1939 Quebec general election

The Quebec general election of 1939 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.

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.

See also

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