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
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!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party !rowspan="2"|Party leader !rowspan="2"|# of !colspan="3"|Seats !colspan="3"|Popular Vote |
1904
!Elected !% Change !# !% !% Change {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|row-name}} |align="right"|76 |align="right"|67 !align="right"|57 |align="right" |
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14.9%
|align="right"|131,068 |align="right"| 53.53% |align="right" |
1.9%
{{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|row-name}} |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}} |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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