1948 Quebec general election

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1948 Quebec general election

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92 seats in the 23rd Legislative Assembly of Quebec 47 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   UdÉ Leader Maurice Duplessis Adélard Godbout P. Ernest Grégoire Party Union Nationale Liberal Union des électeurs Leader since June 20, 1936 June 11, 1936 June 11, 1936 Leader's seat Trois-Rivières L'Islet (defeated) Last election 48 seats, 38.02% 37 seats, 39.35% New Seats won 82 8 0 Seat change 34 29 Popular vote 775,747 547,478 123,508 Percentage 51.24% 36.17% 9.25% Swing 13.22% 3.18% New
Premier before election Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale Premier after election Maurice Duplessis Union Nationale

This article is part of a series about Maurice Duplessis
Family Law career Premiership Pre-premiership politics (1923-1935) Conservative Party of Quebec 1923 campaign 1927 election 1931 election 1935 election First premiership (1936-1939) 1936 election Union Nationale (Action libérale nationale) Great Depression in Canada Padlock Law (Switzman v Elbling) 1939 election (opposition to conscription) Return to the Official Opposition Second premiership (1944-1959) Politics Elections (1944, 1948, 1952, 1956) Flag of Quebec Autonomism in Quebec (Fight for provincial autonomy, Tremblay Commission) Censorship Natural gas scandal [fr] (Salvas Commission [fr]) Harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses (R v Boucher, Roncarelli v Duplessis) Economy Post-World War II economic expansion Baby boom Labour strikes (Montreal Cottons, Asbestos, Louiseville [fr], Murdochville) Investments (Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway, Office de l'électrification rurale [fr], Manicouagan, Autoroutes of Quebec) Legacy and cultural references Grande Noirceur Opposition press (Le Devoir (The Negro-King theory [fr]), Cité Libre) Charbonneau et le Chef [fr] Duplessis Orphans Duplessis (TV series) Toponyms (autoroute, provincial riding, Boulevard Maurice-Duplessis [fr])
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The 1948 Quebec general election was held on July 28, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout.

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%.