Quebec general election, 1985

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The Quebec general election of 1985 was held on December 2, 1985, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by former premier Robert Bourassa, defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Pierre-Marc Johnson.

This election marked the comeback of Robert Bourassa, whose political career had been thought to be over after losing the 1976 general election and resigning as Liberal leader. However, Bourassa personally failed to win his own seat in the Bertrand electoral district, and had to run in a by-election one month later in the safe Saint-Laurent electoral district. The 1985 Quebec general election result produced by far the largest majority of any Canadian legislative election (both in terms of the number of seats and percentage of seats) by a winning party whose leader failed to win his own seat.

Johnson, son of former Union Nationale premier Daniel Johnson, Sr. was unable to revive the PQ's fortune after he succeeded René Lévesque as party leader and premier. Pierre-Marc's brother, Daniel Johnson, Jr, later became leader of the Liberal Party and briefly served as premier.

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Party Party leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular vote
1981 Elected % Change # % % Change
     Liberal Robert Bourassa 122 42 99 +135.7% 1 910 307 55.99% +9.92%
     Parti Québécois Pierre-Marc Johnson 122 80 23 -71.3% 1 320 008 38.69% -10.6%
     New Democratic   90 * - * 82 588 2.42% *
     Progressive Conservative   48 * - * 35 210 1.03% *
     Parti indépendantiste   39 * - * 15 423 0.45% *
     Christian Socialism   103 * - * 11 712 0.34% *
     Union Nationale   19 - - - 7 759 0.23% -3.77%
     Green   10 * - * 4 613 0.14% *
     Humanist   17 * - * 3 050 0.09% *
     Commonwealth of Canada   28 * - * 2 240 0.07% *
     Socialist   10 * - * 1 809 0.05% *
     United Social Credit   12 - - - 1 650 0.05% +0.01%
     Communist   10 - - - 834 0.02% -
     Independents 22 - - - 9 380 0.28% +0.16%
     No designation 14 - - - 5 024 0.15%  
Total 666 122 122 - 3 411 607 100%  
Source: Elections Quebec

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


Preceded by
1981
List of Quebec general elections Succeeded by
1989

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