Quebec general election, 1948

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The Quebec general election of 1948 was held on July 28, 1948 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout.

This was the third time (and the second in a row) that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory.

It was Godbout's third (and final) loss to Duplessis in a general election, and the second in a row. He had won one victory against Duplessis years earlier in the 1939 election. In this election, the Liberals fared particularly poorly, reduced to only 8 seats, although their share of the popular vote was around 36%.

[edit] Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1944	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Union Nationale	Maurice Duplessis		48	82	+70.8%		51.24%	+13.2%
	Liberal	Adélard Godbout		37	8	-78.4%		36.17%	-3.2%
	Union des Électeurs	Réal Caouette		*	-	*		9.25%	*
	Other1			6	2	-66.7%		3.34%	-14.1%
Total				91	92	+1.1%		100%

Notes:

* Information on party's actions in previous election not available.

¹ including results of Bloc Populaire and Co-operative Commonwealth Federation from previous election.

[edit] See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties

Preceded by 1944

List of Quebec general elections

Succeeded by 1952