1952 Quebec general election

The 1952 Quebec general election was held on July 16, 1952, to elect members of the National [Assembly of Quebec|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 Georges-Émile Lapalme.
This was the fourth time that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory.
The number of seats won by the Liberals, and their share of the popular vote, were considerably increased over the previous 1948 [Quebec general election|election in 1948].

Campaign

became the first female leader of a Quebec political party, heading the CCF.
Of the 92 races, 56 were two-way contests between the two major parties:

Candidates	UN	Lib	CCF	I-UN	I-Lib	Ind	Lab-Pr	Lbr	PN	Total
2	56	56								112
3	23	24	11	8	2	2		1	1	72
4	8	8	8	2	2		2	2		32
5	4	4	4		4	2	2			20
Total	91	92	23	10	8	4	4	3	1	236

Outcome

was the first candidate to learn that he had been reelected, but he died within an hour of hearing the news. Georges-Émile Lapalme, who had lost his campaign to take Joliette, would subsequently win the Outremont byelection held on July 9, 1953.
There were two notable results that arose from the election:

Results

Analysis

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Total
	68	22		1		91
	23	69				92
	1		3			4
		1				1
			15	6	2	23
			10			10
			4	2	2	8
			3	1		4
			1	2		3