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1927 Quebec general election

Canadian provincial election

Canadian provincial election

FieldValue
election_name1927 Quebec general election
countryQuebec
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election1923 Quebec general election
previous_year1923
previous_mps16th Quebec Legislature
next_election1931 Quebec general election
next_year1931
elected_members17th Quebec Legislature
seats_for_election85 seats in the [17th Legislative Assembly of Quebec](17th-legislative-assembly-of-quebec)
43 seats were needed for a majority
election_dateMay 16, 1927
image1File:Louis-Alexandre Taschereau - 1930.png
image1_size180x180px
colour1
leader1Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
leader_since11920
party1
leaders_seat1Montmorency
last_election164 seats, 51.52%
seats174
seat_change110
popular_vote1188,687
percentage159.33%
swing17.81pp
image2Arthur Sauvé.jpg
image2_size180x180px
colour2
leader2Arthur Sauvé
leader_since21915
party2
leaders_seat2Deux-Montagnes
last_election220 seats, 39.32%
seats29
seat_change211
popular_vote2109,105
percentage234.31%
swing25.01pp
titlePremier
before_electionLouis-Alexandre Taschereau
before_party
after_electionLouis-Alexandre Taschereau
posttitlePremier after election
after_party

43 seats were needed for a majority

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.

Results

Twelve Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation, including one on the Island of Montreal. 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.

The Liberals won back six of the Montreal seats they had lost in 1923. 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.

Polling was deferred to May 23 in Gaspé. This was because weather conditions caused the closure of many roads in the area.

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1923 !1927 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp)

-
85
64
74
10
188,687
38,957
59.34
7.82
-
3
–
–
–
1,365

| |0.43 |

-
67
20
9
11
109,105
92,295
34.31
5.01
-
–
1
–
1
-
3
–
–
–
2,685
2,246
0.84
0.86
-
1
–
1
1
4,432
1,993
1.39
0.55
-
-
7
–
1
1
9,345
3,759
2.94
1.02
-
1
–
–
–
2,342
1,417
0.74
0.42
-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"
167
! " colspan="3"
! " colspan="2"
! " colspan="2"
-
2,843
965
-
320,804
26,347
62.91
0.89
-
509,935
35,141
-
12
4
}

References

References

  1. . (May 14, 1927). ["Une contestation dans Montmorency"](https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2616536). *Le Progrès du Saguenay*.
  2. . (May 17, 1927). ["Taschereau returned with a larger following"](https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3094684). *[[The Record (Sherbrooke)*.
  3. . (August 17, 1931). ["About two hundred candidates seeking seats in Legislature"](https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3002721). *[[The Record (Sherbrooke)*.
  4. Drouilly, Pierre. (November 7, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1927". Atlas des élections au Québec.
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