The 1939 Quebec general election was held on October 25, 1939, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of

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, Canada. The

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, led by former

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Adélard Godbout Joseph-Adélard Godbout (September 24, 1892 – September 18, 1956) was a Canadian agronomist and politician. He served as the 15th premier of Quebec briefly in 1936, and again from 1939 to 1944. He served as leader of the Parti Libéral du Qu ...

, defeated the incumbent Union Nationale, led by

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. This was Godbout's second non-consecutive term of office and his only victory out of four consecutive general elections opposing Duplessis. The

Action libérale nationale The Action libérale nationale (ALN)('National Liberal Action') was a short-lived provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was founded during the Great Depression and led by Paul Gouin. The ALN played an important role in the foundatio ...

, which had won 25 seats in the 1935 election and then merged with the Quebec Conservative Party, was re-formed by

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, who had split with Duplessis soon after the formation of the Union Nationale. However the ALN obtained only 4.5% of the vote and no seats. It soon disbanded. Also, a rump Conservative Party ran three candidates who won 0.2% of the vote and no seats. This party also disbanded.

Redistribution of ridings

An Act passed before the election reduced the number of MLAs from 90 to 86 through the following changes:

Results

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, 84 , 76 , 14 , 62 , 217,413 , 106,399 , 38.60 , 18.28 , - , style="text-align:left;" , Joseph-Philias Morin ( Champlain) elected under Conservative banner; joined UN caucus after election. , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , 1 , 1 , 2,989 , , 0.53 , , - , style="background-color:#D9B2FF;" , , style="text-align:left;" , ''

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''Formed during the 20th Legislature, when five MLAs broke from the UN. Only

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( Lotbinière) ran for re-election under the Nationalist ticket, and he declared himself as an Independent-Liberal after the election , style="text-align:left;" , – , 1 , – , 1 , 1 , 3,074 , , 0.55 , , - , rowspan="11" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Other candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

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was elected in

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, style="text-align:left;", – , 5 , – , 1 , 1 , 6,281 , 5,514 , 1.12 , 0.99 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 2,513 , 1,044 , 0.45 , 0.19 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 1,679 , 191 , 0.30 , 0.03 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 788 , 8,958 , 0.14 , 1.57 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 617 , , 0.11 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 469 , 1,459 , 0.08 , 0.26 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 410 , 331 , 0.07 , 0.06 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 228 , , 0.04 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 159 , 886 , 0.03 , 0.15 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , colspan="8" style="text-align:center;", ''Did not campaign'' , - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 248 , 90 ! " colspan="2", 86 ! " colspan="2", 563,297 ! " colspan="2", 100% , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Rejected ballots , 7,334 , 2,404 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Voter turnout , 570,631 , 3,624 , 77.00 , 0.06 , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Registered electors (contested ridings only) , 741,131 , 5,283 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Candidates returned by

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Edgar Rochette ( Charlevoix-Saguenay), for the Liberals , 1 , 1 , colspan="4",

References

Quebec general election Elections in Quebec

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Redistribution of ridings

Results

See also

References