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

← 1908 May 15, 1912 1916 →
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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

Redistribution of ridings

New ridings on the Island of Montreal

An Act passed prior to the election^[1] increased the number of MLAs from 74 to 81 through the following changes:

Abolished ridings	New ridings
Divisions of ridings
Ottawa[a 1]	Labelle Ottawa
Pontiac[a 1]	Pontiac Témiscaming
Creation of riding from parts of others
	Frontenac[a 2]
Reorganization of ridings
Hochelaga Montréal division no. 1 Montréal division no. 2 Montréal division no. 3 Montréal division no. 4 Montréal division no. 5 Montréal division no. 6	Maisonneuve Montréal-Dorion Montréal-Hochelaga Montréal-Laurier Montréal–Sainte-Anne Montréal–Sainte-Marie Montréal–Saint-Georges Montréal–Saint-Jacques Montréal–Saint-Laurent Montréal–Saint-Louis Westmount
Charlevoix Chicoutimi-Saguenay	Charlevoix—Saguenay Chicoutimi

1. Protected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.
2. formed from parts of Beauce and Compton

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

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties
• 13th Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Further reading

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1913). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1912. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.