Election Name: | 1919 Quebec general election |
Country: | Quebec |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | no |
Party Name: | no |
Previous Election: | 1916 Quebec general election |
Previous Year: | 1916 |
Previous Mps: | 14th Quebec Legislature |
Next Election: | 1923 Quebec general election |
Next Year: | 1923 |
Elected Members: | 15th Quebec Legislature |
Seats For Election: | 81 seats in the 15th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 41 seats were needed for a majority |
Election Date: | June 23, 1919 |
Image1: | Lomer Gouin, 2nd in 1910.png |
Image1 Size: | 180x180px |
Leader1: | Lomer Gouin |
Leader Since1: | 1905 |
Leaders Seat1: | Portneuf |
Last Election1: | 75 seats, 60.57% |
Seats1: | 74 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 67,292 |
Percentage1: | 51.91% |
Swing1: | 8.66pp |
Image2 Size: | 180x180px |
Leader2: | Arthur Sauvé |
Leader Since2: | 1915 |
Leaders Seat2: | Deux-Montagnes |
Last Election2: | 6 seats, 35.09% |
Seats2: | 5 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 21,990 |
Percentage2: | 16.96% |
Swing2: | 18.13pp |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Lomer Gouin |
After Election: | Lomer Gouin |
Posttitle: | Premier after election |
The 1919 Quebec general election was held on June 23, 1919, to elect members of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé.
Gouin, who had held office since 1905, resigned precisely one year after the election to make way for his successor Louis-Alexandre Taschereau. Gouin himself had originally come to power in much the same way, after his predecessor Simon-Napoléon Parent resigned soon after winning his final election.
[1] |-!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party!rowspan="2"|Party leader!rowspan="2"|Candidates!colspan="3"|Seats!colspan="4"|Popular Vote|-!1916!Elected!±!#!±!%!± (pp)|-| Lomer Gouin|79|75|74|1|67,292| 58,974| 51.91| 8.66|-| Arthur Sauvé| 20| 6| 5 | 1| 21,990| 73,147| 16.96| 18.13|-| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" || style="text-align:left;" | Parti ouvrier| |7| - |2|2|12,506|10,674|9.65|8.77|-| |22| - | - | - |21,902|14,695|16.88|13.42|-| style="background-color:lightcoral;" || style="text-align:left;" |Liberal-Democrat| |5| - | - | - |4,399||3.38||-| |1| - | - | - |1,457||1.12||-! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total| 134! " colspan="3"| 81! " colspan="2"| 129,636! " colspan="2"| 100%|-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots| 1,448| 1,319| colspan="2"||-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout| 131,184| 80,035| 55.11| 7.44|-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only)| 238,052| 99,644| colspan="2"||-| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamation| 45| 19| colspan="4"||}
Party | ||||||
align="center" | Lib | align="center" | Con | align="center" | PO | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 30 | 30 | |||
Open seats held | 1 | 1 | ||||
Acclamation | 43 | 2 | 45 | |||
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Open seats gained | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Total | 74 | 5 | 2 | 81 |