# 1908 Quebec general election > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1908_Quebec_general_election > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1908_Quebec_general_election.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Quebec_general_election > Source revision: 1344985928 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/12th_Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec)
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](/source/Lomer_Gouin) | leader_since1 = 1905 | party1 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}} | leaders_seat1 = [Portneuf](/source/Portneuf_(provincial_electoral_district)){{efn|Gouin also ran in [Montréal division no. 2](/source/Montr%C3%A9al_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}}1.9[pp](/source/Percentage_point) | image2 = Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.png | image2_size = 180x180px | colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|nohash}} | leader2 = [Pierre-Évariste Leblanc](/source/Pierre-%C3%89variste_Leblanc) | leader_since2 = 1905 | party2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|name}} | leaders_seat2 = [Laval](/source/Laval_(provincial_electoral_district))
''(lost re-election)'' | last_election2 = 7 seats, 26.73% | seats2 = 14 | seat_change2 = {{increase}}7 | popular_vote2 = 97,738 | percentage2 = 39.92% | swing2 = {{increase}}13.19[pp](/source/Percentage_point) | map_image = | map_size = | map_caption = | title = Premier | before_election = [Lomer Gouin](/source/Lomer_Gouin) | before_party = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}} | after_election = [Lomer Gouin](/source/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](/source/12th_Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec) of the province of [Quebec](/source/Quebec), Canada.{{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}} The incumbent [Quebec Liberal Party](/source/Quebec_Liberal_Party), led by [Lomer Gouin](/source/Lomer_Gouin), was re-elected, defeating the [Quebec Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_of_Quebec_(historical)), led by [Pierre-Évariste Leblanc](/source/Pierre-%C3%89variste_Leblanc). ==Results== {| class="wikitable" !rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party !rowspan="2"|Party leader !rowspan="2"|# of
candidates !colspan="3"|Seats !colspan="3"|Popular Vote |- ![1904](/source/1904_Quebec_general_election) !Elected !% Change !# !% !% Change {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|row-name}} | [Lomer Gouin](/source/Lomer_Gouin) |align="right"|76 |align="right"|67 !align="right"|57 |align="right"|-14.9% |align="right"|131,068 |align="right"| 53.53% |align="right"|-1.9% {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|row-name}} | [Pierre-Évariste Leblanc](/source/Pierre-%C3%89variste_Leblanc) |align="right"|62 |align="right"| 7 !align="right"| 14 |align="right"| +100% |align="right"|97,738 |align="right"| 39.92% |align="right"| +13.19% {{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row}} |''[Ligue nationaliste](/source/Ligue_nationaliste_canadienne)'' |[Henri Bourassa](/source/Henri_Bourassa) |align="right"|3 |align="right"|* !align="right"|3 |align="right"|* |align="right"|6,298 |align="right"| 2.57% |align="right"|* {{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row}} |colspan=2|Other |align="right"| 10 |align="right"|- !align="right"|- |align="right"|- |align="right"|9,728 |align="right"| 3.97% |align="right"|* |- |colspan="3"|'''Total''' !align="right"|151 |align="right"|74 !align="right"|74 !align="right"|-% !align="right"|244,832 !align="right"|100% |align="right"|  |- |} {{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](/source/List_of_Quebec_premiers) * [Politics of Quebec](/source/Politics_of_Quebec) * [Timeline of Quebec history](/source/Timeline_of_Quebec_history) * [List of Quebec political parties](/source/List_of_political_parties_in_Canada) * [12th Legislative Assembly of Quebec](/source/12th_Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec) ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==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}} {{Quebec elections}} Quebec general election Category:Elections in Quebec General election Quebec general election {{Quebec-hist-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1908 Quebec general election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Quebec_general_election) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_Quebec_general_election?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.