1939 Quebec general election

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.

This was the last Quebec provincial election in which women didnt have the vote. Redistribution of ridings An Act passed before the electionAn Act respecting the electoral districts of the Province, S.Q. 1939, c. 7. reduced the number of MLAs from 90 to 86 through the following changes:

Abolished ridings New ridingsReorganization of ridingsChâteauguay Napierville-Laprairie Saint-JeanChâteauguay-Laprairie Saint-Jean–NapiervilleMontreal–Sainte-Anne Montreal–Saint-Jacques Montréal–Saint-LaurentMontreal–Sainte-Anne Montreal–Saint-JacquesMontréal–Saint-Georges WestmountMontréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Montréal-Outremont Westmount–Saint-GeorgesMontréal-Dorion Montréal-MercierMontréal–Jeanne-Mancealso absorbed part of Maisonneuve Montréal-MercierMergers of ridingsKamouraska Rivière-du-LoupKamouraska–Rivière-du-LoupRichelieu VerchèresRichelieu-VerchèresSoulanges VaudreuilVaudreuil-Soulanges

Campaign

+ Riding contests, by number of candidates (1939) CandidatesLibUNConALNNatIndCCFI-ConI-LibI-ALNI-UNLabALN-LabCommTotalAcclaimed1 1224 24 1 1 50348 48 44 2 1 1 14447 7 7 1 1 1 1 2 1 2855 5 5 2 2 2 1 2 1 25Total85 84 1 56 1 5 1 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 248

Results

|style="text-align:left;"|Adélard Godbout |85 |14 |69 |55 |301,382 |77,008 |53.50 |14.09 |- |rowspan="3" | |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Union Nationale and allies |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|Maurice Duplessis |84 |76 |14 |62 |217,413 |106,399 |38.60 |18.28 |- |style="text-align:left;" |Joseph-Philias Morin (Champlain) elected under Conservative banner but siding with the UN; joined UN caucus after election. |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |1 |1 |2,989 | |0.53

| style="background-color:#D9B2FF;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Action libérale nationale |style="text-align:left;"|Paul Gouin |56 |– |– |– |25,295 | |4.49

| style="background-color:#FF5555;" | | style="text-align:left;" |Parti nationalFormed during the 20th Legislature, when five MLAs broke from the UN. Only René Chaloult (Lotbinière) ran for re-election under the Nationalist ticket, and he declared himself as an Independent-Liberal after the election |style="text-align:left;" |– |1 |– |1 |1 |3,074 | |0.55

|rowspan="11" | |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |Camillien Houde was elected in Montréal–Sainte-Marie |style="text-align:left;"|– |5 |– |1 |1 |6,281 |5,514 |1.12 |0.99 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |2,513 |1,044 |0.45 |0.19 |- |style="text-align:left;" |Candidates oppositing the UN |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |1,679 |191 |0.30 |0.03 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |788 |8,958 |0.14 |1.57 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |617 | |0.11

|style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |469 |1,459 |0.08 |0.26 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |410 |331 |0.07 |0.06 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |228 | |0.04

|style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |159 |886 |0.03 |0.15 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |colspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|did not campaign |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 248 | 90 ! " colspan="2"| 86 ! " colspan="2"| 563,297 ! " colspan="2"| 100% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 7,334 | 2,404 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 570,631 | 3,624 | 77.00 | 0.06 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 741,131 | 5,283 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamationEdgar Rochette (Charlevoix—Saguenay), for the Liberals | 1 | 1 | colspan="4"|

Vote and seat summaries

Synopsis of results

1939 Quebec general election

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