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1939 Quebec general election

Canadian provincial election


Canadian provincial election

FieldValue
election_name1939 Quebec general election
countryQuebec
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election1936 Quebec general election
previous_year1936
previous_mps20th Quebec Legislature
next_election1944 Quebec general election
next_year1944
elected_members21st Quebec Legislature
seats_for_election86 seats in the [21st Legislative Assembly of Quebec](21st-legislative-assembly-of-quebec)
44 seats were needed for a majority
election_dateOctober 25, 1939
image1Adelard Godbout portrait.jpg
image1_size180x180px
colour1
leader1Adélard Godbout
leader_since1June 11, 1936
party1
leaders_seat1L'Islet
last_election114 seats, 39.41%
seats170
seat_change156
percentage154.05%
swing114.64pp
image2Maurice Duplessis, 1938.png
image2_size180x180px
colour2
leader2Maurice Duplessis
leader_since2June 20, 1936
party2
leaders_seat2Trois-Rivières
last_election276 seats, 56.88%
seats215
seat_change261
percentage239.13%
swing217.75pp
titlePremier
before_electionMaurice Duplessis
before_party
after_electionAdélard Godbout
posttitlePremier after election
after_party

44 seats were needed for a majority

The 1939 Quebec general election was held on October 25, 1939, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by former premier Adélard Godbout, defeated the incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis.

This was Godbout's second non-consecutive term of office and his only victory out of four consecutive general elections opposing Duplessis.

The Action libérale nationale, which had won 25 seats in the 1935 election and then merged with the Quebec Conservative Party, was re-formed by Paul Gouin, who had split with Duplessis soon after the formation of the Union Nationale. However the ALN obtained only 4.5% of the vote and no seats. It soon disbanded. Also, a rump Conservative Party ran three candidates who won 0.2% of the vote and no seats. This party also disbanded.

Redistribution of ridings

An Act passed before the election reduced the number of MLAs from 90 to 86 through the following changes:

Abolished ridingsNew ridings*Reorganization of ridings**Mergers of ridings*

Campaign

CandidatesTotal
align="center"**Lib**align="center"**UN**
Acclaimed1
224
348
47
55
Total85

Results

|- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates 1936 !1939 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- |85 |14 |69 |55 |301,382 |77,008 |53.50

14.09
-
84
76
14
62
217,413
106,399
38.60
18.28
-
1
1
1
2,989

| |0.53 | |- |56 |– |– |– |25,295 | |4.49 | |- |1 |– |1 |1 |3,074 | |0.55 |

-
5
1
1
6,281
5,514
1.12
0.99
-
1
2,513
1,044
0.45
0.19
-
3
1,679
191
0.30
0.03
-
3
788
8,958
0.14
1.57
-
1
617

| |0.11 | |- |3 |– |– |– |469 |1,459 |0.08

0.26
3
410
331
0.07
0.06
-
1
228

| |0.04 | |- |1 |– |– |– |159 |886 |0.03

0.15
-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"
248
90
! " colspan="2"
! " colspan="2"
! " colspan="2"
-
7,334
2,404
-
570,631
3,624
77.00
0.06
-
741,131
5,283
-
1
1
}

Vote and seat summaries

|File:Ternary QC1936.svg |1936 |File:Ternary QC1939.svg |1939

Synopsis of results

RidingWinning partyTurnout
including spoilt ballotsVotesAffiliations without candidates gaining 1st or 2nd place results provincewide, or otherwise not receiving more than 1% of the total vote, are grouped under "I-Oth" or "Other"Name**[1936](1936-quebec-general-election)**PartyVotesShareMargin
#Margin
%LibUNCon-GALNNatIndCCFCon-OI-OthOtherTotal
AbitibiUNLib7,48856.39%3,02022.74%69.71%7,4884,46839692713,279
ArgenteuilLibLib2,67058.89%95421.04%78.26%2,6701,7161484,534
ArthabaskaUNLib3,44856.53%79713.07%86.40%3,4482,6516,099
BagotLibLib2,18352.14%1794.28%89.51%2,1832,0044,187
BeauceUNLib3,39542.83%1351.70%76.38%3,3953,2601,2727,927
BeauharnoisUNUN2,61446.88%1021.83%82.47%2,5122,6144505,576
BellechasseUNLib2,51553.25%3848.13%83.88%2,5152,131774,723
BerthierLibLib2,66454.01%3968.03%88.65%2,6642,2684,932
BonaventureUNLib4,26555.62%86211.24%81.69%4,2653,4037,668
BromeUNUN1,79553.52%2367.04%82.33%1,5591,7953,354
ChamblyUNLib3,59859.93%1,60326.70%76.16%3,5981,9952092026,004
ChamplainUNCon2,98950.70%831.41%76.15%2,9062,9895,895
Charlevoix—SaguenayEdgar Rochette had previously been MLA until 1936UNLib*acclaimed*
Châteauguay-Laprairie*New*Lib3,04952.26%4327.40%84.71%3,0492,6171685,834
ChicoutimiUNUN5,96850.59%1,53713.03%77.39%4,4315,9681,39811,797
ComptonUNLib2,45547.93%2875.60%80.29%2,4552,1684995,122
Deux-MontagnesUNUN1,93053.26%2366.51%84.35%1,6941,9303,624
DorchesterUNUN3,23552.72%5979.73%78.11%2,6383,2352636,136
DrummondUNLib3,95053.81%1,02713.99%80.26%3,9502,9234677,340
FrontenacUNLib2,24244.00%831.63%78.81%2,2422,1596945,095
Gaspé-NordUNLib1,54852.44%2759.32%82.49%1,5481,2731312,952
Gaspé-SudUNUN3,33853.83%4757.66%81.52%2,8633,3386,201
GatineauUNLib3,59261.22%1,31722.45%76.59%3,5922,2755,867
HullUNLib2,83350.08%2374.19%76.92%2,8332,5962285,657
HuntingdonUNLib1,72958.14%48416.27%81.95%1,7291,2452,974
IbervilleLibLib1,14647.26%341.40%87.61%1,1461,1121672,425
Îles-de-la-MadeleineUNUN1,03053.59%1387.18%89.84%8921,0301,922
Jacques-CartierUNLib7,34168.05%3,89536.11%78.74%7,3413,44610,787
JolietteUNUN3,46651.82%2433.63%87.08%3,2233,4666,689
Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup*New*Lib6,69158.67%2,14818.83%81.46%6,6914,54317111,405
L'AssomptionUNLib2,04355.82%63317.30%84.92%2,0431,4102073,660
L'IsletUNLib2,45956.39%56612.98%84.20%2,4591,89394,361
LabelleUNUN2,22654.17%3438.35%78.32%1,8832,2264,109
Lac-Saint-JeanUNLib2,48251.05%1352.78%89.15%2,4822,347334,862
LavalUNLib7,20055.72%2,22617.23%75.31%7,2004,97474812,922
LavioletteUNLib2,83849.13%3395.87%72.98%2,8382,4994395,776
LévisUNLib4,34256.03%93412.05%85.60%4,3423,4087,750
LotbinièreUNNat3,07457.58%2,26542.42%80.39%2,2653,074
René Chaloult was previously elected in Kamouraska under the UN banner5,339
MaisonneuveUNLib7,01958.79%2,68522.49%74.31%7,0194,33458611,939
MaskinongéUNLib2,15557.76%57915.52%80.76%2,1551,5763,731
MataneUNUN2,89249.65%100.17%77.61%2,8822,892515,825
MatapédiaUNLib3,08956.37%84015.33%78.87%3,0892,2491425,480
MéganticUNLib4,17452.64%4185.27%83.35%4,1743,7567,930
MissisquoiUNLib2,33449.60%1553.29%79.40%2,3342,1791934,706
MontcalmUNLib1,65447.49%1163.33%87.12%1,6541,5382913,483
MontmagnyUNLib2,32653.63%64014.76%76.14%2,3261,6863254,337
MontmorencyUNLib1,96050.91%48912.70%87.21%1,9601,471373463,850
Montréal–Jeanne-Mance*New*Lib6,97860.01%3,07226.42%71.43%6,9783,90674511,629
Montréal-LaurierLibLib5,05051.03%1,02810.39%68.22%5,0504,0228249,896
Montréal-MercierUNLib6,21553.77%2,43121.03%72.21%6,2153,7841,5243511,558
Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce*New*Lib6,82774.95%5,52960.70%62.16%6,8276941111,477
William Ross Bulloch (1,298 votes) was previously elected as the UN MLA in Westmount9,109
Montréal-Outremont*New*Lib6,86979.29%5,36861.96%62.62%6,8691,5012938,663
Montréal–Saint-HenriUNLib6,26164.28%3,79638.97%67.73%6,2612,4656112291749,740
Montreal–Saint-JacquesUNLib3,81052.84%1,35918.85%66.87%3,8102,4514903011597,211
Montréal–Saint-LouisLibLib5,08464.92%3,32442.45%63.09%5,0841,7609877,831
Montreal–Sainte-AnneLibLib5,77076.62%4,20655.85%64.92%5,7701,5641977,531
Montréal–Sainte-MarieUNInd4,51747.67%1,99721.07%68.95%2,5202,0023304,5171079,476
Montréal-VerdunUNLib4,44950.91%1,93622.15%63.15%4,4491,4153622,5138,739
NicoletUNLib3,35153.97%82513.29%79.35%3,3512,5263326,209
PapineauUNUN3,61749.82%7049.70%74.92%2,9133,6177307,260
PontiacLibLib1,99850.85%671.71%65.21%1,9981,9313,929
PortneufUNLib3,75948.45%2903.74%80.53%3,7593,4695317,759
Québec-CentreUNLib4,29659.05%1,92126.41%76.86%4,2962,3756047,275
Québec-ComtéUNLib3,53947.17%87611.68%86.24%3,5392,6631,0522497,503
Québec-EstUNLib6,43164.11%2,83128.22%80.44%6,4313,60010,031
Québec-OuestLibLib2,80362.66%1,36630.54%77.19%2,8031,4372334,473
Richelieu-Verchères*New*Lib4,77658.32%2,13726.09%84.24%4,7762,6397758,190
RichmondUNLib2,99852.55%68411.99%82.92%2,9982,3143935,705
RimouskiUNLib3,58454.63%69010.52%83.28%3,5842,894836,561
RobervalUNLib3,42450.69%5898.72%82.75%3,4242,8354966,755
RouvilleUNLib1,76150.01%10.03%81.83%1,7611,7603,521
Saint-HyacintheLibLib3,61555.39%70310.77%83.38%3,6152,9126,527
Saint-Jean–Napierville*New*Lib3,83359.89%1,30920.45%83.23%3,8332,524436,400
Saint-MauriceUNLib3,46246.54%1341.80%80.23%3,4623,3286487,438
Saint-SauveurUNLib4,97256.56%1,84821.02%85.59%4,9723,1245661298,791
SheffordUNLib3,37050.55%5988.97%80.27%3,3702,7725256,667
SherbrookeUNUN3,91446.90%981.17%75.23%3,8163,9146158,345
StansteadUNLib2,84650.18%5529.73%76.83%2,8462,2945325,672
TémiscamingueUNLib4,76056.52%1,86122.10%65.61%4,7602,8994603038,422
TémiscouataUNLib2,36253.63%3738.47%83.48%2,3621,989534,404
TerrebonneUNLib4,89153.17%1,04411.35%83.15%4,8913,8474609,198
Trois-RivièresUNUN5,27859.69%1,71319.37%87.91%3,5655,2788,843
Vaudreuil-Soulanges*New*Lib2,93356.01%71013.56%85.33%2,9332,223815,237
Westmount–Saint-Georges*New*Lib5,38576.25%4,13558.55%64.97%5,3854271,250
Gilbert Layton was previously elected in Montréal–Saint-Georges under the UN banner7,062
WolfeUNLib2,03552.56%1985.11%87.47%2,0351,8373,872
YamaskaUNUN2,08954.97%3789.95%87.32%1,7112,0893,800

: = open seat : = turnout is above provincial average : = winning candidate was in previous Legislature : = incumbent had switched allegiance : = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature : = incumbency arose from byelection gain : = previously incumbent in another riding : = other incumbents renominated : = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada : = multiple candidates

Analysis

Party in 1st placeParty in 2nd placeTotalLibUNIndCCFI-Con
6511168
1414
11
11
11
Total166611185
PartiesAcclaimed1st2nd3rd4th5thTotal
1681685
1466484
11125
11
11
123
11
523156
123
11
11
213
123
11
SourcePartyTotal
align="center"**Lib**align="center"**UN**align="center"**Con**
Seats retainedIncumbents returned6
Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance1
Byelection loss reversed - previous incumbent returned1
Byelection loss reversed - new MLA elected1
Seats changing handsIncumbents defeated - previous incumbent returned10
Incumbents defeated - new MLAs elected25
Open seats gained - previous incumbent returned3
Open seats gained - new MLAs elected9
Acclamation - previous incumbent returned1
Incumbent changed allegiance1
New ridingsIncumbent returned in new seat3
New MLA elected6
**Total**6814

References

References

  1. ''An Act respecting the electoral districts of the Province'', S.Q. 1939, c. 7.
  2. Drouilly, Pierre. (December 4, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1939". Atlas des élections au Québec.
  3. . ["Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription"](https://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/patrimoine/depcir/index.html). *[[National Assembly of Quebec]]*.
  4. . (October 26, 1939). ["Results by Ridings Outside City; Figures for Ridings on Island"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qb4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rZgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1566%2C1081159). *[[Montreal Gazette]]*.
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