1973 Quebec general election explained

Election Name:	1973 Quebec general election
Country:	Quebec
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Previous Election:	1970 Quebec general election
Previous Year:	1970
Previous Mps:	29th National Assembly of Quebec
Next Election:	1976 Quebec general election
Next Year:	1976
Elected Mps:	30th National Assembly of Quebec
Seats For Election:	110 seats in the 30th National Assembly of Quebec 56 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout:	80.39% (3.84%)
Election Date:	October 29, 1973
Leader1:	Robert Bourassa
Leader Since1:	January 17, 1970
Last Election1:	72 seats, 45.40%
Seats1:	102
Seat Change1:	30
Popular Vote1:	1,623,734
Percentage1:	54.65%
Swing1:	9.25%
Leader2:	René Lévesque
Leader Since2:	October 14, 1968
Leaders Seat2:	Lost election in Dorion
Last Election2:	7 seats, 23.06%
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	1
Popular Vote2:	897,809
Percentage2:	30.22%
Swing2:	7.16%
Image4:	PC
Leader4:	Yvon Dupuis
Leader Since4:	February 4, 1973
Leaders Seat4:	Lost election in Saint-Jean
Last Election4:	12 seats, 11.19%
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	10
Popular Vote4:	294,706
Percentage4:	9.92%
Swing4:	1.27%
Leader5:	Gabriel Loubier
Leader Since5:	June 19, 1971
Leaders Seat5:	Bellechasse (lost re-election)
Last Election5:	17 seats, 19.65%
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	17
Popular Vote5:	146,209
Percentage5:	4.92%
Swing5:	14.73%
Premier
Before Election:	Robert Bourassa
After Election:	Robert Bourassa
Posttitle:	Premier after election

The 1973 Quebec general election was held on October 29, 1973 to elect members to National Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Premier Robert Bourassa, won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois, led by René Lévesque, and the Union Nationale (UN).

The Liberals won the largest majority government in the province's history, with 102 seats. In the process, they reduced the opposition to just eight seats (six PQ, two créditistes) in total. The Parti Québécois held its own, losing only one seat, and despite having fewer seats, became the official Opposition, although PQ leader René Lévesque failed to win a seat in the Assembly.

The Union Nationale, which had held power until the previous 1970 general election, was wiped off the electoral map, losing all 17 of its seats. It would be the first time since the UN's founding in 1935 that the party was without representation in the legislature. However, UN candidate Maurice Bellemare later won a seat in a 1974 by-election.

The popular vote was not as lopsided as the seat count would indicate, even though the Liberals won 54 percent of the popular vote. The Parti Québécois, for instance, won 30% of the popular vote, a significant improvement over their previous showing of 23% in the 1970 election. However, their support was spread out across the entire province, and was not concentrated in enough areas to translate into more seats. Quebec elections have historically produced significant disparities in seat counts.

Legislative reforms (19701973)

Abolition of protected ridings

Upon Confederation in 1867, section 80 of the British North America Act, 1867 provided for the following ridings in the Legislative Assembly to be protected from having their boundaries altered without the consent of the majority of the members representing them:

• Argenteuil
• Brome
• Compton
• Huntingdon
• Mégantic
• Missisquoi
• Ottawa
  • Labelle was carved out in 1912
    • Papineau was carved out from Labelle in 1922
  • Ottawa was divided into Hull and Papineau in 1919
• Pontiac
  • Témiscaming was carved out in 1912
    • Abitibi was carved out from Témiscamingue in 1922
• Richmond and Wolfe (divided into Richmond and Wolfe in 1890)
• Shefford
• Sherbrooke
• Stanstead

Consent by a majority of the members of the 18 districts concerned was finally secured in December 1970, and the constitutional restrictions were accordingly revoked.^[1] Work would then proceed on a comprehensive redistribution for the next ensuing election.

Redistribution of ridings

A 1972 Act ^[2] increased the number of MPPs from 108 to 110 through the following changes:

Abolished ridings	New ridings
Drawn from parts of other ridings
	Anjou^[3] Charlesbourg^[4] Laporte^[5] Mont-Royal^[6] Pointe-Claire^[7] Prévost^[8] Rosemont^[9] Saint-François^[10] Taschereau^[11] Viau^[12]
Abolition of ridings
Dorchester	divided between Bellechasse, Beauce-Nord and Beauce-Sud
Mégantic	divided between Lotbinière and Frontenac
Olier	divided between Viau, Jeanne-Mance and Bourassa
Rouville	divided between Iberville and Chambly
Reorganization of ridings
Compton Frontenac Wolfe	Frontenac Mégantic-Compton
Merger of ridings
Brome Missisquoi	Brome-Missisquoi
Gaspé-Nord Gaspé-Sud	Gaspé
Joliette Montcalm	Joliette-Montcalm
Kamouraska Témiscouata	Kamouraska-Témiscouata
L'Islet Montmagny	Montmagny-L'Islet
Nicolet Yamaska	Nicolet-Yamaska
Pontiac Témiscamingue	Pontiac-Témiscamingue
Division of ridings
Ahuntsic	Crémazie L'Acadie
Beauce	Beauce-Nord Beauce-Sud
Bourassa	Bourassa Sauvé
Fabre	Fabre Mille-Îles
Saint-Sauveur	Saint-Sauveur Vanier
Renaming of ridings
Bagot	Johnson
Labelle	Laurentides-Labelle
Napierville-Laprairie	La Prairie
Stanstead	Orford

Campaign

The Liberals, Unionists and péquistes all fielded full slates, while the créditistes failed to nominate a candidate only in Saint-Laurent (because a traffic accident prevented that candidate from presenting his nomination papers before the deadline),^[13] so virtually all constituencies experienced at least four-way contests:

Riding contests, by number of candidates (1973)

Candidates	align="center"	Lib	align="center"	PQ	align="center"	UN	align="center"	RC	align="center"	Ind	align="center"	M-L	align="center"	Comm	Total
3	1	1	1					3
4	76	76	76	76				304
5	29	29	29	29	16	12	1	145
6	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	12
7	1	1	1	1	2	1		7
8	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	8
Total	110	110	110	109	22	15	3	479

Results

^[14] |-! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party! rowspan=2 | Party leader! colspan=4 | MPPs! colspan=4 | Votes|-! Candidates!1970!1973!±!#! ±!%! ± (pp)|style="text-align:left;"|Robert Bourassa| 110 || 72 || 102 || 30 || 1,623,734 || 319,393 || 54.65% || 9.25|style="text-align:left;"|René Lévesque| 110 || 7 || 6 || 1 || 897,809 || 235,405 || 30.22% || 7.16^[15] |style="text-align:left;"|Yvon Dupuis| 109 || 12 || 2 || 10 || 294,706 || 26,664 || 9.92% || 1.27|style="text-align:left;"|Gabriel Loubier| 110 || 17 ||  - || 17 || 146,209 || 418,335 || 4.92% || 14.73| || 22 ||  - ||  - ||  - || 6,961 || 5,567 || 0.23% || 0.21| || 15 ||  - ||  - ||  - || 1,395 || 1,395 || 0.05% ||New| || 3 ||  - ||  - ||  - || 164 || 49 || 0.01% ||  - |-! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total|479||108! " colspan="2"|110! " colspan="2"|2,970,978! " colspan="2"| 100.00%|-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots| 54,760| 2,269| colspan="2"||-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout| 3,025,738| 95,739| 80.38| 3.85|-| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors| 3,764,611| 286,033| colspan="2"||}

Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1973 Quebec general election^[16]

Riding	Winning party								Turnout ^[17]	Votes
Name	1970		Party		Votes	Share	Margin #	Margin %		Lib	PQ		UN				Total
Abitibi-Est		RC		Lib	12,696	50.75%	6,657	26.61%	65.38%	12,696	5,726	6,039	343	212	–	–	25,016
Abitibi-Ouest		RC		Lib	9,963	48.28%	2,712	13.14%	74.96%	9,963	2,804	7,251	513	106	–	–	20,637
	New			Lib	15,037	48.59%	828	2.68%	83.41%	15,037	14,209	1,278	425	–	–	–	30,949
Argenteuil		Lib		Lib	14,022	57.96%	8,811	36.42%	80.41%	14,022	3,730	5,211	766	465	–	–	24,194
Arthabaska		Lib		Lib	16,275	55.30%	9,458	32.14%	87.34%	16,275	4,994	6,817	1,342	–	–	–	29,428
	New			Lib	13,814	56.14%	9,469	38.48%	81.86%	13,814	4,345	4,293	2,153	–	–	–	24,605
Beauce-Sud	New			Cr	10,481	46.29%	7,688	33.96%	80.39%	9,586	1,898	10,481	676	–	–	–	22,641
Beauharnois		Lib		Lib	15,817	51.56%	3,685	12.01%	87.77%	15,817	12,132	1,727	1,002	–	–	–	30,678
Bellechasse		UN		Lib	9,206	44.30%	1,044	5.02%	77.99%	9,206	2,054	1,357	8,162	–	–	–	20,779
Berthier		UN		Lib	11,428	51.48%	6,570	29.60%	82.22%	11,428	4,858	2,988	2,923	–	–	–	22,197
Bonaventure		Lib		Lib	12,936	69.64%	9,482	51.04%	78.61%	12,936	3,454	821	1,365	–	–	–	18,576
Bourassa		Lib		Lib	15,822	53.81%	3,889	13.23%	81.44%	15,822	11,933	1,195	453	–	–	–	29,403
Bourget		PQ		Lib	13,916	46.94%	300	1.01%	83.63%	13,916	13,616	1,646	375	91	–	–	29,644
Brome-Missisquoi	New			Lib	12,999	62.02%	9,687	46.22%	78.27%	12,999	2,860	3,312	1,587	202	–	–	20,960
Chambly		Lib		Lib	19,005	56.55%	6,745	20.07%	86.44%	19,005	12,260	1,629	714	–	–	–	33,608
Champlain		Lib		Lib	14,698	54.91%	8,821	32.96%	82.79%	14,698	5,877	4,575	1,616	–	–	–	26,766
Charlesbourg	New			Lib	19,770	57.79%	8,172	23.89%	85.16%	19,770	11,598	1,964	876	–	–	–	34,208
Charlevoix		Lib		Lib	13,682	63.91%	9,982	46.63%	82.37%	13,682	3,700	3,265	760	–	–	–	21,407
Châteauguay		Lib		Lib	17,152	60.43%	8,095	28.52%	80.13%	17,152	9,057	1,432	743	–	–	–	28,384
Chauveau		Lib		Lib	18,510	55.22%	8,555	25.52%	83.07%	18,510	9,955	3,726	1,328	–	–	–	33,519
Chicoutimi		UN		PQ	12,359	42.14%	1,031	3.52%	83.86%	11,328	12,359	1,370	4,268	–	–	–	29,325
Crémazie	New			Lib	15,993	50.18%	1,396	4.38%	86.07%	15,993	14,597	783	450	–	50	–	31,873
D'Arcy-McGee		Lib		Lib	26,958	93.77%	25,737	89.52%	77.59%	26,958	1,221	418	152	–	–	–	28,749
Deux-Montagnes		Lib		Lib	15,732	59.18%	7,979	30.02%	83.17%	15,732	7,753	2,290	808	–	–	–	26,583
Dorion		Lib		Lib	13,649	47.68%	293	1.02%	79.27%	13,649	13,356	982	522	–	116	–	28,625
Drummond		Lib		Lib	14,781	46.84%	6,798	21.54%	86.11%	14,781	7,457	7,983	1,333	–	–	–	31,554
Dubuc		UN		Lib	11,042	50.43%	4,186	19.12%	81.90%	11,042	6,856	1,858	2,139	–	–	–	21,895
		Lib		Lib	13,404	52.94%	2,481	9.80%	66.99%	13,404	10,923	504	416	–	70	–	25,317
Fabre		Lib		Lib	20,810	52.06%	3,753	9.39%	85.61%	20,810	17,057	1,558	545	–	–	–	39,970
Frontenac^[18]	New			Lib	10,527	39.75%	4,274	16.14%	85.41%	10,527	6,253	3,882	5,820	–	–	–	26,482
Gaspé	New			Lib	13,004	62.25%	6,949	33.26%	75.67%	13,004	6,055	690	1,141	–	–	–	20,890
Gatineau		Lib		Lib	15,025	70.15%	11,638	54.33%	69.95%	15,025	3,387	2,184	823	–	–	–	21,419
Gouin		PQ		Lib	12,506	48.07%	636	2.44%	78.21%	12,506	11,870	1,078	560	–	–	–	26,014
Hull		Lib		Lib	15,325	57.08%	7,107	26.47%	68.99%	15,325	8,218	2,402	587	316	–	–	26,848
Huntingdon		Lib		Lib	11,328	58.54%	8,126	41.99%	79.76%	11,328	2,853	1,969	3,202	–	–	–	19,352
Iberville		UN		Lib	10,688	37.39%	2,429	8.50%	84.13%	10,688	5,373	8,259	4,132	134	–	–	28,586
Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Lib		Lib	3,839	60.87%	1,780	28.22%	82.62%	3,839	2,059	232	177	–	–	–	6,307
Jacques-Cartier		Lib		Lib	19,551	69.25%	12,657	44.83%	78.51%	19,551	6,894	1,082	705	–	–	–	28,232
Jean-Talon		Lib		Lib	18,708	64.89%	10,196	35.37%	84.50%	18,708	8,512	677	933	–	–	–	28,830
Jeanne-Mance		Lib		Lib	22,308	55.10%	5,835	14.41%	83.17%	22,308	16,473	1,074	632	–	–	–	40,487
Johnson^[19]		UN		Lib	10,543	48.20%	3,940	18.01%	82.05%	10,543	3,597	6,603	1,130	–	–	–	21,873
	New			Lib	18,010	55.61%	6,010	18.56%	84.70%	18,010	12,000	1,712	666	–	–	–	32,388
Jonquière		Lib		Lib	16,985	53.71%	4,135	13.08%	84.30%	16,985	12,850	892	897	–	–	–	31,624
Kamouraska-Témiscouata	New			Lib	10,617	51.97%	5,266	25.77%	72.81%	10,617	3,282	5,351	1,181	–	–	–	20,431
L'Acadie	New			Lib	20,354	66.39%	11,296	36.85%	83.59%	20,354	9,058	670	488	–	86	–	30,656
L'Assomption		Lib		Lib	16,806	48.58%	1,683	4.86%	85.40%	16,806	15,123	2,094	572	–	–	–	34,595
Lac-Saint-Jean		Lib		Lib	12,554	50.70%	3,337	13.48%	85.23%	12,554	9,217	1,545	1,378	68	–	–	24,762
LaFontaine		PQ		PQ	14,866	50.18%	2,308	7.79%	83.27%	12,558	14,866	1,725	476	–	–	–	29,625
Laporte	New			Lib	17,427	47.14%	372	1.01%	81.76%	17,427	17,055	1,846	641	–	–	–	36,969
La Prairie^[20]		Lib		Lib	23,723	63.13%	12,294	32.72%	83.66%	23,723	11,429	1,757	667	–	–	–	37,576
Laurentides-Labelle^[21]		UN		Lib	10,000	41.73%	2,388	9.97%	80.70%	10,000	7,612	3,486	2,864	–	–	–	23,962
Laurier		Lib		Lib	17,889	64.81%	9,519	34.49%	78.87%	17,889	8,370	836	507	–	–	–	27,602
Laval		Lib		Lib	21,676	64.56%	11,673	34.77%	83.33%	21,676	10,003	1,386	511	–	–	–	33,576
Laviolette		Lib		Lib	11,800	46.28%	4,765	18.69%	82.88%	11,800	7,035	4,584	2,076	–	–	–	25,495
Lévis		RC		Lib	16,534	54.73%	7,450	24.66%	85.61%	16,534	9,084	3,177	1,416	–	–	–	30,211
Limoilou		Lib		Lib	16,140	53.86%	5,749	19.19%	81.32%	16,140	10,391	1,944	1,428	–	61	–	29,964
Lotbinière		RC		Lib	9,907	48.11%	3,744	18.18%	81.41%	9,907	2,318	6,163	2,204	–	–	–	20,592
Louis-Hébert		Lib		Lib	17,583	49.01%	777	2.17%	84.91%	17,583	16,806	735	702	–	50	–	35,876
Maisonneuve		PQ		PQ	12,198	50.97%	2,276	9.51%	75.34%	9,922	12,198	1,215	413	147	38	–	23,933
Marguerite-Bourgeoys		Lib		Lib	23,848	66.50%	13,700	38.20%	80.40%	23,848	10,148	1,137	488	242	–	–	35,863
Maskinongé		UN		Lib	10,610	48.81%	5,276	24.27%	83.82%	10,610	3,594	2,198	5,334	–	–	–	21,736
Matane		Lib		Lib	10,102	49.58%	2,650	13.01%	76.99%	10,102	7,452	2,126	694	–	–	–	20,374
Matapédia		Lib		Lib	7,564	42.81%	2,459	13.92%	76.02%	7,564	5,105	3,092	1,906	–	–	–	17,667
Mégantic-Compton	New			Lib	9,815	47.96%	4,430	21.65%	79.01%	9,815	2,819	5,385	2,445	–	–	–	20,464
Mercier		Lib		Lib	13,757	52.87%	2,880	11.07%	75.07%	13,757	10,877	809	411	71	70	23	26,018
Mille-Îles	New			Lib	19,809	49.52%	2,188	5.47%	86.61%	19,809	17,621	1,954	616	–	–	–	40,000
Mont-Royal	New			Lib	23,780	83.21%	19,813	69.33%	78.45%	23,780	3,967	457	373	–	–	–	28,577
Montmagny-L'Islet	New			Lib	11,375	51.88%	5,588	25.48%	76.03%	11,375	2,538	2,227	5,787	–	–	–	21,927
Montmorency		Lib		Lib	15,248	51.89%	5,973	20.33%	84.52%	15,248	9,275	3,863	999	–	–	–	29,385
Nicolet-Yamaska	New			Lib	11,126	49.07%	4,789	21.12%	84.17%	11,126	3,233	1,978	6,337	–	–	–	22,674
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce		Lib		Lib	23,263	81.64%	19,613	68.83%	77.70%	23,263	3,650	1,156	424	–	–	–	28,493
Orford^[22]		Lib		Lib	13,924	63.08%	10,127	45.88%	81.23%	13,924	3,797	3,574	777	–	–	–	22,072
Outremont		Lib		Lib	17,262	62.84%	8,145	29.65%	77.42%	17,262	9,117	499	421	–	169	–	27,468
Papineau		Lib		Lib	16,610	61.22%	10,254	37.79%	72.49%	16,610	6,356	3,482	683	–	–	–	27,131
Pointe-Claire	New			Lib	26,871	87.90%	24,316	79.54%	78.40%	26,871	2,555	859	285	–	–	–	30,570
Pontiac-Témiscamingue	New			Lib	10,269	61.39%	6,576	39.31%	69.84%	10,269	1,392	3,693	1,373	–	–	–	16,727
Portneuf		RC		Lib	12,638	53.14%	6,555	27.56%	85.43%	12,638	4,067	6,083	993	–	–	–	23,781
Prévost	New			Lib	15,805	48.48%	3,938	12.08%	80.64%	15,805	11,867	3,726	1,022	105	–	73	32,598
Richelieu		Lib		Lib	15,198	55.21%	5,734	20.83%	87.23%	15,198	9,464	2,017	848	–	–	–	27,527
Richmond		RC		Lib	7,569	40.70%	355	1.91%	82.28%	7,569	3,130	7,214	686	–	–	–	18,599
Rimouski		Lib		Lib	13,268	50.92%	4,518	17.34%	82.19%	13,268	8,750	3,307	730	–	–	–	26,055
Rivière-du-Loup		Lib		Lib	10,827	50.41%	6,079	28.30%	79.21%	10,827	3,773	4,748	2,129	–	–	–	21,477
Robert-Baldwin		Lib		Lib	26,189	81.03%	21,106	65.30%	81.36%	26,189	5,083	701	293	–	55	–	32,321
Roberval		Lib		Lib	13,737	53.06%	7,661	29.59%	79.58%	13,737	6,076	4,689	1,388	–	–	–	25,890
Rosemont	New			Lib	15,002	50.65%	2,015	6.80%	81.45%	15,002	12,987	1,070	560	–	–	–	29,619
Rouyn-Noranda		RC		Cr	9,227	42.80%	4,380	20.32%	77.49%	8,195	3,815	9,227	322	–	–	–	21,559
Saguenay		PQ		PQ	10,226	51.14%	2,293	11.47%	72.20%	7,933	10,226	1,404	327	105	–	–	19,995
Saint-François	New			Lib	12,519	53.38%	5,679	24.22%	80.26%	12,519	6,840	2,885	1,208	–	–	–	23,452
Saint-Henri		Lib		Lib	14,877	52.72%	3,548	12.57%	78.33%	14,877	11,329	1,248	625	–	141	–	28,220
Saint-Hyacinthe		Lib		Lib	13,325	48.29%	5,535	20.06%	83.69%	13,325	7,790	4,707	1,771	–	–	–	27,593
Saint-Jacques		PQ		PQ	11,312	51.58%	2,465	11.24%	68.84%	8,847	11,312	1,039	654	79	–	–	21,931
Saint-Jean		Lib		Lib	12,904	45.48%	4,678	16.49%	86.65%	12,904	8,226	6,588^[23]	656	–	–	–	28,374
Saint-Laurent		Lib		Lib	21,246	74.02%	14,312	49.86%	78.89%	21,246	6,934	–	522	–	–	–	28,702
Saint-Louis		Lib		Lib	14,095	63.34%	7,382	33.17%	61.30%	14,095	6,713	738	541	–	167	–	22,254
Saint-Maurice		UN		Lib	8,865	34.12%	1,414	5.44%	85.28%	8,865	7,451	2,230	7,433	–	–	–	25,979
Saint-Anne		Lib		Lib	12,755	54.92%	5,276	22.72%	71.10%	12,755	7,479	968	278	1,641	104	–	23,225
Sainte-Marie		PQ		Lib	10,958	46.15%	48	0.20%	75.90%	10,958	10,910	1,064	694	–	116	–	23,742
Sauvé	New			PQ	18,235	51.01%	2,760	7.72%	80.97%	15,475	18,235	1,491	499	47	–	–	35,747
Shefford		UN		Lib	10,775	39.73%	3,528	13.01%	84.16%	10,775	4,633	7,247	4,467	–	–	–	27,122
Sherbrooke		Lib		Lib	15,117	52.38%	6,082	21.07%	80.87%	15,117	9,035	3,042	1,667	–	–	–	28,861
Taillon		Lib		Lib	18,346	46.67%	577	1.47%	78.88%	18,346	17,769	2,546	550	103	–	–	39,314
Taschereau	New			Lib	11,714	51.94%	4,750	21.06%	73.79%	11,714	6,964	2,334	1,438	–	102	–	22,552
Terrebonne		Lib		Lib	17,255	52.52%	3,984	12.13%	85.67%	17,255	13,271	1,829	431	–	–	68	32,854
Trois-Rivières		Lib		Lib	16,714	57.57%	8,007	27.58%	78.80%	16,714	8,707	1,865	1,746	–	–	–	29,032
Vanier	New			Lib	16,410	53.73%	6,183	20.25%	81.19%	16,410	10,227	2,199	1,164	539	–	–	30,539
Vaudreuil-Soulanges		Lib		Lib	14,563	56.88%	7,551	29.49%	82.53%	14,563	7,012	3,010	1,017	–	–	–	25,602
Verchères		Lib		Lib	14,315	52.90%	5,306	19.61%	85.09%	14,315	9,009	2,418	1,317	–	–	–	27,059
Verdun		Lib		Lib	19,439	67.25%	11,496	39.77%	80.23%	19,439	7,943	1,109	415	–	–	–	28,906
Viau	New			Lib	16,404	56.67%	5,600	19.35%	78.93%	16,404	10,804	1,069	525	142	–	–	28,944
Westmount		Lib		Lib	21,354	76.92%	17,752	63.95%	75.78%	21,354	3,602	402	256	2,146	–	–	27,760

= open seat

= turnout is above provincial average

= winning candidate was in previous Legislature

= incumbent had switched allegiance

= previously incumbent in another riding

= not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature

= incumbency arose from byelection gain

= 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
		Lib	PQ	Cr	UN
	81	16	5	102
6				6
2				2
Total		8	81	16	5	110

Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	102	8
	6	81	23
	2	16	76	15
		5	9	94	2
			2		17
					13
					1

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Party
align="center"	Lib	align="center"	PQ	align="center"	Cr	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	48	4	1	53
	Open seats held - taken by incumbents from other ridings	2			2
	Open seats held - new MPPs	10			10
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	17	1		18
	Open seats gained	1			1
New ridings	Previous incumbents from other ridings	13		1	14
	New MPPs	11	1		12
Total		102	6	2	110

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties
• 30th National Assembly of Quebec

External links

• CBC TV video clip
• Results by party (total votes and seats won)
• Results for all ridings

Notes and References

1. An Act respecting the electoral districts. L.Q.. 1970. 7. https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=103225.
2. An Act to amend the Territorial Division Act. L.Q.. 1972. 4. https://www.bibliotheque.assnat.qc.ca/DepotNumerique_v2/AffichageFichier.aspx?idf=102944.
3. from parts of Bourassa, Bourget and LaFontaine
4. from parts of Chauveau and Montmorency
5. from parts of Taillon and Chambly
6. from parts of D'Arcy-McGee, Dorion and Outremont
7. from parts of the existing Jacques-Cartier and Robert-Baldwin
8. from parts of Montcalm and Terrebonne
9. from parts of Gouin and Jeanne-Mance
10. from parts of Compton, Richmond and Sherbrooke
11. from parts of Jean-Talon and Saint-Sauveur
12. from parts of Dorion, Gouin, Jeanne-Mance and Olier
13. News: Saumart. Ingrid. October 23, 1973. Déjà ministre.... Minister already.... French. La Presse. Montreal. A10.
14. Web site: Élections québécoises de 1973. Drouilly. Pierre. November 7, 2017. donneesquebec.ca . Atlas des élections au Québec .
15. 1973 results compared to 1970 Ralliement créditiste total
16. Web site: Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription. French. National Assembly members by riding. . National Assembly of Quebec. September 13, 2023.
17. including spoilt ballots
18. covers a virtually different area from the previous incarnation of Frontenac
19. formerly Bagot
20. formerly Napierville-Laprairie
21. formerly Labelle
22. formerly Stanstead
23. [Yvon Dupuis]