1892 Quebec general election explained

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.

Results

PartyParty leader
  1. of
    candidates
SeatsPopular Vote
1890Elected% 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-->

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