Quebec general election, 1998

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The Quebec general election of 1998 was held on November 30, 1998, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Lucien Bouchard, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Charest.

After the narrow defeat of the PQ's proposal for political independence for Quebec in an economic union with the rest of Canada in the 1995 Quebec referendum, PQ leader Jacques Parizeau resigned. Bouchard left federal politics, where he was leader of the Bloc Québécois party in the Canadian House of Commons, to lead the Parti Québécois and become premier.

Jean Charest had also left federal politics, where he had been leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Charest was initially seen as a bad fit for the Quebec Liberal Party, and for provinicial politics. He later overcame this perception.

In terms of the number of seats won by each of the two parties, the result was almost identical to the previous 1994 general election. However, this time the Liberals actually won a slightly larger percentage of the popular vote, but nonetheless far fewer seats.

Mario Dumont, leader of the Action démocratique du Québec, repeated his success in winning his own seat, as he had done in the 1994 general election. However, his party also repeated its failure to elect any other member apart from its leader.

Results

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2.1%

5.35%

0.02%

0.04%

0.01%

0.02%

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1994	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change |- |bgcolor="lightskyblue"|	Parti Québécois	Lucien Bouchard	124	77	76	align="right"
1,744,240	42.87%	align="right"
Liberal	Jean Charest	125	47	48	align="right"
1,771,858	43.55%	align="right"
Action démocratique	Mario Dumont	125	1	1	align="right"
480,636	11.81%	align="right"
Social Democratic		97	align="right"
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24,097	0.59%	align="right"
Equality		24	align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
12,543	0.31%	align="right"
Bloc pot		24	*	align="right"
*	9,944	0.24%	* |- |bgcolor="lavender"|	Natural Law		35	align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
5,369	0.13%	align="right"
Marxist-Leninist		24	align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
2,747	0.07%	align="right"
Innovator		20	align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
2,484	0.06%	align="right"
Communist		20	align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
2,113	0.05%	align="right"
Independent/no designation		39	align="right"
align="right"
align="right"
12,441	0.31%	align="right"
Total			657	125	125	align="right"
4,068,472	100%
Source: [Elections Quebec]

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Preceded by: 1994

List of Quebec general elections

Followed by: 2003

See also

• List of Quebec political parties
• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history

External link

• [CBC TV video clip]

 

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