# 1927 Quebec general election

The 1927 Quebec general election was held on May 16, 1927, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province 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 second general election victory in a row for Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, who had held office since 1920.

## Results

Twelve Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation, including one on the Island of Montreal. Taschereau himself was acclaimed in Montmorency, because of the alleged technical rejection of the Conservative candidate Lucien Drolet's nomination papers. Drolet would later sue the returning officer over this.
The Liberals won back six of the Montreal seats they had lost in 1923. There was a controversy in Montréal–Saint-Louis, where the Conservative candidate Louis Fitch claimed that he had been subject to false arrest on Election Day.
Polling was deferred to May 23 in Gaspé. This was because weather conditions caused the closure of many roads in the area.
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1927) :
| Political party | Political party | Party leader | MLAs | MLAs | MLAs | MLAs | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Political party | Political party | Party leader | Candidates | 1923 | 1927 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (pp) |
| | Government candidates | Government candidates | Government candidates | Government candidates | Government candidates | Government candidates | Government candidates | Government candidates | Government candidates | Government candidates |
| | █ Liberal | Louis-Alexandre Taschereau | 85 | 64 | 74 | 10 | 188,687 | 38,957 | 59.34 | 7.82 |
| | █ Independent | – | 3 | – | – | – | 1,365 | New | 0.43 | New |
| | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates |
| | █ Conservative | Arthur Sauvé | 67 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 109,105 | 92,295 | 34.31 | 5.01 |
| | █ Liberal | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | Did not campaign | Did not campaign | Did not campaign | Did not campaign |
| | █ Independent | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2,685 | 2,246 | 0.84 | 0.86 |
| | █ Labour | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 4,432 | 1,993 | 1.39 | 0.55 |
| | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates |
| | █ Independent-Liberal | – | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | 9,345 | 3,759 | 2.94 | 1.02 |
| | █ Labour | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2,342 | 1,417 | 0.74 | 0.42 |
| Total | Total | Total | 167 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 317,961 | 317,961 | 100% | 100% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,843 | 965 | | |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 320,804 | 26,347 | 62.91 | 0.89 |
| Registered electors (contested ridings only) | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | Registered electors (contested ridings only) | 509,935 | 35,141 | | |
| Candidates returned by acclamation | Candidates returned by acclamation | Candidates returned by acclamation | Candidates returned by acclamation | Candidates returned by acclamation | 12 | 4 | | | | |
* ↑ Other allegiances not professed in 1927: Labour-Government; Independent-Conservative; Farmer-Opposition
Popular vote
PLQ
59.33%
PCQ
34.31%
Others
6.36% :
Seats summary
PLQ
87.06%
PCQ
10.59%
Others
2.35% :