Election Name: | 1892 Quebec general election |
Country: | Quebec |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | no |
Party Name: | no |
Previous Election: | 1890 Quebec general election |
Previous Year: | 1890 |
Previous Mps: | 7th Quebec Legislature |
Next Election: | 1897 Quebec general election |
Next Year: | 1897 |
Elected Members: | 8th Quebec Legislature |
Seats For Election: | 73 seats in the 8th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 37 seats were needed for a majority |
Election Date: | March 8, 1892 |
Image1: | Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville portrait.jpg |
Image1 Size: | 180x180px |
Leader1: | Charles Boucher de Boucherville |
Leader Since1: | 1891 |
Leaders Seat1: | Councillor for Montarville |
Last Election1: | 23 seats, 45.39% |
Seats1: | 51 |
Seat Change1: | 28 |
Popular Vote1: | 91,579 |
Percentage1: | 52.41% |
Swing1: | 7.02pp |
Image2 Size: | 180x180px |
Leader2: | Félix-Gabriel Marchand |
Leader Since2: | 1892 |
Last Election2: | 43 seats, 44.51% |
Seats2: | 21 |
Seat Change2: | 22 |
Popular Vote2: | 76,280 |
Percentage2: | 43.65% |
Swing2: | 0.86pp |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Charles Boucher de Boucherville |
After Election: | Charles Boucher de Boucherville |
Posttitle: | Premier after election |
In the 1892 Quebec general election on March 8, 1892, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Conservative Party, led by Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville, defeated the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Félix-Gabriel Marchand.
Mercier had been accused of corruption and removed from office as Premier by Quebec Lieutenant-governor Auguste-Réal Angers on December 16, 1891. The scandal probably influenced the outcome of the election. Mercier gave up the post of Liberal leader (and leader of the Opposition) to Félix-Gabriel Marchand, and was later acquitted of all charges.
Boucher de Boucherville resigned a year later, and was replaced by Louis-Olivier Taillon as Conservative leader and premier. Taillon in turn resigned in 1896, and was replaced by Edmund James Flynn. Flynn lost the 1897 election, and the Conservatives never held power in Quebec again.
Party | Party leader |
| Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1890 | Elected | % Change | % | % Change | < | --cand--> | 23 < | --prev--> | 51 < | --elected--> | +122% < | --%ch.seats--> | 91,579 < | --vote--> | 52.41% < | --%vote--> | +7.02% < | --%ch.votes--> | < | --cand--> | 43 < | --prev--> | 21 < | --elected--> | align="right" | -51.2% | 76,280 < | --vote--> | 43.65% < | --%vote--> | align="right" | -0.86% | Independent Conservative | < | --cand--> | 1 < | --prev--> | 1 < | --elected--> | align="right" | - | 6,892 < | --vote--> | 3.94% < | --%vote--> | rowspan=2 align="right" | -6.7% | Other | < | --cand--> | 6 < | --prev--> | align="right" | - | align="right" | -100% | |||||
Total | < | --cand--> | 73 < | --prev--> | 73 < | --elected--> | align="right" | - | 174,751 < | --vote--> | 100% < | --%vote--> | < | --%ch.votes--> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||