1994 Quebec general election

Quebec general election, 1994

September 12, 1994
125 seats in the 35th National Assembly of Quebec 63 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	81.58%
First party Second party Third party   130x150px Leader Jacques Parizeau Daniel Johnson, Jr. Mario Dumont Party Parti Québécois Liberal Action démocratique Leader since March 18, 1988 December 14, 1993 1994 Leader's seat L'Assomption Vaudreuil Rivière-du-Loup Last election 29 seats, 40.16% 92 seats, 49.95% pre-creation Seats won 77 47 1 Seat change +48 -45 +1 Popular vote 1,751,442 1,737,698 252,721 Percentage 44.75% 44.40% 6.46% Swing +4.59% -5.55% +6.46%
300px Map of Quebec's ridings coloured in to indicate ridings won by each party and their popular vote.
Premier before election Daniel Johnson, Jr. Liberal Premier-designate Jacques Parizeau Parti Québécois

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The Quebec general election of 1994 was held on September 12, 1994, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The Parti Québécois, led by Jacques Parizeau, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Daniel Johnson, Jr..

Johnson had succeeded Robert Bourassa as Liberal leader and Premier. Both his father, Daniel Sr., and brother, Pierre-Marc, had previously served as premiers of Quebec as leaders of different parties.

This election was very significant for Quebec history, because it set the stage for the 1995 Quebec referendum on independence for Quebec from Canada. In this referendum, the PQ's proposals for sovereignty were very narrowly defeated.

Mario Dumont, a former president of the Liberal party's youth wing, and then leader of the newly formed Action démocratique du Québec, won his own seat, but no other members of his party were elected.

In Saint-Jean there was a tie between incumbent Liberal candidate Michel Charbonneau and PQ candidate Roger Paquin. A new election was held on October 24 and was won by Paquin by a margin of 532 votes.

Results

The overall results were:

Party		Party leader	Candi- dates	Seats			Popular vote
				1989	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Parti Québécois	Jacques Parizeau	125	29	77	+165.5%	1,751,442	44.75%	+4.59%
	Liberal	Daniel Johnson, Jr.	125	92	47	-48.9%	1,737,698	44.40%	-5.55%
	Action démocratique	Mario Dumont	80	*	1	*	252,721	6.46%	*
	New Democratic	Jean-François Sirois	41	-	-	-	33,269	0.85%	-0.37%
	Natural Law	Allen Faguy	102	*	-	*	33,206	0.85%	*
	Equality1	Keith Henderson	17	4	-	-100.0%	11,526	0.29%	-4.39%
	Sovereignty		19	*	-	*	5,566	0.14%	*
	Green		11	*	-	*	5,499	0.14%	-1.85%
	Lemon		10	*	-	*	4,087	0.10%	-0.12%
	CANADA!	Tony Kondaks	10	*	-	*	2,567	0.07%	*
	Republic of Canada		18	-	-	-	2,258	0.06%	+0.01%
	Development		11	*	-	*	1,876	0.05%	*
	Innovator		11	*	-	*	1,861	0.05%	*
	Economic		9	*	-	*	1,759	0.04%	*
	Marxist–Leninist		13	-	-	-	1,171	0.03%	-0.09%
	Communist		10	-	-	-	1,062	0.03%	+0.01%
	Independent/no designation		68	-	-	-	66,221	1.69%	+0.81%
Total			680	125	125	-	3,913,789	100%
Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election. 1 Equality Party results are compared to the combined totals of the Equality Party and the Unity Party in the 1989 election.

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
	Parti Québécois	77	47	1	0
	Liberal	47	76	2	0
	Action démocratique	1	0	77	2

Vote share
PQ			44.75%
PLQ			44.40%
ADQ			6.46%
NDP			0.85%
Natural Law			0.85%
Others			2.69%

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• 35th National Assembly of Quebec

External links

• CBC TV video clip
• Results by party (total votes and seats won)
• Results for all ridings