The 1923 Quebec general election was held on February 5, 1923, to elect members of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent

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, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé. It was the first of four election victories in a row for Taschereau. However, he had held office since 1920, following the resignation of the previous premier,

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Redistribution of ridings

An Act passed prior to the election increased the number of MLAs from 81 to 85 through the following changes:

Results

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!1923 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) , - , rowspan="3" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Government candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", Louis-Alexandre Taschereau , 83 , 74 , 64 , 10 , 149,730 , 82,438 , 51.52 , 0.39 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , 2 , – , 2 , 5,554 , 6,952 , 1.91 , 7.74 , - , rowspan="6" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Opposition candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", Arthur Sauvé , 66 , 5 , 20 , 15 , 114,285 , 92,295 , 39.32 , 22.36 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , 1 , 1 , 3,684 , , 1.27 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 6 , – , – , – , 4,931 , , 1.70 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 3,180 , , 1.09 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 2,439 , , 0.84 , , - , rowspan="4" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Other candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 10 , – , – , – , 5,586 , 16,316 , 1.92 , 14.96 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 925 , , 0.32 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 335 , , 0.11 , , - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 179 , 81 ! " colspan="2", 85 ! " colspan="2", 290,649 ! " colspan="2", 100% , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Rejected ballots , 3,808 , 2,360 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Voter turnout , 294,457 , 163,273 , 62.02 , 6.91 , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Registered electors (contested ridings only) , 474,794 , 236,742 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Candidates returned by

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, 8 , 37 , colspan="4", Eight Liberal MLAs were returned by

References

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Quebec general election

Redistribution of ridings

Results

See also

Further reading

References