# 1923 Quebec general election

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 increased the number of MLAs from 81 to 85 through the following changes:
| Abolished ridings | New ridings |
| Divisions of ridings ||
| Labelle | Labelle Papineau |
| Témiscaming | Abitibi Témiscaming |
| Creation of riding from parts of others ||
| | Matapédia |
| | Montréal-Mercier |
| | Montréal-Verdun |
| Merger of ridings ||
| Laprairie Napierville | Napierville-Laprairie |
| Change of name ||
| Montréal-Hochelaga | Montréal–Saint-Henri |
* 1 2 Protected seat under British North America Act 1867, s. 80. Successor seats had same status.
* ↑ formed from part of Matane
* ↑ formed from parts of Montréal-Dorion and Montréal-Laurier
* ↑ formed from part of Jacques-Cartier

## 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.
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1923) :
| Political party | Political party | Party leader | MLAs | MLAs | MLAs | MLAs | Votes | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Political party | Political party | Party leader | Candidates | 1919 | 1923 | ± | # | ± | % | ± (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 | 83 | 74 | 64 | 10 | 149,730 | 82,438 | 51.52 | 0.39 |
| | █ Labour | – | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | 5,554 | 6,952 | 1.91 | 7.74 |
| | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates | Opposition candidates |
| | █ Conservative | Arthur Sauvé | 66 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 114,285 | 92,295 | 39.32 | 22.36 |
| | █ Liberal | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 3,684 | New | 1.27 | New |
| | █ Independent | – | 6 | – | – | – | 4,931 | New | 1.70 | New |
| | █ Farmer | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3,180 | New | 1.09 | New |
| | █ Labour | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2,439 | New | 0.84 | New |
| | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates | Other candidates |
| | █ Independent-Liberal | – | 10 | – | – | – | 5,586 | 16,316 | 1.92 | 14.96 |
| | █ Labour | – | 1 | – | – | – | 925 | New | 0.32 | New |
| | █ Independent-Conservative | – | 1 | – | – | – | 335 | New | 0.11 | New |
| Total | Total | Total | 179 | 81 | 85 | 85 | 290,649 | 290,649 | 100% | 100% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,808 | 2,360 | | |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 294,457 | 163,273 | 62.02 | 6.91 |
| 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) | 474,794 | 236,742 | | |
| Candidates returned by acclamation | Candidates returned by acclamation | Candidates returned by acclamation | Candidates returned by acclamation | Candidates returned by acclamation | 8 | 37 | | | | |
Popular vote
PLQ
51.52%
PCQ
39.32%
Others
9.16% :
Seats summary
PLQ
75.29%
PCQ
23.53%
Others
1.18% :
Eight Liberal MLAs were returned by acclamation:
| How nominated | Riding | Member returned |
| One candidate only | Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Joseph-Édouard Caron |
| One candidate only | Lotbinière | Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur |
| One candidate only | Québec-Comté | Aurèle Leclerc |
| One candidate only | Québec-Est | Louis-Alfred Létourneau |
| Two candidates, but one withdrew | Bellechasse | Antonin Galipeault |
| Two candidates, but one withdrew | Gaspé | Gustave Lemieux |
| Two candidates, but one withdrew | Matapédia | Joseph Dufour |
| Two candidates, but one withdrew | Saint-Jean | Alexis Bouthillier |