Quebec general election, 1952

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The Quebec general election of 1952 was held on July 16, 1952 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, 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.

[edit] Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1948	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Union Nationale	Maurice Duplessis		82	68	-17.1%		50.50%	-0.7%
	Liberal	Georges-Émile Lapalme		8	23	+188%		45.77%	+9.6%
	Other1			2	1	-50%		3.73%	-9.9%
Total				92	92	-		100%

Note:

¹ including results of Union des Électeurs from previous election.

[edit] See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties

Preceded by 1948

List of Quebec general elections

Succeeded by 1956