List of Quebec general elections

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This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Quebec's unicameral legislative body, the National Assembly of Quebec (and its predecessor, the Legislative Assembly of Quebec). The number of seats has generally increased over time, from 65 for the first six elections, to the current high of 125.

The chart on the right shows the information graphically, with the most recent elections on the right. It shows that the Liberal party (red) is the only party to have won seats at every election; the disappearance of the Conservative party (blue) after 1935; the rise and fall of its replacement, the Union Nationale (green); and arrival of the separatist Parti Québécois (cyan) in the 1970s. The Liberal party have been the most successful in the province, winning twenty-one out of thirty-seven elections.

This article only covers elections since the Canadian confederation in 1867, when Quebec was created as one of the Canada's provinces. For Quebec's first 15 elections as Lower Canada from 1792 to 1840, see Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. For the 8 joint elections of Ontario and Quebec as the Province of Canada, from 1840 to 1867, see list of elections in the Province of Canada.

[edit] Summary of results

The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. It also shows the percentage of the vote obtained by the major political parties at each election. The winning party's totals are shown in bold. There has been five elections (1998, 1966, 1944, 1892 and 1886) in which the winning party did not have the largest share of the vote. Full details on any election are linked via the year of the election at the start of the row.

Election		Liberal		Parti Québécois		Union Nationale		Conservative[A]		ADQ		Other			Total seats
		Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Vote (%)	Seats	Seat-winning party
2007		33.08	48	28.33	36					30.80	41	7.80			125
2003[B]		45.99	76	33.24	45					18.18	4	2.59			125
1998[C]		43.55	48	42.87	76					11.81	1	1.77			125
1994[D]		44.40	47	44.75	77					6.46	1	4.39			125
1989		49.95	92	40.16	29							9.89	4	Equality	125
1985		55.99	99	38.69	23	0.23						5.08			122
1981		46.08	42	49.20	80	4.00						0.71			122
1976		33.78	26	41.37	71	18.20	11					6.64	2	PNP, Créditistes	110
1973		54.65	102	30.22	6	4.92						10.21	2	Créditistes	110
1970		45.4	72	23.06	7	19.65	17					11.89	12	Créditistes	108
1966		47.29	50			40.82	56					11.89	2	Independents	108
1962		56.4	63			42.15	31					1.45	1	Independent	95
1960		51.38	51			46.61	43					2.01	1	Independent	95
1956		44.87	20			52.8	72					2.33	1	Independent	93
1952		45.77	23			50.5	68					3.72	1	Independent	92
1948		36.17	8			51.24	82					12.59	2	Independents	92
1944		39.35	37			38.02	48					22.63	6	Bloc Populaire (4) CCF, Independent	91
1939		54.05	70			39.13	15					6.81	1	Independent	86
1936		39.41	14			56.88	76					3.71			90
1935		46.53	47					18.93	17			34.54	25	ALN	89
1931		54.88	79					43.54	11			1.58			90
1927		59.33	74					34.31	9			6.36	2	Independents	85
1923		52.52	64					39.32	20			8.16	1	Independent	85
1919		51.91	75					16.9	5			31.19	2	Parti ouvrier	82
1916		60.57	75					35.09	6			4.34			81
1912		53.54	64[E]					43.01	16			3.45	1	Ligue nationaliste	81
1908		53.53	57					39.92	14			6.55	3	Ligue nationaliste	74
1904		55.43	67					42.73	7			1.84			74
1900		53.15	67					41.85	7			5.00			74
1897		53.28	51					43.82	23			2.90			74
1892		43.65	21					42.41	52			13.94			73
1890		44.20	43					45.11	24			10.69	6	Parti national (5); Parti ouvrier	73
1886		39.58	33					46.19	29			14.23	3	Parti national	65
1881		38.97	15					50.38	50			10.65			65
1878		47.49	31[H]					49.49	34			3.02			65
1875		38.59	19					50.67	46			10.74			65
1871		39.43	19					51.72	46			8.84			65
1867		35.4	13[F]					53.48	52[G]			11.12			65

[edit] Notes

^A  includes all Independent Conservative candidates elected from 1875 to 1892.

^B  results include the by-election held on 20 May 2003 in the Champlain electoral district to break a tie in the original general election.

^C  results include the by-election held on 14 December 1998 in the Masson electoral district due to the death of PQ candidate Yves Blais on 22 November 1998.

^D  results include the by-election held on 24 October 1994 in the Saint-Jean electoral district to break a tie in the original general election.

^E  includes Independent Liberal candidate; the 27 May 1912 election of Gustave Lemieux by acclamation in Gaspé; and the 15 July 1912 election of Joseph-Édouard Caron in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

^F  includes the Independent Liberal candidate elected.

^G  includes the Conservative candidate elected in the by-election held in Kamouraska on 11 February 1869.

^H  Power went back and forth a few times after the 1878 election. For most of that legislature, the Liberals controlled a minority parliament with the support of some Conservative members.

[edit] References

• Élections English (English). QuébecPolitique.com. Retrieved on December 16, 2006.
• La répartition des voix aux élections générales (French). Assemblée Nationale du Québec. Retrieved on December 17, 2006. (Votes)
• La répartition des sièges aux élections générales (French). Assemblée Nationale du Québec. Retrieved on December 17, 2006. (Seats)
• Le Directeur Général des Élections du Québec (English). Elections Quebec. Retrieved on December 17, 2006.

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