Quebec general election, 1970
- Quebec general election, 1970
The Quebec general election of 1970 was held on
April 29 ,1970 to elect members of the National Assembly of the Province ofQuebec ,Canada . The former Legislative Assembly had been renamed the "National Assembly" in 1968. TheQuebec Liberal Party , led byRobert Bourassa , defeated the incumbent "Union Nationale", led byJean-Jacques Bertrand .The "Union Nationale", which had governed Quebec through most of the 1940s and 1950s, never held power again.
This election marked the first appearance by a new party, the sovereignist "
Parti Québécois ", led by former Liberal cabinet ministerRené Lévesque . The PQ won a modest seven seats, although Lévesque was defeated in his own riding. The PQ would later win over many of the Union Nationale's nationalist supporters, contributing to that party's demise.Only a few months after the election, Quebec faced a severe test with the
October Crisis , in which Liberal cabinet ministerPierre Laporte was kidnapped and assassinated by the "Front de Liberation du Québec ", a violent pro-independence group.Results
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.1 including results of "
Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale " and "Ralliement national " from previous election.ee also
*
List of Quebec premiers
*Politics of Quebec
*Timeline of Quebec history
* List of Quebec political parties
*29th National Assembly of Quebec External links
* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-651-3572/politics_economy/quebec_elections/clip4 CBC TV video clip]
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