{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 1908 Quebec general election | country = Quebec | type = parliamentary | ongoing = no | party_colour = no | party_name = no | previous_election = 1904 Quebec general election | previous_year = 1904 | previous_mps = 11th Quebec Legislature | next_election = 1912 Quebec general election | next_year = 1912 | elected_members = 12th Quebec Legislature | seats_for_election = 74 seats in the 12th Legislative Assembly of Quebec <br /> 38 seats were needed for a majority | election_date = June 8, 1908
| image1 = Lomer Gouin, 2nd in 1910.png | image1_size = 180x180px | colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|nohash}} | leader1 = Lomer Gouin | leader_since1 = 1905 | party1 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}} | leaders_seat1 = Portneuf{{efn|Gouin also ran in Montréal division no. 2 where he was defeated.}} | last_election1 = 67 seats, 55.43% | seats1 = 57 | seat_change1 = {{decrease}}10 | popular_vote1 = 131,068 | percentage1 = 53.53% | swing1 = {{decrease}}1.9pp
| image2 = Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.png | image2_size = 180x180px | colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|nohash}} | leader2 = Pierre-Évariste Leblanc | leader_since2 = 1905 | party2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|name}} | leaders_seat2 = Laval <br /> ''(lost re-election)'' | last_election2 = 7 seats, 26.73% | seats2 = 14 | seat_change2 = {{increase}}7 | popular_vote2 = 97,738 | percentage2 = 39.92% | swing2 = {{increase}}13.19pp
| map_image = | map_size = | map_caption = | title = Premier | before_election = Lomer Gouin | before_party = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}} | after_election = Lomer Gouin | posttitle = Premier after election | after_party = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}} }} 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Black |first=Conrad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yDTgDwAAQBAJ |title=Rise to Greatness, Volume 2: Dominion (1867-1949): The History of Canada From the Vikings to the Present |date=2017-04-04 |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |isbn=978-0-7710-1293-8 |pages=127 |language=en}}</ref> The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.
==Results==
{| class="wikitable" !rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party !rowspan="2"|Party leader !rowspan="2"|# of<br />candidates !colspan="3"|Seats !colspan="3"|Popular Vote |- !1904 !Elected !% Change !# !% !% Change {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|row-name}} | Lomer Gouin <!--leader--> |align="right"|76 <!--cand--> |align="right"|67 <!--prev--> !align="right"|57 <!--elected--> |align="right"|-14.9% <!--%ch.seats--> |align="right"|131,068 <!--vote--> |align="right"| 53.53% <!--%vote--> |align="right"|-1.9% <!--%ch.votes--> {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|row-name}} | Pierre-Évariste Leblanc <!--leader--> |align="right"|62 <!--cand--> |align="right"| 7 <!--prev--> !align="right"| 14 <!--elected--> |align="right"| +100% <!--%ch.seats--> |align="right"|97,738 <!--vote--> |align="right"| 39.92% <!--%vote--> |align="right"| +13.19% <!--%ch.votes--> {{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row}} |''Ligue nationaliste'' |Henri Bourassa <!--leader--> |align="right"|3 <!--cand--> |align="right"|* <!--prev--> !align="right"|3 <!--elected--> |align="right"|* <!--%ch.seats--> |align="right"|6,298 <!--vote--> |align="right"| 2.57% <!--%vote--> |align="right"|* <!--%ch.votes--> {{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row}} |colspan=2|Other |align="right"| 10 <!--cand--> |align="right"|- <!--prev--> !align="right"|- <!--elected--> |align="right"|- <!--%ch.seats--> |align="right"|9,728 <!--vote--> |align="right"| 3.97% <!--%vote--> |align="right"|* <!--%ch.votes--> |- |colspan="3"|'''Total''' !align="right"|151 <!--cand--> |align="right"|74 <!--prev--> !align="right"|74 <!--elected--> !align="right"|-% <!--%ch.seats--> !align="right"|244,832 <!--vote--> !align="right"|100% <!--%vote--> |align="right"| <!--%ch.votes--> |- |} {{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|53.53}} {{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|39.92}} {{bar percent|LN|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|2.57}} {{bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|3.97}}}}{{bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|77.03}} {{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|18.92}} {{bar percent|LN|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|4.05}}}}
==See also== * List of Quebec premiers * Politics of Quebec * Timeline of Quebec history * List of Quebec political parties * 12th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
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==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=J. Castell |title=The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1908 |date=1909 |publisher=The Annual Review Publishing Company |location=Toronto |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_k9g5}}
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