Quebec general election, 1989

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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 Robert Bourassa, won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois, led by Jacques Parizeau.

This election was notable for the arrival of the Equality Party, which won four seats (but never had any similar success in any subsequent election). The Equality Party was established to be a voice for the anglophone (English-speaking) minority in Quebec.

[edit] Results

Party Party leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular vote
1985 Elected % Change # % % Change
     Liberal Robert Bourassa 125 99 92 -7.1% 1,702,808 49.95% -6.04%
     Parti Québécois Jacques Parizeau 125 23 29 +26.1% 1,369,067 40.16% +1.47%
     Equality Robert Libman 19 * 4 * 125,726 3.69% *
     Green   46 - - - 67,675 1.99% +1.85%
     New Democratic   55 - - - 41 504 1.22% -1.20%
     Unity   16 * - * 33 862 0.99% *
     Lemon   11 * - * 7 550 0.22% *
     Workers   19 * - * 5 497 0.16% *
     Progressive Conservative   12 - - - 4 750 0.14% -0.89%
     Parti indépendantiste   12 - - - 4 607 0.14% -0.31%
     Marxist-Leninist   30 * - * 4 245 0.12% *
     Parti 51   11 * - * 3,846 0.11% *
     United Social Credit   11 - - - 2,973 0.09% +0.04%
     Socialist   10 - - - 2,203 0.06% +0.01%
     Republic of Canada   11 - - - 1,799 0.05% -0.02%
     Communist   10 - - - 808 0.02% -
     Independents/no designation 34 - - - 29,989 0.88% +0.45%
Total 557 122 125 +2.5% 3,408,909 100%  
Source: Elections Quebec


Party Seats Second Third
     Liberal 92 33 0
     Parti québécois 29 86 10
     Equality 4 5 10

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