1923 Quebec general election

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox election The 1923 Quebec general election was held on February 5, 1923, to elect members of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé.

It was the first of four election victories in a row for Taschereau. However, he had held office since 1920, following the resignation of the previous premier, Lomer Gouin.

Redistribution of ridings

An Act passed prior to the election<ref>An Act to amend the Revised Statutes, 1909, respecting the territorial division of the Province, S.Q. 1922 (2nd session), c. 13, ss. 1, 5. Although 86 electoral districts were constituted, it was previously provided in 1912 that Charlevoix and Saguenay were united for the purpose of returning one MLA only.</ref> increased the number of MLAs from 81 to 85 through the following changes:

Abolished ridings	New ridings
Divisions of ridings
Labelle<ref group=a name="protected">Protected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.</ref>	Labelle Papineau
Témiscaming<ref group=a name="protected"/>	Abitibi Témiscaming
Creation of riding from parts of others
	Matapédia<ref group=a>formed from part of Matane</ref>
	Montréal-Mercier<ref group=a>formed from parts of Montréal-Dorion and Montréal-Laurier</ref>
	Montréal-Verdun<ref group=a>formed from part of Jacques-Cartier</ref>
Merger of ridings
Laprairie Napierville	Napierville-Laprairie
Change of name
Montréal-Hochelaga	Montréal–Saint-Henri

Results

This was the last Quebec election in which a candidate won in multiple ridings. Joseph-Édouard Perrault took both Abitibi and Arthabaska, and he would later resign from Abitibi to allow Hector Authier to be elected in a byelection later that year.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

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Eight Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation:Template:Sfn

How nominated	Riding	Member returned
One candidate only	Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Joseph-Édouard Caron
	Lotbinière	Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur
	Québec-Comté	Aurèle Leclerc
	Québec-Est	Louis-Alfred Létourneau
Two candidates, but one withdrew	Bellechasse	Antonin Galipeault
	Gaspé	Gustave Lemieux
	Matapédia	Joseph Dufour
	Saint-Jean	Alexis Bouthillier

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties
• 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Further reading

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