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.
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 | |
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Divisions of ridings | ||
Creation of riding from parts of others | ||
Reorganization of ridings | ||
Party | Party leader |
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1908 | Elected | % 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 nationaliste | 2 < | --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 Liberal | 5 < | --cand--> | align="right" | - | 0 < | --elected--> | < | --%ch.seats--> | 2,864 < | --vote--> | 1.00% < | --%vote--> | align="right" | -0.63% | Other | 3 < | --cand--> | align="right" | - | 1 < | --elected--> | +100.0 < | --%ch.seats--> | 739 < | --vote--> | 0.30% < | --%vote--> | align="right" | -2.11% | ||||||||
Total | 169 < | --cand--> | 74 < | --prev--> | 81 < | --elected--> | +9.5% < | --%ch.seats--> | 291,292 < | --vote--> | 100% < | --%vote--> | < | --%ch.votes--> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||