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{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name      = 1908 Quebec general election
| country            = Quebec
| type               = parliamentary
| ongoing            = no
| party_colour       = no
| party_name         = no
| previous_election  = 1904 Quebec general election
| previous_year      = 1904
| previous_mps       = 11th Quebec Legislature
| next_election      = 1912 Quebec general election
| next_year          = 1912
| elected_members    = 12th Quebec Legislature
| seats_for_election = 74 seats in the [[12th Legislative Assembly of Quebec]] <br /> 38 seats were needed for a majority
| election_date      = June 8, 1908

| image1             = Lomer Gouin, 2nd in 1910.png
| image1_size        = 180x180px
| colour1            = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|nohash}}
| leader1            = [[Lomer Gouin]]
| leader_since1      = 1905
| party1             = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}}
| leaders_seat1      = [[Portneuf (provincial electoral district)|Portneuf]]{{efn|Gouin also ran in [[Montréal division no. 2]] where he was defeated.}}
| last_election1     = 67 seats, 55.43%
| seats1             = 57
| seat_change1       = {{decrease}}10
| popular_vote1      = 131,068
| percentage1        = 53.53%
| swing1             = {{decrease}}1.9[[Percentage point|pp]]

| image2             = Pierre-Évariste Leblanc.png
| image2_size        = 180x180px
| colour2            = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|nohash}}
| leader2            = [[Pierre-Évariste Leblanc]]
| leader_since2      = 1905
| party2             = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|name}}
| leaders_seat2      = [[Laval (provincial electoral district)|Laval]] <br /> ''(lost re-election)''
| last_election2     = 7 seats, 26.73%
| seats2             = 14
| seat_change2       = {{increase}}7
| popular_vote2      = 97,738
| percentage2        = 39.92%
| swing2             = {{increase}}13.19[[Percentage point|pp]]

| map_image          =
| map_size           =
| map_caption        =
| title              = Premier
| before_election    = [[Lomer Gouin]]
| before_party       = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}}
| after_election     = [[Lomer Gouin]]
| posttitle          = Premier after election
| after_party        = {{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|name}}
}}
The '''1908 Quebec general election''' was held on June 8, 1908, to elect members of the [[12th Legislative Assembly of Quebec|12th Legislative Assembly]] of the Province of [[Quebec]], Canada.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Black |first=Conrad |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yDTgDwAAQBAJ |title=Rise to Greatness, Volume 2: Dominion (1867-1949): The History of Canada From the Vikings to the Present |date=2017-04-04 |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |isbn=978-0-7710-1293-8 |pages=127 |language=en}}</ref> The incumbent [[Quebec Liberal Party]], led by [[Lomer Gouin]], was re-elected, defeating the [[Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)|Quebec Conservative Party]], led by [[Pierre-Évariste Leblanc]].

==Results==

{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party
!rowspan="2"|Party leader
!rowspan="2"|# of<br />candidates
!colspan="3"|Seats
!colspan="3"|Popular Vote
|-
![[1904 Quebec general election|1904]]
!Elected
!% Change
!#
!%
!% Change
{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal|row-name}} 
| [[Lomer Gouin]] <!--leader-->
|align="right"|76  <!--cand-->
|align="right"|67   <!--prev-->
!align="right"|57    <!--elected-->
|align="right"|-14.9%  <!--%ch.seats-->
|align="right"|131,068  <!--vote-->
|align="right"| 53.53%   <!--%vote-->
|align="right"|-1.9%   <!--%ch.votes-->
{{Canadian party colour|QC|Conservative (historical)|row-name}} 
| [[Pierre-Évariste Leblanc]] <!--leader-->
|align="right"|62   <!--cand-->
|align="right"| 7  <!--prev-->
!align="right"| 14  <!--elected-->
|align="right"| +100%    <!--%ch.seats-->
|align="right"|97,738   <!--vote-->
|align="right"| 39.92%   <!--%vote-->
|align="right"| +13.19%   <!--%ch.votes-->
{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row}}
|''[[Ligue nationaliste canadienne|Ligue nationaliste]]''
|[[Henri Bourassa]] <!--leader-->
|align="right"|3  <!--cand-->
|align="right"|*  <!--prev-->
!align="right"|3  <!--elected-->
|align="right"|*   <!--%ch.seats-->
|align="right"|6,298      <!--vote-->
|align="right"| 2.57%    <!--%vote-->
|align="right"|*   <!--%ch.votes-->
{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent|row}}
|colspan=2|Other
|align="right"| 10  <!--cand-->
|align="right"|-   <!--prev-->
!align="right"|-  <!--elected-->
|align="right"|-   <!--%ch.seats-->
|align="right"|9,728      <!--vote-->
|align="right"| 3.97%    <!--%vote-->
|align="right"|*   <!--%ch.votes-->
|- 
|colspan="3"|'''Total'''
!align="right"|151 <!--cand-->
|align="right"|74   <!--prev-->
!align="right"|74  <!--elected-->
!align="right"|-%  <!--%ch.seats-->
!align="right"|244,832   <!--vote-->
!align="right"|100%   <!--%vote-->
|align="right"|&nbsp;  <!--%ch.votes-->
|-
|}
{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|53.53}}
{{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|39.92}}
{{bar percent|LN|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|2.57}}
{{bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|3.97}}}}{{bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|PLQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Liberal}}|77.03}}
{{bar percent|PCQ|{{Canadian party colour|QC|PC}}|18.92}}
{{bar percent|LN|{{Canadian party colour|QC|Independent}}|4.05}}}}

==See also==
* [[List of Quebec premiers]]
* [[Politics of Quebec]]
* [[Timeline of Quebec history]]
* [[List of political parties in Canada#Quebec|List of Quebec political parties]]
* [[12th Legislative Assembly of Quebec]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=J. Castell |title=The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1908 |date=1909 |publisher=The Annual Review Publishing Company |location=Toronto |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_k9g5}}

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