1912 Quebec general election explained

Election Name:1912 Quebec general election
Country:Quebec
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:no
Party Name:no
Previous Election:1908 Quebec general election
Previous Year:1908
Previous Mps:12th Quebec Legislature
Next Election:1916 Quebec general election
Next Year:1916
Elected Members:13th Quebec Legislature
Seats For Election:81 seats in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
41 seats were needed for a majority
Election Date:May 15, 1912
Image1:Lomer Gouin, 2nd in 1910.png
Image1 Size:180x180px
Leader1:Lomer Gouin
Leader Since1:1905
Leaders Seat1:Portneuf
Last Election1:57 seats, 53.53%
Seats1:62
Seat Change1:5
Popular Vote1:155,958
Percentage1:53.54%
Swing1:0.01pp
Image2 Size:180x180px
Leader2:Joseph-Mathias Tellier
Leader Since2:1909
Leaders Seat2:Joliette
Last Election2:14 seats, 39.92%
Seats2:16
Seat Change2:2
Popular Vote2:125,277
Percentage2:43.01%
Swing2:3.09pp
Premier
Before Election:Lomer Gouin
After Election:Lomer Gouin
Posttitle:Premier after election

The 1912 Quebec general election was held on May 15, 1912, to elect members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Joseph-Mathias Tellier.

Redistribution of ridings

An Act passed prior to the election[1] increased the number of MLAs from 74 to 81 through the following changes:

Abolished ridings New ridings
Divisions of ridings
Creation of riding from parts of others
Reorganization of ridings

Results

PartyParty leader
  1. of
    candidates
SeatsPopular Vote
1908Elected% Change%% Change 80 <--cand-->57 <--prev-->62 <--elected-->+10.5% <--%ch.seats-->155,958 <--vote-->53.54% <--%vote-->+0.01% <--%ch.votes--> 75 <--cand-->14 <--prev-->16 <--elected-->+14.3% <--%ch.seats-->125,277 <--vote-->43.01% <--%vote-->+3.09% <--%ch.votes-->Ligue nationaliste2 <--cand-->3 <--prev-->1 <--elected-->align="right"-66.7% 2,703 <--vote-->0,93% <--%vote-->  <--%ch.votes-->3 <--cand-->0 <--prev-->1 <--elected-->+100.0% <--%ch.seats-->3,751 <--vote-->1.29% <--%vote-->+1.29% <--%ch.votes-->Independent Liberal5 <--cand-->align="right"- 0 <--elected-->  <--%ch.seats-->2,864 <--vote-->1.00% <--%vote-->align="right"-0.63% Other3 <--cand-->align="right"- 1 <--elected-->+100.0 <--%ch.seats-->739 <--vote-->0.30% <--%vote-->align="right"-2.11%
Total169 <--cand-->74 <--prev-->81 <--elected-->+9.5% <--%ch.seats-->291,292 <--vote-->100% <--%vote-->  <--%ch.votes-->

See also

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. An Act to amend the law respecting representation in the Legislative Assembly. S.Q.. 1912 (1st session). 9. https://books.google.ca/books?id=G2ZFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA57.
  2. Protected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.
  3. formed from parts of Beauce and Compton