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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.
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.
An Act passed prior to the election [1] increased the number of MLAs from 81 to 85 through the following changes:
Abolished ridings | New ridings |
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Divisions of ridings | |
Creation of riding from parts of others | |
Merger of ridings | |
Change of name | |
This was the last Quebec election in which a candidate won in multiple ridings. Joseph-Édouard Perrault took both Abitibi and Arthabaska, and he would later resign from Abitibi to allow Hector Authier to be elected in a byelection later that year. [2]
Political party | Party leader | MPPs | Votes | |||||||
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Candidates | 1919 | 1923 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
Government candidates | ||||||||||
█ Liberal | Louis-Alexandre Taschereau | 83 | 74 | 64 | 10 | 149,730 | 82,438 | 51.52 | 0.39 | |
█ Labour | – | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | 5,554 | 6,952 | 1.91 | 7.74 | |
Opposition candidates | ||||||||||
█ Conservative | Arthur Sauvé | 66 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 114,285 | 92,295 | 39.32 | 22.36 | |
█ Liberal | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 3,684 | New | 1.27 | New | |
█ Independent | – | 6 | – | – | – | 4,931 | New | 1.70 | New | |
█ Farmer | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3,180 | New | 1.09 | New | |
█ Labour | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2,439 | New | 0.84 | New | |
Other candidates | ||||||||||
█ Independent-Liberal | – | 10 | – | – | – | 5,586 | 16,316 | 1.92 | 14.96 | |
█ Labour | – | 1 | – | – | – | 925 | New | 0.32 | New | |
█ Independent-Conservative | – | 1 | – | – | – | 335 | New | 0.11 | New | |
Total | 179 | 81 | 85 | 290,649 | 100% | |||||
Rejected ballots | 3,808 | 2,360 | ||||||||
Voter turnout | 294,457 | 163,273 | 62.02 | 6.91 | ||||||
Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 474,794 | 236,742 | ||||||||
Candidates returned by acclamation | 8 | 37 |
Eight Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation: [4]
How nominated | Riding | Member returned |
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One candidate only | Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Joseph-Édouard Caron |
Lotbinière | Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur | |
Québec-Comté | Aurèle Leclerc | |
Québec-Est | Louis-Alfred Létourneau | |
Two candidates, but one withdrew | Bellechasse | Antonin Galipeault |
Gaspé | Gustave Lemieux | |
Matapédia | Joseph Dufour | |
Saint-Jean | Alexis Bouthillier |