Quebec general election, 1998
- Quebec general election, 1998
Infobox Election
election_name = Quebec general election, 1998
country = Quebec
type = parliamentary
ongoing = no
party_colour =
previous_election = Quebec general election, 1994
previous_year = 1994
previous_mps = 35th National Assembly of Quebec
next_election = Quebec general election, 2003
next_year = 2003
next_mps = 37th National Assembly of Quebec
seats_for_election = 125 seats in the36th National Assembly of Quebec
election_date =November 30 ,1998
leader1 =Lucien Bouchard
leader_since1 =
party1 = Parti Québécois
leaders_seat1 = Jonquière
last_election1 = 77
seats1 = 76
seat_change1 = -1
popular_vote1 = 1,744,240
percentage1 = 42.87%
swing1 = -1.88%
leader2 =Jean Charest
leader_since2 =
party2 = Quebec Liberal Party
leaders_seat2 = Sherbrooke
last_election2 = 47
seats2 = 48
seat_change2 = +1
popular_vote2 = 1,771,858
percentage2 = 43.55%
swing2 = -0.85%map_
map_size =
map_caption =title = Premier
before_election =Lucien Bouchard
before_party = Parti Québécois
after_election =Lucien Bouchard
after_party = Parti QuébécoisThe Quebec general election of 1998 was held on
November 30 ,1998 , to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province ofQuebec ,Canada . The incumbentParti Québécois , led byLucien Bouchard , won re-election, defeating theQuebec Liberal Party , led byJean Charest .After the narrow defeat of the PQ's proposal for political independence for Quebec in an economic union with the rest of Canada in the
1995 Quebec referendum , PQ leaderJacques Parizeau resigned. Bouchard left federal politics, where he was leader of theBloc Québécois party in theCanadian House of Commons , to lead the Parti Québécois and become premier.Jean Charest had also left federal politics, where he had been leader of the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada . Charest was initially seen as a bad fit for the Quebec Liberal Party, and for provincial politics. He later overcame this perception.In terms of the number of seats won by each of the two parties, the result was almost identical to the previous 1994 general election. However, this time the Liberals actually won a slightly larger percentage of the popular vote, but nonetheless far fewer seats.
Mario Dumont , leader of theAction démocratique du Québec , repeated his success in winning his own seat, as he had done in the 1994 general election. However, his party also repeated its failure to elect any other member apart from its leader.Results
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.ee also
*List of Quebec political parties
*List of Quebec premiers
*Politics of Quebec
*Timeline of Quebec history
*36th National Assembly of Quebec External links
* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-651-3791/politics_economy/quebec_elections/clip11 CBC TV video clip]
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