Quebec general election, 1985 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Quebec general election of 1985 was held on December 2, 1985, 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 Quebec Liberal Party, led by former premier 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...

, defeated the incumbent 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 premier

Premier of Quebec

The Premier of Quebec is the first minister of the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and his title is Premier and President of the Executive Council....

Pierre-Marc Johnson

Pierre-Marc Johnson, , is a Quebec lawyer, physician and politician. He was the 24th Premier of Quebec from October 3 to December 12, 1985.- Early background :...

.

This election marked the comeback of Robert Bourassa, whose political career had been thought to be over after losing the 1976 general election

Quebec general election, 1976

The Quebec general election of 1976 was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. It was one of the most significant elections in Quebec history, rivalled only by the 1960 general election, and caused major repercussions in the rest of Canada...

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

René Lévesque

René Lévesque was a reporter, a minister of the government of Quebec, , the founder of the Parti Québécois political party and the 23rd Premier of Quebec...

as party leader and premier. Pierre-Marc's brother, Daniel Johnson, Jr

Daniel Johnson, Jr

Daniel Johnson, Jr., is a former Quebec politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Quebec and was the 25th Premier of the Province of Quebec, Canada for most of 1994....

, later became leader of the Liberal Party and briefly served as premier.

Results

Party	Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
Party	Party leader	# of candidates	1981 Quebec general election, 1981 The Quebec general election of 1981 was held on April 13, 1981, to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Parti Québécois, led by René Lévesque, won re-election, defeating the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Claude Ryan.The PQ won re-election despite...	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Liberal Parti libéral du Québec The Quebec Liberal Party is a centre-right political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955....	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...	122	42	99	+135.7%	1 910 307	55.99%	+9.92%	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...	Pierre-Marc Johnson Pierre-Marc Johnson Pierre-Marc Johnson, , is a Quebec lawyer, physician and politician. He was the 24th Premier of Quebec from October 3 to December 12, 1985.- Early background :...	122	80	23	-71.3%	1 320 008	38.69%	-10.6%	New Democratic Nouveau Parti démocratique du Québec The New Democratic Party of Quebec was a political party in Quebec, Canada, with social-democratic and democratic socialist ideological tendencies...	Jean-Paul Harney	90	*	-	*	82 588	2.42%	*	Progressive Conservative	André Asselin	48	*	-	*	35 210	1.03%	*	Parti indépendantiste	39	*	-	*	15 423	0.45%	*	Christian Socialist Parti du socialisme chrétien The Parti du socialisme chrétien was a fringe political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. It fielded 103 candidates in the 1985 Quebec general election....	Jacques Paquette	103	*	-	*	11 712	0.34%	*	Union Nationale	Jean-Marc Beliveau	19	-	-	-	7 759	0.23%	-3.77%	Green	10	*	-	*	4 613	0.14%	*	Humanist Parti humaniste du Québec Parti humaniste du Québec was a provincial political party in Canadian province of Quebec. It contested the 1985 provincial election and also fielded candidates in a number of by-elections before folding...	17	*	-	*	3 050	0.09%	*	Commonwealth of Canada Parti pour la république du Canada (Québec) The Parti pour la république du Canada was the Quebec branch of the Party for the Commonwealth of Canada, a Canadian political party formed by supporters of U.S. politician Lyndon LaRouche...	28	*	-	*	2 240	0.07%	*	Mouvement socialiste Mouvement socialiste The Mouvement socialiste was a left-wing political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. Formed in 1981, it ran candidates in the 1985 and 1989 provincial elections.-Origins:...	Roger Deslauriers	10	*	-	*	1 809	0.05%	*	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....	12	-	-	-	1 650	0.05%	+0.01%	Communist	Sam Walsh Sam Walsh Sam Walsh was leader of the Communist Party of Quebec for 28 years, from 1962 to 1990, and was a leader in the Communist Party of Canada and Labour-Progressive Party since the 1940s....	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

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* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

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