1936 Quebec general election explained

Election Name:	1936 Quebec general election
Country:	Quebec
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Previous Election:	1935 Quebec general election
Previous Year:	1935
Previous Mps:	19th Quebec Legislature
Next Election:	1939 Quebec general election
Next Year:	1939
Elected Members:	20th Quebec Legislature
Seats For Election:	90 seats in the 20th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 46 seats were needed for a majority
Election Date:	August 17, 1936
Image1:	Maurice Duplessis, 1938.png
Image1 Size:	180x180px
Leader1:	Maurice Duplessis
Leader Since1:	June 20, 1936
Leaders Seat1:	Trois-Rivières
Last Election1:	42 seats, 48.41%
Seats1:	76
Seat Change1:	34
Percentage1:	56.88%
Swing1:	8.47pp
Image2 Size:	180x180px
Leader2:	Adélard Godbout
Leader Since2:	June 11, 1936
Leaders Seat2:	L'Islet (lost re-election)
Last Election2:	47 seats, 46.53%
Seats2:	14
Seat Change2:	33
Percentage2:	39.41%
Swing2:	7.12pp
Premier
Before Election:	Adélard Godbout
After Election:	Maurice Duplessis
Posttitle:	Premier after election

The 1936 Quebec general election was held on August 17, 1936, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout.

This marked the end of slightly more than 39 consecutive years in power for the Liberals, who had governed Quebec since the 1897 election.

This 1936 election had been called less than one year after the 1935 election after Liberal premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau resigned because of a scandal. He was replaced by Godbout as Liberal leader and premier.

This was Duplessis's first term in office. After losing the subsequent 1939 election, he later won four more general elections in a row, and became the dominant politician of his time. It was also the Union Nationales first election, having been formed from a merger between the Action libérale nationale and the Quebec Conservative Party.

Campaign

Riding contests, by number of candidates (1936)

Candidates	align="center"	UN	align="center"	Lib	align="center"	Ind-G	align="center"	I-Lib	align="center"	I-UN	align="center"	I-Con	align="center"	CCF	align="center"	Comm	align="center"	Ind	align="center"	CDP	align="center"	Lab	Total
2	69	68	1									138
3	17	16	1	8	2	2		2	2		1	51
4	4	4		3	1	1	1	1		1		16
Total	90	88	2	11	3	3	1	3	2	1	1	205

Results

^[1] |-! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party! rowspan=2 | Party leader! colspan=4 | MPPs! colspan=4 | Votes|-! Candidates!1935!1936!±!#! ±!%! ± (pp)|-||  |style="text-align:left;" |Union Nationale^[2] |style="text-align:left;"|Maurice Duplessis|90|42|76|34|323,812|61,138|56.88|8.47|-|rowspan="3" |  |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Liberals and allies|-|style="text-align:left;" ||style="text-align:left;"|Adélard Godbout|88|47|14|33|224,374|25,212|39.41|7.12|-|style="text-align:left;" ||style="text-align:left;"| - |2| - | - | - |3,765|3,150|0.66|0.55|-|rowspan="9" |  |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates|-|style="text-align:left;" ||style="text-align:left;"| - |11|1| - |1|9,746|11,841|1.71|2.31|-|style="text-align:left;" ||style="text-align:left;"| - |3| - | - | - |1,928||0.34||-|style="text-align:left;" ||style="text-align:left;"| - |3| - | - | - |1,870|1,833|0.33|0..33|-|style="text-align:left;" ||style="text-align:left;"| - |1| - | - | - |1,469||0.26||-|style="text-align:left;" ||style="text-align:left;"| - |3| - | - | - |1,045||0.18||-|style="text-align:left;" ||style="text-align:left;"| - |2| - | - | - |767||0.13||-|style="text-align:left;" ||style="text-align:left;"| - |1| - | - | - |470||0.08||-|style="text-align:left;" ||style="text-align:left;"| - |1| - | - | - |79|2,159|0.01|0.41|-! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total| 205! " colspan="3"| 90! " colspan="2"| 569,325! " colspan="2"| 100%|-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots| 4,930| 10,302| colspan="2"||-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout| 574,255| 22,662| 76.94| 0.78|-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only)| 746,414| 22,154| colspan="2"||-| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamation|  - | 3| colspan="4"||}

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1936 Quebec general election^{[3] [4]}

Riding	Winning party								Turnout ^[5]	Votes^[6]
Name	1935		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		UN	Lib							Total
Abitibi		Lib		UN	6,458	66.19%	3,159	32.38%	75.90%	6,458	3,299	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,757
Argenteuil		Lib		Lib	2,179	46.51%	615	13.13%	80.49%	942	2,179	–	–	1,564	–	–	–	4,685
		Lib		UN	3,559	55.63%	720	11.25%	88.52%	3,559	2,839	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,398
Bagot		Lib		Lib	2,101	50.38%	32	0.77%	89.01%	2,069	2,101	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,170
Beauce		ALN		UN	4,788	55.06%	2,087	24.00%	84.22%	4,788	1,207	–	2,701	–	–	–	–	8,696
Beauharnois		Con		UN	2,970	60.70%	1,047	21.40%	78.77%	2,970	1,923	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,893
Bellechasse		Lib		UN	2,780	55.14%	518	10.27%	88.76%	2,780	2,262	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,042
Berthier		Lib		Lib	2,529	50.01%	1	0.02%	90.58%	2,528	2,529	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,057
Bonaventure		Lib		UN	3,876	50.29%	45	0.58%	85.64%	3,876	3,831	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,707
Brome		Lib		UN	1,836	52.16%	152	4.32%	82.36%	1,836	1,684	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,520
Chambly		Lib		UN	3,452	58.39%	992	16.78%	76.86%	3,452	2,460	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,912
Champlain		ALN		UN	4,068	61.38%	1,508	22.75%	86.91%	4,068	2,560	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,628
Charlevoix—Saguenay		Lib		UN	5,080	52.18%	425	4.37%	89.21%	5,080	4,655	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,735
Châteauguay		Lib		UN	1,899	55.04%	348	10.09%	85.94%	1,899	1,551	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,450
Chicoutimi		ALN		UN	8,277	74.59%	5,457	49.18%	78.61%	8,277	2,820	–	–	–	–	–	–	11,097
Compton		Con		UN	3,157	59.75%	1,030	19.49%	80.53%	3,157	2,127	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,284
Deux-Montagnes		Lib		UN	2,127	56.51%	490	13.02%	92.54%	2,127	1,637	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,764
Dorchester		ALN		UN	3,928	58.78%	1,174	17.57%	85.95%	3,928	2,754	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,682
Drummond		Lib		UN	4,086	55.95%	869	11.90%	82.91%	4,086	3,217	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,303
Frontenac		ALN		UN	3,426	64.01%	1,500	28.03%	84.24%	3,426	1,926	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,352
Gaspé-Nord		Lib		UN	1,426	48.22%	174	5.88%	85.95%	1,426	1,252	279	–	–	–	–	–	2,957
Gaspé-Sud		Lib		UN	3,653	57.73%	978	15.46%	87.76%	3,653	2,675	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,328
Gatineau		Lib		UN	3,085	50.52%	64	1.05%	78.49%	3,085	3,021	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,106
Hull		Lib		UN	3,623	55.91%	766	11.82%	62.64%	3,623	2,857	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,480
Huntingdon		Con		UN	1,844	57.63%	488	15.25%	81.88%	1,844	1,356	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,200
Iberville		Lib		Lib	1,292	57.09%	321	14.18%	86.51%	971	1,292	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,263
Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Lib		UN	1,001	50.38%	15	0.75%	86.00%	1,001	986	–	–	–	–	–	–	1,987
Jacques-Cartier		ALN		UN	5,164	59.70%	1,678	19.40%	74.50%	5,164	–	3,486	–	–	–	–	–	8,650
Joliette		Lib		UN	3,595	53.97%	529	7.94%	84.38%	3,595	3,066	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,661
Kamouraska		Lib		UN	2,720	51.04%	111	2.08%	87.31%	2,720	2,609	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,329
		ALN		UN	2,080	53.25%	254	6.50%	79.22%	2,080	1,826	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,906
L'Islet		Lib		UN	2,233	50.22%	20	0.45%	85.91%	2,233	2,213	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,446
Labelle		ALN		UN	3,077	72.18%	1,891	44.36%	80.60%	3,077	1,186	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,263
Lac-Saint-Jean		Con		UN	2,544	54.28%	401	8.56%	90.12%	2,544	2,143	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,687
Laval		Con		UN	12,353	67.52%	6,411	35.04%	67.60%	12,353	5,942	–	–	–	–	–	–	18,295
Laviolette		ALN		UN	4,059	64.98%	1,871	29.95%	79.21%	4,059	2,188	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,247
Lévis		ALN		UN	4,053	51.24%	196	2.48%	85.38%	4,053	3,857	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,910
		Lib		UN	2,981	51.11%	129	2.21%	86.21%	2,981	2,852	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,833
Maisonneuve		Con		UN	11,445	68.63%	6,213	37.25%	65.30%	11,445	5,232	–	–	–	–	–	–	16,677
Maskinongé		Lib		UN	2,269	55.38%	441	10.76%	87.04%	2,269	1,828	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,097
Matane		Lib		UN	3,256	55.17%	686	11.62%	86.09%	3,256	2,570	–	76	–	–	–	–	5,902
Matapédia		Lib		UN	3,199	52.97%	359	5.94%	86.07%	3,199	2,840	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,039
Mégantic		ALN		UN	4,627	59.49%	1,649	21.20%	85.78%	4,627	2,978	–	–	–	–	173	–	7,778
Missisquoi		Con		UN	2,854	56.77%	681	13.55%	79.79%	2,854	2,173	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,027
Montcalm		Lib		UN	2,019	56.76%	481	13.52%	88.02%	2,019	1,538	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,557
Montmagny		ALN		UN	2,695	55.70%	552	11.41%	86.59%	2,695	2,143	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,838
Montmorency		Lib		UN	2,149	54.06%	323	8.13%	91.32%	2,149	1,826	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,975
Montréal-Dorion		ALN		UN	5,674	63.20%	2,370	26.40%	66.79%	5,674	3,304	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,978
Montréal-Laurier		ALN		Lib	3,472	50.10%	14	0.20%	58.23%	3,458	3,472	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,930
Montréal-Mercier		Lib		UN	9,340	58.31%	2,960	18.48%	63.62%	9,340	6,380	–	–	299	–	–	–	16,019
Montréal–Saint-Georges		Con		UN	1,399	55.54%	500	19.85%	48.54%	1,399	–	–	221	–	899	–	–	2,519
Montréal–Saint-Henri		ALN		UN	3,622	51.79%	1,300	18.59%	68.25%	3,622	2,322	–	580	–	–	–	470	6,994
Montreal–Saint-Jacques		Con		UN	3,616	58.72%	1,259	20.44%	72.08%	3,616	2,357	–	–	–	–	–	185	6,158
Montréal–Saint-Laurent		Lib		UN	1,201	53.59%	161	7.18%	47.00%	1,201	1,040	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,241
Montréal–Saint-Louis		Lib		Lib	2,024	58.84%	1,251	36.37%	53.46%	773	2,024	–	–	65	–	–	578	3,440
Montreal–Sainte-Anne		I-Lib		Lib	1,673	49.54%	563	16.67%	66.09%	1,110	1,673	–	–	–	–	594	–	3,377
Montréal–Sainte-Marie		ALN		UN	6,410	65.24%	3,276	33.34%	68.85%	6,410	3,134	–	–	–	–	–	282	9,826
Montréal-Verdun		Con		UN	7,502	56.23%	3,626	27.18%	59.59%	7,502	495	–	3,876	–	–	–	1,469	13,342
Napierville-Laprairie		Lib		UN	2,331	51.69%	152	3.37%	88.69%	2,331	2,179	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,510
Nicolet		Lib		UN	3,612	52.86%	661	9.67%	85.88%	3,612	2,951	–	270	–	–	–	–	6,833
Papineau		ALN		UN	4,629	61.60%	1,743	23.19%	75.50%	4,629	2,886	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,515
Pontiac		Lib		Lib	2,091	44.91%	86	1.85%	76.48%	2,005	2,091	–	560	–	–	–	–	4,656
Portneuf		ALN		UN	5,276	64.60%	2,385	29.20%	86.17%	5,276	2,891	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,167
Québec-Centre		ALN		UN	3,837	52.99%	433	5.98%	79.85%	3,837	3,404	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,241
Québec-Comté		Lib		UN	4,651	56.15%	1,019	12.30%	90.40%	4,651	3,632	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,283
Québec-Est		ALN		UN	5,826	61.72%	2,212	23.43%	81.82%	5,826	3,614	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,440
Québec-Ouest		Lib		Lib	1,628	51.44%	282	8.91%	79.20%	1,346	1,628	–	24	–	167	–	–	3,165
Richelieu		Lib		Lib	2,818	57.70%	784	16.05%	85.34%	2,034	2,818	–	32	–	–	–	–	4,884
Richmond		Con		UN	3,460	61.23%	1,269	22.46%	82.28%	3,460	2,191	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,651
Rimouski		Lib		UN	3,491	55.15%	652	10.30%	89.61%	3,491	2,839	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,330
Rivière-du-Loup		Lib		Lib	3,572	50.60%	85	1.20%	88.55%	3,487	3,572	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,059
Roberval		ALN		UN	4,191	61.69%	1,588	23.37%	86.47%	4,191	2,603	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,794
Rouville		Con		UN	2,046	56.26%	455	12.51%	85.82%	2,046	1,591	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,637
Saint-Hyacinthe		Lib		Lib	3,289	50.44%	57	0.87%	87.70%	3,232	3,289	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,521
Saint-Jean		Lib		Lib	2,451	53.29%	303	6.59%	84.80%	2,148	2,451	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,599
Saint-Maurice		ALN		UN	4,635	65.19%	2,160	30.38%	82.07%	4,635	2,475	–	–	–	–	–	–	7,110
Saint-Sauveur		Con		UN	4,816	58.23%	1,362	16.47%	85.76%	4,816	3,454	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,270
Shefford		ALN		UN	3,940	57.73%	1,055	15.46%	84.60%	3,940	2,885	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,825
Sherbrooke		ALN		UN	4,987	60.77%	1,768	21.55%	76.59%	4,987	3,219	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,206
Soulanges		Lib		UN	1,022	44.11%	157	6.78%	88.56%	1,022	865	–	430	–	–	–	–	2,317
Stanstead		ALN		UN	2,980	54.73%	515	9.46%	78.04%	2,980	2,465	–	–	–	–	–	–	5,445
Témiscamingue		ALN		UN	4,200	66.32%	2,067	32.64%	68.46%	4,200	2,133	–	–	–	–	–	–	6,333
Témiscouata		Lib		UN	2,383	54.77%	415	9.54%	92.17%	2,383	1,968	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,351
Terrebonne		Lib		UN	5,279	58.80%	1,659	18.48%	84.37%	5,279	3,620	–	–	–	–	–	79	8,978
Trois-Rivières		Con		UN	5,628	69.31%	3,136	38.62%	83.13%	5,628	2,492	–	–	–	–	–	–	8,120
Vaudreuil		Lib		UN	1,277	42.54%	301	10.03%	84.26%	1,277	749	–	976	–	–	–	–	3,002
Verchères		Lib		Lib	1,843	58.01%	509	16.02%	88.21%	1,334	1,843	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,177
Westmount		Con		UN	8,970	57.75%	3,212	20.68%	48.31%	8,970	5,758	–	–	–	804	–	–	15,532
Wolfe		Lib		UN	2,176	53.78%	306	7.56%	89.80%	2,176	1,870	–	–	–	–	–	–	4,046
Yamaska		Con		UN	2,197	55.85%	460	11.69%	87.88%	2,197	1,737	–	–	–	–	–	–	3,934

= open seat

= turnout is above provincial average

= winning candidate was in previous Legislature

= winning candidate was ALN or Conservative incumbent

= incumbent had switched allegiance

= not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

= incumbency arose from byelection gain

= previously incumbent in another riding

= other incumbents renominated

= previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada

= multiple candidates

Analysis

Party candidates in 2nd place

Party in 1st place		Party in 2nd place						Total
		UN	Lib	Ind-G	Ind-Lib	Ind-UN	Ind-Con
	71	1	3		1	76
13				1		14
Total		13	71	1	3	1	1	90

Candidates ranked 1st to 4th place, by party

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
	76	13	1		90
	14	71	2	1	88
		3	7	1	11
		1	2		3
		1	1	1	3
		1	1		2
			3		3
			2		2
			1		1
			1		1
				1	1

Source !!colspan="3"

Party
align="center"	UN	align="center"	Lib	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	35	12	47
	Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance	4		4
	Open seats held	2		2
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated - new MPPs	19	1	20
	Incumbents defeated - return of members previously elected to Legislature	2		2
	Incumbents defeated - election of previous MP to the Parliament of Canada	1		1
	Open seats gained	13		13
	Incumbent changed allegiance		1	1
Total		76	14	90

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties
• 20th Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Further reading

• Book: The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1935 and 1936 . 1939 . The Annual Review Company . Toronto . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Élections québécoises de 1936. Drouilly. Pierre. December 4, 2017. donneesquebec.ca . Atlas des élections au Québec .
2. Comparative results reflect Conservative/ALN merger in 1935.
3. Web site: Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription. French. National Assembly members by riding. . National Assembly of Quebec. September 13, 2023.
4. News: . October 26, 1939 . Results by Ridings Outside City; Figures for Ridings on Island. Montreal Gazette. 6.
5. including spoilt ballots
6. Affiliations without candidates gaining 1st or 2nd place results provincewide, or otherwise not receiving more than 1% of the total vote, are grouped under "I-Oth" or "Other"