1908 Quebec general election

{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1908 Quebec general election

| country = Quebec

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| party_colour = no

| party_name = no

| previous_election = 1904 Quebec general election

| previous_year = 1904

| previous_mps = 11th Quebec Legislature

| next_election = 1912 Quebec general election

| next_year = 1912

| elected_members = 12th Quebec Legislature

| seats_for_election = 74 seats in the 12th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
38 seats were needed for a majority

| election_date = June 8, 1908

| image1 = Lomer Gouin, 2nd in 1910.png

| image1_size = 180x180px

| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|nohash}}

| leader1 = Lomer Gouin

| leader_since1 = 1905

| party1 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}}

| leaders_seat1 = Portneuf{{efn|Gouin also ran in Montréal division no. 2 where he was defeated.}}

| last_election1 = 67 seats, 55.43%

| seats1 = 57

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}10

| popular_vote1 = 131,068

| percentage1 = 53.53%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}1.9pp

| image2 = Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.png

| image2_size = 180x180px

| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|nohash}}

| leader2 = Pierre-Évariste Leblanc

| leader_since2 = 1905

| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|name}}

| leaders_seat2 = Laval
(lost re-election)

| last_election2 = 7 seats, 26.73%

| seats2 = 14

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}7

| popular_vote2 = 97,738

| percentage2 = 39.92%

| swing2 = {{increase}}13.19pp

| map_image =

| map_size =

| map_caption =

| title = Premier

| before_election = Lomer Gouin

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

| after_election = Lomer Gouin

| posttitle = Premier after election

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

}}

The 1908 Quebec general election was held on June 8, 1908, to elect members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada.{{Cite book |last=Black |first=Conrad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yDTgDwAAQBAJ |title=Rise to Greatness, Volume 2: Dominion (1867-1949): The History of Canada From the Vikings to the Present |date=2017-04-04 |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |isbn=978-0-7710-1293-8 |pages=127 |language=en}} The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.

Results

class="wikitable"

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

!rowspan="2"|Party leader

!rowspan="2"|# of
candidates

!colspan="3"|Seats

!colspan="3"|Popular Vote

1904

!Elected

!% Change

!#

!%

!% Change

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

| Lomer Gouin

|align="right"|76

|align="right"|67

!align="right"|57

|align="right"

14.9%

|align="right"|131,068

|align="right"| 53.53%

|align="right"

1.9%

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

| Pierre-Évariste Leblanc

|align="right"|62

|align="right"| 7

!align="right"| 14

|align="right"| +100%

|align="right"|97,738

|align="right"| 39.92%

|align="right"| +13.19%

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

|Ligue nationaliste

|Henri Bourassa

|align="right"|3

|align="right"|*

!align="right"|3

|align="right"|*

|align="right"|6,298

|align="right"| 2.57%

|align="right"|*

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

|colspan=2|Other

|align="right"| 10

|align="right"

!align="right"

|align="right"

|align="right"|9,728

|align="right"| 3.97%

|align="right"|*

colspan="3"|Total

!align="right"|151

|align="right"|74

!align="right"|74

!align="right"

%

!align="right"|244,832

!align="right"|100%

|align="right"| 

{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|53.53}}

{{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|39.92}}

{{bar percent|LN|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|2.57}}

{{bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|3.97}}}}{{bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|77.03}}

{{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|18.92}}

{{bar percent|LN|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|4.05}}}}

See also

Notes

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References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=J. Castell |title=The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1908 |date=1909 |publisher=The Annual Review Publishing Company |location=Toronto |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_k9g5}}

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