1916 Quebec general election
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The 1916 Quebec general election was held on May 22, 1916, to elect members of the 14th 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 Philémon Cousineau.
Results
[edit]Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
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1912 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
Liberal | Lomer Gouin | 85 | 62 | 75 | +19.0% | 126,266 | 60.57% | +7.03% | |
Conservative | Philémon Cousineau | 55 | 16 | 6 | -62.5% | 73,147 | 35.09% | -7.92% | |
Parti ouvrier | 2 | - | 1 | 9,039 | 4.34% | +0.9% | |||
Other | 0 | 1 | - | -100% | |||||
Total | 142 | 81 | 81 | -% | 208,452 | 100% |
See also
[edit]- List of Quebec premiers
- Politics of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
- List of Quebec political parties
- 14th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Further reading
[edit]- Hopkins, J. Castell (1917). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1916. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
References
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