1912 Quebec general election

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1912 Quebec general election
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  1908 May 15, 1912 1916  

81 seats in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
41 seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Lomer Gouin, 2nd in 1910.png Joseph-Mathias Tellier.png
Leader Lomer Gouin Joseph-Mathias Tellier
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since19051909
Leader's seat Portneuf Joliette
Last election57 seats, 53.53%14 seats, 39.92%
Seats won6216
Seat changeIncrease2.svg5Increase2.svg2
Popular vote155,958125,277
Percentage53.54%43.01%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.01pp Increase2.svg3.09pp

Premier before election

Lomer Gouin
Liberal

Premier after election

Lomer Gouin
Liberal

The 1912 Quebec general election was held on May 15, 1912, to elect members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Joseph-Mathias Tellier.

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Redistribution of ridings

New ridings on the Island of Montreal Ile de Montreal avec ses nouvelles circonscriptions.jpg
New ridings on the Island of Montreal

An Act passed prior to the election [1] increased the number of MLAs from 74 to 81 through the following changes:

Abolished ridingsNew ridings
Divisions of ridings
Creation of riding from parts of others
Reorganization of ridings
  1. 1 2 Protected seat under British North America Act 1867 , s. 80. Successor seats had same status.
  2. formed from parts of Beauce and Compton

Results

PartyParty leader# of
candidates
SeatsPopular Vote
1908 Elected% Change#%% Change
Liberal Lomer Gouin 805762+10.5%155,95853.54%+0.01%
Conservative Joseph-Mathias Tellier 751416+14.3%125,27743.01%+3.09%
  Ligue nationaliste Armand Lavergne 231-66.7%2,7030,93% 
  Labour Joseph-Alphonse Langlois 301+100.0%3,7511.29%+1.29%
 Independent Liberal5-0 2,8641.00%-0.63%
 Other3-1+100.07390.30%-2.11%
Total1697481+9.5%291,292100% 
Popular vote
PLQ
53.54%
PCQ
43.01%
Labour
1.29%
LN
0.93%
Others
1.23%
Popular vote
PLQ
76.54%
PCQ
19.75%
Labour
1.23%
LN
1.23%
Others
1.23%

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