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.
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90 seats in the 18th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 46 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[1] increased the number of MLAs from 85 to 90 through the following changes:
| Abolished ridings | New ridings |
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| Divisions of ridings | |
| Creation of riding from parts of others | |
- formed from parts of Hull
- formed from part of Champlain
- formed from part of Témiscouata
- formed from parts of Lac-Saint-Jean
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.[2]
| Political party | Party leader | MPPs | Votes | |||||||
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| Candidates | 1927 | 1931 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
| Government candidates | ||||||||||
| █ Liberal | Louis-Alexandre Taschereau | 90 | 74 | 79 | 5 |
268,732 | 80,045 |
54.88 | 4.46 | |
| █ Independent | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2,787 | 1,422 |
0.57 | 0.14 | |
| █ Conservative | – | 3 | – | – | – | 711 | New | 0.15 | New | |
| Opposition candidates | ||||||||||
| █ Conservative | Camillien Houde | 90 | 9 | 11 | 2 |
213,223 | 104,118 |
43.54 | 9.23 | |
| █ Labour | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 |
1,683 | 2,749 |
0.34 | 1.05 | |
| █ Independent | – | 1 | – | – | – | 106 | 2,579 |
0.02 | 0.82 | |
| Other candidates | ||||||||||
| █ Independent-Liberal | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 |
1,065 | 8,280 |
0.22 | 2.72 | |
| █ Independent-Conservative | – | 4 | – | – | – | 584 | New | 0.12 | New | |
| █ Labour | – | 2 | – | – | – | 481 | 1,861 |
0.10 | 0.64 | |
| █ Independent | – | 2 | – | – | – | 323 | New | 0.06 | New | |
| Total | 167 | 85 | 90 | 489,695 | 100% | |||||
| Rejected ballots | 4,190 | 1,347 |
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| Voter turnout | 493,885 | 173,081 |
77.01 | 14.10 | ||||||
| Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 641,324 | 131,389 |
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| Candidates returned by acclamation | – | 12 |
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See also
Further reading
- The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1932. Toronto: The Annual Review Company. 1933.
References
- An Act to amend the Revised Statutes, 1925, respecting the creation of new electoral districts, S.Q. 1930, c. 15.
- Morin, Jacques Carl (Winter 2008–2009). "A Note on Simultaneous Candidacies in the Québec Legislature" (PDF). Canadian Parliamentary Review. 31 (4): 20–23.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - Drouilly, Pierre (November 7, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1931". donneesquebec.ca. Atlas des élections au Québec.
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| Referendums | |
See also: List of Quebec by-elections | |
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