The 1923 Quebec general election was held on February 5, 1923, to elect members of the 16th Legislative Assembly 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 first of four election victories in a row for Taschereau. However, he had held office since 1920, following the resignation of the previous premier, Lomer Gouin.
Redistribution of ridings An Act passed prior to the electionAn Act to amend the Revised Statutes, 1909, respecting the territorial division of the Province, S.Q. 1922 (2nd session), c. 13, ss. 1, 5. Although 86 electoral districts were constituted, it was previously provided in 1912 that Charlevoix and Saguenay were united for the purpose of returning one MLA only. increased the number of MLAs from 81 to 85 through the following changes:
Abolished ridings New ridingsDivisions of ridingsLabelleProtected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.Labelle PapineauTémiscamingAbitibi TémiscamingCreation of riding from parts of othersMatapédiaformed from part of MataneMontréal-Mercierformed from parts of Montréal-Dorion and Montréal-LaurierMontréal-Verdunformed from part of Jacques-CartierMerger of ridingsLaprairie NapiervilleNapierville-LaprairieChange of nameMontréal-HochelagaMontréal–Saint-Henri
Results This was the last Quebec election in which a candidate won in multiple ridings. Joseph-Édouard Perrault took both Abitibi and Arthabaska, and he would later resign from Abitibi to allow Hector Authier to be elected in a byelection later that year.
! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1919 !1923 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- |rowspan="3" | |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Government candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|Louis-Alexandre Taschereau |83 |74 |64 |10 |149,730 |82,438 |51.52 |0.39 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |2 |– |2 |5,554 |6,952 |1.91 |7.74 |- |rowspan="6" | |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Opposition candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|Arthur Sauvé |66 |5 |20 |15 |114,285 |92,295 |39.32 |22.36 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |1 |1 |3,684 | |1.27
|style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |6 |– |– |– |4,931 | |1.70
|style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |3,180 | |1.09
|style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |2,439 | |0.84
|rowspan="4" | |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |10 |– |– |– |5,586 |16,316 |1.92 |14.96 |- |style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |925 | |0.32
|style="text-align:left;" | |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |335 | |0.11
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 179 | 81 ! " colspan="2"| 85 ! " colspan="2"| 290,649 ! " colspan="2"| 100% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 3,808 | 2,360 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 294,457 | 163,273 | 62.02 | 6.91 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 474,794 | 236,742 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamation | 8 | 37 | colspan="4"|
Eight Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation:
How nominated Riding Member returnedOne candidate only Îles-de-la-Madeleine Joseph-Édouard CaronLotbinière Joseph-Napoléon FrancoeurQuébec-Comté Aurèle LeclercQuébec-Est Louis-Alfred LétourneauTwo candidates, but one withdrew Bellechasse Antonin GalipeaultGaspé Gustave LemieuxMatapédia Joseph DufourSaint-Jean Alexis Bouthillier
See also List of Quebec premiers Politics of Quebec Timeline of Quebec history List of Quebec political parties 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
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