1904 Quebec general election explained

Election Name:1904 Quebec general election
Country:Quebec
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:no
Party Name:no
Previous Election:1900 Quebec general election
Previous Year:1900
Previous Mps:10th Quebec Legislature
Next Election:1908 Quebec general election
Next Year:1908
Elected Members:11th Quebec Legislature
Seats For Election:74 seats in the 11th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
38 seats were needed for a majority
Election Date:November 25, 1904
Image1:Simon-Napoléon Parent.png
Image1 Size:180x180px
Leader1:Simon-Napoléon Parent
Leader Since1:1900
Last Election1:67 seats, 53.15%
Seats1:67
Popular Vote1:62,889
Percentage1:55.43%
Swing1:2.28pp
Image2 Size:180x180px
Leader2:Edmund James Flynn
Leader Since2:1896
Leaders Seat2:Gaspé
Last Election2:7 seats, 41.85%
Seats2:7
Popular Vote2:30,331
Percentage2:26.73%
Swing2:15.12pp
Premier
Before Election:Simon-Napoléon Parent
After Election:Simon-Napoléon Parent
Posttitle:Premier after election

The 1904 Quebec general election was held on November 25, 1904, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Simon-Napoléon Parent, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Edmund James Flynn.

It was Parent's final election. Due to internal dissension within his party, he resigned in 1905, and was succeeded as Liberal leader and premier by Lomer Gouin.

Results

PartyParty leader
  1. of
    candidates
SeatsPopular Vote
1900Elected% Change%% Change Simon-Napoléon Parent87 <--cand-->67 <--prev-->67 <--elected-->align="right"- 62,889 <--vote-->55.43% <--%vote-->+2.28% <--%ch.votes--> 24 <--cand-->7 <--prev-->7 <--elected-->- <--%ch.seats-->30,331 <--vote-->26.73% <--%vote-->-15.12% <--%ch.votes-->Other6 <--cand-->align="right"- align="right"- align="right"- 20,233 <--vote-->17.84% <--%vote-->+12.8% <--%ch.votes-->
Total117 <--cand-->74 <--prev-->74 <--elected-->align="right"-% 113,453 <--vote-->100% <--%vote-->  <--%ch.votes-->

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