The 1952 Quebec general election was held on July 16, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of

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, Canada. The incumbent , led by

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, won re-election, defeating the

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, led by

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. This was the fourth time (and the third in a row) that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory. The number of seats won by the Liberals, and their share of the popular vote, were considerably increased over the previous election in 1948.

Campaign

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became the first female leader of a Quebec political party, heading the CCF. Of the 92 races, 56 were two-way contests between the two major parties:

Outcome

Henri Groulx ( Montréal-Outremont) was the first candidate to learn that he had been reelected, but he died within an hour of hearing the news.

, who had lost his campaign to take

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, would subsequently win the Outremont byelection held on July 9, 1953. There were two notable results that arose from the election: :* From 1952 until the 1966 election, Frank Hanley ( Montréal–Sainte-Anne) would be the only candidate outside the UN and Liberals to win a seat in the Legislature. :* For the first time since the 1936 election, no party other than the UN and the Liberals received more than 1% of the popular vote. This would continue until

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Results

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!1952 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) , style="text-align:left;",

, 91 , , 82 , , 68 , , 14 , , 847,983 , , 72,236 , , 50.50% , , 0.75 , style="text-align:left;",

, 92 , , 8 , , 23 , , 15 , , 768,539 , , 221,061 , , 45.77% , , 9.61 , style="text-align:left;",

, 23 , , – , , – , , – , , 16,039 , , 7,023 , , 0.96% , , 0.36 , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:center;" colspan="8", ''did not campaign'' , - , rowspan="7" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Other candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", , 4 , , 2 , , 1 , , 1 , , 13,846 , , 10,110 , , 0.82% , , 0.76 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", , 10 , , – , , – , , – , , 13,197 , , 4,548 , , 0.79% , , 0.22 , - , style="text-align:left;" , ''

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''contested by René Chaloult ( Québec-Comté), who had previously won as an Independent in 1948. This was the only riding in which the UN did not field a candidate but Léopold Larochelle did campaign as an Independent Unionist. , style="text-align:left;", , 1 , , – , , – , , – , , 9,734 , , ''New'' , , 0.58% , , ''New'' , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", , 8 , , – , , – , , – , , 4,966 , , 1,998 , , 0.30% , , 0.10 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", , 4 , , – , , – , , – , , 3,932 , , 967 , , 0.23% , , 0.09 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", , 3 , , – , , – , , – , , 1,027 , , 71 , , 0.06% , , 0.01 , - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 236 , 92 ! " colspan="2", 92 ! " colspan="2", 1,679,263 ! " colspan="2", 100% , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Rejected ballots , 25,648 , 7,720 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Voter turnout , 1,704,911 , 173,012 , 75.88 , 0.66 , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Registered electors , 2,246,998 , 210,422 , colspan="2",

Synopsis of results

: = open seat : = turnout is above provincial average : = winning candidate was in previous Legislature : = incumbent had switched allegiance : = other incumbents renominated

Analysis

References

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