The 1927 Quebec general election was held on May 16, 1927, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of

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, Canada. The incumbent

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, led by

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (; March 5, 1867 – July 6, 1952) was the 14th premier of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. He was a member of the Parti libéral du Québec. Early life Taschereau was born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Jean-Thoma ...

, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by

Arthur Sauvé Arthur Sauvé, (October 1, 1874 – February 6, 1944) was born in Saint-Hermas (today part of Mirabel, Quebec). The Legislative Assembly of Quebec member for Deux-Montagnes (provincial electoral district), Deux-Montagnes from 1908 to 1930, h ...

. It was the second general election victory in a row for

, who had held office since 1920.

Results

Twelve Liberal MLAs were returned by

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, 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

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, where the Conservative candidate Louis Fitch claimed that he had been subject to

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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. , - ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Political party ! rowspan=2 , Party leader ! colspan=4 , MPPs ! colspan=4 , Votes , - ! Candidates ! 1923 !1927 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) , - , rowspan="3" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Government candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, 85 , 64 , 74 , 10 , 188,687 , 38,957 , 59.34 , 7.82 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 1,365 , , 0.43 , , - , rowspan="5" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Opposition candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, 67 , 20 , 9 , 11 , 109,105 , 92,295 , 34.31 , 5.01 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , – , 1 , – , 1 , style="text-align:center;" colspan="4", ''Did not campaign''Other allegiances not professed in 1927: Labour-Government; Independent-Conservative; Farmer-Opposition , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 2,685 , 2,246 , 0.84 , 0.86 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , 1 , 1 , 4,432 , 1,993 , 1.39 , 0.55 , - , rowspan="3" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Other candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 7 , – , 1 , 1 , 9,345 , 3,759 , 2.94 , 1.02 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 2,342 , 1,417 , 0.74 , 0.42 , - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 167 ! " colspan="3", 85 ! " colspan="2", 317,961 ! " colspan="2", 100% , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Rejected ballots , 2,843 , 965 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Voter turnout , 320,804 , 26,347 , 62.91 , 0.89 , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Registered electors (contested ridings only) , 509,935 , 35,141 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Candidates returned by

, 12 , 4 , colspan="4",

References

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Results

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Further reading

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