The 1994 Quebec general election was held on September 12, 1994, to elect members to the

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in the

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. The

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, led by hard soverignist

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, defeated the incumbent

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, led by Premier Daniel Johnson Jr. Johnson had succeeded

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as Liberal leader and Premier. Both his father, Daniel Sr., and brother, Pierre-Marc, had previously served as premiers of Quebec as leaders of different parties. The election set the stage for the

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on independence for Quebec from Canada. The referendum would see the PQ government's proposals for

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very narrowly defeated.

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, a former president of the Liberal party's youth wing, and then leader of the newly formed

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, won his own seat, but no other members of his party were elected. In

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, there was a tie between incumbent Liberal candidate Michel Charbonneau and PQ candidate Roger Paquin. A new election was held on October 24 and was won by Paquin by a margin of 532 votes.

1992 redistribution of ridings

The ''

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'' performed a redistribution in 1992, which maintained the number of seats in the National Assembly at 125 for the next general election, making the following alterations:

Candidates

Party for the Commonwealth of Canada

The

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(also known as the Party for the Republic of Canada) fielded eighteen candidates, none of whom were elected.

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Julie Laliberté received 173 votes (0.56%), finishing seventh against

candidate

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Results

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, 125 , , 29 , , 77 , , 48 , , 1,751,442 , , 382,375 , , 44.75% , , 4.59 , style="text-align:left;", Daniel Johnson Jr. , 125 , , 92 , , 47 , , 45 , , 1,737,698 , , 34,890 , , 44.40% , , 5.55 , style="text-align:left;",

, 80 , , – , , 1 , , 1 , , 252,721 , , 252,721 , , 6.46% , , ''New'' Results of Unity Party included in 1989 for comparative purposes. , style="text-align:left;", Keith Henderson , 17 , , 4 , , – , , 4 , , 11,526 , , 148,062 , , 0.29% , , 4.39 , , , 68 , , – , , – , , – , , 66,221 , , 42,470 , , 1.69% , , 0.99 , style="text-align:left;", Jean-François Sirois , 41 , , – , , – , , – , , 33,269 , , 8,235 , , 0.85% , , 0.37 , style="text-align:left;",

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, 102 , , – , , – , , – , , 33,206 , , 33,206 , , 0.85% , , ''New'' , , , 19 , , – , , – , , – , , 5,566 , , 5,566 , , 0.14% , , ''New'' , style="text-align:left;", , 11 , , – , , – , , – , , 5,499 , , 62,176 , , 0.14% , , 1.85 , style="text-align:left;", , 10 , , – , , – , , – , , 4,087 , , 3,463 , , 0.10% , , 0.12 , style="text-align:left;", Tony Kondaks , 10 , , – , , – , , – , , 2,567 , , 2,567 , , 0.07% , , ''New'' , , , 18 , , – , , – , , – , , 2,258 , , 459 , , 0.06% , , 0.01 , , , 11 , , – , , – , , – , , 1,876 , , 1,876 , , 0.05% , , ''New'' , , , 11 , , – , , – , , – , , 1,861 , , 1,861 , , 0.05% , , ''New'' , , , 9 , , – , , – , , – , , 1,759 , , 1,759 , , 0.04% , , ''New'' , style="text-align:left;", , 13 , , – , , – , , – , , 1,171 , , 3,074 , , 0.03% , , 0.09 , style="text-align:left;", , 10 , , – , , – , , – , , 1,062 , , 254 , , 0.03% , , 0.01 , - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" , Total , 680, , 125 ! " colspan="2", 125 ! " colspan="2", 3,913,789 ! " colspan="2", 100.00% , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Rejected ballots , 78,239 , 13,920 , colspan="2", , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Voter turnout , 3,992,028 , 490,960 , 81.58 , 5.89 , - , colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" , Registered electors , 4,893,465 , 202,775 , colspan="2",

Synopsis of results

: = open seat : = turnout is above provincial average : = winning candidate was in previous Legislature : = incumbent had switched allegiance : = previously incumbent in another riding : = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature : = incumbency arose from byelection gain : = other incumbents renominated : = previously an MP in the

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: = multiple candidates

Comparative analysis for ridings (1994 vs 1989)

Analysis

References

External links

CBC TV video clip

Results by party (total votes and seats won)

Results for all ridings

1992 redistribution of ridings

Candidates

Party for the Commonwealth of Canada

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Results

Synopsis of results

Comparative analysis for ridings (1994 vs 1989)

Analysis

See also

References

External links

Further reading

1992 redistribution of ridings

Candidates

Party for the Commonwealth of Canada

Mercier Mercier is French for ''notions dealer'' or ''haberdasher'', and may refer to: People * Agnès Mercier, French curler and coach *Annick Mercier (born 1964), French curler * Amanda H. Mercier (born 1975), American Judge *Armand Mercier, (1933–201 ...

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Results

Synopsis of results

Comparative analysis for ridings (1994 vs 1989)

Analysis

See also

References

External links

Further reading

Mercier Mercier is French for ''notions dealer'' or ''haberdasher'', and may refer to: People * Agnès Mercier, French curler and coach Annick Mercier (born 1964), French curler Amanda H. Mercier (born 1975), American Judge *Armand Mercier, (1933–201 ...