1912 Quebec general election

The 1912 Quebec general election was held on May 15, 1912 to elect members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Joseph-Mathias Tellier.

1912 Quebec general election
May 15, 1912
81 seats in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
41 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lomer Gouin Joseph-Mathias Tellier
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since 1905 1909
Leader's seat Portneuf Joliette
Last election 57 seats, 53.53% 14 seats, 39.92%
Seats won 62 16
Seat change 5 2
Popular vote 155,958 125,277
Percentage 53.54% 43.01%
Swing 0.01pp 3.09pp
Premier before election

Lomer Gouin
Liberal

 Premier after election

Lomer Gouin
Liberal

Results
Party Party leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular Vote
1908 Elected % Change # % % Change
Liberal Lomer Gouin 80 57 62 +10.5% 155,958 53.54% +0.01%
Conservative Joseph-Mathias Tellier 75 14 16 +14.3% 125,277 43.01% +3.09%
  Ligue nationaliste Armand Lavergne 2 3 1 -66.7% 2,703 0,93%  
  Labour Joseph-Alphonse Langlois 3 0 1 +100.0% 3,751 1.29% +1.29%
  Independent Liberal 5 - 0   2,864 1.00% -0.63%
  Other 3 - 1 +100.0 739 0.30% -2.11%
Total 169 74 81 +9.5% 291,292 100%  
Popular vote
PLQ
 
 53.54%
PCQ
 
 43.01%
Labour
 
 1.29%
LN
 
 0.93%
Others
 
 1.23%
Popular vote
PLQ
 
 76.54%
PCQ
 
 19.75%
Labour
 
 1.23%
LN
 
 1.23%
Others
 
 1.23%

See also


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