1952 Quebec general election

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The 1952 Quebec general election was held on July 16, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Template:Lang, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Georges-Émile Lapalme.

This was the fourth time (and the third in a row) that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory.

The number of seats won by the Liberals, and their share of the popular vote, were considerably increased over the previous election in 1948.

Campaign

Thérèse Casgrain became the first female leader of a Quebec political party, heading the CCF.

Of the 92 races, 56 were two-way contests between the two major parties:

Riding contests, by number of candidates (1952)<ref name="EQdata"/>
Candidates Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |UN Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Lib Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |CCF Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |I-UN Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |I-Lib Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Ind Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Lab-Pr Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Lbr PN Total
2 56 56 112
3 23 24 11 8 2 2 1 1 72
4 8 8 8 2 2 2 2 32
5 4 4 4 4 2 2 20
Total 91 92 23 10 8 4 4 3 1 236

Outcome

Henri Groulx (Montréal-Outremont) was the first candidate to learn that he had been reelected, but he died within an hour of hearing the news.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Georges-Émile Lapalme, who had lost his campaign to take Joliette,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> would subsequently win the Outremont byelection held on July 9, 1953.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

There were two notable results that arose from the election:

  • From 1952 until the 1966 election, Frank Hanley (Montréal–Sainte-Anne) would be the only candidate outside the UN and Liberals to win a seat in the Legislature.
  • For the first time since the 1936 election, no party other than the UN and the Liberals received more than 1% of the popular vote. This would continue until 1966.

Results

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 !1948 !1952 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Maurice Duplessis | 91 || 82 || 68 || 14Template:Decrease || 847,983 ||72,236Template:Increase || 50.50% || 0.75Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Georges-Émile Lapalme | 92 || 8 || 23 || 15Template:Increase || 768,539 ||221,061Template:Increase || 45.77% || 9.61Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Thérèse Casgrain | 23 || – || – || – || 16,039 ||7,023Template:Increase || 0.96% || 0.36Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|did not campaign |- |rowspan="7" Template:Canadian party colour|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|  | 4 || 2 || 1 || 1Template:Decrease || 13,846 || 10,110Template:Decrease || 0.82% || 0.76Template:Decrease |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | 10 || – || – || – || 13,197 ||4,548Template:Increase || 0.79% || 0.22Template:Increase |- |style="text-align:left;" |Parti National<ref group=a>contested by René Chaloult (Québec-Comté), who had previously won as an Independent in 1948. This was the only riding in which the UN did not field a candidate but Léopold Larochelle did campaign as an Independent Unionist.</ref> |style="text-align:left;"| | 1 || – || – || – || 9,734 ||New || 0.58% ||New |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | 8 || – || – || – || 4,966 ||1,998Template:Increase || 0.30% || 0.10Template:Increase |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | 4 || – || – || – || 3,932 || 967Template:Decrease || 0.23% || 0.09Template:Decrease |- |style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"| | 3 || – || – || – || 1,027 || 71Template:Decrease || 0.06% || 0.01Template:Decrease |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 236 | 92 ! " colspan="2"| 92 ! " colspan="2"| 1,679,263 ! " colspan="2"| 100% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 25,648 | 7,720Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 1,704,911 | 173,012Template:Increase | 75.88 | 0.66Template:Increase |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors | 2,246,998 | 210,422Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |} Template:Reflist

Vote and seat summaries

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Seats and popular vote by party
Party Seats Votes Change (pp)
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Synopsis of results

Results by riding - 1952 Quebec general election<ref name="EQdata"/><ref name="MNAdata">Template:Cite web</ref>
Riding Winning party Turnout
<ref group=a>including spoilt ballots</ref> 		Votes
Name 1948 Party Votes Share Margin
# 		Margin
% 		UN Lib CCF Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Total
 
Abitibi-Est UN UN 12,497 57.01% 3,074 14.02% 77.64% 12,497 9,423 – – – – – – – 21,920
Abitibi-Ouest UN UN 6,713 55.15% 1,254 10.30% 87.83% 6,713 5,459 – – – – – – – 12,172
Argenteuil UN UN 8,248 67.92% 4,352 35.84% 83.18% 8,248 3,896 – – – – – – – 12,144
Arthabaska UN UN 9,003 53.31% 1,119 6.63% 91.17% 9,003 7,884 – – – – – – – 16,887
Bagot UN UN 5,126 57.78% 1,381 15.57% 89.35% 5,126 3,745 – – – – – – – 8,871
Beauce UN UN 12,939 58.21% 3,649 16.42% 88.09% 12,939 9,290 – – – – – – – 22,229
Beauharnois UN UN 10,968 61.25% 4,030 22.51% 82.95% 10,968 6,938 – – – – – – – 17,906
Bellechasse UN UN 5,814 54.65% 989 9.30% 81.31% 5,814 4,825 – – – – – – – 10,639
Berthier UN UN 6,225 51.14% 277 2.28% 89.17% 6,225 5,948 – – – – – – – 12,173
Bonaventure UN UN 8,875 52.14% 730 4.29% 87.00% 8,875 8,145 – – – – – – – 17,020
Brome UN UN 3,982 60.57% 1,550 23.58% 83.84% 3,982 2,432 160 – – – – – – 6,574
Chambly UN UN 18,486 56.54% 5,120 15.66% 74.16% 18,486 13,366 846 – – – – – – 32,698
Champlain UN UN 11,634 59.94% 3,860 19.89% 88.79% 11,634 7,774 – – – – – – – 19,408
Charlevoix UN UN 7,454 62.64% 3,133 26.33% 83.20% 7,454 4,321 – – – 125 – – – 11,900
Châteauguay UN UN 4,691 53.70% 647 7.41% 84.19% 4,691 4,044 – – – – – – – 8,735
Chicoutimi UN UN 29,572 65.66% 14,106 31.32% 83.35% 29,572 15,466 – – – – – – – 45,038
Compton UN UN 6,349 59.58% 2,140 20.08% 83.85% 6,349 4,209 98 – – – – – – 10,656
Deux-Montagnes UN UN 7,257 74.97% 4,991 51.56% 81.47% 7,257 2,266 157 – – – – – – 9,680
Dorchester UN UN 9,764 61.92% 3,758 23.83% 85.58% 9,764 6,006 – – – – – – – 15,770
Drummond UN Lib 11,873 50.25% 118 0.50% 88.97% 11,755 11,873 – – – – – – – 23,628
Frontenac UN Lib 6,464 51.13% 286 2.26% 91.07% 6,178 6,464 – – – – – – – 12,642
Gaspé-Nord Lib UN 4,364 52.45% 438 5.26% 89.43% 4,364 3,926 – – – 30 – – – 8,320
Gaspé-Sud UN UN 8,473 61.41% 3,148 22.81% 84.66% 8,473 5,325 – – – – – – – 13,798
Gatineau UN UN 8,268 60.04% 3,251 23.61% 77.36% 8,268 5,017 – – – 486 – – – 13,771
Hull UN UN 12,354 60.73% 5,043 24.79% 79.08% 12,354 7,311 679 – – – – – – 20,344
Huntingdon UN UN 3,162 52.11% 256 4.22% 82.87% 3,162 2,906 – – – – – – – 6,068
Iberville UN UN 3,597 58.49% 1,044 16.98% 85.98% 3,597 2,553 – – – – – – – 6,150
Îles-de-la-Madeleine UN UN 2,463 57.99% 679 15.99% 89.86% 2,463 1,784 – – – – – – – 4,247
Jacques-Cartier Lib Lib 22,847 53.70% 4,795 11.27% 68.73% 18,052 22,847 1,645 – – – – – – 42,544
Joliette UN UN 10,281 57.88% 2,799 15.76% 89.29% 10,281 7,482 – – – – – – – 17,763
Kamouraska UN UN 6,723 59.65% 2,175 19.30% 82.79% 6,723 4,548 – – – – – – – 11,271
L'Assomption UN UN 6,169 55.44% 1,211 10.88% 88.55% 6,169 4,958 – – – – – – – 11,127
L'Islet UN UN 5,718 57.10% 1,422 14.20% 85.27% 5,718 4,296 – – – – – – – 10,014
Labelle UN UN 6,394 58.97% 1,945 17.94% 87.78% 6,394 4,449 – – – – – – – 10,843
Lac-Saint-Jean UN UN 8,180 57.87% 2,385 16.87% 85.78% 8,180 5,795 – – – 161 – – – 14,136
Laval UN UN 34,656 52.40% 5,972 9.03% 66.97% 34,656 28,684 771 – – 2,031 – – – 66,142
Laviolette UN UN 9,598 52.67% 972 5.33% 82.44% 9,598 8,626 – – – – – – – 18,224
Lévis UN Lib 9,725 50.26% 99 0.51% 85.35% 9,626 9,725 – – – – – – – 19,351
Lotbinière UN UN 6,702 54.51% 1,108 9.01% 89.61% 6,702 5,594 – – – – – – – 12,296
Maisonneuve UN Lib 18,393 49.93% 672 1.82% 67.51% 17,721 18,393 723 – – – – – – 36,837
Maskinongé UN UN 5,074 53.82% 721 7.65% 92.72% 5,074 4,353 – – – – – – – 9,427
Matane UN UN 10,241 58.89% 3,093 17.79% 86.76% 10,241 7,148 – – – – – – – 17,389
Matapédia UN UN 6,797 51.16% 427 3.21% 87.46% 6,797 6,370 – 118 – – – – – 13,285
Mégantic UN UN 10,710 51.38% 577 2.77% 91.04% 10,710 10,133 – – – – – – – 20,843
Missisquoi UN UN 7,191 61.42% 2,675 22.85% 82.40% 7,191 4,516 – – – – – – – 11,707
Montcalm UN UN 4,141 52.72% 428 5.45% 88.19% 4,141 3,713 – – – – – – – 7,854
Montmagny UN UN 6,409 59.49% 2,045 18.98% 83.13% 6,409 4,364 – – – – – – – 10,773
Montmorency UN UN 5,894 60.17% 1,992 20.33% 86.92% 5,894 3,902 – – – – – – – 9,796
Montréal–Jeanne-Mance UN Lib 22,666 48.48% 2,618 5.60% 62.83% 20,048 22,666 1,849 – – 2,194 – – – 46,757
Montréal-Laurier UN UN 14,595 49.67% 1,791 6.10% 67.20% 14,595 12,804 436 – – – 1,549 – – 29,384
Montréal-Mercier UN UN 16,280 51.88% 3,211 10.23% 64.15% 16,280 13,069 1,044 – – – 986 – – 31,379
Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Lib Lib 18,489 64.83% 11,516 40.38% 47.80% 6,973 18,489 634 2,066 – – 359 – – 28,521
Montréal-Outremont Lib Lib 18,794 61.01% 8,482 27.53% 51.62% 10,312 18,794 581 – – – – 1,119 – 30,806
Montréal–Saint-Henri UN Lib 19,254 56.01% 5,153 14.99% 72.54% 14,101 19,254 562 – – – – – 460 34,377
Montréal–Saint-Jacques UN UN 11,049 54.08% 2,178 10.66% 60.43% 11,049 8,871 230 – – – – 282 – 20,432
Montréal–Saint-Louis Lib Lib 15,226 50.36% 3,759 12.43% 50.94% 11,467 15,226 526 – – – 707 2,311 – 30,237
Montréal–Sainte-Anne Ind Ind 11,210 62.87% 5,621 31.52% 55.29% 410 5,589 445 11,210 – – 177 – – 17,831
Montréal–Sainte-Marie UN Lib 15,019 50.90% 1,773 6.01% 66.85% 13,246 15,019 218 – – – 806 220 – 29,509
Montréal-Verdun Lib Lib 17,219 62.17% 10,040 36.25% 61.09% 7,179 17,219 2,857 – – – – – 443 27,698
Napierville-Laprairie UN UN 7,094 57.29% 1,806 14.59% 88.47% 7,094 5,288 – – – – – – – 12,382
Nicolet UN UN 7,191 50.86% 242 1.71% 85.60% 7,191 6,949 – – – – – – – 14,140
Papineau UN UN 11,707 64.97% 5,794 32.15% 84.33% 11,707 5,913 400 – – – – – – 18,020
Pontiac UN UN 5,792 61.22% 2,247 23.75% 83.90% 5,792 3,545 124 – – – – – – 9,461
Portneuf UN UN 10,665 52.90% 1,676 8.31% 85.94% 10,665 8,989 – – – 508 – – – 20,162
Québec-Centre UN UN 9,593 54.50% 1,585 9.01% 76.09% 9,593 8,008 – – – – – – – 17,601
Québec-Comté Ind Lib 11,230 39.67% 1,496 5.28% 83.11% – 11,230 – – 9,734 7,344 – – – 28,308
Québec-Est UN Lib 15,778 51.12% 860 2.79% 81.22% 14,918 15,778 – – – – 167 – – 30,863
Québec-Ouest UN Lib 8,787 50.53% 183 1.05% 79.16% 8,604 8,787 – – – – – – – 17,391
Richelieu UN Lib 8,751 52.88% 954 5.77% 89.91% 7,797 8,751 – – – – – – – 16,548
Richmond UN Lib 8,156 51.07% 341 2.14% 87.33% 7,815 8,156 – – – – – – – 15,971
Rimouski UN UN 9,210 52.05% 981 5.54% 83.69% 9,210 8,229 – – – 256 – – – 17,695
Rivière-du-Loup UN UN 8,689 51.15% 453 2.67% 89.38% 8,689 8,236 – – – 62 – – – 16,987
Roberval UN UN 11,478 59.24% 3,579 18.47% 87.64% 11,478 7,899 – – – – – – – 19,377
Rouville UN UN 5,263 58.77% 1,571 17.54% 81.70% 5,263 3,692 – – – – – – – 8,955
Rouyn-Noranda UN UN 6,998 52.55% 678 5.09% 79.08% 6,998 6,320 – – – – – – – 13,318
Saguenay UN UN 8,977 62.55% 4,054 28.25% 75.34% 8,977 4,923 – 452 – – – – – 14,352
Saint-Hyacinthe UN UN 9,542 55.15% 1,783 10.31% 78.19% 9,542 7,759 – – – – – – – 17,301
Saint-Jean UN UN 7,901 60.64% 2,772 21.27% 83.44% 7,901 5,129 – – – – – – – 13,030
Saint-Maurice UN Lib 14,489 57.91% 3,960 15.83% 87.70% 10,529 14,489 – – – – – – – 25,018
Saint-Sauveur UN UN 12,877 57.02% 3,293 14.58% 85.54% 12,877 9,584 – – – – – – 124 22,585
Shefford UN Lib 9,792 50.59% 230 1.19% 83.05% 9,562 9,792 – – – – – – – 19,354
Sherbrooke UN UN 14,905 55.77% 3,480 13.02% 74.15% 14,905 11,425 395 – – – – – – 26,725
Stanstead UN UN 7,047 50.32% 91 0.65% 75.60% 7,047 6,956 – – – – – – – 14,003
Témiscamingue UN Lib 4,284 52.72% 442 5.44% 85.17% 3,842 4,284 – – – – – – – 8,126
Témiscouata UN UN 5,776 52.92% 638 5.85% 86.65% 5,776 5,138 – – – – – – – 10,914
Terrebonne UN UN 17,763 55.91% 3,970 12.50% 85.41% 17,763 13,793 – – – – 215 – – 31,771
Trois-Rivières UN UN 15,493 60.64% 5,435 21.27% 90.65% 15,493 10,058 – – – – – – – 25,551
Vaudreuil-Soulanges UN UN 7,235 55.44% 1,420 10.88% 83.14% 7,235 5,815 – – – – – – – 13,050
Verchères Lib Lib 4,673 53.97% 688 7.95% 88.13% 3,985 4,673 – – – – – – – 8,658
Westmount–Saint-Georges Lib Lib 12,455 75.99% 9,179 56.00% 46.48% 3,276 12,455 659 – – – – – – 16,390
Wolfe UN Lib 3,995 50.42% 66 0.83% 92.33% 3,929 3,995 – – – – – – – 7,924
Yamaska UN UN 4,382 59.29% 1,373 18.58% 88.59% 4,382 3,009 – – – – – – – 7,391

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Analysis

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Party candidates in 2nd place<ref name="EQdata"/>
Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place Total
UN Lib Nat
68 68
22 1 23
1 1
Total 22 69 1 92
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party<ref name="EQdata"/>
Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
Template:Canadian party colour 68 22 1 91
Template:Canadian party colour 23 69 92
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Template:Canadian party colour 10 10
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Resulting composition of the 24th Quebec Legislative Assembly<ref name="MNAdata"/>
Source Party
Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |UN Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Lib Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Ind Total
Seats retained Incumbents returned 62 7 1 70
Open seats held 5 5
Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 1 16 17
Total 68 23 1 92

See also

References

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