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1919 Quebec general election
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81 seats in the 15th Legislative Assembly of Quebec ; 41 seats were needed for a majority
Premier before election; Lomer Gouin; Liberal	Premier after election ; Lomer Gouin; Liberal

The 1919 Quebec general election was held on June 23, 1919, to elect members of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Lomer Gouin, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé.

Gouin, who had held office since 1905, resigned precisely one year after the election to make way for his successor Louis-Alexandre Taschereau. Gouin himself had originally come to power in much the same way, after his predecessor Simon-Napoléon Parent resigned soon after winning his final election.

Results

Summary of 1919 Quebec general election^[1]
Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party leader	Candidates	1916	Elected	±	#	±	%	± (pp)
	Liberal	Lomer Gouin	79	75	74	1	67,292	58,974	51.91	8.66
	Conservative	Arthur Sauvé	20	6	5	1	21,990	73,147	16.96	18.13
	Parti ouvrier		7	–	2	2	12,506	10,674	9.65	8.77
	Independent-Liberal		22	–	–	–	21,902	14,695	16.88	13.42
	Liberal-Democrat		5	–	–	–	4,399	New	3.38	New
	Liberal–Labour		1	–	–	–	1,457	New	1.12	New
Total			134	81			129,636		100%
Rejected ballots							1,448	1,319
Voter turnout							131,184	80,035	55.11	7.44
Registered electors (contested ridings only)							238,052	99,644
Candidates returned by acclamation					45	19

Popular vote

PLQ			51.91%
PCQ			16.96%
Others			31.13%

Seats summary

PLQ			91.36%
PCQ			6.17%
Others			2.47%

Resulting composition of the 15th Legislative Assembly of Quebec^[2]
Source		Party
Source		Lib	Con	PO	Total
Seats retained	Incumbents returned	30			30
	Open seats held		1		1
	Acclamation	43	2		45
Seats changing hands	Incumbents defeated	1	1	1	3
Seats changing hands	Open seats gained		1	1	2
Total		74	5	2	81

References

^ Drouilly, Pierre (November 7, 2017). "Élections québécoises de 1919". donneesquebec.ca. Atlas des élections au Québec.
^ Hopkins 1920, pp. 692–693.