The 1935 Quebec general election was held on November 25, 1935, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the province of

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, Canada. The incumbent

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led by

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was re-elected, defeating the ''

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'', led by

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, and the Quebec Conservative Party, led by

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. It was the fourth and final general election victory in a row for Taschereau, who had held office since 1920. He resigned less than seven months later due to a scandal. The ''Action libérale nationale'' (ALN) was a newly formed party led by the son of former Liberal premier

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. It was established by former Liberals who had become dissatisfied with the party. The ALN and Conservatives formed an alliance, the '' Union Nationale'', to contest this election. They merged after the election to become a single party, which soon became a dominant political force.

Campaign

Nominations

There were 208 candidates nominated, of which five subsequently withdrew: :* Wilfrid Bullock (Ind-Liberal, Shefford) :* Wilfrid Labelle (ALN, Iberville), thus allowing Lucien Lamoureux (Liberal) to be reelected by

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:* Roy Sasseville and René Mercier (Ind-Liberals, Gaspé-Nord) :* Arthur Arcand (Ind-Liberal,

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), in favour of

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(Liberal) All three candidates returned by acclamation were incumbents: :* Lucien Lamoureux (Lib, Iberville) :*

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(Lib,

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) :* Avila Turcotte (Lib, Richelieu)

Distribution of candidates

Controversy in Terrebonne

In Terrebonne, the election of

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was contested on the ground that the ballot papers were not printed in the form prescribed under the ''Election Act''. At the subsequent hearing, the judge ruled that all cast ballots were declared void. Immediately afterwards, the returning officer announced that, as this resulted in a 0–0 tie, he cast his deciding vote in favour of David. The returning officer's action was considered to have been without precedent anywhere in the world in countries with parliamentary-style legislatures. The Conservatives lodged an appeal, but the result was upheld by the

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in April 1936. David would become the only member of the Assembly in Quebec history to be elected on only one cast vote.

Results

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, 90 , 79 , 47 , 5 , 249,586 , 19,146 , 46.53 , 8.35 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 615 , 2,172 , 0.11 , 0.46 , - , rowspan="3" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Union Nationale alliance , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, 53 , – , 26 , 26 , 162,205 , , 30.24 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, 33 , 11 , 16 , 5 , 97,469 , 115,754 , 18.17 , 25.37 , - , rowspan="3" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Opposition candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 1,532 , , 0.29 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 94 , 12 , 0.02 , – , - , rowspan="5" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Other candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 19 , – , 1 , 1 , 21,587 , 20,522 , 4.02 , 3.80 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 2 , – , – , – , 2,238 , 1,757 , 0.42 , 0.32 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 998 , , 0.19 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 37 , 547 , – , 0.12 , - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 204 ! " colspan="3", 90 ! " colspan="2", 536,361 ! " colspan="2", 100% , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Rejected ballots , 15,232 , 11,042 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Voter turnout , 551,593 , 57,708 , 76.16 , 0.85 , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Registered electors (contested ridings only) , 724,260 , 82,936 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Candidates returned by

, 3 , 3 , colspan="4",

Synopsis of results

: = open seat : = turnout is above provincial average : = winning candidate was in previous Legislature : = incumbent had switched allegiance : = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature : = incumbency arose from byelection gain : = previously incumbent in another riding : = other incumbents renominated : = previously an MP in the

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: = multiple candidates

Analysis

References

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