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{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}}
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{{Infobox election
| election_name      = 1886 Quebec general election
| country            = Quebec
| type               = parliamentary
| ongoing            = no
| party_colour       = no
| party_name         = no
| previous_election  = 1881 Quebec general election
| previous_year      = 1881
| previous_mps       = 5th Quebec Legislature
| next_election      = 1890 Quebec general election
| next_year          = 1890
| elected_members    = 6th Quebec Legislature
| seats_for_election = 65 seats in the [[6th Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] <br /> 33 seats were needed for a majority
| election_date      = October 14, 1886

| image1             = Honoré Mercier.jpg
| image1_size        = 180x180px
| colour1            = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader1            = [[Honoré Mercier]]
| leader_since1      = 1883
| party1             = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}}
| leaders_seat1      = [[Bonaventure (provincial electoral district)|Bonaventure]]
| last_election1     = 15 seats, 38.97%
| seats1             = '''33'''
| seat_change1       = {{increase}}18
| popular_vote1      = 58,389
| percentage1        = 39.54%
| swing1             = {{increase}}0.57[[Percentage point|pp]]

| image2             = John Jones Ross2.jpg
| image2_size        = 180x180px
| colour2            = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|nohash}}
| leader2            = [[John Jones Ross]]
| leader_since2      = 1884
| party2             = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|name}}
| leaders_seat2      = Councillor for [[List of Members of the Legislative Council of Quebec#Shawinigan|Shawinigan]] 
| last_election2     = 49 seats, 50.38%
| seats2             = 26
| seat_change2       = {{decrease}}23
| popular_vote2      = '''68,141'''
| percentage2        = '''46.19%'''
| swing2             = {{decrease}}4.19[[Percentage point|pp]]

| map_image          =
| map_size           =
| map_caption        =
| title              = Premier
| before_election    = [[John Jones Ross]]
| before_party       = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|name}}
| after_election     = [[John Jones Ross]]{{refn|name=Designate|group=n|Following the election, John Jones Ross continued in office with a minority government. Three months later, on January 27, 1887, Honoré Mercier was sworn in as premier.}}
| posttitle          = Premier after election
| after_party        = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|name}}
}}
The '''1886 Quebec general election''' on October 14, 1886, to elect members of the [[6th Legislative Assembly of Quebec|6th Legislative Assembly]] for the Province of [[Quebec]], Canada.  The ''[[Parti National (Quebec)|Parti National]]'', a broad coalition formed and led by [[Honoré Mercier]], that included the ''[[Parti libéral du Québec]]'' and nationalist defectors from the Conservative party. The ''Parti national'' got a large boost when Liberals and dissident Conservatives rallied in reaction to the hanging of [[Louis Riel]] in 1885, for which the [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|federal Conservatives]] were held responsible by Quebec voters. The nationalists won a majority of seats against the ''[[Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)|Parti conservateur du Québec]]'', led by [[John Jones Ross]].

The Conservatives hung on in a minority government until Mercier became [[Premier (Canada)|premier]] on January 27, 1887.

The turnout was 63.96%.<ref>{{cite web |title=Élections Québec's history |url=https://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/our-institution/elections-quebecs-history/ |website=Élections Québec}}</ref>

==Results==

{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party
!rowspan="2"|Party Leader
!rowspan="2"|# of<br />candidates
!colspan="3"|Seats
!colspan="3"|Popular Vote
|-
![[1881 Quebec general election|1881]]
!Elected
!% Change
!#
!%
!% Change
{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|row-name}}
| [[Honoré Mercier]]     <!--leader-->
|align="right"|&nbsp;  <!--cand-->
|align="right"|15   <!--prev-->
!align="right"|33    <!--elected-->
|align="right"|+120%  <!--%ch.seats-->
|align="right"|58 389   <!--vote-->
|align="right"| 39.54%   <!--%vote-->
|align="right"|+0.6%   <!--%ch.votes-->
{{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|row-name}}
| [[John Jones Ross]]      <!--leader-->
|align="right"|&nbsp;   <!--cand-->
|align="right"| 49   <!--prev-->
!align="right"| 26  <!--elected-->
|align="right"| -46.9%   <!--%ch.seats-->
|align="right"|68 141   <!--vote-->
|align="right"| 46.19%   <!--%vote-->
|align="right"| -4.2%   <!--%ch.votes-->
{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row}}
|colspan=2|Independent Conservative
|align="right"|&nbsp;  <!--cand-->
|align="right"|1   <!--prev-->
!align="right"|3   <!--elected-->
|align="right"|+200%   <!--%ch.seats-->
|rowspan=3 align="right"|20 994      <!--vote-->
|rowspan=3 align="right"| 14.23%    <!--%vote-->
|rowspan=3 align="right"|+3.2%   <!--%ch.votes-->
{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row}}
|''[[Parti national]]''
| [[Honoré Mercier]]     <!--leader-->
|align="right"|&nbsp;  <!--cand-->
|align="right"|-   <!--prev-->
!align="right"|3    <!--elected-->
|align="right"|-   <!--%ch.seats-->
{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row}}
|colspan=2|Other
|align="right"|&nbsp;  <!--cand-->
|align="right"|-   <!--prev-->
!align="right"|-    <!--elected-->
|align="right"|-   <!--%ch.seats-->
|- 
|colspan="3"|'''Total'''
!align="right"|&nbsp;  <!--cand-->
|align="right"|65   <!--prev-->
!align="right"|65  <!--elected-->
!align="right"|-  <!--%ch.seats-->
!align="right"|&nbsp;   <!--vote-->
!align="right"|100%   <!--%vote-->
|align="right"|&nbsp;  <!--%ch.votes-->
|-
|}
{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|46.19}}
{{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|39.54}}
{{bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|14.23}}}}{{bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|50.77}}
{{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|40.00}}
{{bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|9.23}}}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|group=n}}

==See also==
* [[List of Quebec premiers]]
* [[Politics of Quebec]]
* [[Timeline of Quebec history]]
* [[List of political parties in Canada#Quebec|List of Quebec political parties]]
* [[6th Legislative Assembly of Quebec]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Quebec elections}}

[[Category:1886 elections in Canada|Quebec general election]]
[[Category:Elections in Quebec]]
[[Category:1886 in Quebec|General election]]
[[Category:October 1886|Quebec general election]]


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