The 1936 Quebec general election was held on August 17, 1936, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of

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, Canada. The '' Union Nationale'', led by

Maurice Duplessis Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, (; April 20, 1890 – September 7, 1959) byname "Le Chef" (, "The Boss"), was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 16th premier of Quebec. A Conservatism in Canada, conservative, Quebec nationalism, ...

, defeated the incumbent

Quebec Liberal Party The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; , PLQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The QLP has traditionally supported a form of Quebec federalist ideology with nuance ...

, led by

Adélard Godbout Joseph-Adélard Godbout (September 24, 1892 – September 18, 1956) was a Canadian agronomist and politician. He served as the 15th premier of Quebec briefly in 1936, and again from 1939 to 1944, in addition to serving as the leader of the Part ...

. This marked the end of slightly more than 39 consecutive years in power for the Liberals, who had governed

since the 1897 election. This 1936 election had been called less than one year after the 1935 election after Liberal premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau resigned because of a scandal. He was replaced by Godbout as Liberal leader and premier. This was Duplessis's first term in office. After losing the subsequent 1939 election, he later won four more general elections in a row, and became the dominant politician of his time. It was also the ''Union Nationales first election, having been formed from a merger between the ''

Action libérale nationale The Action libérale nationale (; ALN; ) was a short-lived provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was founded during the Great Depression and led by Paul Gouin. The ALN played an important role in the foundation of the Union National ...

'' and the Quebec Conservative Party.

Campaign

Results

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, 90 , 42 , 76 , 34 , 323,812 , 61,138 , 56.88 , 8.47 , - , rowspan="3" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Liberals and allies , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, 88 , 47 , 14 , 33 , 224,374 , 25,212 , 39.41 , 7.12 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 2 , – , – , – , 3,765 , 3,150 , 0.66 , 0.55 , - , rowspan="9" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Other candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 11 , 1 , – , 1 , 9,746 , 11,841 , 1.71 , 2.31 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 1,928 , , 0.34 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 1,870 , 1,833 , 0.33 , 0..33 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 1,469 , , 0.26 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 1,045 , , 0.18 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 2 , – , – , – , 767 , , 0.13 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 470 , , 0.08 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 79 , 2,159 , 0.01 , 0.41 , - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 205 ! " colspan="3", 90 ! " colspan="2", 569,325 ! " colspan="2", 100% , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Rejected ballots , 4,930 , 10,302 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Voter turnout , 574,255 , 22,662 , 76.94 , 0.78 , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Registered electors (contested ridings only) , 746,414 , 22,154 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Candidates returned by

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Synopsis of results

: = open seat : = turnout is above provincial average : = winning candidate was in previous Legislature : = winning candidate was ALN or Conservative incumbent : = 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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August 1936 in Canada

Campaign

Results

Synopsis of results

Analysis

See also

Further reading

References