Quebec general election, 1916
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The Quebec general election of 1916 was held on May 22, 1916 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Philémon Cousineau.
[edit] Results
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular Vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
| Liberal | Lomer Gouin | 85 | 63 | 75 | +19.0% | 126,266 | 60.57% | +7.0% | |
| Conservative | Philémon Cousineau | 55 | 16 | 6 | -62.5% | 73,147 | 35.09% | -7.9% | |
| Parti ouvrier | 2 | - | 1 | 9,039 | 4.34% | +0.9% | |||
| Other | 0 | 1 | - | -100% | |||||
| Total | 142 | 81 | 81 | -% | 208,452 | 100% | |||
[edit] See also
- List of Quebec premiers
- Politics of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
- List of Quebec political parties
| Preceded by 1912 |
List of Quebec general elections | Succeeded by 1919 |
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