Québécois general election of 1948

The Québécois general election of 1948 is held the July 28th 1948 in order to elect the Député S of the 23 {{E}} legislature with the legislative Assemblée of the province of the Quebec (Canada). It is about the 23e general election since the Canadian Confédération of 1867. The government of the National union, directed by the Prime Minister Maurice Duplessis, is re-elected, forming a second majority Gouvernement consecutive.

Context

A new party, the Union of the voters, born from the movement creditist and directed by Réal Caouette, appears in 1944 on the Québécois political scene. At the time of the election of 1944, the Union of the voters had introduced only 11 candidates and had collected only one thin 1,24% of the voices. However, at the time of this election, the party introduces a candidate in each district of Quebec and harvest impressive a 9,25% of the voices. It is not unfortunately sufficient to gain a seat, and it is the last time that the party takes part in the Québécois elections. It will be necessary to await the Années 1970 to again see a party creditist on the provincial scene with the Ralliement creditist of Quebec.

The popular Bloc, which had made elect four candidates with the legislative Parliament at the time of the last election and 2 deputies with the House of Commons, is exhausted: André Laurendeau resigns on July 8th, 1947 and the party does not introduce candidates to the elections.

In July 1945, the number of seats passes from 91 to 92.

January 21st, 1948, the Prime Minister Duplessis makes adopt by a decree as a council the Fleurdelysé like official flag of Quebec; that gains supports near the nationalist electorate to him.

It is during the countryside that the minister Jos D. Bégin introduces a slogan which will remain famous: “  The liberals give the abroads; Duplessis gives to its province.  ”

Camillien Houde is reconciled with Duplessis and its support during the program offers to him. As it is very popular with Montreal, that will help the National union largely.

The Liberal party does not make elect that 8 deputies in spite of a share of the vote of 36%. Adélard Godbout is beaten in its district and it is George Marler which will be selected as parliamentary chief. It is the third defeat which sudden Godbout with the hands of Duplessis, and it will be the last; in 1949, it is named with the Senate of Canada, where it will sit until its death in 1956.

Important dates

  • June 9th, 1948: emission of the brief of election.

  • July 28th, 1948: poll
  • January 19th, 1949: opening of the session.

Results

List deputies

  • Abitibi-Is : Jacques Miquelon (National union)

  • Abitibi-West : Emile Lesage (National union)
  • Argenteuil : William Cottingham (National union)
  • Arthabaska : Wilfrid Labbé (National union)
  • Bagot : Daniel Johnson (National union)
  • Beauce : Georges-octave Poulin (National union)
  • Beauharnois : Edgar Hébert (National union)
  • Bellechasse : Paul-Eugene Bélanger (National union)
  • Berthier : Azellus Lavallée (National union)
  • Bonaventure : Henri Jolicoeur (National union)
  • Bromine : Charles James Fox (National union)
  • Chambly : John Rock (National union)
  • Champlain : Maurice Bellemare (National union)
  • Charlevoix : Arthur Leclerc (National union)
  • Châteauguay : Arthur Laberge (National union)
  • Chicoutimi : Antonio Talbot (National union)
  • Compton : Charles Daniel French (National union)
  • Two-Mountains : Paul Saved (National union)
  • Dorchester : Joseph-damask Bégin (National union)
  • Drummond : Robert Bernard (National union)
  • Frontenac : Late Patrice (National union)
  • Gaspé-North : Robert Lévesque (Liberal party)
  • Gaspé-South : Camille-Eugene Pouliot (National union)
  • Gatineau : Gerard Desjardins (National union)
  • Hull : Alexandre Taché (National union)
  • Huntingdon : John Gillies Disavows (National union)
  • Iberville : Yvon Thuot (National union)
  • Iles-de-la-Madeleine : Hormisdas Langlois (National union)
  • Jacques-Cartier : Charles-Aime Kirkland (Liberal party)
  • Jeanne-Mance : Georges Guèvremont (National union)
  • Joliette : Antonio Barrette (National union)
  • Kamouraska : Alfred Plourde (National union)
  • Labelle : Henri-Albini Parcels up (National union)
  • Lac Midsummer's Day : Antonio Auger (National union)
  • the Assumption : Victor-Stanislas Chartrand (National union)
  • Bay-tree : Paul Of Provence (National union)
  • Laval : Omer Barrier (National union)
  • Laviolette : Charles-Romulus Ducharme (National union)
  • Lévis : Theophilus Larochelle (National union)
  • Islet : Fernand Lizotte (National union)
  • Lotbinière : Rene Bernatchez (National union)
  • Maisonneuve : François-Albert Gatien (National union)
  • Maskinongé : Germain Charon (National union)
  • Matane : Onésime Gagnon (National union)
  • Matapédia : Philippe Cossette (National union)
  • Mégantic : Tancrède Labbé (National union)
  • Draper : Gerard Thibeault (National union)
  • Missisquoi : Jean-Jacques Bertrand (National union)
  • Montcalm : Maurice Tellier (National union)
  • Montmagny : Antoine Rivard (National union)
  • Montmorency : Yves Prévost (National union)
  • Napierville-Laprairie : Hercules Riendeau (National union)
  • Nicolet : Émery Fleury (National union)
  • Our-Lady-of-Grace : Paul Earl (Liberal party)
  • Outremont : Henri Groulx (Liberal party)
  • Papineau : Lorraine Romeo (National union)
  • Pontiac : Raymond-Thomas Johnston (National union)
  • Portneuf : Bona Dusseault (National union)
  • Quebec-Center : Gerard Guay (National union)
  • Quebec-County : Rene Chaloult (Independent)
  • Quebec-Is : Onésime Matte (National union)
  • Quebec-West : Jean-Alphonse Saucier (National union)
  • Richelieu : Bernard Gagné (National union)
  • Richmond : Albert Goudreau (National union)
  • Rimouski : Alfred Dubé (National union)
  • River-of-Wolf : Romeo Gained (National union)
  • Roberval : Antoine Marcotte (National union)
  • Rouville : Laurent Barred (National union)
  • Rouyn-Noranda : Guy Dallaire (National union)
  • Saguenay : Pierre Ouellet (National union)
  • Holy-Anne : Frank Hanley (Independent)
  • Sainte-Marie : Aime Gendron (National union)
  • Saint-Henri : Hormisdas Delisle (National union)
  • Saint-Hyacinthe : Ernest-Joseph Chartier (National union)
  • Saint-Jacob : Omer Side (National union)
  • Midsummer's Day : Jean-Paul Beaulieu (National union)
  • Saint-Louis : David Rochon (Liberal party)
  • Saint-Maurice : Marc Trudel (National union)
  • Saint-Saver : Francis Boudreau (National union)
  • Shefford : Hector Choquette (National union)
  • Sherbrooke : John Samuel Bourque (National union)
  • Stanstead : Leon-Denis Gérin (National union)
  • Témiscamingue : The Nile-Élie Larivière (National union)
  • Témiscouata : Andre Pelletier (National union)
  • Terrebonne : Léonard Blanchard (National union)
  • Three-Rivers : Maurice Duplessis (National union)
  • Vaudreuil-Soulanges : Edouard Jeannotte (National union)
  • Verchères : Arthur Dupre (Liberal party)
  • Verdun : Lionel-Alfred Ross (Liberal party)
  • Westmount-Saint-Georges : George Marler (Liberal party)
  • Wolfe : Henri Vachon (National union)
  • Yamaska : Antonio Élie (National union)

Sources

  • historical Section of the site of the National Assembly of Quebec
  • Jacques Lacoursière, popular History of Quebec , volume 4, editions of North, Sillery (Quebec), 1997
  • General election July 28th, 1948 — QuébecPolitique.com

Random links:German electoral system | Electoral constituencies (France) | Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti | The Great Gig in the Sky | Vox seniors | Municipalité_régionale_du_comté_de_la_La_Côte-De-Gaspé,_Québec