1931 Quebec general election

The 1931 Quebec general election was held on August 24, 1931, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Camillien Houde.

It was the third general election victory in a row for Taschereau, who had held office since 1920.

Redistribution of ridings

An Act passed in 1930 increased the number of MLAs from 85 to 90 through the following changes:

{| class="wikitable"

! Abolished ridings !! New ridings

! colspan="2"|Divisions of ridings

Gaspé

Gaspé-Nord
Gaspé-Sud

! colspan="2"|Creation of riding from parts of others

Gatineau

Laviolette

Rivière-du-Loup

Roberval

Campaign

The Liberals and Conservatives contested all 90 ridings, with 74 being two-way contests, and the remainder were three-way affairs.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Riding contests, by number of candidates (1931) which retroactively amended the laws governing the contesting of controverted elections, thus effectively gutting the ongoing actions. When the Union Nationale subsequently gained power after the 1936 election, one of its first measures was to repeal this Act and restore the law to what it was before its passage.

Results

This was the last election in which a candidate campaigned in multiple ridings. Camillien Houde was nominated in both Montréal–Saint-Jacques and Montréal–Sainte-Marie, and he lost both contests.

! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party

! rowspan=2 | Party leader

! colspan=4 | MLAs

! colspan=4 | Votes

! Candidates

!1927

!1931

!±

! ±

! ± (pp)

|rowspan="4" |  

|style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Government candidates

|style="text-align:left;" |

|style="text-align:left;"|Louis-Alexandre Taschereau

|90

|74

|79

|268,732

|80,045

|54.88

|4.46

|style="text-align:left;" |

|style="text-align:left;"|–

|–

|2,787

|1,422

|0.57

|0.14

|style="text-align:left;" |

|style="text-align:left;"|–

|–

|711

|0.15

|rowspan="4" |  

|style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Opposition candidates

|style="text-align:left;" |

|style="text-align:left;"|Camillien Houde

|90

|11

|213,223

|104,118

|43.54

|9.23

|style="text-align:left;" |

|style="text-align:left;"|–

|–

|1,683

|2,749

|0.34

|1.05

|style="text-align:left;" |

|style="text-align:left;"|–

|–

|106

|2,579

|0.02

|0.82

|rowspan="5" |  

|style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates

|style="text-align:left;" |

|style="text-align:left;"|–

|–

|1,065

|8,280

|0.22

|2.72

|style="text-align:left;" |

|style="text-align:left;"|–

|–

|584

|0.12

|style="text-align:left;" |

|style="text-align:left;"|–

|–

|481

|1,861

|0.10

|0.64

|style="text-align:left;" |

|style="text-align:left;"|–

|–

|323

|0.06

! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total

| 196

| 85

! " colspan="2"| 90

! " colspan="2"| 489,695

! " colspan="2"| 100%

| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots

| 4,190

| 1,347

| colspan="2"|

| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout

| 493,885

| 173,081

| 77.01

| 14.10

| colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only)

| 641,324

| 131,389

| colspan="2"|

| colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamation

| –

| 12

| colspan="4"|

Synopsis of results

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:right"

|+ Results by riding - 1931 Quebec general election

! scope="col" | Riding

! scope="col" colspan="8" | Winning party

! rowspan="3" scope="col" | Turnout<br>

! scope="col" colspan="6" | Votes

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Name

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" | 1927

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

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Votes

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Share

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin<br>#

! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Margin<br>%

! scope="col" | Lib

! scope="col" | Con

! scope="col" |

! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Total

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EA6D6A;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#9999FF;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#8B94E7;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#B8BFFE;"|

! scope="col" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"|

!   !! colspan="2"| !! colspan="2"| !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Abitibi

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,685 || 63.42% || 1,309 || 30.92% || 76.12% || 2,685 || 1,376 ||–||–|| 173 || 4,234

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Argenteuil

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,130 || 55.70% || 436 || 11.40% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|80.43% || 2,130 || 1,694 ||–||–||–|| 3,824

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Arthabaska

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,590 || 68.79% || 1,961 || 37.57% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|84.86% || 3,590 || 1,629 ||–||–||–|| 5,219

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Bagot

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,878 || 52.96% || 210 || 5.92% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|89.07% || 1,878 || 1,668 ||–||–||–|| 3,546

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Beauce

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,847 || 53.77% || 1,250 || 17.47% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.82% || 3,847 || 2,597 || 711 ||–||–|| 7,155

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Beauharnois

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,311 || 51.65% || 148 || 3.31% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.58% || 2,311 || 2,163 ||–||–||–|| 4,474

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Bellechasse

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,839 || 67.82% || 1,492 || 35.64% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|84.44% || 2,839 || 1,347 ||–||–||–|| 4,186

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Berthier

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,479 || 57.45% || 643 || 14.90% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|87.94% || 2,479 || 1,836 ||–||–||–|| 4,315

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Bonaventure

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,933 || 58.91% || 1,190 || 17.83% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|91.58% || 3,933 || 2,743 ||–||–||–|| 6,676

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Brome

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,472 || 50.43% || 25 || 0.86% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|84.52% || 1,472 || 1,447 ||–||–||–|| 2,919

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Chambly

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 2,834 || 55.72% || 582 || 11.44% || 73.15% || 2,252 || 2,834 ||–||–||–|| 5,086

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Champlain

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,125 || 53.91% || 453 || 7.81% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|87.18% || 3,125 || 2,672 ||–||–||–|| 5,797

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Charlevoix—Saguenay

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 4,223 || 59.29% || 1,323 || 18.57% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|81.96% || 4,223 || 2,900 ||–||–||–|| 7,123

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Châteauguay

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,661 || 58.73% || 494 || 17.47% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|80.99% || 1,661 || 1,167 ||–||–||–|| 2,828

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Chicoutimi

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 4,123 || 43.58% || 1,448 || 15.30% || 71.69% || 4,123 || 2,675 || 2,663 ||–||–|| 9,461

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Compton

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,658 || 54.84% || 469 || 9.68% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|83.63% || 2,658 || 2,189 ||–||–||–|| 4,847

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Deux-Montagnes

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,645 || 51.52% || 97 || 3.04% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|91.54% || 1,548 || 1,645 ||–||–||–|| 3,193

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Dorchester

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,253 || 55.67% || 663 || 11.35% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|85.53% || 3,253 || 2,590 ||–||–||–|| 5,843

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Drummond

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,848 || 56.28% || 636 || 12.57% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.06% || 2,848 || 2,212 ||–||–||–|| 5,060

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Frontenac

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,687 || 60.57% || 938 || 21.15% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|84.94% || 2,687 || 1,749 ||–||–||–|| 4,436

|style="text-align:left"| Gaspé-Nord

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,330 || 60.40% || 458 || 20.80% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|88.72% || 1,330 || 872 ||–||–||–|| 2,202

|style="text-align:left"| Gaspé-Sud

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,744 || 55.80% || 570 || 11.59% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|86.33% || 2,744 || 2,174 ||–||–||–|| 4,918

|style="text-align:left"| Gatineau

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,906 || 54.87% || 759 || 14.33% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|79.80% || 2,906 || 2,147 ||–||–|| 243 || 5,296

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Hull

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 3,491 || 60.84% || 1,244 || 21.68% || 63.95% || 2,247 || 3,491 ||–||–||–|| 5,738

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Huntingdon

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,361 || 53.29% || 168 || 6.58% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|81.54% || 1,193 || style="background-color:#87CEFA;"|1,361 ||–||–||–|| 2,554

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Iberville

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,303 || 71.16% || 775 || 42.33% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|79.02% || 1,303 || 528 ||–||–||–|| 1,831

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Îles-de-la-Madeleine

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 769 || 50.26% || 8 || 0.52% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|80.88% || 769 || 761 ||–||–||–|| 1,530

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Jacques-Cartier

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 4,147 || 51.34% || 216 || 2.67% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|77.62% || 4,147 || 3,931 ||–||–||–|| 8,078

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Joliette

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,089 || 54.70% || 531 || 9.40% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|88.46% || 3,089 || 2,558 ||–||–||–|| 5,647

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Kamouraska

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,630 || 59.44% || 835 || 18.87% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|82.21% || 2,630 || 1,795 ||–||–||–|| 4,425

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| L'Assomption

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,801 || 61.20% || 783 || 26.61% || 75.15% || 1,801 || 1,018 || 124 ||–||–|| 2,943

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| L'Islet

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,131 || 60.40% || 734 || 20.80% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.91% || 2,131 || 1,397 ||–||–||–|| 3,528

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Labelle

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,902 || 57.92% || 520 || 15.83% || 72.28% || 1,902 || 1,382 ||–||–||–|| 3,284

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Lac-Saint-Jean

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,055 || 52.75% || 214 || 5.49% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|80.84% || 2,055 || 1,841 ||–||–||–|| 3,896

|style="text-align:left"| Laval

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 8,696 || 52.39% || 792 || 4.77% || 72.43% || 8,696 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|7,904 ||–||–||–|| 16,600

|style="text-align:left"| Laviolette

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center;" | New

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,010 || 56.11% || 656 || 12.23% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|81.96% || 3,010 || 2,354 ||–||–||–|| 5,364

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Lévis

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,595 || 53.04% || 412 || 6.08% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|86.43% || 3,595 || 3,183 ||–||–||–|| 6,778

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Lotbinière

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,955 || 67.24% || 1,515 || 34.47% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|81.85% || 2,955 || 1,440 ||–||–||–|| 4,395

|style="text-align:left"| Maisonneuve

| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lab

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 7,538 || 49.67% || 1,530 || 10.08% || 68.38% || 7,538 || 6,008 ||–|| style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|1,630 ||–|| 15,176

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Maskinongé

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,912 || 61.24% || 702 || 22.49% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|81.47% || 1,912 || 1,210 ||–||–||–|| 3,122

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Matane

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,592 || 55.86% || 544 || 11.72% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|83.98% || 2,592 || 2,048 ||–||–||–|| 4,640

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Matapédia

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,813 || 62.57% || 1,130 || 25.13% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|79.83% || 2,813 || 1,683 ||–||–||–|| 4,496

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Mégantic

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 4,060 || 63.09% || 1,685 || 26.18% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|79.93% || 4,060 || 2,375 ||–||–||–|| 6,435

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Missisquoi

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,141 || 54.83% || 377 || 9.65% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.93% || 2,141 || 1,764 ||–||–||–|| 3,905

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Montcalm

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,765 || 56.07% || 382 || 12.13% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|91.29% || 1,765 || 1,383 ||–||–||–|| 3,148

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Montmagny

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,101 || 57.45% || 545 || 14.90% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|78.94% || 2,101 || 1,556 ||–||–||–|| 3,657

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Montmorency

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 1,949 || 58.25% || 581 || 17.36% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|89.28% || 1,949 || 1,368 ||–||–|| 29 || 3,346

|style="text-align:left"| Montréal-Dorion

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 4,831 || 52.80% || 512 || 5.60% || 70.50% || 4,831 || style="background-color:#DCD0FF;"|4,319 ||–||–||–|| 9,150

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Montréal-Laurier

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,565 || 58.25% || 1,426 || 23.30% || 61.85% || 3,565 || 2,139 ||–||–|| 416 || 6,120

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Montréal-Mercier

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 9,513 || 59.45% || 3,202 || 20.01% || 69.44% || 9,513 || 6,311 ||–||–|| 177 || 16,001

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Montréal–Saint-Georges

| style="background-color:#9999FF;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Con

| 1,553 || 51.37% || 83 || 2.75% || 55.27% || 1,470 || 1,553 ||–||–||–|| 3,023

|- style="background-color:#B9E5B9;"

|style="text-align:left"| Montréal–Saint-Henri

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,956 || 59.91% || 1,455 || 22.04% || 74.77% || 3,956 || 2,501 ||–||–|| 146 || 6,603

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Montreal–Saint-Jacques

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 3,583 || 56.34% || 806 || 12.67% || 73.83% || 3,583 || style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|2,777 ||–||–||–|| 6,360

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left;" | Montréal–Saint-Laurent

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,635 || 68.98% || 1,450 || 37.96% || style="background-color:#F5F5DC;"|83.41% || 2,635 || 1,185 ||–||–||–|| 3,820

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Montréal–Saint-Louis

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,789 || 78.21% || 2,077 || 58.24% || 62.08% || 2,789 || 712 ||–||–|| 65 || 3,566

|- style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"

|style="text-align:left"| Montreal–Sainte-Anne

| style="background-color:#EA6D6A;" | || style="text-align:left;" | Lib

| 2,069 || 54.38% || 683 || 17.95% || 70.89% || 2,069 || 1,386 ||–||–|| style="background-color:#EEBBBB;"|350 || 3,805

|style="text-align:left"| Montréal–Sainte-Marie