1923 Quebec general election

1923 Quebec general election
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85 seats in the 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec ; 43 seats were needed for a majority
Premier before election; Louis-Alexandre Taschereau; Liberal	Premier after election ; Louis-Alexandre Taschereau; Liberal

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:

Abolished ridings	New ridings
Divisions of ridings
Labelle^{[a 1]}	Labelle Papineau
Témiscaming^{[a 1]}	Abitibi Témiscaming
Creation of riding from parts of others
	Matapédia^{[a 2]}
	Montréal-Mercier^{[a 3]}
	Montréal-Verdun^{[a 4]}
Merger of ridings
Laprairie Napierville	Napierville-Laprairie
Change of name
Montréal-Hochelaga	Montréal–Saint-Henri

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

Results[]

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1919	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	Louis-Alexandre Taschereau	92	74	64	-13.5%	149,730	51.52%	-0.41%
	Conservative	Arthur Sauvé	71	5	20	+400%	114,285	39.32%	+22.32%
	Other		16	2	1	-50.0%	26,634	9.16%	-22.0%
Total			179	81	85	+4.9%	290,649	100%

Popular vote

PLQ			51.52%
PCQ			39.32%
Others			9.16%

Seats summary

PLQ			75.29%
PCQ			23.53%
Others			1.18%

References[]

^ 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.

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[protected-2] Protected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.

[3] rmed from part of Matane

[4] rmed from parts of Montréal-Dorion and Montréal-Laurier

[5] rmed from part of Jacques-Cartier

[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.

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1923 Quebec general election

Contents

Redistribution of ridings[]

Results[]

See also[]

Further reading[]

References[]