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.[1] The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.
Results
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
| Liberal | Lomer Gouin | 76 | 67 | 57 | -14.9% | 131,068 | 53.53% | -1.9% | |
| Conservative | Pierre-Évariste Leblanc | 62 | 7 | 14 | +100% | 97,738 | 39.92% | +13.19% | |
| Ligue nationaliste | Henri Bourassa | 3 | * | 3 | * | 6,298 | 2.57% | * | |
| Other | 10 | - | - | - | 9,728 | 3.97% | * | ||
| Total | 151 | 74 | 74 | -% | 244,832 | 100% | |||
See also
- List of Quebec premiers
- Politics of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
- List of Quebec political parties
- 12th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
Notes
- ^ Gouin also ran in Montréal division no. 2 where he was defeated.
References
- ^ Black, Conrad (April 4, 2017). Rise to Greatness, Volume 2: Dominion (1867-1949): The History of Canada From the Vikings to the Present. McClelland & Stewart. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-7710-1293-8.
Further reading
- Hopkins, J. Castell (1909). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1908. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.
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