1886 Quebec general election

1886 Quebec general election

October 14, 1886
65 seats in the 6th Legislative Assembly of Quebec 33 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Honoré Mercier John Jones Ross Party Liberal Conservative Leader since 1883 1884 Leader's seat Bonaventure Councillor for Shawinigan Last election 15 seats, 38.97% 49 seats, 50.38% Seats won 33 26 Seat change 18 23 Popular vote 58,389 68,141 Percentage 39.54% 46.19% Swing 0.57pp 4.19pp
Premier before election John Jones Ross Conservative Premier after election John Jones Ross Conservative

The 1886 Quebec general election on October 14, 1886, to elect members of the 6th Legislative Assembly for the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Parti National, a broad coalition formed and led by Honoré Mercier, that included the Parti libéral du Québec and nationalist defectors from the Conservative party. The Parti national got a large boost when Liberals and dissident Conservatives rallied in reaction to the hanging of Louis Riel in 1885, for which the federal Conservatives were held responsible by Quebec voters. The nationalists won a majority of seats against the Parti conservateur du Québec, led by John Jones Ross.

The Conservatives hung on in a minority government until Mercier became premier on January 27, 1887.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1881	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	Honoré Mercier		15	33	+120%	58 389	39.54%	+0.6%
	Conservative	John Jones Ross		49	26	-46.9%	68 141	46.19%	-4.2%
	Independent Conservative			1	3	+200%	20 994	14.23%	+3.2%
	Parti national	Honoré Mercier		-	3	-
	Other			-	-	-
Total				65	65	-		100%

Popular vote PCQ   46.19% PLQ   39.54% Others   14.23%

Seats summary PLQ   50.77% PCQ   40.00% Others   9.23%

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties
• 6th Legislative Assembly of Quebec