Quebec general election, 1897

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The Quebec general election of 1897 was held on May 11, 1897 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by Félix-Gabriel Marchand, defeated the incumbent Quebec Conservative Party, led by Edmund James Flynn.

This marked the start of over 39 consecutive years in power for the Liberals. The Conservative Party never held power again in Quebec, and ceased to exist in 1936 when it merged with the Action libérale nationale to form the Union Nationale.

Marchand died in office in 1900, and was succeeded by Simon-Napoléon Parent as Liberal leader and premier.

[edit] Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1892	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	Félix-Gabriel Marchand		21	51	+143%	120,300	53.28%	+9.6%
	Conservative	Edmund James Flynn		51	23	-54.9%	98,941	43.82%	-8.6%
	Other			1	-	-100%	6,538	2.90%	-1.0%
Total				73	74	+1.4%	225,779	100%

[edit] See also

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

Preceded by 1892

List of Quebec general elections

Succeeded by 1900