{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 1923 Quebec general election | country = Quebec | type = parliamentary | ongoing = no | party_colour = no | party_name = no | previous_election = 1919 Quebec general election | previous_year = 1919 | previous_mps = 15th Quebec Legislature | next_election = 1927 Quebec general election | next_year = 1927 | elected_members = 16th Quebec Legislature | seats_for_election = 85 seats in the 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec <br /> 43 seats were needed for a majority | election_date = February 5, 1923
| image1 = File:Louis-Alexandre Taschereau - 1930.png | image1_size = 180x180px | colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|nohash}} | leader1 = Louis-Alexandre Taschereau | leader_since1 = 1920 | party1 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}} | leaders_seat1 = Montmorency | last_election1 = 74 seats, 51.91% | seats1 = 64 | seat_change1 = {{decrease}}10 | popular_vote1 = 149,730 | percentage1 = 51.52% | swing1 = {{decrease}}0.39pp
| image2 = Arthur Sauvé.jpg | image2_size = 180x180px | colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|nohash}} | leader2 = Arthur Sauvé | leader_since2 = 1915 | party2 = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|name}} | leaders_seat2 = Deux-Montagnes | last_election2 = 5 seats, 16.96% | seats2 = 20 | seat_change2 = {{increase}}15 | popular_vote2 = 114,285 | percentage2 = 39.32% | swing2 = {{increase}}22.36pp
| map_image = | map_size = | map_caption = | title = Premier | before_election = Louis-Alexandre Taschereau | before_party = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}} | after_election = Louis-Alexandre Taschereau | posttitle = Premier after election | after_party = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}} }} The '''1923 Quebec general election''' was held on February 5, 1923, to elect members of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé.
It was the first of four election victories in a row for Taschereau. However, he had held office since 1920, following the resignation of the previous premier, Lomer Gouin.
==Redistribution of ridings== An Act passed prior to the election<ref>''An Act to amend the Revised Statutes, 1909, respecting the territorial division of the Province'', S.Q. 1922 (2nd session), c. 13, ss. 1, 5. Although 86 electoral districts were constituted, it was previously provided in 1912 that Charlevoix and Saguenay were united for the purpose of returning one MLA only.</ref> increased the number of MLAs from 81 to 85 through the following changes:
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Abolished ridings !! New ridings |- ! colspan="2"|''Divisions of ridings'' |- | *Labelle<ref group=a name="protected">Protected seat under ''British North America Act 1867'', [https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/Const/section-80.html s. 80]. Successor seats had same status.</ref> | *Labelle *Papineau |- | *Témiscaming<ref group=a name="protected"/> | *Abitibi *Témiscaming |- ! colspan="2"|''Creation of riding from parts of others'' |- | | *Matapédia<ref group=a>formed from part of Matane</ref> |- | | *Montréal-Mercier<ref group=a>formed from parts of Montréal-Dorion and Montréal-Laurier</ref> |- | | *Montréal-Verdun<ref group=a>formed from part of Jacques-Cartier</ref> |- ! colspan="2"|''Merger of ridings'' |- | *Laprairie *Napierville | *Napierville-Laprairie |- ! colspan="2"|''Change of name'' |- | *Montréal-Hochelaga | *Montréal–Saint-Henri |} {{Reflist|group=a}}
==Results== This was the last Quebec election in which a candidate won in multiple ridings. Joseph-Édouard Perrault took both Abitibi and Arthabaska, and he would later resign from Abitibi to allow Hector Authier to be elected in a byelection later that year.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Morin|first1= Jacques Carl|date= Winter 2008–2009|title= A Note on Simultaneous Candidacies in the Québec Legislature|url= http://www.revparl.ca/31/4/31n4_08e_Morin.pdf|journal= Canadian Parliamentary Review|volume= 31|issue= 4|pages= 20–23}}</ref>
{{election table||title=Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1923)}}<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/atlas-des-elections-au-quebec/resource/aa4ce76a-9900-4c77-bc6c-d0622962a38a|title= Élections québécoises de 1923|last= Drouilly|first= Pierre|date= November 7, 2017|website=donneesquebec.ca |publisher= Atlas des élections au Québec }}</ref> |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MLAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1919 !1923 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) |- |rowspan="3" {{Canadian party colour|QC|Government|background}}| |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|'''Government candidates''' |- |style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|colour&name}} |style="text-align:left;"|Louis-Alexandre Taschereau |83 |74 |64 |10{{decrease}} |149,730 |82,438{{increase}} |51.52 |0.39{{decrease}} |- |style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|QC|Labour|colour&name}} |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |2 |– |2{{decrease}} |5,554 |6,952{{decrease}} |1.91 |7.74{{decrease}} |- |rowspan="6" {{Canadian party colour|QC|Opposition|background}}| |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|'''Opposition candidates''' |- |style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|colour&name}} |style="text-align:left;"|Arthur Sauvé |66 |5 |20 |15{{increase}} |114,285 |92,295{{increase}} |39.32 |22.36{{increase}} |- |style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|colour&name}} |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |1 |1{{increase}} |3,684 |{{n/a|New}} |1.27 |{{n/a|New}} |- |style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|colour&name}} |style="text-align:left;"|– |6 |– |– |– |4,931 |{{n/a|New}} |1.70 |{{n/a|New}} |- |style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|QC|Farmer|colour&name}} |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |3,180 |{{n/a|New}} |1.09 |{{n/a|New}} |- |style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|QC|Labour|colour&name}} |style="text-align:left;"|– |3 |– |– |– |2,439 |{{n/a|New}} |0.84 |{{n/a|New}} |- |rowspan="4" {{Canadian party colour|QC|Other|background}}| |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|'''Other candidates''' |- |style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent-Liberal|colour&name}} |style="text-align:left;"|– |10 |– |– |– |5,586 |16,316{{decrease}} |1.92 |14.96{{decrease}} |- |style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|QC|Labour|colour&name}} |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |925 |{{n/a|New}} |0.32 |{{n/a|New}} |- |style="text-align:left;" |{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent-Conservative|colour&name}} |style="text-align:left;"|– |1 |– |– |– |335 |{{n/a|New}} |0.11 |{{n/a|New}} |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total | 179 | 81 ! " colspan="2"| 85 ! " colspan="2"| 290,649 ! " colspan="2"| 100% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 3,808 | 2,360{{increase}} | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 294,457 | 163,273{{increase}} | 62.02 | 6.91{{increase}} |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 474,794 | 236,742{{increase}} | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" | Candidates returned by acclamation | 8 | 37{{decrease}} | colspan="4"| |}
{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|51.52}} {{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|39.32}} {{bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|9.16}}}}{{bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|75.29}} {{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|23.53}} {{bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|1.18}}}}
Eight Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation:{{sfn|Hopkins|1924|p=606}}
{| class="wikitable" |- ! How nominated !!Riding !! Member returned |- |rowspan="4"|One candidate only ||Îles-de-la-Madeleine ||Joseph-Édouard Caron |- |Lotbinière ||Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur |- |Québec-Comté ||Aurèle Leclerc |- |Québec-Est ||Louis-Alfred Létourneau |- |rowspan="4"|Two candidates, but one withdrew ||Bellechasse ||Antonin Galipeault |- |Gaspé ||Gustave Lemieux |- |Matapédia ||Joseph Dufour |- |Saint-Jean ||Alexis Bouthillier |}
==See also== * List of Quebec premiers * Politics of Quebec * Timeline of Quebec history * List of Quebec political parties * 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec
==Further reading== * {{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=J. Castell |title=The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1923 |date=1924 |publisher=The Annual Review |location=Toronto |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_g1z2}}
==References== {{reflist}}
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