1916 Quebec general election

{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}}

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1916 Quebec general election

| country = Quebec

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| party_colour = no

| party_name = no

| previous_election = 1912 Quebec general election

| previous_year = 1912

| previous_mps = 13th Quebec Legislature

| next_election = 1919 Quebec general election

| next_year = 1919

| elected_members = 14th Quebec Legislature

| seats_for_election = 81 seats in the 14th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
41 seats were needed for a majority

| election_date = May 22, 1916

| 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

| last_election1 = 62 seats, 53.54%

| seats1 = 75

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}13

| popular_vote1 = 126,266

| percentage1 = 60.57%

| swing1 = {{increase}}7.03pp

| image2 = Philémon Cousineau.png

| image2_size = 180x180px

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

| leader2 = Philémon Cousineau

| leader_since2 = 1915

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

| leaders_seat2 = Jacques-Cartier
(lost re-election)

| last_election2 = 16 seats, 43.01%

| seats2 = 6

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}10

| popular_vote2 = 73,147

| percentage2 = 35.09%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}7.92pp

| 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 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.

The turnout was 43.46%.{{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

1912

!Elected

!% Change

!#

!%

!% Change

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

| Lomer Gouin

|align="right"|85

|align="right"|62

!align="right"|75

|align="right"|+19.0%

|align="right"|126,266

|align="right"| 60.57%

|align="right"|+7.03%

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

| Philémon Cousineau

|align="right"|55

|align="right"| 16

!align="right"| 6

|align="right"| -62.5%

|align="right"|73,147

|align="right"| 35.09%

|align="right"| -7.92%

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

|Parti ouvrier

|align="right"|2

|align="right"

!align="right"|1

|align="right"| 

|rowspan=2 align="right"|9,039

|rowspan=2 align="right"| 4.34%

|rowspan=2 align="right"|+0.9%

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

|colspan=2|Other

|align="right"|0

|align="right"|1

!align="right"

|align="right"

100%
colspan="3"|Total

!align="right"|142

|align="right"|81

!align="right"|81

!align="right"

%

!align="right"|208,452

!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}}|60.57}}

{{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|35.09}}

{{bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|4.34}}}}{{bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|91.46}}

{{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|7.32}}

{{bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|1.22}}}}

See also

Further reading

  • {{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=J. Castell |title=The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1916 |date=1917 |publisher=The Annual Review Publishing Company |location=Toronto |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_e6n0}}

References