1912 Quebec general election

1912 Quebec general election
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81 seats in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Quebec ; 41 seats were needed for a majority
Premier before election; Lomer Gouin; Liberal	Premier after election ; Lomer Gouin; Liberal

The 1912 Quebec general election was held on May 15, 1912, to elect members of the 13th 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 Joseph-Mathias Tellier.

Redistribution of ridings

An Act passed prior to the election^[1] increased the number of MLAs from 74 to 81 through the following changes:

Abolished ridings	New ridings
Divisions of ridings
Ottawa^{[a 1]}	Labelle Ottawa
Pontiac^{[a 1]}	Pontiac Témiscaming
Creation of riding from parts of others
	Frontenac^{[a 2]}
Reorganization of ridings
Hochelaga Montréal division no. 1 Montréal division no. 2 Montréal division no. 3 Montréal division no. 4 Montréal division no. 5 Montréal division no. 6	Maisonneuve Montréal-Dorion Montréal-Hochelaga Montréal-Laurier Montréal–Sainte-Anne Montréal–Sainte-Marie Montréal–Saint-Georges Montréal–Saint-Jacques Montréal–Saint-Laurent Montréal–Saint-Louis Westmount
Charlevoix Chicoutimi-Saguenay	Charlevoix—Saguenay Chicoutimi

^ ^a ^b Protected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.
^ formed from parts of Beauce and Compton

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1908	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	Lomer Gouin	80	57	62	+10.5%	155,958	53.54%	+0.01%
	Conservative	Joseph-Mathias Tellier	75	14	16	+14.3%	125,277	43.01%	+3.09%
	Ligue nationaliste	Armand Lavergne	2	3	1	-66.7%	2,703	0,93%
	Labour	Joseph-Alphonse Langlois	3	0	1	+100.0%	3,751	1.29%	+1.29%
	Independent Liberal		5	-	0		2,864	1.00%	-0.63%
	Other		3	-	1	+100.0	739	0.30%	-2.11%
Total			169	74	81	+9.5%	291,292	100%

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