1939 Quebec general election

The 1939 Quebec general election was held on October 25, 1939 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by former premier Adélard Godbout, defeated the incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis.

1939 Quebec general election

October 25, 1939
90 seats in the 21st Legislative Assembly of Quebec 46 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Adélard Godbout Maurice Duplessis Party Liberal Union Nationale Leader since June 11, 1936 June 20, 1936 Leader's seat L'Islet Trois-Rivières Last election 14 seats, 39.41% 76 seats, 56.88% Seats won 70 15 Seat change 56 61 Percentage 54.05% 39.13% Swing 14.64pp 17.75pp
Premier before election Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale Premier after election Adélard Godbout Liberal

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

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1936	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	Adélard Godbout		14	70	+400%		54.05%	+14.6%
	Union Nationale	Maurice Duplessis		76	15	-80.3%		39.13%	-17.8%
	Action libérale nationale	Paul Gouin		*	-	*		4.49%	*
	Other			-	1			2.33%	-1.4%
Total				90	86	-4.4%		100%

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Popular vote PLQ   54.05% UN   39.13% Others   6.82%

Seats summary PLQ   81.40% UN   17.44% Others   1.16%

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties
• 21st Legislative Assembly of Quebec