1948 Quebec general election

1948 Quebec general election

← 1944 July 28, 1948 1952 →

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 Increase 34 Decrease 29 Steady
Popular vote 775,747 547,478 123,508
Percentage 51.24% 36.17% 9.25%
Swing Increase 13.22% Decrease 3.18% New

Premier before election

Maurice Duplessis
Union Nationale

Premier after election

Maurice Duplessis
Union Nationale

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%.