1948 Quebec general election

The 1948 Quebec general election was held on July 28, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout.

1948 Quebec general election
July 28, 1948
92 seats in the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Quebec
47 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
UdÉ
Leader Maurice Duplessis Adélard Godbout P. Ernest Grégoire
Party Union Nationale Liberal Union des électeurs
Leader since June 20, 1936 June 11, 1936 June 11, 1936
Leader's seat Trois-Rivières L'Islet (defeated)
Last election 48 seats, 38.02% 37 seats, 39.35% New
Seats won 82 8 0
Seat change Increase 34 Decrease 29 Steady
Percentage 51.24% 36.17% 9.25%
Swing Increase 13.22% Decrease 3.18% New
Premier before election

Maurice Duplessis
Union Nationale

 Premier after election

Maurice Duplessis
Union Nationale

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This was the third time (and the second in a row) that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory.

It was Godbout's third (and final) loss to Duplessis in a general election, and the second in a row. He had won one victory against Duplessis years earlier in the 1939 election. In this election, the Liberals fared particularly poorly, reduced to only 8 seats, although their share of the popular vote was around 36%.

Adjustment of representation

The Legislative Assembly was expanded from 91 to 92 members, as a consequence of Charlevoix-Saguenay no longer returning a joint member, with separate members being elected from Charlevoix and Saguenay.[1]

Results

[2]

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1948)
Political party Party leader MPPs Votes
Candidates 1939 1944 ± # ± % ± (pp)
Union Nationale Maurice Duplessis 91 48 82 34Increase 775,747 270,086Increase 51.25 13.22Increase
Liberal Adélard Godbout 92 37 8 29Decrease 547,478 24,162Increase 36.16 3.19Decrease
Union des électeurs P. Ernest Grégoire 92 – – – 140,050 123,508Increase 9.25 8.01Increase
Co-operative Commonwealth   7 1 – 1Decrease 9,016 24,970Decrease 0.60 1.96Decrease
Bloc populaire   – 4 – 4Decrease did not campaign
  Other candidates
█ Independent[a 1][a 2] – 11 – 2 2Increase 23,956 11,190Increase 1.58 0.62Increase
█ Independent-Nationalist[a 1] – – 1 – 1Decrease did not campaign
█ Independent-Unionist – 8 – – – 8,649 1,874Increase 0.57 0.06Increase
█ Labor–Progressive – 1 – – – 4,899 2,974Decrease 0.32 0.27Decrease
█ Independent-Liberal – 7 – – – 2,968 7,868Decrease 0.20 0.45Decrease
█ Labour – 1 – – – 1,098 7,257Decrease 0.07 0.56Decrease
█ Independent-CCF – 1 – – – 110 2,905Decrease – 0.23Decrease
█ Candidat du peuple – did not campaign
█ Independent-Bloc –
Total 311 91 92 1,513,971 100%
Rejected ballots 17,928 2,376Increase
Voter turnout 1,531,899 186,388Increase 75.22 3.24Increase
Registered electors 2,036,576 167,180Increase
  1. René Chaloult was reelected as an Independent in Québec
  2. Frank Hanley was elected in Montréal–Sainte-Anne
Popular vote
UN
 
 51.24%
PLQ
 
 36.17%
UdÉ
 
 9.25%
Others
 
 3.34%
Seats summary
UN
 
 89.13%
PLQ
 
 8.70%
Others
 
 2.17%

See also

References
  1. An Act to amend the Legislature Act and the Territorial Division Act, S.Q. 1945, c. 12, s. 1
  2. Drouilly, Pierre (December 4, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1948". donneesquebec.ca. Atlas des élections au Québec.
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