Quebec general election, 1989

The Quebec general election of 1989 was held on September 25, 1989, to elect members of the National Assembly

National Assembly of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

 of the Province of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Robert Bourassa

Robert Bourassa

Jean-Robert Bourassa, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 22nd Premier of Quebec in two different mandates, first from May 12, 1970, to November 25, 1976, and then from December 12, 1985, to January 11, 1994, serving a total of just under 15 years as Provincial Premier.-Early...

, won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

, led by Jacques Parizeau

Jacques Parizeau

Jacques Parizeau, is an economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who was the 26th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996.-Early life and career:...

.

This election was notable for the arrival of the Equality Party

Equality Party (Quebec)

The Equality Party was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that promoted the use of English in Quebec on an equal basis with French. Four Equality Party members were elected to Quebec's National Assembly in 1989, as part of an anglophone reaction to changes made by the governing Liberals to...

, 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 English-speaking minority in Quebec.

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1985 Quebec general election, 1985 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 premier Pierre-Marc Johnson.This election...	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Liberal	Robert Bourassa Robert Bourassa Jean-Robert Bourassa, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 22nd Premier of Quebec in two different mandates, first from May 12, 1970, to November 25, 1976, and then from December 12, 1985, to January 11, 1994, serving a total of just under 15 years as Provincial Premier.-Early...	125	99	92	-7.1%	1,702,808	49.95%	-6.04%	Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...	Jacques Parizeau Jacques Parizeau Jacques Parizeau, is an economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who was the 26th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996.-Early life and career:...	125	23	29	+26.1%	1,369,067	40.16%	+1.47%	Equality Equality Party (Quebec) The Equality Party was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that promoted the use of English in Quebec on an equal basis with French. Four Equality Party members were elected to Quebec's National Assembly in 1989, as part of an anglophone reaction to changes made by the governing Liberals to...	Robert Libman Robert Libman -Background:Born in Montreal, Quebec, he is the son of David Libman and Goldie Aronovitch. He attended Herzliah High School, Vanier College, and received a Bachelor of architecture from McGill University in 1985...	19	*	4	*	125,726	3.69%	*	Green Green Party of Quebec The Parti vert du Québec/Green Party of Quebec or PVQ is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values. It has not elected any members to the National Assembly of Quebec...	Jean Ouimet Jean Ouimet Jean Ouimet is a Québécois politician and the president of Naviga-Cité, a multimedia company...	46	-	-	-	67,675	1.99%	+1.85%	New Democratic	Gaétan Nadeau Gaétan Nadeau Gaétan Nadeau is a politician and author in the Canadian province of Quebec. He led the New Democratic Party of Quebec from April to September 1989 and helped bring about its autonomy from the New Democratic Party of Canada....	55	-	-	-	41 504	1.22%	-1.20%	Unity Unity Party (Quebec) The Unity Party was a political party in Quebec, Canada.The party was formed as a reaction to then-Premier Robert Bourassa invoking the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian constitution to override a Supreme Court ruling overturning parts of the Charter of the French Language .The party platform...	James Atkinson	16	*	-	*	33 862	0.99%	*	Lemon	Denis Patenaude	11	*	-	*	7 550	0.22%	*	Workers Parti des travailleurs du Québec The Parti des travailleurs du Québec was a political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. It issued its first manifesto in 1976 and fielded candidates until the 1990s, never rising above fringe status...	Gérard Lachance	19	*	-	*	5 497	0.16%	*	Progressive Conservative	Robert Coppenrath	12	-	-	-	4 750	0.14%	-0.89%	Parti indépendantiste	Gilles Rhéaume Gilles Rhéaume Gilles Rhéaume was leader of the Parti indépendantiste of Quebec from 1987 to its dissolution in 1990. He was later president of the Mouvement souverainiste du Quebec.-References:...	12	-	-	-	4 607	0.14%	-0.31%	Marxist-Leninist	Christine Robidoux	30	*	-	*	4 245	0.12%	*	Parti 51 Parti 51 Parti 51 was a minor political party in the Canadian province of Quebec in the late 1980s. The party proposed the separation of Quebec from Canada in order to seek admission to the United States as the 51st state of that union...	André Perron	11	*	-	*	3,846	0.11%	*	United Social Credit Ralliement créditiste du Québec The Ralliement créditiste du Québec was a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada that operated from 1970 to 1978. It promoted social credit theories of monetary reform, and acted as an outlet for the expression of rural...	Jean-Paul Poulin Jean-Paul Poulin Jean-Paul Poulin was a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was active in the Canadian social credit movement and led the Parti crédit social uni through four general elections at the provincial level....	11	-	-	-	2,973	0.09%	+0.04%	Socialist		10	-	-	-	2,203	0.06%	+0.01%	Commonwealth		11	-	-	-	1,799	0.05%	-0.02%	Communist Communist Party of Quebec The Parti communiste du Québec or PCQ is a communist political party in Quebec. The PCQ was the Quebec branch of the Communist Party of Canada until 2005 when the PCQ split at convention with a majority opposing the CPC's stance on Quebec independence...	Marianne Roy	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

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Party		Seats	Second	Third
Liberal	92	33	0	Parti Québécois Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...	29	86	10	Equality Equality Party (Quebec) The Equality Party was a political party in Quebec, Canada, that promoted the use of English in Quebec on an equal basis with French. Four Equality Party members were elected to Quebec's National Assembly in 1989, as part of an anglophone reaction to changes made by the governing Liberals to...	4	5	10

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
  Politics of Quebec
  The politics of Quebec are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of the province is Quebec City, where the Lieutenant Governor, Premier, the legislature, and cabinet reside.The...
  
  
• Timeline of Quebec history
  Timeline of Quebec history
  This article presents a detailed timeline of Quebec history. Events taking place outside Quebec, for example in English Canada, the United States, Britain or France, may be included when they are considered to have had a significant impact on Quebec's history....
  
  
• 34th National Assembly of Quebec
  34th National Assembly of Quebec
  The 34th National Assembly of Quebec is the provincial legislature in Quebec, Canada that existed between September 25, 1989 and September 12, 1994 and was governed by the Quebec Liberal Party led by Robert Bourassa throughout most of the mandate except in the final months of the government prior...
  
  

External links

• CBC TV video clip