Quebec general election, 1994

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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 his party did not elect any other members.

[edit] Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	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		41	-	-	-	33,269	0.85%	-0.37%
	Natural Law		102	*	-	*	33,206	0.85%	*
	Equality	Keith Henderson	17	4	-	-100.0%	11,526	0.29%	-3.4%
	Sovereignty		19	*	-	*	5,566	0.14%	*
	Green		11	*	-	*	5,499	0.14%	-1.85%
	Lemon		10	*	-	*	4,087	0.10%	-0.12%
	CANADA!		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%
Source: Elections Quebec