1927 Quebec general election
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1927 Quebec general election was held on May 16, 1927, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province 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 second general election victory in a row for Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, who had held office since 1920.
ResultsEdit
Twelve Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation, including one on the Island of Montreal.Template:Sfn Taschereau himself was acclaimed in Montmorency, because of the alleged technical rejection of the Conservative candidate Lucien Drolet's nomination papers. Drolet would later sue the returning officer over this.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The Liberals won back six of the Montreal seats they had lost in 1923.Template:Sfn There was a controversy in Montréal–Saint-Louis, where the Conservative candidate Louis Fitch claimed that he had been subject to false arrest on Election Day.<ref name="Record1927">Template:Cite news</ref>
Polling was deferred to May 23 in Gaspé.<ref name="Record1927"/> This was because weather conditions caused the closure of many roads in the area.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Election table<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1923 !1927 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- |rowspan="3" Template:Canadian party colour| |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Government candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Louis-Alexandre Taschereau |85 |64 |74 |10Template:Increase |188,687 |38,957Template:Increase |59.34 |7.82Template:Increase |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |1,365 |Template:N/a |0.43 |Template:N/a |- |rowspan="5" Template:Canadian party colour| |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Opposition candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Arthur Sauvé |67 |20 |9 |11Template:Decrease |109,105 |92,295Template:Decrease |34.31 |5.01Template:Decrease |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |– |1 |– |1Template:Decrease | style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"|Did not campaign<ref group=a>Other allegiances not professed in 1927: Labour-Government; Independent-Conservative; Farmer-Opposition</ref> |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |2,685 |2,246Template:Decrease |0.84 |0.86Template:Decrease |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |1 |1Template:Increase |4,432 |1,993Template:Increase |1.39 |0.55Template:Increase |- |rowspan="3" Template:Canadian party colour| |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |7 |– |1 |1Template:Increase |9,345 |3,759Template:Increase |2.94 |1.02Template:Increase |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |2,342 |1,417Template:Increase |0.74 |0.42Template:Increase |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 167 ! " colspan="3"| 85 ! " colspan="2"| 317,961 ! " colspan="2"| 100% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 2,843 | 965Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 320,804 | 26,347Template:Increase | 62.91 | 0.89Template:Increase |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 509,935 | 35,141Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamation | 12 | 4Template:Increase | colspan="4"| |} Template:Reflist
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See alsoEdit
- List of Quebec premiers
- Politics of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
- List of Quebec political parties
- 17th Legislative Assembly of Quebec