1931 Quebec general election
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox election The 1931 Quebec general election was held on August 24, 1931, 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 Camillien Houde.
It was the third general election victory in a row for Taschereau, who had held office since 1920.
Redistribution of ridings
An Act passed in 1930<ref>An Act to amend the Revised Statutes, 1925, respecting the creation of new electoral districts, S.Q. 1930, c. 15.</ref> increased the number of MLAs from 85 to 90 through the following changes:
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Campaign
The Liberals and Conservatives contested all 90 ridings, with 74 being two-way contests, and the remainder were three-way affairs.
| Candidates | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Lib | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Ind-G | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Con-G | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Con | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Lab-Opp | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Ind-Opp | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Ind-Lib | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Ind-Con | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Ind | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Lab | Total |
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| 2 | 74 | 74 | 148 | ||||||||
| 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 48 |
| Total | 90 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 196 |
Aftermath
The Conservatives initiated proceedings to attempt to quash up to 63 of the Liberal wins.Template:Sfn In one of the hearings, Houde confessed that he had personally furnished $60,000 towards the effort, but did not disclose where he had gotten the funds from.Template:Sfn In response, the Taschereau government passed the "Dillon Act",<ref>Template:Cite canlaw</ref> which retroactively amended the laws governing the contesting of controverted elections, thus effectively gutting the ongoing actions.Template:Sfn When the Union Nationale subsequently gained power after the 1936 election, one of its first measures was to repeal this Act and restore the law to what it was before its passage.<ref>Template:Cite canlaw</ref>
Results
This was the last election in which a candidate campaigned in multiple ridings. Camillien Houde was nominated in both Montréal–Saint-Jacques and Montréal–Sainte-Marie, and he lost both contests.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Template:Election table<ref name="EQdata">Template:Cite web</ref> |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1927 !1931 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- |rowspan="4" Template:Canadian party colour| |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Government candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Louis-Alexandre Taschereau |90 |74 |79 |5Template:Increase |268,732 |80,045Template:Increase |54.88 |4.46Template:Decrease |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |2 |– |– |– |2,787 |1,422Template:Increase |0.57 |0.14Template:Increase |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |711 |Template:N/a |0.15 |Template:N/a |- |rowspan="4" Template:Canadian party colour| |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Opposition candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Camillien Houde |90 |9 |11 |2Template:Increase |213,223 |104,118Template:Increase |43.54 |9.23Template:Increase |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |2 |1 |– |1Template:Decrease |1,683 |2,749Template:Decrease |0.34 |1.05Template:Decrease |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |106 |2,579Template:Decrease |0.02 |0.82Template:Decrease |- |rowspan="5" Template:Canadian party colour| |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |2 |1 |– |1Template:Decrease |1,065 |8,280Template:Decrease |0.22 |2.72Template:Decrease |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |4 |– |– |– |584 |Template:N/a |0.12 |Template:N/a |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |2 |– |– |– |481 |1,861Template:Decrease |0.10 |0.64Template:Decrease |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|– |2 |– |– |– |323 |Template:N/a |0.06 |Template:N/a |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 196 | 85 ! " colspan="2"| 90 ! " colspan="2"| 489,695 ! " colspan="2"| 100% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 4,190 | 1,347Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 493,885 | 173,081Template:Increase | 77.01 | 14.10Template:Increase |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 641,324 | 131,389Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamation | – | 12Template:Decrease | colspan="4"| |}
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Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Turnout <ref group=a>including spoilt ballots</ref> |
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| Name | 1927 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Lib | Con | Template:Abbr | Template:Abbr | Template:Abbr | Total | |||
| Abitibi | Lib | Lib | 2,685 | 63.42% | 1,309 | 30.92% | 76.12% | 2,685 | 1,376 | – | – | 173 | 4,234 | ||
| Argenteuil | Lib | Lib | 2,130 | 55.70% | 436 | 11.40% | 80.43% | 2,130 | 1,694 | – | – | – | 3,824 | ||
| Arthabaska | Lib | Lib | 3,590 | 68.79% | 1,961 | 37.57% | 84.86% | 3,590 | 1,629 | – | – | – | 5,219 | ||
| Bagot | Lib | Lib | 1,878 | 52.96% | 210 | 5.92% | 89.07% | 1,878 | 1,668 | – | – | – | 3,546 | ||
| Beauce | Lib | Lib | 3,847 | 53.77% | 1,250 | 17.47% | 82.82% | 3,847 | 2,597 | 711 | – | – | 7,155 | ||
| Beauharnois | Lib | Lib | 2,311 | 51.65% | 148 | 3.31% | 82.58% | 2,311 | 2,163 | – | – | – | 4,474 | ||
| Bellechasse | Lib | Lib | 2,839 | 67.82% | 1,492 | 35.64% | 84.44% | 2,839 | 1,347 | – | – | – | 4,186 | ||
| Berthier | Lib | Lib | 2,479 | 57.45% | 643 | 14.90% | 87.94% | 2,479 | 1,836 | – | – | – | 4,315 | ||
| Bonaventure | Lib | Lib | 3,933 | 58.91% | 1,190 | 17.83% | 91.58% | 3,933 | 2,743 | – | – | – | 6,676 | ||
| Brome | Lib | Lib | 1,472 | 50.43% | 25 | 0.86% | 84.52% | 1,472 | 1,447 | – | – | – | 2,919 | ||
| Chambly | Lib | Con | 2,834 | 55.72% | 582 | 11.44% | 73.15% | 2,252 | 2,834 | – | – | – | 5,086 | ||
| Champlain | Lib | Lib | 3,125 | 53.91% | 453 | 7.81% | 87.18% | 3,125 | 2,672 | – | – | – | 5,797 | ||
| Charlevoix—Saguenay | Lib | Lib | 4,223 | 59.29% | 1,323 | 18.57% | 81.96% | 4,223 | 2,900 | – | – | – | 7,123 | ||
| Châteauguay | Lib | Lib | 1,661 | 58.73% | 494 | 17.47% | 80.99% | 1,661 | 1,167 | – | – | – | 2,828 | ||
| Chicoutimi | Lib | Lib | 4,123 | 43.58% | 1,448 | 15.30% | 71.69% | 4,123 | 2,675 | 2,663 | – | – | 9,461 | ||
| Compton | Lib | Lib | 2,658 | 54.84% | 469 | 9.68% | 83.63% | 2,658 | 2,189 | – | – | – | 4,847 | ||
| Deux-Montagnes | Con | Con | 1,645 | 51.52% | 97 | 3.04% | 91.54% | 1,548 | 1,645 | – | – | – | 3,193 | ||
| Dorchester | Lib | Lib | 3,253 | 55.67% | 663 | 11.35% | 85.53% | 3,253 | 2,590 | – | – | – | 5,843 | ||
| Drummond | Lib | Lib | 2,848 | 56.28% | 636 | 12.57% | 82.06% | 2,848 | 2,212 | – | – | – | 5,060 | ||
| Frontenac | Lib | Lib | 2,687 | 60.57% | 938 | 21.15% | 84.94% | 2,687 | 1,749 | – | – | – | 4,436 | ||
| Gaspé-Nord | New | Lib | 1,330 | 60.40% | 458 | 20.80% | 88.72% | 1,330 | 872 | – | – | – | 2,202 | ||
| Gaspé-Sud | New | Lib | 2,744 | 55.80% | 570 | 11.59% | 86.33% | 2,744 | 2,174 | – | – | – | 4,918 | ||
| Gatineau | New | Lib | 2,906 | 54.87% | 759 | 14.33% | 79.80% | 2,906 | 2,147 | – | – | 243 | 5,296 | ||
| Hull | Con | Con | 3,491 | 60.84% | 1,244 | 21.68% | 63.95% | 2,247 | 3,491 | – | – | – | 5,738 | ||
| Huntingdon | Lib | Con | 1,361 | 53.29% | 168 | 6.58% | 81.54% | 1,193 | 1,361 | – | – | – | 2,554 | ||
| Iberville | Lib | Lib | 1,303 | 71.16% | 775 | 42.33% | 79.02% | 1,303 | 528 | – | – | – | 1,831 | ||
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Lib | Lib | 769 | 50.26% | 8 | 0.52% | 80.88% | 769 | 761 | – | – | – | 1,530 | ||
| Jacques-Cartier | Lib | Lib | 4,147 | 51.34% | 216 | 2.67% | 77.62% | 4,147 | 3,931 | – | – | – | 8,078 | ||
| Joliette | Lib | Lib | 3,089 | 54.70% | 531 | 9.40% | 88.46% | 3,089 | 2,558 | – | – | – | 5,647 | ||
| Kamouraska | Lib | Lib | 2,630 | 59.44% | 835 | 18.87% | 82.21% | 2,630 | 1,795 | – | – | – | 4,425 | ||
| L'Assomption | Lib | Lib | 1,801 | 61.20% | 783 | 26.61% | 75.15% | 1,801 | 1,018 | 124 | – | – | 2,943 | ||
| L'Islet | Lib | Lib | 2,131 | 60.40% | 734 | 20.80% | 78.91% | 2,131 | 1,397 | – | – | – | 3,528 | ||
| Labelle | Lib | Lib | 1,902 | 57.92% | 520 | 15.83% | 72.28% | 1,902 | 1,382 | – | – | – | 3,284 | ||
| Lac-Saint-Jean | Lib | Lib | 2,055 | 52.75% | 214 | 5.49% | 80.84% | 2,055 | 1,841 | – | – | – | 3,896 | ||
| Laval | Con | Lib | 8,696 | 52.39% | 792 | 4.77% | 72.43% | 8,696 | 7,904 | – | – | – | 16,600 | ||
| Laviolette | New | Lib | 3,010 | 56.11% | 656 | 12.23% | 81.96% | 3,010 | 2,354 | – | – | – | 5,364 | ||
| Lévis | Lib | Lib | 3,595 | 53.04% | 412 | 6.08% | 86.43% | 3,595 | 3,183 | – | – | – | 6,778 | ||
| Lotbinière | Lib | Lib | 2,955 | 67.24% | 1,515 | 34.47% | 81.85% | 2,955 | 1,440 | – | – | – | 4,395 | ||
| Maisonneuve | Lab | Lib | 7,538 | 49.67% | 1,530 | 10.08% | 68.38% | 7,538 | 6,008 | – | 1,630 | – | 15,176 | ||
| Maskinongé | Lib | Lib | 1,912 | 61.24% | 702 | 22.49% | 81.47% | 1,912 | 1,210 | – | – | – | 3,122 | ||
| Matane | Lib | Lib | 2,592 | 55.86% | 544 | 11.72% | 83.98% | 2,592 | 2,048 | – | – | – | 4,640 | ||
| Matapédia | Lib | Lib | 2,813 | 62.57% | 1,130 | 25.13% | 79.83% | 2,813 | 1,683 | – | – | – | 4,496 | ||
| Mégantic | Lib | Lib | 4,060 | 63.09% | 1,685 | 26.18% | 79.93% | 4,060 | 2,375 | – | – | – | 6,435 | ||
| Missisquoi | Lib | Lib | 2,141 | 54.83% | 377 | 9.65% | 78.93% | 2,141 | 1,764 | – | – | – | 3,905 | ||
| Montcalm | Lib | Lib | 1,765 | 56.07% | 382 | 12.13% | 91.29% | 1,765 | 1,383 | – | – | – | 3,148 | ||
| Montmagny | Lib | Lib | 2,101 | 57.45% | 545 | 14.90% | 78.94% | 2,101 | 1,556 | – | – | – | 3,657 | ||
| Montmorency | Lib | Lib | 1,949 | 58.25% | 581 | 17.36% | 89.28% | 1,949 | 1,368 | – | – | 29 | 3,346 | ||
| Montréal-Dorion | Con | Lib | 4,831 | 52.80% | 512 | 5.60% | 70.50% | 4,831 | 4,319 | – | – | – | 9,150 | ||
| Montréal-Laurier | Lib | Lib | 3,565 | 58.25% | 1,426 | 23.30% | 61.85% | 3,565 | 2,139 | – | – | 416 | 6,120 | ||
| Montréal-Mercier | Lib | Lib | 9,513 | 59.45% | 3,202 | 20.01% | 69.44% | 9,513 | 6,311 | – | – | 177 | 16,001 | ||
| Montréal–Saint-Georges | Con | Con | 1,553 | 51.37% | 83 | 2.75% | 55.27% | 1,470 | 1,553 | – | – | – | 3,023 | ||
| Montréal–Saint-Henri | Lib | Lib | 3,956 | 59.91% | 1,455 | 22.04% | 74.77% | 3,956 | 2,501 | – | – | 146 | 6,603 | ||
| Montreal–Saint-Jacques<ref name="Houde" group=a>Camillien Houde stood for reelection in Montréal–Sainte-Marie, and also campaigned in Montreal–Saint-Jacques</ref> | Lib | Lib | 3,583 | 56.34% | 806 | 12.67% | 73.83% | 3,583 | 2,777 | – | – | – | 6,360 | ||
| Montréal–Saint-Laurent | Lib | Lib | 2,635 | 68.98% | 1,450 | 37.96% | 83.41% | 2,635 | 1,185 | – | – | – | 3,820 | ||
| Montréal–Saint-Louis | Lib | Lib | 2,789 | 78.21% | 2,077 | 58.24% | 62.08% | 2,789 | 712 | – | – | 65 | 3,566 | ||
| Montreal–Sainte-Anne | Lib | Lib | 2,069 | 54.38% | 683 | 17.95% | 70.89% | 2,069 | 1,386 | – | – | 350 | 3,805 | ||
| Montréal–Sainte-Marie<ref name="Houde" group=a/> | Lib | Lib | 4,989 | 52.43% | 515 | 5.41% | 74.10% | 4,989 | 4,474 | – | 53 | – | 9,516 | ||
| Montréal-Verdun | Con | Con | 7,074 | 51.12% | 1,132 | 8.18% | 64.60% | 5,942 | 7,074 | – | – | 822 | 13,838 | ||
| Napierville-Laprairie | Lib | Lib | 2,337 | 58.67% | 691 | 17.35% | 86.81% | 2,337 | 1,646 | – | – | – | 3,983 | ||
| Nicolet | Lib | Lib | 3,316 | 57.91% | 1,012 | 17.67% | 80.86% | 3,316 | 2,304 | – | 106 | – | 5,726 | ||
| Papineau | Lib | Lib | 3,554 | 56.43% | 810 | 12.86% | 79.55% | 3,554 | 2,744 | – | – | – | 6,298 | ||
| Pontiac | Lib | Lib | 2,164 | 52.44% | 201 | 4.87% | 75.40% | 2,164 | 1,963 | – | – | – | 4,127 | ||
| Portneuf | Lib | Lib | 3,746 | 52.14% | 308 | 4.29% | 84.80% | 3,746 | 3,438 | – | – | – | 7,184 | ||
| Québec-Centre | Lib | Lib | 3,522 | 54.95% | 635 | 9.91% | 76.59% | 3,522 | 2,887 | – | – | – | 6,409 | ||
| Québec-Comté | Lib | Lib | 3,747 | 54.66% | 639 | 9.32% | 92.20% | 3,747 | 3,108 | – | – | – | 6,855 | ||
| Québec-Est | Lib | Lib | 5,021 | 57.67% | 1,336 | 15.35% | 81.55% | 5,021 | 3,685 | – | – | – | 8,706 | ||
| Québec-Ouest | Lib | Lib | 1,641 | 52.82% | 175 | 5.63% | 80.82% | 1,641 | 1,466 | – | – | – | 3,107 | ||
| Richelieu | Lib | Lib | 2,685 | 55.13% | 532 | 10.92% | 87.51% | 2,685 | 2,153 | – | – | 32 | 4,870 | ||
| Richmond | Lib | Lib | 2,915 | 59.81% | 956 | 19.61% | 79.93% | 2,915 | 1,959 | – | – | – | 4,874 | ||
| Rimouski | Lib | Lib | 2,455 | 52.25% | 211 | 4.49% | 87.80% | 2,455 | 2,244 | – | – | – | 4,699 | ||
| Rivière-du-Loup | New | Lib | 3,777 | 64.29% | 1,679 | 28.58% | 81.64% | 3,777 | 2,098 | – | – | – | 5,875 | ||
| Roberval | New | Lib | 2,732 | 52.89% | 299 | 5.79% | 88.00% | 2,732 | 2,433 | – | – | – | 5,165 | ||
| Rouville | Lib | Con | 1,562 | 50.23% | 14 | 0.45% | 88.06% | 1,548 | 1,562 | – | – | – | 3,110 | ||
| Saint-Hyacinthe | Lib | Lib | 3,115 | 58.78% | 931 | 17.57% | 86.85% | 3,115 | 2,184 | – | – | – | 5,299 | ||
| Saint-Jean | Lib | Lib | 2,387 | 74.02% | 1,549 | 48.03% | 74.72% | 2,387 | 838 | – | – | – | 3,225 | ||
| Saint-Maurice | Lib | Lib | 3,571 | 57.36% | 916 | 14.71% | 82.38% | 3,571 | 2,655 | – | – | – | 6,226 | ||
| Saint-Sauveur | Lib | Con | 3,911 | 50.16% | 25 | 0.32% | 85.89% | 3,886 | 3,911 | – | – | – | 7,797 | ||
| Shefford | Lib | Lib | 2,989 | 52.94% | 332 | 5.88% | 83.21% | 2,989 | 2,657 | – | – | – | 5,646 | ||
| Sherbrooke | Con | Lib | 4,114 | 52.51% | 394 | 5.03% | 76.69% | 4,114 | 3,720 | – | – | – | 7,834 | ||
| Soulanges | Lib | Lib | 1,120 | 58.89% | 338 | 17.77% | 82.09% | 1,120 | 782 | – | – | – | 1,902 | ||
| Stanstead | Lib | Lib | 2,907 | 58.59% | 852 | 17.17% | 80.69% | 2,907 | 2,055 | – | – | – | 4,962 | ||
| Témiscamingue | Lib | Lib | 2,062 | 60.13% | 695 | 20.27% | 77.71% | 2,062 | 1,367 | – | – | – | 3,429 | ||
| Témiscouata | Lib | Lib | 1,671 | 52.45% | 156 | 4.90% | 87.57% | 1,671 | 1,515 | – | – | – | 3,186 | ||
| Terrebonne | Lib | Lib | 4,749 | 65.97% | 2,299 | 31.93% | 81.15% | 4,749 | 2,450 | – | – | – | 7,199 | ||
| Trois-Rivières | Con | Con | 3,812 | 50.27% | 41 | 0.54% | 82.96% | 3,771 | 3,812 | – | – | – | 7,583 | ||
| Vaudreuil | Lib | Lib | 1,385 | 55.22% | 262 | 10.45% | 83.83% | 1,385 | 1,123 | – | – | – | 2,508 | ||
| Verchères | Lib | Lib | 1,623 | 60.04% | 543 | 20.09% | 88.51% | 1,623 | 1,080 | – | – | – | 2,703 | ||
| Westmount | Con | Con | 8,944 | 67.52% | 4,642 | 35.04% | 45.04% | 4,302 | 8,944 | – | – | – | 13,246 | ||
| Wolfe | Lib | Lib | 1,907 | 57.06% | 472 | 14.12% | 85.04% | 1,907 | 1,435 | – | – | – | 3,342 | ||
| Yamaska | Lib | Con | 1,909 | 52.10% | 154 | 4.20% | 88.35% | 1,755 | 1,909 | – | – | – | 3,664 | ||
- Template:Color box = open seat
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- Template:Color box = incumbent had switched allegiance
- Template:Color box = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
- Template:Color box = incumbency arose from byelection gain
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Analysis
None of the third parties achieved a 1st- or 2nd-place result.
| Source | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Lib | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Con | Total | ||
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 56 | 6 | 62 |
| Open seats held | 12 | 12 | ||
| Byelection loss reversed | 1 | 1 | ||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Open seats gained | 2 | 2 | ||
| Byelection gain held | 1 | 1 | ||
| New ridings | Incumbent returned in new seat | 2 | 2 | |
| New MLAs elected | 4 | 4 | ||
| Total | 79 | 11 | 90 | |
See also
- List of Quebec premiers
- Politics of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
- List of Quebec political parties
- 18th Legislative Assembly of Quebec