Quebec general election, 1989

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Quebec general election, 1989
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  1985 September 25, 1989 1994  

125 seats in the 34th National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 75.02%

 First partySecond partyThird party
  Robert-Bourassa.jpg Jacques-Parizeau-Headshot-2008.jpeg
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Leader Robert Bourassa Jacques Parizeau Robert Libman
Party Liberal Parti Québécois Equality
Leader since October 15, 1983 March 18, 1988 1989
Leader's seat Saint-Laurent L'Assomption D'Arcy-McGee
Last election99 seats, 55.99%23 seats, 38.69%pre-creation
Seats won92294
Seat changeDecrease2.svg7Increase2.svg6Increase2.svg4
Popular vote1,702,8081,369,067125,726
Percentage49.95%40.16%3.69%
SwingDecrease2.svg6.04%Increase2.svg1.47%

Premier before election

Robert Bourassa
Liberal

Premier-designate

Robert Bourassa
Liberal

The Quebec general election of 1989 was held on September 25, 1989, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Premier Robert Bourassa, won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois, led by Jacques Parizeau.

National Assembly of Quebec single house of the Legislature of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs. The Queen in Right of Quebec, represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec and the National Assembly compose the Legislature of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other Westminster-style parliamentary systems.

Quebec Province of Canada

Quebec is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario and the bodies of water James Bay and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada.

Quebec Liberal Party provincial political party in Quebec, Canada

The Quebec Liberal Party is a federalist provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955.

Contents

This election was notable for the arrival of the Equality Party, which advocated English-speaking minority rights. It won four seats, but never had any success in any subsequent election.

Equality Party (Quebec)

The Equality Party was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that promoted the use of English in Quebec on an equal basis with French. Four Equality Party members were elected to Quebec's National Assembly in 1989, as part of an anglophone reaction to changes made by the governing Liberals to Quebec's language law. The party had no success in subsequent elections, and stopped organizing after the 2003 Quebec election.

English-speaking Quebecers are terms used to refer to English speaking members of Quebec. Anglo-Quebecers (anglophone) are a minority due to the official language of the French-speaking (francophone) province of Quebec, Canada. The English-speaking community in Quebec constitutes an official linguistic minority population under Canadian law.

Results

The overall results were: [1]

PartyParty leader# of
candidates
SeatsPopular vote
1985 Elected% Change#%% Change
Liberal Robert Bourassa 1259992-7.1%1,702,80849.95%-6.04%
Parti Québécois Jacques Parizeau 1252329+26.1%1,369,06740.16%+1.47%
Equality Robert Libman 19*4*125,7263.69%*
Green Jean Ouimet 46---67,6751.99%+1.85%
New Democratic Gaétan Nadeau 55---41 5041.22%-1.20%
Unity James Atkinson 16*-*33 8620.99%*
Lemon Denis Patenaude 11*-*7 5500.22%*
     Workers Gérard Lachance19*-*5 4970.16%*
Progressive Conservative Robert Coppenrath 12---4 7500.14%-0.89%
     Parti indépendantiste Gilles Rhéaume 12---4 6070.14%-0.31%
Marxist–Leninist Christine Robidoux 30*-*4 2450.12%*
     Parti 51 André Perron 11*-*3,8460.11%*
     United Social Credit Jean-Paul Poulin 11---2,9730.09%+0.04%
  Socialist 10---2,2030.06%+0.01%
Commonwealth of Canada  11---1,7990.05%-0.02%
Communist Marianne Roy 10---8080.02%-
    Independents/no designation34---29,9890.88%+0.45%
Total557122125+2.5%3,408,909100% 


Party SeatsSecondThird
Liberal 92330
Parti Québécois 298610
Equality 4510
Vote share
PLQ
49.95%
PQ
40.16%
Equality
3.69%
Green
1.99%
NDP
1.22%
Unity
0.99%
Others
2.00%

See also

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References

  1. "Résultats officiels par parti politique pour l'ensemble des circonscriptions". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Retrieved 2012-01-31.