Québécois general election of 1966

The Québécois general election of 1966 is held on June 5th, 1966 in Quebec in order to elect with the legislative Assemblée of the Province of Quebec (Canada) the Député S of the 28 {{E}} legislature. It is about the 28e general election since the Canadian Confédération of 1867. The National union, directed by Daniel Johnson, father, is carried to the capacity and form a majority Gouvernement, demolishing the liberal government outgoing Prime Minister Jean Lesage.

It is about the last election for the legislative Assemblée of Quebec. In 1968, the Parliament of Quebec, hitherto bicameral, becomes monocaméral with the abolition of the Legislative council and the legislative Parliament is famous “ Parliament nationale ”.

Context

The victory of the National union is a surprise for the majority of the observers at the time of this election, which is one of tightest in the recent history; it demolishes the government of Lesage although the Liberal party had obtained the advantage in the number of votes by 6,5%. The way of voting (uninominal majority with a turn) used in Quebec for at least 100 years has contributed to this result. In general, this way of voting tends to produced strong disparities in the number of seats even when the popular vote is very tight. But, more important, part of the nationalist electorate was allured by the slogan Égalité or independence used by Johnson; this one declares indeed that Quebec must conclude a better agreement with the remainder from Canada or to separate straightforwardly from the country. In this direction, the forces of the Québécois Nationalisme released by the Quiet revolution of Lesage could contribute to its defeat.

March 30th, 1963, the Rassemblement for national independence had been constituted in political party and aspired to the votes. Pierre Bourgault becomes the in May 1964 chief about it. March 13rd, 1966, the national Ralliement (RN) was founded by the fusion of the provincial wing of the Rallying of the creditists and the national Regrouping. Gilles Gregoire is the chief. These two parties, preaching both the independence of Quebec, gain together nearly 9% of the popular vote, without however making elect deputies.

A new electoral law adopted in 1963 came to regulate the electoral expenditure of the candidates. A reform of the electoral map is also undertaken in 1965. As example, the district of Laval counted 135.000 voters, against only 5600 for that of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Following this reform, the number of districts (and thus of seats to the legislative Parliament) passes from 95 to 108 for this election.

Important dates

April 18th, 1966: emission of the brief of election.
June 5th, 1966: poll
December 1st, 1966: opening of the session.

Results

Note:

* did not present of candidate at the time of the preceding election.

List deputies

Abitibi-Is : Lucien Stereotypes (Liberal party)
Abitibi-West : Alcide Courcy (Liberal party)
Ahuntsic : Jean-Paul Lefebvre (Liberal party)
Argenteuil : Zoël Saindon (Liberal party)
Arthabaska : Roch Gardner (National union)
Bagot : Daniel Johnson (National union)
Beauce : Paul-Emile Allard (National union)
Beauharnois : Gerard Cadieux (Liberal party)
Bellechasse : Gabriel Loubier (National union)
Berthier : Guy Gauthier (National union)
Bonaventure : Gerard D. Lévesque (Liberal party)
Bourassa : Georges-Émery Tremblay (Liberal party)
Le Bourget : Paul-Emile Sauvageau (National union)
Bromine : Glendon Pettes Brown (Liberal party)
Chambly : Pierre Laporte (Liberal party)
Champlain : Maurice Bellemare (National union)
Charlevoix : Raymond Mailloux (Liberal party)
Châteauguay : George Kennedy (Liberal party)
Chauveau : François-Eugene Mathieu (National union)
Chicoutimi : Jean-Christmas Tremblay (National union)
Compton : Claude-Gilles Gosselin (National union)
D' Arcy McGee : Victor Goldbloom (Liberal party)
Two-Mountains : Gaston Hoe (Liberal party)
Dorchester : Picardy Paul-Henri (National union)
Dorion : François Aquin (Liberal party)
Drummond : Bernard Pinard (Liberal party)
Dubuc : Roch Boivin (National union)
Duplessis : Henri-bay-tree Coiteux (Liberal party)
Fabre : Gilles Houde (Liberal party)
Frontenac : Fernand Attic (National union)
Gaspé-North : François Gagnon (National union)
Gaspé-South : Guy Fortier (Liberal party)
Gatineau : Roy Baker (Liberal party)
Gouin : Yves Michaud (Liberal party)
Hull : Oswald Relative (Liberal party)
Huntingdon : Kenneth Fraser (Liberal party)
Iberville : Alfred Croisetière (National union)
Iles-de-la-Madeleine : Louis-Philippe Lacroix (Liberal party)
Jacques-Cartier : No5el Saint-Germain (Liberal party)
Jean-Heel : Henri Bowsprit (Liberal party)
Jeanne-Mance : Aime Brisson (Liberal party)
Joliette : Pierre Roy (National union)
Jonquière : Gerald Harvey (Liberal party)
Kamouraska : Adélard Of Anjou (National union)
Labelle : Fernand Lafontaine (National union)
Lake Midsummer's Day : Leonce Desmeules (National union)
Lafontaine : Jean-Paul Beaudry (National union)
the Assumption : Robert Lussier (National union)
Bay-tree : Rene Lévesque (Liberal party)
Laval : Jean-Christmas Lavoie (Liberal party)
Laviolette : Andre Leduc (National union)
Lévis : Jean-Marie Morin (National union)
Limoilou : Armand Maltais (National union)
Islet : Fernand Lizotte (National union)
Lotbinière : Rene Bernatchez (National union)
Louis-Hébert : Jean Lesage (Liberal party)
Maisonneuve : Andre Léveillé (National union)
Marguerite-Bourgeoys : Claire Kirkland-Casgrain (Liberal party)
Maskinongé : Remi Paul (National union)
Matane : Jean Welcome (Liberal party)
Matapédia : Bona Arseneault (Liberal party)
Mégantic : Marc Bergeron (National union)
Draper : Robert Bourassa (Liberal party)
Missisquoi : Jean-Jacques Bertrand (National union)
Montcalm : Marcel Masses (National union)
Montmagny : Jean-Paul Nailsmith (National union)
Montmorency : Gaston Tremblay (National union)
Napierville-Laprairie : Bay-tree Baillargeon (Liberal party)
Nicolet : Clement Vincent (National union)
Our-Lady-of-Grace : Eric Kierans (Liberal party)
Olier : Picardy Fernand (Liberal party)
Outremont : Jerome Choquette (Liberal party)
Papineau : Roland Théorêt (National union)
Pontiac : Raymond-Thomas Johnston (National union)
Portneuf : Marcel-rosary Plamondon (National union)
Richelieu : Maurice Martel ((National union)
Richmond : Émilien Lafrance (Liberal party)
Rimouski : Maurice Tessier (Liberal party)
River-of-Wolf : Gerard Lebel (National union)
Robert-Baldwin : Arthur Ewen Séguin (Independent)
Roberval : Georges Gauthier (National union)
Rouville : Paul-Yvon Hamel (National union)
Rouyn-Noranda : Flemish Antonio (National union)
Saguenay : Maltese Pierre-Willie (Liberal party)
Holy-Anne : Frank Hanley (Independent)
Sainte-Marie : Edgar Charbonneau (National union)
Saint-Henri : Camille Martellani (National union)
Saint-Hyacinthe : Denis Bousquet (National union)
Saint-Jacob : Paul Dozois (National union)
Midsummer's Day : Jerome Proulx (National union)
the St. Lawrence : Léo Pearson (Liberal party)
Saint-Louis : Harry Blank (Liberal party)
Saint-Maurice : Philippe Demers (National union)
Saint-Saver : Francis Boudreau (National union)
Shefford : Armand Russell (Liberal party)
Sherbrooke : Raynald Fréchette (National union)
Stanstead : Georges Vaillancourt ((Liberal party)
Taillon : Guy Leduc (Liberal party)
Témiscamingue : Gilbert-Roland Théberge (Liberal party)
Témiscouata : Montcalm Simard (National union)
Terrebonne : Hubert Murray (National union)
Three-Rivers : Yves Gabias (National union)
Vaudreuil-Soulanges : Paul Gérin-Lajoie (Liberal party)
Verchères : Guy Lechasseur (Liberal party)
Verdun : Claude Wagner (Liberal party)
Westmount : John Richard Hyde (Liberal party)
Wolfe : Rene Lavoie (National union)
Yamaska : Paul Shooner (National union)

Sources

historical Section of the site of the National Assembly of Quebec
Jacques Lacoursière, popular History of Quebec , volume 4, editions of North, Sillery (Quebec), 1997
General election June 5th, 1966 — QuébecPolitique.com

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