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.

Redistribution of ridings

thumb|right|300px|New ridings on the Island of Montreal

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

{| class="wikitable"

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! Abolished ridings !! New ridings

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! colspan="2"|Divisions of ridings

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|

  • Ottawa

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  • Labelle
  • Ottawa

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|

  • Pontiac

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! colspan="2"|Reorganization of ridings

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • Charlevoix—Saguenay
  • Chicoutimi

|}

Results

{| class="wikitable"

!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party

!rowspan="2"|Party leader

!rowspan="2"|# of<br />candidates

!colspan="3"|Seats

!colspan="3"|Popular Vote

|-

!1908

!Elected

!% Change

!#

!%

!% Change

| Lomer Gouin <!--leader-->

|align="right"|80 <!--cand-->

|align="right"|57 <!--prev-->

!align="right"|62 <!--elected-->

|align="right"|+10.5% <!--%ch.seats-->

|align="right"|155,958 <!--vote-->

|align="right"| 53.54% <!--%vote-->

|align="right"| +0.01% <!--%ch.votes-->

| Joseph-Mathias Tellier <!--leader-->

|align="right"|75 <!--cand-->

|align="right"| 14 <!--prev-->

!align="right"| 16 <!--elected-->

|align="right"| +14.3% <!--%ch.seats-->

|align="right"|125,277 <!--vote-->

|align="right"| 43.01% <!--%vote-->

|align="right"| +3.09% <!--%ch.votes-->

|Ligue nationaliste

|Armand Lavergne <!-- leader-->

|align="right"|2 <!--cand-->

|align="right"|3 <!--prev-->

!align="right"|1 <!--elected-->

|align="right"|-66.7% <!--%ch.seats-->

|align="right"|2,703 <!--vote-->

| align="right"| 0,93% <!--%vote-->

| align="right"|&nbsp; <!--%ch.votes-->

|Labour

| Joseph-Alphonse Langlois <!--leader-->

|align="right"| 3 <!--cand-->

|align="right"| 0 <!--prev-->

!align="right"| 1 <!--elected-->

|align="right"| +100.0% <!--%ch.seats-->

|align="right"|3,751 <!--vote-->

|align="right"| 1.29% <!--%vote-->

|align="right"| +1.29% <!--%ch.votes-->

|colspan=2|Independent Liberal

|align="right"|5 <!--cand-->

|align="right"|- <!--prev-->

!align="right"|0 <!--elected-->

|align="right"|&nbsp; <!--%ch.seats-->

|align="right"|2,864 <!--vote-->

|align="right"| 1.00% <!--%vote-->

|align="right"|-0.63% <!--%ch.votes-->

|colspan=2|Other

|align="right"|3 <!--cand-->

|align="right"|- <!--prev-->

!align="right"|1 <!--elected-->

|align="right"|+100.0 <!--%ch.seats-->

|align="right"|739 <!--vote-->

|align="right"| 0.30% <!--%vote-->

|align="right"|-2.11% <!--%ch.votes-->

|-

|colspan="3"|Total

!align="right"|169 <!--cand-->

|align="right"|74 <!--prev-->

!align="right"|81 <!--elected-->

!align="right"|+9.5% <!--%ch.seats-->

!align="right"|291,292 <!--vote-->

!align="right"|100% <!--%vote-->

|align="right"|&nbsp; <!--%ch.votes-->

|-

|}

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

References