The 1935 Quebec general election was held on November 25, 1935, 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 ''

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'', led by

Paul Gouin Paul Gouin (May 20, 1898 – December 4, 1976) was a politician in Quebec, Canada, was the son of Lomer Gouin and the grandson of Honoré Mercier. Life and career He was born in Montreal, Quebec to Lomer Gouin and Éliza Mercier. He fought ...

, and the Quebec Conservative Party, led by

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. It was the fourth and final general election victory in a row for Taschereau, who had held office since 1920. He would resign less than seven months later due to a scandal. The ''Action libérale nationale'' (ALN) was a newly formed party led by the son of former Liberal premier

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. It was established by former Liberals who had become dissatisfied with the party. The ALN and Conservatives formed an alliance, the '' Union Nationale'', to contest this election, and after the election merged to form the Union Nationale as a fully-fledged party, which soon became a dominant political force.

Results

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, 90 , 79 , 47 , 5 , 249,586 , 19,146 , 46.53 , 8.35 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 3 , – , – , – , 615 , 2,172 , 0.11 , 0.46 , - , rowspan="3" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Union Nationale alliance , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, 53 , – , 25 , 25 , 158,130 , , 29.48 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;",

, 32 , 11 , 17 , 6 , 101,544 , 111,679 , 18.93 , 24.61 , - , rowspan="3" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Opposition candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 1,532 , , 0.29 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 94 , 12 , 0.02 , – , - , rowspan="5" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Other candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 19 , – , 1 , 1 , 21,587 , 20,522 , 4.02 , 3.80 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 2 , – , – , – , 2,238 , 1,757 , 0.42 , 0.32 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 998 , , 0.19 , , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 37 , 547 , – , 0.12 , - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 200 ! " colspan="3", 90 ! " colspan="2", 536,361 ! " colspan="2", 100% , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Rejected ballots , 15,232 , 11,042 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Voter turnout , 551,593 , 57,708 , 76.16 , 0.85 , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Registered electors (contested ridings only) , 724,260 , 82,936 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="5" style="text-align:left;" , Candidates returned by

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