1908 Quebec general election

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June 8, 1908

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74 seats in the 12th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
38 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Lomer Gouin	Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
Party	Liberal	Conservative
Leader since	1905	1905
Leader's seat	Portneuf^[a]	Laval (lost re-election)
Last election	67 seats, 55.43%	7 seats, 26.73%
Seats won	57	14
Seat change	10	7
Popular vote	131,068	97,738
Percentage	53.53%	39.92%
Swing	1.9pp	13.19pp

Premier before election

Lomer Gouin
Liberal

Premier after election

Lomer Gouin
Liberal

The 1908 Quebec general election was held on June 8, 1908, to elect members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada.^[1] The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1904	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	Lomer Gouin	76	67	57	-14.9%	131,068	53.53%	-1.9%
	Conservative	Pierre-Évariste Leblanc	62	7	14	+100%	97,738	39.92%	+13.19%
	Ligue nationaliste	Henri Bourassa	3	*	3	*	6,298	2.57%	*
	Other		10	-	-	-	9,728	3.97%	*
Total			151	74	74	-%	244,832	100%

Popular vote

PLQ			53.53%
PCQ			39.92%
LN			2.57%
Others			3.97%

Seats summary

PLQ			77.03%
PCQ			18.92%
LN			4.05%

Notes

^ Gouin also ran in Montréal division no. 2 where he was defeated.

References

^ Black, Conrad (April 4, 2017). Rise to Greatness, Volume 2: Dominion (1867-1949): The History of Canada From the Vikings to the Present. McClelland & Stewart. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-7710-1293-8.