1897 Quebec general election

1897 Quebec general election

May 11, 1897
74 seats in the 9th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 38 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Félix-Gabriel Marchand Edmund James Flynn Party Liberal Conservative Leader since 1892 1896 Leader's seat Saint-Jean Gaspé Last election 21 seats, 43.65% 51 seats, 52.41% Seats won 51 23 Seat change 30 28 Popular vote 120,300 98,941 Percentage 53.28% 43.82% Swing 9.63pp 8.59pp
Premier before election Edmund James Flynn Conservative Premier after election Félix-Gabriel Marchand Liberal

The 1897 Quebec general election was held on May 11, 1897, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by Félix-Gabriel Marchand, defeated the incumbent Quebec Conservative Party, led by Edmund James Flynn.

This marked the start of over 39 consecutive years in power for the Liberals. The Conservative Party never held power again in Quebec, and ceased to exist in 1936 when it merged with the Action libérale nationale to form the Union Nationale, which formed a government later that year.

Marchand died in office in 1900, and was succeeded by Simon-Napoléon Parent as Liberal leader and premier.

Additional Assembly seat

An Act passed in 1895 provided for the Îles-de-la-Madeleine to be separated from Gaspé for the subsequent election, and thus elect their own MLA.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1892	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	Félix-Gabriel Marchand		21	51	+143%	120,300	53.28%	+9.63%
	Conservative	Edmund James Flynn		51	23	-54.9%	98,941	43.82%	-8.59%
	Other			1	-	-100%	6,538	2.90%	-1.0%
Total				73	74	+1.4%	225,779	100%

Popular vote PLQ   53.28% PCQ   43.82% Others   2.90%

Seats summary PLQ   68.92% PCQ   31.08%

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties
• 9th Legislative Assembly of Quebec