1989 Quebec general election

Quebec general election, 1989

September 25, 1989
125 seats in the 34th National Assembly of Quebec 63 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	75.02%
First party Second party Third party   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 7 6 4 Popular vote 1,702,808 1,369,067 125,726 Percentage 49.95% 40.16% 3.69% Swing 6.04% 1.47%
Premier before election Robert Bourassa Liberal Premier-designate Robert Bourassa Liberal

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

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.

Results

The overall results were:

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%

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

Vote share PLQ   49.95% PQ   40.16% Equality   3.69% Green   1.99% NDP   1.22% Unity   0.99% Others   2.00%

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• 34th National Assembly of Quebec

External links

• CBC TV video clip
• Results by party (total votes and seats won)
• Results for all ridings