Quebec general election, 1867

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Quebec general election, 1867
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August – September, 1867 1871  

64 of 65 seats in the 1st Legislative Assembly of Quebec
33 seats were needed for a majority
(includes vacant seat, latter filled by by-election)

  First party Second party
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Leader Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Party Conservative Liberal
Leader's seat Quebec County Lotbinière
Seats won 51 12
Popular vote 40,489 26,847
Percentage 53.48% 35.46%

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Map of the results by riding.

Premier before election

New Office

Premier-designate

Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)

The Quebec general election of 1867 was held in August and September 1867 to elect members of the 1st Legislative Assembly for the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Conservative Party, led by Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, defeated the Quebec Liberal Party led by Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière.

Quebec Province of Canada

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.

The Conservative Party of Quebec was a political party in Quebec, Canada, from 1867 until 1936, when it merged with members of the Action libérale nationale to form the Union Nationale.

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Results

PartyParty LeaderSeatsPopular Vote
Elected#%
     Conservative Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau 5140,489 53.48%
Liberal Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière 1226,847 35.46%
    Independent Liberal18,389 11.06%
    Other-
Vacant11  
Total65 100%

Notes:

1 The electoral district of Kamouraska remained vacant, and was filled in a later by-election in 1869.

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections, are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

See also

The politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of Quebec is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Premier, the legislature, and cabinet reside.

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This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history. Events taking place outside Quebec, for example in English Canada, the United States, Britain or France, may be included when they are considered to have had a significant impact on Quebec's history.


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