1892 Quebec general election

{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}}

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1892 Quebec general election

| country = Quebec

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| party_colour = no

| party_name = no

| previous_election = 1890 Quebec general election

| previous_year = 1890

| previous_mps = 7th Quebec Legislature

| next_election = 1897 Quebec general election

| next_year = 1897

| elected_members = 8th Quebec Legislature

| seats_for_election = 73 seats in the 8th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
37 seats were needed for a majority

| election_date = March 8, 1892

| image1 = Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville portrait.jpg

| image1_size = 180x180px

| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|nohash}}

| leader1 = Charles Boucher de Boucherville

| leader_since1 = 1891

| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|name}}

| leaders_seat1 = Councillor for Montarville

| last_election1 = 23 seats, 45.39%

| seats1 = 51

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}28

| popular_vote1 = 91,579

| percentage1 = 52.41%

| swing1 = {{increase}}7.02pp

| image2 = Félix-Gabriel Marchand.png

| image2_size = 180x180px

| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|nohash}}

| leader2 = Félix-Gabriel Marchand

| leader_since2 = 1892

| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}}

| leaders_seat2 = Saint-Jean

| last_election2 = 43 seats, 44.51%

| seats2 = 21

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}22

| popular_vote2 = 76,280

| percentage2 = 43.65%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}0.86pp

| map_image =

| map_size =

| map_caption =

| title = Premier

| before_election = Charles Boucher de Boucherville

| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|name}}

| after_election = Charles Boucher de Boucherville

| posttitle = Premier after election

| after_party = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|name}}

}}

In the 1892 Quebec general election on March 8, 1892, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Conservative Party, led by Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville, defeated the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Félix-Gabriel Marchand.

Mercier had been accused of corruption and removed from office as Premier by Quebec Lieutenant-governor Auguste-Réal Angers on December 16, 1891. The scandal probably influenced the outcome of the election. Mercier gave up the post of Liberal leader (and leader of the Opposition) to Félix-Gabriel Marchand, and was later acquitted of all charges.

Boucher de Boucherville resigned a year later, and was replaced by Louis-Olivier Taillon as Conservative leader and premier. Taillon in turn resigned in 1896, and was replaced by Edmund James Flynn. Flynn lost the 1897 election, and the Conservatives never held power in Quebec again.

The turnout was 59.97%.{{cite web |title=Élections Québec’s history |url=https://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/our-institution/elections-quebecs-history/ |website=Élections Québec}}

Results

class="wikitable"

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

!rowspan="2"|Party leader

!rowspan="2"|# of
candidates

!colspan="3"|Seats

!colspan="3"|Popular Vote

1890

!Elected

!% Change

!#

!%

!% Change

{{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|row-name}}

| Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville

|align="right"| 

|align="right"| 23

!align="right"| 51

|align="right"| +122%

|align="right"|91,579

|align="right"| 52.41%

|align="right"| +7.02%

{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|row-name}}

| Félix-Gabriel Marchand

|align="right"| 

|align="right"|43

!align="right"|21

|align="right"

51.2%

|align="right"|76,280

|align="right"| 43.65%

|align="right"

0.86%

{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row}}

|colspan=2|Independent Conservative

|align="right"| 

|align="right"|1

!align="right"|1

|align="right"

|rowspan=2 align="right"|6,892

|rowspan=2 align="right"| 3.94%

|rowspan=2 align="right"

6.7%

{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row}}

|colspan=2|Other

|align="right"| 

|align="right"|6

!align="right"

|align="right"

100%
colspan="3"|Total

!align="right"| 

|align="right"|73

!align="right"|73

!align="right"

!align="right"|174,751

!align="right"|100%

|align="right"| 

{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|52.41}}

{{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|43.65}}

{{bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|3.94}}}}{{bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|69.86}}

{{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|28.77}}

{{bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|1.37}}}}

See also

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