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The 1952 Quebec general election was held on July 16, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Georges-Émile Lapalme.
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This was the fourth time (and the third in a row) that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory.
The number of seats won by the Liberals, and their share of the popular vote, were considerably increased over the previous election in 1948.
Thérèse Casgrain became the first female leader of a Quebec political party, heading the CCF.
Of the 92 races, 56 were two-way contests between the two major parties:
Candidates | UN | Lib | CCF | I-UN | I-Lib | Ind | Lab-Pr | Lbr | PN | Total |
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2 | 56 | 56 | 112 | |||||||
3 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 72 | |
4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||
5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |||
Total | 91 | 92 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 236 |
Henri Groulx (Montréal-Outremont) was the first candidate to learn that he had been reelected, but he died within an hour of hearing the news.[2] Georges-Émile Lapalme, who had lost his campaign to take Joliette,[3] would subsequently win the Outremont byelection held on July 9, 1953.[4]
There were two notable results that arose from the election:
Political party | Party leader | MLAs | Votes | |||||||
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Candidates | 1948 | 1952 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) | |||
Union Nationale | Maurice Duplessis | 91 | 82 | 68 | 14 | 847,983 | 72,236 | 50.50% | 0.75 | |
Liberal | Georges-Émile Lapalme | 92 | 8 | 23 | 15 | 768,539 | 221,061 | 45.77% | 9.61 | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | Thérèse Casgrain | 23 | – | – | – | 16,039 | 7,023 | 0.96% | 0.36 | |
Union des électeurs | did not campaign | |||||||||
Other candidates | ||||||||||
█ Independent | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13,846 | 10,110 | 0.82% | 0.76 | ||
█ Independent-Unionist | 10 | – | – | – | 13,197 | 4,548 | 0.79% | 0.22 | ||
Parti National[a 1] | 1 | – | – | – | 9,734 | New | 0.58% | New | ||
█ Independent-Liberal | 8 | – | – | – | 4,966 | 1,998 | 0.30% | 0.10 | ||
█ Labor–Progressive | 4 | – | – | – | 3,932 | 967 | 0.23% | 0.09 | ||
█ Labour | 3 | – | – | – | 1,027 | 71 | 0.06% | 0.01 | ||
Total | 236 | 92 | 92 | 1,679,263 | 100% | |||||
Rejected ballots | 25,648 | 7,720 | ||||||||
Voter turnout | 1,704,911 | 173,012 | 75.88 | 0.66 | ||||||
Registered electors | 2,246,998 | 210,422 |
Party | Seats | Votes | Change (pp) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
█ Union Nationale | 68 / 92 | -0.75 | |||
█ Liberal | 23 / 92 | 9.61 | |||
█ Independent | 1 / 92 | -0.76 | |||
█ Other | 0 / 92 | -8.10 |
Riding | Winning party | Turnout [a 1] |
Votes | ||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | 1948 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
UN | Lib | CCF | Ind | PN | I-UN | I-Lib | Lab-Pr | Lab | Total | |||
Abitibi-Est | UN | UN | 12,497 | 57.01% | 3,074 | 14.02% | 77.64% | 12,497 | 9,423 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21,920 | ||
Abitibi-Ouest | UN | UN | 6,713 | 55.15% | 1,254 | 10.30% | 87.83% | 6,713 | 5,459 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,172 | ||
Argenteuil | UN | UN | 8,248 | 67.92% | 4,352 | 35.84% | 83.18% | 8,248 | 3,896 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,144 | ||
Arthabaska | UN | UN | 9,003 | 53.31% | 1,119 | 6.63% | 91.17% | 9,003 | 7,884 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,887 | ||
Bagot | UN | UN | 5,126 | 57.78% | 1,381 | 15.57% | 89.35% | 5,126 | 3,745 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,871 | ||
Beauce | UN | UN | 12,939 | 58.21% | 3,649 | 16.42% | 88.09% | 12,939 | 9,290 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22,229 | ||
Beauharnois | UN | UN | 10,968 | 61.25% | 4,030 | 22.51% | 82.95% | 10,968 | 6,938 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,906 | ||
Bellechasse | UN | UN | 5,814 | 54.65% | 989 | 9.30% | 81.31% | 5,814 | 4,825 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10,639 | ||
Berthier | UN | UN | 6,225 | 51.14% | 277 | 2.28% | 89.17% | 6,225 | 5,948 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,173 | ||
Bonaventure | UN | UN | 8,875 | 52.14% | 730 | 4.29% | 87.00% | 8,875 | 8,145 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,020 | ||
Brome | UN | UN | 3,982 | 60.57% | 1,550 | 23.58% | 83.84% | 3,982 | 2,432 | 160 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,574 | ||
Chambly | UN | UN | 18,486 | 56.54% | 5,120 | 15.66% | 74.16% | 18,486 | 13,366 | 846 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32,698 | ||
Champlain | UN | UN | 11,634 | 59.94% | 3,860 | 19.89% | 88.79% | 11,634 | 7,774 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19,408 | ||
Charlevoix | UN | UN | 7,454 | 62.64% | 3,133 | 26.33% | 83.20% | 7,454 | 4,321 | – | – | – | 125 | – | – | – | 11,900 | ||
Châteauguay | UN | UN | 4,691 | 53.70% | 647 | 7.41% | 84.19% | 4,691 | 4,044 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,735 | ||
Chicoutimi | UN | UN | 29,572 | 65.66% | 14,106 | 31.32% | 83.35% | 29,572 | 15,466 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45,038 | ||
Compton | UN | UN | 6,349 | 59.58% | 2,140 | 20.08% | 83.85% | 6,349 | 4,209 | 98 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10,656 | ||
Deux-Montagnes | UN | UN | 7,257 | 74.97% | 4,991 | 51.56% | 81.47% | 7,257 | 2,266 | 157 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9,680 | ||
Dorchester | UN | UN | 9,764 | 61.92% | 3,758 | 23.83% | 85.58% | 9,764 | 6,006 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,770 | ||
Drummond | UN | Lib | 11,873 | 50.25% | 118 | 0.50% | 88.97% | 11,755 | 11,873 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23,628 | ||
Frontenac | UN | Lib | 6,464 | 51.13% | 286 | 2.26% | 91.07% | 6,178 | 6,464 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,642 | ||
Gaspé-Nord | Lib | UN | 4,364 | 52.45% | 438 | 5.26% | 89.43% | 4,364 | 3,926 | – | – | – | 30 | – | – | – | 8,320 | ||
Gaspé-Sud | UN | UN | 8,473 | 61.41% | 3,148 | 22.81% | 84.66% | 8,473 | 5,325 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,798 | ||
Gatineau | UN | UN | 8,268 | 60.04% | 3,251 | 23.61% | 77.36% | 8,268 | 5,017 | – | – | – | 486 | – | – | – | 13,771 | ||
Hull | UN | UN | 12,354 | 60.73% | 5,043 | 24.79% | 79.08% | 12,354 | 7,311 | 679 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20,344 | ||
Huntingdon | UN | UN | 3,162 | 52.11% | 256 | 4.22% | 82.87% | 3,162 | 2,906 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,068 | ||
Iberville | UN | UN | 3,597 | 58.49% | 1,044 | 16.98% | 85.98% | 3,597 | 2,553 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,150 | ||
Îles-de-la-Madeleine | UN | UN | 2,463 | 57.99% | 679 | 15.99% | 89.86% | 2,463 | 1,784 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,247 | ||
Jacques-Cartier | Lib | Lib | 22,847 | 53.70% | 4,795 | 11.27% | 68.73% | 18,052 | 22,847 | 1,645 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 42,544 | ||
Joliette | UN | UN | 10,281 | 57.88% | 2,799 | 15.76% | 89.29% | 10,281 | 7,482 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,763 | ||
Kamouraska | UN | UN | 6,723 | 59.65% | 2,175 | 19.30% | 82.79% | 6,723 | 4,548 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,271 | ||
L'Assomption | UN | UN | 6,169 | 55.44% | 1,211 | 10.88% | 88.55% | 6,169 | 4,958 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,127 | ||
L'Islet | UN | UN | 5,718 | 57.10% | 1,422 | 14.20% | 85.27% | 5,718 | 4,296 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10,014 | ||
Labelle | UN | UN | 6,394 | 58.97% | 1,945 | 17.94% | 87.78% | 6,394 | 4,449 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10,843 | ||
Lac-Saint-Jean | UN | UN | 8,180 | 57.87% | 2,385 | 16.87% | 85.78% | 8,180 | 5,795 | – | – | – | 161 | – | – | – | 14,136 | ||
Laval | UN | UN | 34,656 | 52.40% | 5,972 | 9.03% | 66.97% | 34,656 | 28,684 | 771 | – | – | 2,031 | – | – | – | 66,142 | ||
Laviolette | UN | UN | 9,598 | 52.67% | 972 | 5.33% | 82.44% | 9,598 | 8,626 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18,224 | ||
Lévis | UN | Lib | 9,725 | 50.26% | 99 | 0.51% | 85.35% | 9,626 | 9,725 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19,351 | ||
Lotbinière | UN | UN | 6,702 | 54.51% | 1,108 | 9.01% | 89.61% | 6,702 | 5,594 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,296 | ||
Maisonneuve | UN | Lib | 18,393 | 49.93% | 672 | 1.82% | 67.51% | 17,721 | 18,393 | 723 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36,837 | ||
Maskinongé | UN | UN | 5,074 | 53.82% | 721 | 7.65% | 92.72% | 5,074 | 4,353 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9,427 | ||
Matane | UN | UN | 10,241 | 58.89% | 3,093 | 17.79% | 86.76% | 10,241 | 7,148 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,389 | ||
Matapédia | UN | UN | 6,797 | 51.16% | 427 | 3.21% | 87.46% | 6,797 | 6,370 | – | 118 | – | – | – | – | – | 13,285 | ||
Mégantic | UN | UN | 10,710 | 51.38% | 577 | 2.77% | 91.04% | 10,710 | 10,133 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20,843 | ||
Missisquoi | UN | UN | 7,191 | 61.42% | 2,675 | 22.85% | 82.40% | 7,191 | 4,516 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11,707 | ||
Montcalm | UN | UN | 4,141 | 52.72% | 428 | 5.45% | 88.19% | 4,141 | 3,713 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,854 | ||
Montmagny | UN | UN | 6,409 | 59.49% | 2,045 | 18.98% | 83.13% | 6,409 | 4,364 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10,773 | ||
Montmorency | UN | UN | 5,894 | 60.17% | 1,992 | 20.33% | 86.92% | 5,894 | 3,902 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9,796 | ||
Montréal–Jeanne-Mance | UN | Lib | 22,666 | 48.48% | 2,618 | 5.60% | 62.83% | 20,048 | 22,666 | 1,849 | – | – | 2,194 | – | – | – | 46,757 | ||
Montréal-Laurier | UN | UN | 14,595 | 49.67% | 1,791 | 6.10% | 67.20% | 14,595 | 12,804 | 436 | – | – | – | 1,549 | – | – | 29,384 | ||
Montréal-Mercier | UN | UN | 16,280 | 51.88% | 3,211 | 10.23% | 64.15% | 16,280 | 13,069 | 1,044 | – | – | – | 986 | – | – | 31,379 | ||
Montréal–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Lib | Lib | 18,489 | 64.83% | 11,516 | 40.38% | 47.80% | 6,973 | 18,489 | 634 | 2,066 | – | – | 359 | – | – | 28,521 | ||
Montréal-Outremont | Lib | Lib | 18,794 | 61.01% | 8,482 | 27.53% | 51.62% | 10,312 | 18,794 | 581 | – | – | – | – | 1,119 | – | 30,806 | ||
Montréal–Saint-Henri | UN | Lib | 19,254 | 56.01% | 5,153 | 14.99% | 72.54% | 14,101 | 19,254 | 562 | – | – | – | – | – | 460 | 34,377 | ||
Montréal–Saint-Jacques | UN | UN | 11,049 | 54.08% | 2,178 | 10.66% | 60.43% | 11,049 | 8,871 | 230 | – | – | – | – | 282 | – | 20,432 | ||
Montréal–Saint-Louis | Lib | Lib | 15,226 | 50.36% | 3,759 | 12.43% | 50.94% | 11,467 | 15,226 | 526 | – | – | – | 707 | 2,311 | – | 30,237 | ||
Montréal–Sainte-Anne | Ind | Ind | 11,210 | 62.87% | 5,621 | 31.52% | 55.29% | 410 | 5,589 | 445 | 11,210 | – | – | 177 | – | – | 17,831 | ||
Montréal–Sainte-Marie | UN | Lib | 15,019 | 50.90% | 1,773 | 6.01% | 66.85% | 13,246 | 15,019 | 218 | – | – | – | 806 | 220 | – | 29,509 | ||
Montréal-Verdun | Lib | Lib | 17,219 | 62.17% | 10,040 | 36.25% | 61.09% | 7,179 | 17,219 | 2,857 | – | – | – | – | – | 443 | 27,698 | ||
Napierville-Laprairie | UN | UN | 7,094 | 57.29% | 1,806 | 14.59% | 88.47% | 7,094 | 5,288 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,382 | ||
Nicolet | UN | UN | 7,191 | 50.86% | 242 | 1.71% | 85.60% | 7,191 | 6,949 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,140 | ||
Papineau | UN | UN | 11,707 | 64.97% | 5,794 | 32.15% | 84.33% | 11,707 | 5,913 | 400 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18,020 | ||
Pontiac | UN | UN | 5,792 | 61.22% | 2,247 | 23.75% | 83.90% | 5,792 | 3,545 | 124 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9,461 | ||
Portneuf | UN | UN | 10,665 | 52.90% | 1,676 | 8.31% | 85.94% | 10,665 | 8,989 | – | – | – | 508 | – | – | – | 20,162 | ||
Québec-Centre | UN | UN | 9,593 | 54.50% | 1,585 | 9.01% | 76.09% | 9,593 | 8,008 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,601 | ||
Québec-Comté | Ind | Lib | 11,230 | 39.67% | 1,496 | 5.28% | 83.11% | – | 11,230 | – | – | 9,734 | 7,344 | – | – | – | 28,308 | ||
Québec-Est | UN | Lib | 15,778 | 51.12% | 860 | 2.79% | 81.22% | 14,918 | 15,778 | – | – | – | – | 167 | – | – | 30,863 | ||
Québec-Ouest | UN | Lib | 8,787 | 50.53% | 183 | 1.05% | 79.16% | 8,604 | 8,787 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,391 | ||
Richelieu | UN | Lib | 8,751 | 52.88% | 954 | 5.77% | 89.91% | 7,797 | 8,751 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,548 | ||
Richmond | UN | Lib | 8,156 | 51.07% | 341 | 2.14% | 87.33% | 7,815 | 8,156 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15,971 | ||
Rimouski | UN | UN | 9,210 | 52.05% | 981 | 5.54% | 83.69% | 9,210 | 8,229 | – | – | – | 256 | – | – | – | 17,695 | ||
Rivière-du-Loup | UN | UN | 8,689 | 51.15% | 453 | 2.67% | 89.38% | 8,689 | 8,236 | – | – | – | 62 | – | – | – | 16,987 | ||
Roberval | UN | UN | 11,478 | 59.24% | 3,579 | 18.47% | 87.64% | 11,478 | 7,899 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19,377 | ||
Rouville | UN | UN | 5,263 | 58.77% | 1,571 | 17.54% | 81.70% | 5,263 | 3,692 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,955 | ||
Rouyn-Noranda | UN | UN | 6,998 | 52.55% | 678 | 5.09% | 79.08% | 6,998 | 6,320 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,318 | ||
Saguenay | UN | UN | 8,977 | 62.55% | 4,054 | 28.25% | 75.34% | 8,977 | 4,923 | – | 452 | – | – | – | – | – | 14,352 | ||
Saint-Hyacinthe | UN | UN | 9,542 | 55.15% | 1,783 | 10.31% | 78.19% | 9,542 | 7,759 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17,301 | ||
Saint-Jean | UN | UN | 7,901 | 60.64% | 2,772 | 21.27% | 83.44% | 7,901 | 5,129 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,030 | ||
Saint-Maurice | UN | Lib | 14,489 | 57.91% | 3,960 | 15.83% | 87.70% | 10,529 | 14,489 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25,018 | ||
Saint-Sauveur | UN | UN | 12,877 | 57.02% | 3,293 | 14.58% | 85.54% | 12,877 | 9,584 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 124 | 22,585 | ||
Shefford | UN | Lib | 9,792 | 50.59% | 230 | 1.19% | 83.05% | 9,562 | 9,792 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19,354 | ||
Sherbrooke | UN | UN | 14,905 | 55.77% | 3,480 | 13.02% | 74.15% | 14,905 | 11,425 | 395 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26,725 | ||
Stanstead | UN | UN | 7,047 | 50.32% | 91 | 0.65% | 75.60% | 7,047 | 6,956 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14,003 | ||
Témiscamingue | UN | Lib | 4,284 | 52.72% | 442 | 5.44% | 85.17% | 3,842 | 4,284 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,126 | ||
Témiscouata | UN | UN | 5,776 | 52.92% | 638 | 5.85% | 86.65% | 5,776 | 5,138 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10,914 | ||
Terrebonne | UN | UN | 17,763 | 55.91% | 3,970 | 12.50% | 85.41% | 17,763 | 13,793 | – | – | – | – | 215 | – | – | 31,771 | ||
Trois-Rivières | UN | UN | 15,493 | 60.64% | 5,435 | 21.27% | 90.65% | 15,493 | 10,058 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25,551 | ||
Vaudreuil-Soulanges | UN | UN | 7,235 | 55.44% | 1,420 | 10.88% | 83.14% | 7,235 | 5,815 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13,050 | ||
Verchères | Lib | Lib | 4,673 | 53.97% | 688 | 7.95% | 88.13% | 3,985 | 4,673 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,658 | ||
Westmount–Saint-Georges | Lib | Lib | 12,455 | 75.99% | 9,179 | 56.00% | 46.48% | 3,276 | 12,455 | 659 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,390 | ||
Wolfe | UN | Lib | 3,995 | 50.42% | 66 | 0.83% | 92.33% | 3,929 | 3,995 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,924 | ||
Yamaska | UN | UN | 4,382 | 59.29% | 1,373 | 18.58% | 88.59% | 4,382 | 3,009 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7,391 |
Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UN | Lib | Nat | |||
Union Nationale | 68 | 68 | |||
Liberal | 22 | 1 | 23 | ||
Independent | 1 | 1 | |||
Total | 22 | 69 | 1 | 92 |
Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
█ Union Nationale | 68 | 22 | 1 | 91 | ||
█ Liberal | 23 | 69 | 92 | |||
█ Independent | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
█ Parti National | 1 | 1 | ||||
█ Co-operative Commonwealth | 15 | 6 | 2 | 23 | ||
█ Independent UN | 10 | 10 | ||||
█ Independent Liberal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
█ Labor–Progressive | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
█ Labour | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Source | Party | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UN | Lib | Ind | Total | ||
Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 62 | 7 | 1 | 70 |
Open seats held | 5 | 5 | |||
Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 1 | 16 | 17 | |
Total | 68 | 23 | 1 | 92 |
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