1985 Quebec general election

The 1985 Quebec general election 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.

1985 Quebec general election
December 2, 1985
122 seats in the 33rd National Assembly of Quebec
62 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout75.69%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Robert Bourassa Pierre-Marc Johnson
Party Liberal Parti Québécois
Leader since October 15, 1983 September 29, 1985
Leader's seat Bertrand (lost re-election) Anjou
Last election 42 seats, 46.07% 80 seats, 49.26%
Seats won 99 23
Seat change Increase57 Decrease57
Popular vote 1,910,307 1,320,008
Percentage 55.99% 38.69%
Swing Increase9.92% Decrease10.57%
Premier before election

Pierre-Marc Johnson
Parti Québécois

 Premier after election

Robert Bourassa
Liberal

This election marked the comeback of Robert Bourassa, whose political career had been thought to be over after losing the 1976 general election 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 (in terms of the number 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 as party leader and premier. Pierre-Marc's brother, Daniel Johnson Jr., later became leader of the Liberal Party and briefly served as premier.

This election was the last contested by the Union Nationale. It only ran candidates in 19 ridings, none of whom came close to being elected. The party would be wound up by election authorities in 1989. It is also the last Quebec general election to date where the largest party won a majority government while also getting over 50% of the popular vote.

Results

The overall results were:[1]

Party Party leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular vote
1981 Elected % Change # % % Change
Liberal Robert Bourassa 122 42 99 +135.7% 1,910,307 55.99% +9.92%
Parti Québécois Pierre-Marc Johnson 122 80 23 -71.3% 1,320,008 38.69% -10.57%
  New Democratic Jean-Paul Harney 90 * - * 82,588 2.42% *
  Progressive Conservative André Asselin 48 * - * 35,210 1.03% *
  Parti indépendantiste Denis Monière 39 * - * 15,423 0.45% *
  Christian Socialist Jacques Paquette 103 * - * 11,712 0.34% *
Union Nationale André Léveillé 19 - - - 7,759 0.23% -3.77%
Green   10 * - * 4,613 0.14% *
  Humanist   17 * - * 3,050 0.09% *
Commonwealth of Canada   28 * - * 2,240 0.07% *
Socialist Movement Roger Deslauriers 10 * - * 1,809 0.05% *
  United Social Credit Jean-Paul Poulin 12 - - - 1,650 0.05% +0.01%
Communist Sam Walsh 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%  
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Popular vote
PLQ
 
 55.99%
PQ
 
 38.69%
Others
 
 5.32%
Seats summary
PLQ
 
 81.15%
PQ
 
 18.85%

See also

References
  1. "Résultats officiels par parti politique pour l'ensemble des circonscriptions". Directeur général des élections du Québec. Archived from the original on October 21, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2012.

Further reading
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