Quebec general election, 1867

August - September, 1867

64 of 65 seats in the 1st Legislative Assembly of Quebec 33 seats were needed for a majority (includes vacant seat, latter filled by by-election)

	First party	Second party

Leader	Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau	Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Party	Conservative	Liberal
Leader's seat	Quebec County	Lotbinière
Seats won	51	12
Popular vote	40,489	26,847
Percentage	53.48%	35.46%

Map of the results by riding.

Premier before election

New Office

Premier-designate

Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)

The Quebec general election of 1867 was held in August and September 1867 to elect members of the 1st Legislative Assembly for the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Conservative Party, led by Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, defeated the Quebec Liberal Party led by Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière.

Results

Party		Party Leader	Seats	Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	Elected	#	%
	Conservative	Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau	51	40,489	53.48%
	Liberal	Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière	12	26,847	35.46%
	Independent Liberal		1	8,389	11.06%
	Other		-	8,389	11.06%
Vacant¹			1
Total			65		100%

Notes:

¹ The electoral district of Kamouraska remained vacant, and was filled in a later by-election in 1869.

Elections and referendums in Quebec

General elections	1867 1871 1875 1878 1881 1886 1890 1892 1897 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1919 1923 1927 1931 1935 1936 1939 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1962 1966 1970 1973 1976 1981 1985 1989 1994 1998 2003 2007 2008 2012 2014 next

Referendums	1919 1980 1992 1995

See also: List of Quebec by-elections

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