1989 Quebec general election

The 1989 Quebec general election 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 Premier Robert Bourassa, won re-election, defeating the Parti Québécois, led by Jacques Parizeau.

1989 Quebec general election
September 25, 1989
125 seats in the 34th National Assembly of Quebec
63 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout75.02%
  First party Second party Third party
 
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EP
Leader Robert Bourassa Jacques Parizeau Robert Libman
Party Liberal Parti Québécois Equality
Leader since October 15, 1983 March 18, 1988 1989
Leader's seat Saint-Laurent L'Assomption D'Arcy-McGee
Last election 99 seats, 55.99% 23 seats, 38.69% pre-creation
Seats won 92 29 4
Seat change Decrease7 Increase6 Increase4
Popular vote 1,702,808 1,369,067 125,726
Percentage 49.95% 40.16% 3.69%
Swing Decrease6.04% Increase1.47%
Premier before election

Robert Bourassa
Liberal

 Premier after election

Robert Bourassa
Liberal

This election was notable for the arrival of the Equality Party, which advocated English-speaking minority rights. It won four seats, but never had any success in any subsequent election.

Opinion polls
Evolution of voting intentions at provincial level
Polling firm Last day
of survey		 Source QLP PQ EQP Other ME Sample
Election 1989 September 25, 1989 49.95 40.16 3.69 6.20
Sorecom August 29, 1989 [1] 48 38 5 — — 506
Sorecom August 26, 1989 [1] 44 37 7 — — 1,000
Sorecom June 1989 [1] 53 35 — — — —
Election 1985 December 2, 1985 55.99 38.69 - 5.32

Results

The overall results were:[2]

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 Jean Ouimet 46 - - - 67,675 1.99% +1.85%
New Democratic Gaétan Nadeau 55 - - - 41 504 1.22% -1.20%
Unity James Atkinson 16 * - * 33 862 0.99% *
Lemon Denis Patenaude 11 * - * 7 550 0.22% *
Workers Gérard Lachance 19 * - * 5 497 0.16% *
Progressive Conservative Robert Coppenrath 12 - - - 4 750 0.14% -0.89%
  Parti indépendantiste Gilles Rhéaume 12 - - - 4 607 0.14% -0.31%
Marxist–Leninist Christine Robidoux 30 * - * 4 245 0.12% *
  Parti 51 André Perron 11 * - * 3,846 0.11% *
  United Social Credit Jean-Paul Poulin 11 - - - 2,973 0.09% +0.04%
  Socialist 10 - - - 2,203 0.06% +0.01%
Commonwealth of Canada   11 - - - 1,799 0.05% -0.02%
Communist 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%  
Popular vote
PLQ
 
 49.95%
PQ
 
 40.16%
Equality
 
 3.69%
Others
 
 6.20%
Seats summary
PLQ
 
 73.60%
PQ
 
 23.20%
Equality
 
 3.20%


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

See also

References
  1. Aubin, Benoit (September 2, 1989). "Striking miners jeer Bourassa but polls say campaign strong". The Globe and Mail. p. A5.
  2. "Résultats officiels par parti politique pour l'ensemble des circonscriptions". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2012.

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