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1912 Quebec general election

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May 15, 1912

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81 seats in the 13th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
41 seats were needed for a majority

Premier before election

Lomer Gouin
Liberal

Premier after election

Lomer Gouin
Liberal

The 1912 Quebec general election was held on May 15, 1912, to elect members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Joseph-Mathias Tellier.

Redistribution of ridings

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New ridings on the Island of Montreal

An Act passed prior to the election^[1] increased the number of MLAs from 74 to 81 through the following changes:

Abolished ridings	New ridings
Divisions of ridings
Ottawa^{[a 1]}	Labelle Ottawa
Pontiac^{[a 1]}	Pontiac Témiscaming
Creation of riding from parts of others
	Frontenac^{[a 2]}
Reorganization of ridings
Hochelaga Montréal division no. 1 Montréal division no. 2 Montréal division no. 3 Montréal division no. 4 Montréal division no. 5 Montréal division no. 6	Maisonneuve Montréal-Dorion Montréal-Hochelaga Montréal-Laurier Montréal–Sainte-Anne Montréal–Sainte-Marie Montréal–Saint-Georges Montréal–Saint-Jacques Montréal–Saint-Laurent Montréal–Saint-Louis Westmount
Charlevoix Chicoutimi-Saguenay	Charlevoix—Saguenay Chicoutimi

^ ^a ^b Protected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.

^ formed from parts of Beauce and Compton

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Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1908	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	Lomer Gouin	80	57	62	+10.5%	155,958	53.54%	+0.01%
	Conservative	Joseph-Mathias Tellier	75	14	16	+14.3%	125,277	43.01%	+3.09%
	Ligue nationaliste	Armand Lavergne	2	3	1	-66.7%	2,703	0,93%
	Labour	Joseph-Alphonse Langlois	3	0	1	+100.0%	3,751	1.29%	+1.29%
	Independent Liberal		5	-	0		2,864	1.00%	-0.63%
	Other		3	-	1	+100.0	739	0.30%	-2.11%
Total			169	74	81	+9.5%	291,292	100%

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v t e Elections and referendums in Quebec
General elections	1867 1871 1875 1878 1881 1886 1890 1892 1897 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1919 1923 1927 1931 1935 1936 1939 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1973 1976 1981 1985 1989 1994 1998 2003 2007 2008 2012 2014 2018 2022 44th
Municipal elections	1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1989 1990 1993 1994 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2009 2013 2017 2021
Referendums	1919 1980 1992 1995 2004
See also: List of Quebec by-elections

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