1912 Quebec general election

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

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.

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