1923 Quebec general election

The 1923 Quebec general election was held on February 5, 1923, to elect members of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé.

1923 Quebec general election
February 5, 1923
85 seats in the 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
43 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Arthur Sauvé
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since 1920 1915
Leader's seat Montmorency Deux-Montagnes
Last election 74 seats, 51.91% 5 seats, 16.96%
Seats won 64 20
Seat change 10 15
Popular vote 149,730 114,285
Percentage 51.52% 39.32%
Swing 0.39pp 22.36pp
Premier before election

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Liberal

 Premier after election

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Liberal

It was the first of four election victories in a row for Taschereau. However, he had held office since 1920, following the resignation of the previous premier, Lomer Gouin.

Redistribution of ridings

An Act passed prior to the election[1] increased the number of MLAs from 81 to 85 through the following changes:

Abolished ridingsNew ridings
Divisions of ridings
Creation of riding from parts of others
Merger of ridings
Change of name
  1. Protected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.
  2. formed from part of Matane
  3. formed from parts of Montréal-Dorion and Montréal-Laurier
  4. formed from part of Jacques-Cartier

Results
Party Party leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular Vote
1919 Elected % Change # % % Change
Liberal Louis-Alexandre Taschereau 92 74 64 -13.5% 149,730 51.52% -0.41%
Conservative Arthur Sauvé 71 5 20 +400% 114,285 39.32% +22.32%
  Other 16 2 1 -50.0% 26,634 9.16% -22.0%
Total 179 81 85 +4.9% 290,649 100%  
Popular vote
PLQ
 
 51.52%
PCQ
 
 39.32%
Others
 
 9.16%
Seats summary
PLQ
 
 75.29%
PCQ
 
 23.53%
Others
 
 1.18%

See also

Further reading
  • Hopkins, J. Castell (1924). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1923. Toronto: The Annual Review.

References
  1. An Act to amend the Revised Statutes, 1909, respecting the territorial division of the Province, S.Q. 1922 (2nd session), c. 13, ss. 1, 5. Although 86 electoral districts were constituted, it was previously provided in 1912 that Charlevoix and Saguenay were united for the purpose of returning one MLA only.


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