Quebec general elections

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Politics of Quebec

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National Question Quebec federalist ideology Quebec sovereignty movement Referenda: 1995, 1980

Elections Quebec general election, 2003 Quebec general election, 1998 Quebec general election, 1994

Political parties Parti libéral du Québec Parti Québécois Action démocratique du Québec Québec Solidaire

This is a list of Quebec general elections since Canadian confederation in 1867, when Quebec was created as one of the Canada's provinces.

1970-2003 seats

Party		1970	1973	1976	1981	1985	1989	19941	19982	20033 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	Liberal	72	102	26	42	99	92	47	48	76 |- |bgcolor="lightskyblue"|	Parti Québécois	7	6	71	80	23	29	77	76	45 |- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"|	Union Nationale	17	-	11	-	-				|- |bgcolor="lightgreen"|	Créditistes	12	2	1	-	-	-			|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	PNP			1						|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Equality						4	-	-	- |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	ADQ							1	1	4
Total		108	110	110	122	122	125	125	125	125

Notes:

ADQ: Action démocratique du Québec.

Créditistes: Ralliement créditiste du Québec in 1970, 1976; Parti créditiste in 1973; Parti crédit social uni 1981-1989.

PNP: Parti national populaire.

¹ The 1994 results include the by-election held on October 24, 1994 in the Saint-Jean electoral district to break a tie in the original general election.

² The 1998 results include the by-election held on December 14, 1998 in the Masson electoral district due to the death of PQ candidate Yves Blais on November 22, 1998.

³ The 2003 results include the by-election held on May 20, 2003 in the Champlain electoral district to break a tie in the original general election.

1970-2003 popular vote

Party		1970	1973	1976	1981	1985	1989	19941	19982	20033 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	Liberal	45.40	54.65	33.78	46.08	55.99	49.95	44.40	43.55	45.99 |- |bgcolor="lightskyblue"|	Parti Québécois	23.06	30.22	41.37	49.26	38.69	40.16	44.75	42.87	33.24 |- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"|	Union Nationale	19.65	4.92	18.20	4.00	0.23				|- |bgcolor="lightgreen"|	Créditistes	11.19	9.92	4.63	0.04	0.05	0.09			|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	PNP			0.92						|- |bgcolor="moccasin"|	Equality						3.69	0.29	0.31	0.11 |- |bgcolor="9999ff"|	ADQ							6.46	11.81	18.18 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Workers Communist				0.14					|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Freedom of Choice				0.14					|- |bgcolor="green"|	Libertarian				0.09					|- |bgcolor="indianred"|	Marxist-Leninist									|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Workers'				0.03					|- |bgcolor="tomato"|	Communist				0.02					|- |bgcolor="sandybrown"|	NPD/PSD					2.42	1.22	0.85	0.59	|- |bgcolor="#9999FF"|	Progressive Conservative					1.03	0.14			|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Christian Socialism					0.34				|- |bgcolor="yellowgreen"|	Green					0.14	1.99	0.14		0.44 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Independentist					0.45	0.14			|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Humanist					0.09				|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	PCC/PRC					0.07	0.05	0.06		|- | bgcolor="gold"|	Socialist					0.05	0.06			|- |bgcolor="moccasin"|	Unity						0.99			|- |bgcolor="yellow"|	Lemon						0.22	0.10		|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Parti 51						0.11			|- |bgcolor="lavender"|	Natural Law							0.85	0.13	|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Sovereignty							0.24		|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	CANADA!							0.07		|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Development							0.05		|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Innovator							0.05	0.06	|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Economic							0.04		|- |bgcolor="tan"|	Bloc pot								0.24	0.60 |- |bgcolor="orange"|	UFP									1.06 |- |bgcolor="#CC6699"|	Christian Democracy									0.08
Total		100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Notes:

ADQ: Action démocratique du Québec

Créditistes: Ralliement créditiste du Québec in 1970, 1976; Parti créditiste in 1973; Parti crédit social uni 1981-1989

NPD/PSD: Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec in 1985, 1989 and 1994; Parti de la démocrate socialiste in 1998

PNP: Parti national populaire

PCC/PCR: Party for the Commonwealth of Canada (Quebec)/Party for the Republic of Canada (Quebec)

UFP: Union des forces progressistes

¹ The 1994 results include the by-election held on October 24, 1994 in the Saint-Jean electoral district to break a tie in the original general election.

² The 1998 results include the by-election held on December 14, 1998 in the Masson electoral district due to the death of PQ candidate Yves Blais on November 22, 1998.

³ The 2003 results include the by-election held on May 20, 2003 in the Champlain electoral district to break a tie in the original general election.

1919-1966 seats

Party		1919	1923	1927	1931	1935	1936	1939	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1962	1966 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	Liberal	75	64	74	79	47	14	70	37	8	23	20	51	63	50 |- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"|	Conservative	5	20	9	11	17									|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Parti ouvrier	2													|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Others/Independents		1	2				1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	ALN					25	*	-							|- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"|	Union Nationale						76	15	48	82	68	72	43	31	56 |- |bgcolor="lightskyblue"|	Bloc Populaire								4						|- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|	CCF								1						|- |bgcolor="lightgreen"|	Union des Electeurs									-					|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	RIN														- |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Ralliement national														-
Total		81	85	85	90	89	90	86	91	92	92	93	95	95	108

Notes:

ALN: Action libérale nationale

CCF: Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

RIN: Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale

* Action libéral nationale merged with the Quebec Conservative Party to form the Union Nationale, but the name was used by ALN leader Paul Gouin again in the 1939 election.

1919-1966 popular vote

Party		1919	1923	1927	1931	1935	1936	1939	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1962	1966 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	Liberal	51.91	51.52	59.33	54.88	46.53	39.41	54.05	39.35	36.17	45.77	44.87	51.38	56.40	47.29 |- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"|	Conservative	16.96	39.32	34.31	43.54	18.93									|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Others/Independents1	31.13	9.16	3.36	1.58	5.06	3.71	2.33	5.67	3.34	3.73	3.33	2.01	1.45	3.13 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	ALN					29.48	2	4.49							|- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"|	Union Nationale						56.88	39.13	38.02	51.24	50.50	51.80	46.61	42.15	40.82 |- |bgcolor="lightskyblue"|	Bloc Populaire								14.40						|- |bgcolor="#EEDDAA"|	CCF								2.56						|- |bgcolor="lightgreen"|	Union des Electeurs									9.25					|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	RIN														5.55 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Ralliement national														3.21
Total		100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Notes:

ALN: Action libérale nationale

CCF: Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

RIN: Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale

¹ Action libérale nationale merged with the Quebec Conservative Party to form the Union Nationale, but the name was used by ALN leader Paul Gouin again in the 1939 election.

² including Parti ouvrier and others.

1867-1916 seats

Party		1867	1871	1875	1878	1881	1886	1890	1892	1897	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	Liberal	12	19	19	31	15	33	43	21	51	67	67	57	631	75 |- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"|	Conservative	51	46	43	32	49	26	23	51	23	7	7	14	16	6 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Independent Liberal	12												1	|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Independent Conservative			3	2	1	3	1	1						|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Parti national						3	5							|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Parti ouvrier							1							|- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Ligue nationaliste												3	1
	Vacant	13
Total		65	65	65	65	65	65	73	73	74	74	74	74	81	81

¹ The 63 Liberal seats include the May 27, 1912 election of Gustave Lemieux by acclamation in Gaspé and the July 15, 1912 election of Joseph-Édouard Caron in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

² In 1867, Pierre-Alexis Tremblay was elected unopposed in Chicoutimi-Saguenay electoral district as an independent; however by the 1871 election he ran as a Liberal. Thus some sources give 13 seats for the Liberals and 0 for "others".

³ A by-election was not held in Kamouraska until February 11, 1869. It was won by a Conservative.

1867-1916 popular vote

Party		1867	1871	1875	1878	1881	1886	1890	1892	1897	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916 |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|	Liberal	35.46	39.43	38.59	47.49	38.97	39.58	44.26	43.65	53.28	53.15	55.43	53.53	53.54	60.57 |- |bgcolor="cornflowerblue"|	Conservative	53.48	51.72	50.67	49.49	50.38	46.19	45.11	52.41	43.82	41.85	26.73	39.92	43.01	35.09 |- |bgcolor="gainsboro"|	Other 4	11.06	8.85	10.74	3.02	10.65	14.23	10.63	3.94	2.90	5.00	17.84	6.55	3.45	4.34
Total		100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Notes: ⁴ including Independent Liberal, Independent Conservative, Parti national, Parti ouvrier, Ligue nationaliste and others.

See also

• List of elections in the Province of Canada (pre-Confederation, before 1867)

• Timeline of Quebec history
• Politics of Quebec
• National Assembly of Quebec
• List of Quebec premiers
• List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
• List of Quebec political parties
• List of Canadian federal elections
• Lists of general elections in Canada (provinces)

External links

• [Assemblée Nationale: Informations historiques] (in French)
• [La répartition des voix aux élections générales] (in French)
• [La répartition des sièges aux élections générales] (in French)

• [Le Directeur Général des Élections du Québec]
• http://pages.infinit.net/histoire/ydatgv-qc.html
• http://www.geocities.com/domcournoyer/UM1Ta.html
• http://www.quebecpolitique.com/
• http://www.geniesenherbe.org/theorie/politics/electqc.html
• http://www.cvm.qc.ca/glaporte/canada09.htm

 

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