1956 Quebec general election

The Quebec general election of 1956 was held on June 20, 1956 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly 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 fifth and final time (and the fourth in a row) that Duplessis led his party to a general election victory. No party has since been able to win more than three elections in a row. Duplessis died in office in 1959.

It was Lapalme's second (and final) loss in a row as Liberal leader. The Liberals did not manage to improve on their performance in the previous 1952 election.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1952	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Union Nationale	Maurice Duplessis		68	72	+5.9%		51.80%	+1.3%
	Liberal	Georges-Émile Lapalme		23	20	-13.0%		44.87%	-0.9%
	Other			1	1	-		3.33%	-0.4%
Total				92	93	+1.1%		100%

Vote share
Union Nationale			51.80%
PLQ			44.87%
Others			3.33%

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties
• 25th Legislative Assembly of Quebec