |– |3,765 |3,150 |0.66 |0.55 |- |rowspan="9" | |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |11 |1 |– |1 |9,746 |11,841 |1.71 |2.31 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |1,928 | |0.34 | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |1,870 |1,833 |0.33 |0..33 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |1,469 | |0.26 | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |1,045 | |0.18 | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |2 |– |– |– |767 | |0.13 | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |470 | |0.08 | |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |79 |2,159 |0.01 |0.41 |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 205 ! " colspan="3"| 90 ! " colspan="2"| 569,325 ! " colspan="2"| 100% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 4,930 | 10,302 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 574,255 | 22,662 | 76.94 | 0.78 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 746,414 | 22,154 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamation | – | 3 | colspan="4"| |}
- ^ Comparative results reflect Conservative/ALN merger in 1935.
- ^ including spoilt ballots
- ^ Affiliations 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"
- ^ Frederick Arthur Monk was previously elected under the ALN banner. Although La Presse identified him as an Independent Liberal, Elections Quebec shows Monk as an Independent siding with the Government. The Liberals chose not to run a candidate against him.
- ^ Share won by winning candidate, with difference noted from share achieved by the same party in 1935.
- ^ UN shares in 1936 compared to ALN/Conservative shares in 1935
- ^ Positive indicates improvement to standing of party winning in 1935; negative points to 1935's second-place party being swung to.
- ^ Independent-Liberal candidate finished second in 1935, but did not stand in 1936
- ^ Acclamation in 1935
- ^ Labour candidate finished second in 1935, but did not stand in 1936
- ^ Opposition-Liberal candidate finished second in 1935, but did not stand in 1936
- ^ Francis Lawrence Connors won as an Independent-Liberal in 1935, but ran as a Liberal and won in 1936
- ^ 1935 election was contested and overturned; result determined by Returning Officer alone
- ^ Frederick Arthur Monk was previously elected under the ALN banner in Jacques-Cartier, but campaigned as an Independent in 1936. The Liberals chose not to run a candidate against him.
- ^ compared to ALN/Conservative shares in 1935
- ^ Vital Cliche was elected as an ALN MLA in 1935.
- ^ Wilfrid-Eldège Lauriault was elected as an ALN MLA in 1935.
Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Turnout [a 2] | Votes[a 3] | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | 1935 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # | Margin % | UN | Lib | Ind-G | I-Lib | I-UN | I-Con | Ind | Other | Total | |||
| Abitibi | Lib | UN | 6,458 | 66.19% | 3,159 | 32.38% | 75.90% | 6,458 | 3,299 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9,757 | ||
| Argenteuil | Lib | Lib | 2,179 | 46.51% | 615 | 13.13% | 80.49% | 942 | 2,179 | – | – | 1,564 | – | – | – | 4,685 | ||
| Arthabaska | Lib | UN | 3,559 | 55.63% | 720 | 11.25% | 88.52% | 3,559 | 2,839 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,398 | ||
| Bagot | Lib | Lib | 2,101 | 50.38% | 32 | 0.77% | 89.01% | 2,069 | 2,101 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,170 | ||
| Beauce | ALN | UN | 4,788 | 55.06% | 2,087 | 24.00% | 84.22% | 4,788 | 1,207 | – | 2,701 | – | – | – | – | 8,696 | ||
| Beauharnois | Con | UN | 2,970 | 60.70% | 1,047 | 21.40% | 78.77% | 2,970 | 1,923 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,893 | ||
| Bellechasse | Lib | UN | 2,780 | 55.14% | 518 | 10.27% | 88.76% | 2,780 | 2,262 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,042 | ||
| Berthier | Lib | Lib | 2,529 | 50.01% | 1 | 0.02% | 90.58% | 2,528 | 2,529 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,057 | ||
| Bonaventure | Lib | UN | 3,876 | 50.29% | 45 | 0.58% | 85.64% | 3,876 | 3,831 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,707 | ||
| Brome | Lib | UN | 1,836 | 52.16% | 152 | 4.32% | 82.36% | 1,836 | 1,684 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,520 | ||
| Chambly | Lib | UN | 3,452 | 58.39% | 992 | 16.78% | 76.86% | 3,452 | 2,460 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,912 | ||
| Champlain | ALN | UN | 4,068 | 61.38% | 1,508 | 22.75% | 86.91% | 4,068 | 2,560 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,628 | ||
| Charlevoix—Saguenay | Lib | UN | 5,080 | 52.18% | 425 | 4.37% | 89.21% | 5,080 | 4,655 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9,735 | ||
| Châteauguay | Lib | UN | 1,899 | 55.04% | 348 | 10.09% | 85.94% | 1,899 | 1,551 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,450 | ||
| Chicoutimi | ALN | UN | 8,277 | 74.59% | 5,457 | 49.18% | 78.61% | 8,277 | 2,820 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,097 | ||
| Compton | Con | UN | 3,157 | 59.75% | 1,030 | 19.49% | 80.53% | 3,157 | 2,127 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,284 | ||
| Deux-Montagnes | Lib | UN | 2,127 | 56.51% | 490 | 13.02% | 92.54% | 2,127 | 1,637 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,764 | ||
| Dorchester | ALN | UN | 3,928 | 58.78% | 1,174 | 17.57% | 85.95% | 3,928 | 2,754 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,682 | ||
| Drummond | Lib | UN | 4,086 | 55.95% | 869 | 11.90% | 82.91% | 4,086 | 3,217 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,303 | ||
| Frontenac | ALN | UN | 3,426 | 64.01% | 1,500 | 28.03% | 84.24% | 3,426 | 1,926 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,352 | ||
| Gaspé-Nord | Lib | UN | 1,426 | 48.22% | 174 | 5.88% | 85.95% | 1,426 | 1,252 | 279 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,957 | ||
| Gaspé-Sud | Lib | UN | 3,653 | 57.73% | 978 | 15.46% | 87.76% | 3,653 | 2,675 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,328 | ||
| Gatineau | Lib | UN | 3,085 | 50.52% | 64 | 1.05% | 78.49% | 3,085 | 3,021 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,106 | ||
| Hull | Lib | UN | 3,623 | 55.91% | 766 | 11.82% | 62.64% | 3,623 | 2,857 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,480 | ||
| Huntingdon | Con | UN | 1,844 | 57.63% | 488 | 15.25% | 81.88% | 1,844 | 1,356 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,200 | ||
| Iberville | Lib | Lib | 1,292 | 57.09% | 321 | 14.18% | 86.51% | 971 | 1,292 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,263 | ||
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Lib | UN | 1,001 | 50.38% | 15 | 0.75% | 86.00% | 1,001 | 986 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,987 | ||
| Jacques-Cartier | ALN | UN | 5,164 | 59.70% | 1,678 | 19.40% | 74.50% | 5,164 | – | 3,486[a 4] | – | – | – | – | – | 8,650 | ||
| Joliette | Lib | UN | 3,595 | 53.97% | 529 | 7.94% | 84.38% | 3,595 | 3,066 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,661 | ||
| Kamouraska | Lib | UN | 2,720 | 51.04% | 111 | 2.08% | 87.31% | 2,720 | 2,609 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,329 | ||
| L'Assomption | ALN | UN | 2,080 | 53.25% | 254 | 6.50% | 79.22% | 2,080 | 1,826 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,906 | ||
| L'Islet | Lib | UN | 2,233 | 50.22% | 20 | 0.45% | 85.91% | 2,233 | 2,213 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,446 | ||
| Labelle | ALN | UN | 3,077 | 72.18% | 1,891 | 44.36% | 80.60% | 3,077 | 1,186 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,263 | ||
| Lac-Saint-Jean | Con | UN | 2,544 | 54.28% | 401 | 8.56% | 90.12% | 2,544 | 2,143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,687 | ||
| Laval | Con | UN | 12,353 | 67.52% | 6,411 | 35.04% | 67.60% | 12,353 | 5,942 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18,295 | ||
| Laviolette | ALN | UN | 4,059 | 64.98% | 1,871 | 29.95% | 79.21% | 4,059 | 2,188 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,247 | ||
| Lévis | ALN | UN | 4,053 | 51.24% | 196 | 2.48% | 85.38% | 4,053 | 3,857 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,910 | ||
| Lotbinière | Lib | UN | 2,981 | 51.11% | 129 | 2.21% | 86.21% | 2,981 | 2,852 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,833 | ||
| Maisonneuve | Con | UN | 11,445 | 68.63% | 6,213 | 37.25% | 65.30% | 11,445 | 5,232 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,677 | ||
| Maskinongé | Lib | UN | 2,269 | 55.38% | 441 | 10.76% | 87.04% | 2,269 | 1,828 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,097 | ||
| Matane | Lib | UN | 3,256 | 55.17% | 686 | 11.62% | 86.09% | 3,256 | 2,570 | – | 76 | – | – | – | – | 5,902 | ||
| Matapédia | Lib | UN | 3,199 | 52.97% | 359 | 5.94% | 86.07% | 3,199 | 2,840 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,039 | ||
| Mégantic | ALN | UN | 4,627 | 59.49% | 1,649 | 21.20% | 85.78% | 4,627 | 2,978 | – | – | – | – | 173 | – | 7,778 | ||
| Missisquoi | Con | UN | 2,854 | 56.77% | 681 | 13.55% | 79.79% | 2,854 | 2,173 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,027 | ||
| Montcalm | Lib | UN | 2,019 | 56.76% | 481 | 13.52% | 88.02% | 2,019 | 1,538 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,557 | ||
| Montmagny | ALN | UN | 2,695 | 55.70% | 552 | 11.41% | 86.59% | 2,695 | 2,143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,838 | ||
| Montmorency | Lib | UN | 2,149 | 54.06% | 323 | 8.13% | 91.32% | 2,149 | 1,826 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,975 | ||
| Montréal-Dorion | ALN | UN | 5,674 | 63.20% | 2,370 | 26.40% | 66.79% | 5,674 | 3,304 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,978 | ||
| Montréal-Laurier | ALN | Lib | 3,472 | 50.10% | 14 | 0.20% | 58.23% | 3,458 | 3,472 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,930 | ||
| Montréal-Mercier | Lib | UN | 9,340 | 58.31% | 2,960 | 18.48% | 63.62% | 9,340 | 6,380 | – | – | 299 | – | – | – | 16,019 | ||
| Montréal–Saint-Georges | Con | UN | 1,399 | 55.54% | 500 | 19.85% | 48.54% | 1,399 | – | – | 221 | – | 899 | – | – | 2,519 | ||
| Montréal–Saint-Henri | ALN | UN | 3,622 | 51.79% | 1,300 | 18.59% | 68.25% | 3,622 | 2,322 | – | 580 | – | – | – | 470 | 6,994 | ||
| Montreal–Saint-Jacques | Con | UN | 3,616 | 58.72% | 1,259 | 20.44% | 72.08% | 3,616 | 2,357 | – | – | – | – | – | 185 | 6,158 | ||
| Montréal–Saint-Laurent | Lib | UN | 1,201 | 53.59% | 161 | 7.18% | 47.00% | 1,201 | 1,040 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,241 | ||
| Montréal–Saint-Louis | Lib | Lib | 2,024 | 58.84% | 1,251 | 36.37% | 53.46% | 773 | 2,024 | – | – | 65 | – | – | 578 | 3,440 | ||
| Montreal–Sainte-Anne | I-Lib | Lib | 1,673 | 49.54% | 563 | 16.67% | 66.09% | 1,110 | 1,673 | – | – | – | – | 594 | – | 3,377 | ||
| Montréal–Sainte-Marie | ALN | UN | 6,410 | 65.24% | 3,276 | 33.34% | 68.85% | 6,410 | 3,134 | – | – | – | – | – | 282 | 9,826 | ||
| Montréal-Verdun | Con | UN | 7,502 | 56.23% | 3,626 | 27.18% | 59.59% | 7,502 | 495 | – | 3,876 | – | – | – | 1,469 | 13,342 | ||
| Napierville-Laprairie | Lib | UN | 2,331 | 51.69% | 152 | 3.37% | 88.69% | 2,331 | 2,179 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,510 | ||
| Nicolet | Lib | UN | 3,612 | 52.86% | 661 | 9.67% | 85.88% | 3,612 | 2,951 | – | 270 | – | – | – | – | 6,833 | ||
| Papineau | ALN | UN | 4,629 | 61.60% | 1,743 | 23.19% | 75.50% | 4,629 | 2,886 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,515 | ||
| Pontiac | Lib | Lib | 2,091 | 44.91% | 86 | 1.85% | 76.48% | 2,005 | 2,091 | – | 560 | – | – | – | – | 4,656 | ||
| Portneuf | ALN | UN | 5,276 | 64.60% | 2,385 | 29.20% | 86.17% | 5,276 | 2,891 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,167 | ||
| Québec-Centre | ALN | UN | 3,837 | 52.99% | 433 | 5.98% | 79.85% | 3,837 | 3,404 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,241 | ||
| Québec-Comté | Lib | UN | 4,651 | 56.15% | 1,019 | 12.30% | 90.40% | 4,651 | 3,632 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,283 | ||
| Québec-Est | ALN | UN | 5,826 | 61.72% | 2,212 | 23.43% | 81.82% | 5,826 | 3,614 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9,440 | ||
| Québec-Ouest | Lib | Lib | 1,628 | 51.44% | 282 | 8.91% | 79.20% | 1,346 | 1,628 | – | 24 | – | 167 | – | – | 3,165 | ||
| Richelieu | Lib | Lib | 2,818 | 57.70% | 784 | 16.05% | 85.34% | 2,034 | 2,818 | – | 32 | – | – | – | – | 4,884 | ||
| Richmond | Con | UN | 3,460 | 61.23% | 1,269 | 22.46% | 82.28% | 3,460 | 2,191 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,651 | ||
| Rimouski | Lib | UN | 3,491 | 55.15% | 652 | 10.30% | 89.61% | 3,491 | 2,839 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,330 | ||
| Rivière-du-Loup | Lib | Lib | 3,572 | 50.60% | 85 | 1.20% | 88.55% | 3,487 | 3,572 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,059 | ||
| Roberval | ALN | UN | 4,191 | 61.69% | 1,588 | 23.37% | 86.47% | 4,191 | 2,603 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,794 | ||
| Rouville | Con | UN | 2,046 | 56.26% | 455 | 12.51% | 85.82% | 2,046 | 1,591 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,637 | ||
| Saint-Hyacinthe | Lib | Lib | 3,289 | 50.44% | 57 | 0.87% | 87.70% | 3,232 | 3,289 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,521 | ||
| Saint-Jean | Lib | Lib | 2,451 | 53.29% | 303 | 6.59% | 84.80% | 2,148 | 2,451 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,599 | ||
| Saint-Maurice | ALN | UN | 4,635 | 65.19% | 2,160 | 30.38% | 82.07% | 4,635 | 2,475 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,110 | ||
| Saint-Sauveur | Con | UN | 4,816 | 58.23% | 1,362 | 16.47% | 85.76% | 4,816 | 3,454 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,270 | ||
| Shefford | ALN | UN | 3,940 | 57.73% | 1,055 | 15.46% | 84.60% | 3,940 | 2,885 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,825 | ||
| Sherbrooke | ALN | UN | 4,987 | 60.77% | 1,768 | 21.55% | 76.59% | 4,987 | 3,219 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,206 | ||
| Soulanges | Lib | UN | 1,022 | 44.11% | 157 | 6.78% | 88.56% | 1,022 | 865 | – | 430 | – | – | – | – | 2,317 | ||
| Stanstead | ALN | UN | 2,980 | 54.73% | 515 | 9.46% | 78.04% | 2,980 | 2,465 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,445 | ||
| Témiscamingue | ALN | UN | 4,200 | 66.32% | 2,067 | 32.64% | 68.46% | 4,200 | 2,133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,333 | ||
| Témiscouata | Lib | UN | 2,383 | 54.77% | 415 | 9.54% | 92.17% | 2,383 | 1,968 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,351 | ||
| Terrebonne | Lib | UN | 5,279 | 58.80% | 1,659 | 18.48% | 84.37% | 5,279 | 3,620 | – | – | – | – | – | 79 | 8,978 | ||
| Trois-Rivières | Con | UN | 5,628 | 69.31% | 3,136 | 38.62% | 83.13% | 5,628 | 2,492 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,120 | ||
| Vaudreuil | Lib | UN | 1,277 | 42.54% | 301 | 10.03% | 84.26% | 1,277 | 749 | – | 976 | – | – | – | – | 3,002 | ||
| Verchères | Lib | Lib | 1,843 | 58.01% | 509 | 16.02% | 88.21% | 1,334 | 1,843 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,177 | ||
| Westmount | Con | UN | 8,970 | 57.75% | 3,212 | 20.68% | 48.31% | 8,970 | 5,758 | – | – | – | 804 | – | – | 15,532 | ||
| Wolfe | Lib | UN | 2,176 | 53.78% | 306 | 7.56% | 89.80% | 2,176 | 1,870 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,046 | ||
| Yamaska | Con | UN | 2,197 | 55.85% | 460 | 11.69% | 87.88% | 2,197 | 1,737 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,934 | ||
- = open seat
- = turnout is above provincial average
- = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
- = winning candidate was ALN or Conservative incumbent
- = incumbent had switched allegiance
- = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
- = incumbency arose from byelection gain
- = previously incumbent in another riding
- = other incumbents renominated
- = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
- = multiple candidates
Turnout, winning shares and swings
| Riding and winning party | Turnout | Vote share[a 5][a 6] | Swing[a 7] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Change (pp) | % | Change (pp) | To | Change (pp) | ||||||||||
| Abitibi | UN | Gain | 75.90 | 66.19 | UN | ||||||||||
| Argenteuil | Lib | Hold | 80.49 | 46.51 | Lib | ||||||||||
| Arthabaska | UN | Gain | 88.52 | 55.63 | UN | ||||||||||
| Bagot | Lib | Hold | 89.01 | 50.38 | UN | ||||||||||
| Beauce | UN | Hold | 84.22 | 55.06 | Lib | ||||||||||
| Beauharnois | UN | Hold | 78.77 | 60.70 | UN | ||||||||||
| Bellechasse | UN | Gain | 88.76 | 55.14 | UN | ||||||||||
| Berthier | Lib | Hold | 90.58 | 50.01 | UN | ||||||||||
| Bonaventure | UN | Gain | 85.64 | 50.29 | UN | ||||||||||
| Brome | UN | Gain | 82.36 | 52.16 | UN | ||||||||||
| Chambly | UN | Gain | 76.86 | 58.39 | UN | ||||||||||
| Champlain | UN | Hold | 86.91 | 61.38 | UN | ||||||||||
| Charlevoix-Saguenay | UN | Gain | 89.21 | 52.18 | UN | ||||||||||
| Châteauguay | UN | Gain | 85.94 | 55.04 | UN | ||||||||||
| Chicoutimi | UN | Hold | 78.61 | 74.59 | UN | ||||||||||
| Compton | UN | Hold | 80.53 | 59.75 | UN | ||||||||||
| Deux-Montagnes | UN | Gain | 92.54 | 56.51 | UN | ||||||||||
| Dorchester | UN | Hold | 85.95 | 58.78 | UN | ||||||||||
| Dorion | UN | Hold | 66.79 | 63.20 | UN | ||||||||||
| Drummond | UN | Gain | 82.91 | 55.95 | UN | ||||||||||
| Frontenac | UN | Hold | 84.24 | 64.01 | UN | ||||||||||
| Gaspé-Nord | UN | Gain | 85.95 | 48.22 | N/A[a 8] | ||||||||||
| Gaspé-Sud | UN | Gain | 87.76 | 57.73 | N/A[a 8] | ||||||||||
| Gatineau | UN | Gain | 78.49 | 50.52 | UN | ||||||||||
| Hull | UN | Gain | 62.64 | 55.91 | UN | ||||||||||
| Huntingdon | UN | Hold | 81.88 | 57.63 | UN | ||||||||||
| Iberville | Lib | Hold | 86.51 | N/A[a 9] | 57.09 | N/A[a 9] | |||||||||
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | UN | Gain | 86.00 | 50.38 | UN | ||||||||||
| Jacques-Cartier | UN | Hold | 74.50 | 59.70 | UN | ||||||||||
| Joliette | UN | Gain | 84.38 | 53.97 | UN | ||||||||||
| Kamouraska | UN | Gain | 87.31 | 51.04 | UN | ||||||||||
| Labelle | UN | Hold | 80.60 | 72.18 | UN | ||||||||||
| Lac-Saint-Jean | UN | Hold | 90.12 | 54.28 | UN | ||||||||||
| L'Assomption | UN | Hold | 79.22 | 53.25 | UN | ||||||||||
| Laurier | Lib | Gain | 58.23 | 50.10 | N/A[a 10] | ||||||||||
| Laval | UN | Hold | 67.60 | 67.52 | UN | ||||||||||
| Laviolette | UN | Hold | 79.21 | 64.98 | UN | ||||||||||
| Lévis | UN | Hold | 85.38 | 51.24 | N/A[a 8] | ||||||||||
| L'Islet | UN | Gain | 85.91 | 50.22 | UN | ||||||||||
| Lotbinière | UN | Gain | 86.21 | 51.11 | UN | ||||||||||
| Maisonneuve | UN | Hold | 65.30 | 68.63 | UN | ||||||||||
| Maskinongé | UN | Gain | 87.04 | 55.38 | UN | ||||||||||
| Matane | UN | Gain | 86.09 | 55.17 | UN | ||||||||||
| Matapédia | UN | Gain | 86.07 | 52.97 | UN | ||||||||||
| Mégantic | UN | Hold | 85.78 | 59.49 | UN | ||||||||||
| Mercier | UN | Gain | 63.62 | 58.31 | UN | ||||||||||
| Missisquoi | UN | Hold | 79.79 | 56.77 | UN | ||||||||||
| Montcalm | UN | Gain | 88.02 | 56.76 | UN | ||||||||||
| Montmagny | UN | Hold | 86.59 | 55.70 | UN | ||||||||||
| Montmorency | UN | Gain | 91.32 | 54.06 | UN | ||||||||||
| Napierville-Laprairie | UN | Gain | 88.69 | 51.69 | UN | ||||||||||
| Nicolet | UN | Gain | 85.88 | 52.86 | UN | ||||||||||
| Papineau | UN | Hold | 75.50 | 61.60 | UN | ||||||||||
| Pontiac | Lib | Hold | 76.48 | 44.91 | Lib | ||||||||||
| Portneuf | UN | Hold | 86.17 | 64.60 | UN | ||||||||||
| Québec-Centre | UN | Hold | 79.85 | 52.99 | UN | ||||||||||
| Québec-Comté | UN | Gain | 90.40 | 56.15 | UN | ||||||||||
| Québec-Est | UN | Hold | 81.82 | 61.72 | UN | ||||||||||
| Québec-Ouest | Lib | Hold | 79.20 | 51.44 | UN | ||||||||||
| Richelieu | Lib | Hold | 85.34 | N/A[a 9] | 57.70 | N/A[a 9] | |||||||||
| Richmond | UN | Hold | 82.28 | 61.23 | UN | ||||||||||
| Rimouski | UN | Gain | 89.61 | 55.15 | UN | ||||||||||
| Rivière-du-Loup | Lib | Hold | 88.55 | 50.60 | UN | ||||||||||
| Roberval | UN | Hold | 86.47 | 61.69 | Lib | ||||||||||
| Rouville | UN | Hold | 85.82 | 56.26 | UN | ||||||||||
| Saint-Georges | UN | Hold | 48.54 | 55.54 | UN | ||||||||||
| Saint-Henri | UN | Hold | 68.25 | 51.79 | UN | ||||||||||
| Saint-Hyacinthe | Lib | Hold | 87.70 | 50.44 | UN | ||||||||||
| Saint-Jacques | UN | Hold | 72.08 | 58.72 | UN | ||||||||||
| Saint-Jean | Lib | Hold | 84.80 | 53.29 | N/A[a 11] | ||||||||||
| Saint-Laurent | UN | Gain | 47.00 | 53.59 | UN | ||||||||||
| Saint-Louis | Lib | Hold | 53.46 | N/A[a 9] | 58.84 | N/A[a 9] | |||||||||
| Saint-Maurice | UN | Hold | 82.07 | 65.19 | UN | ||||||||||
| Saint-Sauveur | UN | Hold | 85.76 | 58.23 | UN | ||||||||||
| Sainte-Anne | Lib | Gain | 66.09 | 49.54 | N/A[a 12] | ||||||||||
| Sainte-Marie | UN | Hold | 68.85 | 65.24 | UN | ||||||||||
| Shefford | UN | Hold | 84.60 | 57.73 | UN | ||||||||||
| Sherbrooke | UN | Hold | 76.59 | 60.77 | UN | ||||||||||
| Soulanges | UN | Gain | 88.56 | 44.11 | UN | ||||||||||
| Stanstead | UN | Hold | 78.04 | 54.73 | UN | ||||||||||
| Témiscamingue | UN | Hold | 68.46 | 66.32 | UN | ||||||||||
| Témiscouata | UN | Gain | 92.17 | 54.77 | UN | ||||||||||
| Terrebonne | UN | Gain | 84.37 | 58.80 | N/A[a 13] | ||||||||||
| Trois-Rivières | UN | Hold | 83.13 | 69.31 | UN | ||||||||||
| Vaudreuil | UN | Gain | 84.26 | 42.54 | Ind-Lib | ||||||||||
| Verchères | Lib | Hold | 88.21 | 58.01 | UN | ||||||||||
| Verdun | UN | Hold | 59.59 | 56.23 | UN | ||||||||||
| Westmount | UN | Hold | 48.31 | 57.75 | UN | ||||||||||
| Wolfe | UN | Gain | 89.80 | 53.78 | UN | ||||||||||
| Yamaska | UN | Hold | 87.88 | 55.85 | UN | ||||||||||
Changes in party shares
| Riding | Liberals (and allies)[a 14] | UN[a 15] | Ind-Lib | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Change (pp) | % | Change (pp) | % | Change (pp) | |||||||
| Abitibi | 33.81 | 66.19 | ||||||||||
| Argenteuil | 46.51 | 20.11 | ||||||||||
| Arthabaska | 44.37 | 55.63 | ||||||||||
| Bagot | 50.38 | 49.62 | ||||||||||
| Beauce | 13.88 | 55.06 | 31.06[a 16] | |||||||||
| Beauharnois | 39.30 | 60.70 | ||||||||||
| Bellechasse | 44.86 | 55.14 | ||||||||||
| Berthier | 50.01 | 49.99 | ||||||||||
| Bonaventure | 49.71 | 50.29 | ||||||||||
| Brome | 47.84 | 52.16 | ||||||||||
| Chambly | 41.61 | 58.39 | ||||||||||
| Champlain | 38.62 | 61.38 | ||||||||||
| Charlevoix-Saguenay | 47.82 | 52.18 | ||||||||||
| Châteauguay | 44.96 | 55.04 | ||||||||||
| Chicoutimi | 25.41 | 74.59 | ||||||||||
| Compton | 40.25 | 59.75 | ||||||||||
| Deux-Montagnes | 43.49 | 56.51 | ||||||||||
| Dorchester | 41.22 | 58.78 | ||||||||||
| Dorion | 36.80 | 63.20 | ||||||||||
| Drummond | 44.05 | 55.95 | – | |||||||||
| Frontenac | 35.99 | 64.01 | ||||||||||
| Gaspé-Nord | 42.34 | 48.22 | – | |||||||||
| Gaspé-Sud | 42.27 | 57.73 | – | |||||||||
| Gatineau | 49.48 | 50.52 | ||||||||||
| Hull | 44.09 | 55.91 | – | |||||||||
| Huntingdon | 42.38 | 57.63 | ||||||||||
| Iberville | 57.09 | 42.91 | ||||||||||
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 49.62 | 50.38 | – | |||||||||
| Jacques-Cartier | 40.30 | 59.70 | ||||||||||
| Joliette | 46.03 | 53.97 | ||||||||||
| Kamouraska | 48.96 | 51.04 | ||||||||||
| Labelle | 27.82 | 72.18 | ||||||||||
| Lac-Saint-Jean | 45.72 | 54.28 | ||||||||||
| L'Assomption | 46.75 | 53.25 | ||||||||||
| Laurier | 50.10 | 49.90 | – | |||||||||
| Laval | 32.48 | 67.52 | – | |||||||||
| Laviolette | 35.02 | 64.98 | ||||||||||
| Lévis | 48.76 | 51.24 | – | |||||||||
| L'Islet | 49.78 | 50.22 | ||||||||||
| Lotbinière | 48.89 | 51.11 | ||||||||||
| Maisonneuve | 31.37 | 68.63 | ||||||||||
| Maskinongé | 44.62 | 55.38 | ||||||||||
| Matane | 43.54 | 55.17 | 1.29 | |||||||||
| Matapédia | 47.03 | 52.97 | ||||||||||
| Mégantic | 38.29 | 59.49 | ||||||||||
| Mercier | 39.83 | 58.31 | – | |||||||||
| Missisquoi | 43.23 | 56.77 | ||||||||||
| Montcalm | 43.24 | 56.76 | ||||||||||
| Montmagny | 44.30 | 55.70 | ||||||||||
| Montmorency | 45.94 | 54.06 | ||||||||||
| Napierville-Laprairie | 48.31 | 51.69 | – | |||||||||
| Nicolet | 43.19 | 52.86 | 3.95 | |||||||||
| Papineau | 38.40 | 61.60 | ||||||||||
| Pontiac | 44.91 | 43.06 | 12.03 | |||||||||
| Portneuf | 35.40 | 64.60 | ||||||||||
| Québec-Centre | 47.01 | 52.99 | ||||||||||
| Québec-Comté | 43.85 | 56.15 | – | |||||||||
| Québec-Est | 38.28 | 61.72 | ||||||||||
| Québec-Ouest | 51.44 | 42.53 | 0.76 | |||||||||
| Richelieu | 57.70 | 41.65 | 0.66 | |||||||||
| Richmond | 38.77 | 61.23 | ||||||||||
| Rimouski | 44.85 | 55.15 | ||||||||||
| Rivière-du-Loup | 50.60 | 49.40 | ||||||||||
| Roberval | 38.31 | 61.69 | – | |||||||||
| Rouville | 43.74 | 56.26 | ||||||||||
| Saint-Georges | – | 55.54 | 8.77[a 17] | |||||||||
| Saint-Henri | 33.20 | 51.79 | 8.29 | |||||||||
| Saint-Hyacinthe | 50.44 | 49.56 | ||||||||||
| Saint-Jacques | 38.28 | 58.72 | ||||||||||
| Saint-Jean | 53.29 | 46.71 | ||||||||||
| Saint-Laurent | 46.41 | 53.59 | ||||||||||
| Saint-Louis | 58.84 | 22.47 | ||||||||||
| Saint-Maurice | 34.81 | 65.19 | ||||||||||
| Saint-Sauveur | 41.77 | 58.23 | ||||||||||
| Sainte-Anne | 49.54 | 32.87 | – | |||||||||
| Sainte-Marie | 31.89 | 65.24 | ||||||||||
| Shefford | 42.27 | 57.73 | ||||||||||
| Sherbrooke | 39.23 | 60.77 | ||||||||||
| Soulanges | 37.33 | 44.11 | 18.56 | |||||||||
| Stanstead | 45.27 | 54.73 | ||||||||||
| Témiscamingue | 33.68 | 66.32 | – | |||||||||
| Témiscouata | 45.23 | 54.77 | ||||||||||
| Terrebonne | 40.32 | 58.80 | ||||||||||
| Trois-Rivières | 30.69 | 69.31 | ||||||||||
| Vaudreuil | 24.95 | 42.54 | 32.51 | |||||||||
| Verchères | 58.01 | 41.99 | ||||||||||
| Verdun | 3.71 | 56.23 | 29.05 | |||||||||
| Westmount | 37.07 | 57.75 | ||||||||||
| Wolfe | 46.22 | 53.78 | ||||||||||
| Yamaska | 44.15 | 55.85 | ||||||||||
- = did not field a candidate in 1935
- = acclamation or election set aside in 1935
- = no candidate in either election
Endorsements by Gouin
Although not standing as a candidate in the election, Paul Gouin gave a list of candidates he felt were the best qualified to be elected.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riding | Name | In 1935 | ||||
| Union Nationale | Chicoutimi | Arthur Larouche | ALN | |||
| Dorion | Grégoire Bélanger | ALN | ||||
| Gaspé-Sud | Camille-Eugène Pouliot | N/A | ||||
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Hormisdas Langlais | N/A | ||||
| L'Assomption | Adhémar Raynault | N/A | ||||
| Matane | Onésime Gagnon | N/A | ||||
| Matapédia | Ferdinand Paradis | N/A | ||||
| Montmorency | Joseph-Félix Roy | N/A | ||||
| Napierville-Laprairie | Philippe Monette | N/A | ||||
| Papineau | Roméo Lorrain | ALN | ||||
| Rimouski | Alfred Dubé | N/A | ||||
| Rouville | Laurent Barré | Cons | ||||
| Saint-Jean | Jean-Paul Beaulieu | N/A | ||||
| Saint-Maurice | Marc Trudel | ALN | ||||
| Sainte-Marie | Candide Rochefort | ALN | ||||
| Témiscamingue | Nil-Élie Larivière | ALN | ||||
| Trois-Rivières | Maurice Duplessis | Cons | ||||
| Verdun | Pierre-Auguste Lafleur | Cons | ||||
| Independent-Liberal | Beauce | Vital Cliche | ALN | |||
| Jacques-Cartier | Frederick Arthur Monk | ALN | ||||
| Saint-Henri | Wilfrid-Eldège Lauriault | ALN | ||||
| Liberal | Argenteuil | Georges-Étienne Dansereau | Lib | |||
| Bonaventure | Pierre-Émile Côté | Lib | ||||
| Châteauguay | Louis-Georges-Arthur Lapointe | N/A | ||||
| Frontenac | Albert Choquette | N/A | ||||
| Hull | Alexis Caron | Lib | ||||
| Iberville | Lucien Lamoureux | Lib | ||||
| Laurier | Charles-Auguste Bertrand | N/A | ||||
| L'Islet | Adélard Godbout | Lib | ||||
| Lotbinière | Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur | Lib | ||||
| Maskinongé | Louis-Joseph Thisdel | Lib | ||||
| Nicolet | Alexandre Gaudet | Lib | ||||
| Québec-Ouest | Charles Delagrave | Lib | ||||
| Saint-Jacques | Wilfrid Gagnon | N/A | ||||
| Saint-Laurent | Edward Stuart McDougall | N/A | ||||
| Sherbrooke | Césaire Gervais | N/A | ||||
| Terrebonne | Maurice-Robert Demers | N/A | ||||
| Vaudreuil | Elzéar Sabourin | Lib | ||||
| Verchères | Félix Messier | Lib | ||||
- = Appointed as a minister in 1936, but not then an MLA
Analysis
| Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UN | Lib | Ind-G | Ind-Lib | Ind-UN | Ind-Con | |||
| 71 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 76 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 14 | ||||||
| Total | 13 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 90 | |
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 13 | 1 | 90 | ||
| 14 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 88 | |
| 3 | 7 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 |
| Source | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UN | Lib | Total | ||
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 35 | 12 | 47 |
| Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance | 4 | 4 | ||
| Open seats held | 2 | 2 | ||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated - new MLAs | 19 | 1 | 20 |
| Incumbents defeated - return of members previously elected to Legislature | 2 | 2 | ||
| Incumbents defeated - election of previous MP to the Parliament of Canada | 1 | 1 | ||
| Open seats gained | 13 | 13 | ||
| Incumbent changed allegiance | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 76 | 14 | 90 | |
See also
- List of Quebec premiers
- Politics of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
- List of Quebec political parties
- 20th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Further reading
- The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1935 and 1936. Toronto: The Annual Review Company. 1939.
References
- ^ Cdn Annual Rev 1939, p. 285.
- ^ Drouilly, Pierre (December 4, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1936". donneesquebec.ca. Atlas des élections au Québec.
- ^ "Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription" [National Assembly members by riding] (in French). National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
- ^ "Le résultat des élections d'hier" [The result of yesterday's elections] (in French). La Presse. August 18, 1936. p. 15.
- ^ Drouilly, Pierre (November 30, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1935". donneesquebec.ca. Atlas des élections au Québec.
- ^ "Il faut, dans chaque comté, appuyer le meilleur homme sans tenir compte du parti" [We have to support the best man in each riding, regardless of party] (in French). Le Devoir. August 13, 1936. p. 4.
- ^ "Les pronostics de M. Paul Gouin en faveur de l'union nationale ont surtout été confirmés hier" [Above all, Mr Paul Gouin's prognoses in favour of the Union Nationale were confirmed yesterday] (in French). La Presse. August 18, 1936. p. 17.