1927 Quebec general election
May 16, 1927
85 seats in the 17th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
43 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Arthur Sauvé
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since 1920 1915
Leader's seat Montmorency Deux-Montagnes
Last election 64 seats, 51.52% 20 seats, 39.32%
Seats won 74 9
Seat change Increase10 Decrease11
Popular vote 188,687 109,105
Percentage 59.33% 34.31%
Swing Increase7.81pp Decrease5.01pp
Premier before election

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Liberal

 Premier after election

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Liberal

The 1927 Quebec general election was held on May 16, 1927, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé.

It was the second general election victory in a row for Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, who had held office since 1920.

Results

Twelve Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation, including one on the Island of Montreal.[1] Taschereau himself was acclaimed in Montmorency, because of the alleged technical rejection of the Conservative candidate Lucien Drolet's nomination papers. Drolet would later sue the returning officer over this.[2]

The Liberals won back six of the Montreal seats they had lost in 1923.[1] There was a controversy in Montréal–Saint-Louis, where the Conservative candidate Louis Fitch claimed that he had been subject to false arrest on Election Day.[3]

Polling was deferred to May 23 in Gaspé.[3] This was because weather conditions caused the closure of many roads in the area.[4]

[5]

Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1927)
Political party Party leader MPPs Votes
Candidates 1923 1927 ± # ± % ± (pp)
  Government candidates
█ Liberal Louis-Alexandre Taschereau 85 64 74 10Increase 188,687 38,957Increase 59.34 7.82Increase
█ Independent – 3 – – – 1,365 New 0.43 New
  Opposition candidates
█ Conservative Arthur Sauvé 67 20 9 11Decrease 109,105 92,295Decrease 34.31 5.01Decrease
█ Liberal – – 1 – 1Decrease Did not campaign[a 1]
█ Independent – 3 – – – 2,685 2,246Decrease 0.84 0.86Decrease
█ Labour – 1 – 1 1Increase 4,432 1,993Increase 1.39 0.55Increase
  Other candidates
█ Independent-Liberal – 7 – 1 1Increase 9,345 3,759Increase 2.94 1.02Increase
█ Labour – 1 – – – 2,342 1,417Increase 0.74 0.42Increase
Total 167 85 317,961 100%
Rejected ballots 2,843 965Increase
Voter turnout 320,804 26,347Increase 62.91 0.89Increase
Registered electors (contested ridings only) 509,935 35,141Increase
Candidates returned by acclamation 12 4Increase
  1. ↑ Other allegiances not professed in 1927: Labour-Government; Independent-Conservative; Farmer-Opposition
Popular vote
PLQ
 
 59.33%
PCQ
 
 34.31%
Others
 
 6.36%
Seats summary
PLQ
 
 87.06%
PCQ
 
 10.59%
Others
 
 2.35%

See also

Further reading

  • Hopkins, J. Castell, ed. (1927). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1926–27. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.

References

  1. 1 2 Hopkins 1927, p. 355.
  2. ↑ "Une contestation dans Montmorency" [A dispute in Montmorency]. Le Progrès du Saguenay (in French). Chicoutimi. May 14, 1927. p. 1.
  3. 1 2 "Taschereau returned with a larger following". The Sherbrooke Daily Record. May 17, 1927. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "About two hundred candidates seeking seats in Legislature". Sherbrooke Daily Record. August 17, 1931. p. 1.
  5. ↑ Drouilly, Pierre (November 7, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1927". donneesquebec.ca. Atlas des élections au Québec.
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