The 1948 Quebec general election was held on July 28, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of

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, Canada. The incumbent '' Union Nationale'', led by

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, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by

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. This was the third time (and the second in a row) that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory. It was Godbout's third (and final) loss to Duplessis in a general election, and the second in a row. He had won one victory against Duplessis years earlier in the 1939 election. In this election, the Liberals fared particularly poorly, reduced to only 8 seats, although their share of the popular vote was around 36%.

Adjustment of representation

The Legislative Assembly was expanded from 91 to 92 members, as a consequence of Charlevoix-Saguenay no longer returning a joint member, with separate members being elected from

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and Saguenay.

Results

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, 91 , 48 , 82 , 34 , 775,747 , 270,086 , 51.25 , 13.22 , - , style="text-align:left;",

, 92 , 37 , 8 , 29 , 547,478 , 24,162 , 36.16 , 3.19 , - , style="text-align:left;", P. Ernest Grégoire , 92 , – , – , – , 140,050 , 123,508 , 9.25 , 8.01 , - , style="text-align:left;", , 7 , 1 , – , 1 , 9,016 , 24,970 , 0.60 , 1.96 , - , style="text-align:left;", , – , 4 , – , 4 , style="text-align:center;" colspan="4", ''Did not campaign'' , - , rowspan="10" , , style="text-align:left;" colspan="10", Other candidates , - , style="text-align:left;" ,

René Chaloult René Chaloult (January 26, 1901 – December 20, 1978) was a nationalist politician in Quebec, Canada. Background He was born on January 26, 1901, in Quebec City. Political career Chaloult first won a seat to the Legislative Assembly of ...

was reelected as an Independent in Québec Frank Hanley was elected in Montréal–Sainte-Anne , style="text-align:left;", – , 11 , – , 2 , 2 , 23,956 , 11,190 , 1.58 , 0.62 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , – , 1 , – , 1 , style="text-align:center;" colspan="4", ''Did not campaign'' , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 8 , – , – , – , 8,649 , 1,874 , 0.57 , 0.06 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 4,899 , 2,974 , 0.32 , 0.27 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 7 , – , – , – , 2,968 , 7,868 , 0.20 , 0.45 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 1,098 , 7,257 , 0.07 , 0.56 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , 1 , – , – , – , 110 , 2,905 , – , 0.23 , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" colspan="8", ''Did not campaign'' , - , style="text-align:left;" , , style="text-align:left;", – , - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 311 , 91 ! " colspan="2", 92 ! " colspan="2", 1,513,971 ! " colspan="2", 100% , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Rejected ballots , 17,928 , 2,376 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Voter turnout , 1,531,899 , 186,388 , 75.22 , 3.24 , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Registered electors , 2,036,576 , 167,180 , colspan="2",

References

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Adjustment of representation

Results

See also

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