Québécois general election of 1970

The Québécois general election of 1970 is held on April 29th, 1970 in Quebec in order to elect with the National Assembly of Quebec the Député S of the 29 {{E}} legislature (the legislative Parliament of Quebec was renamed “ Parliament nationale ” in 1968). It is about the 29e general election in this province of the Canada since the confederation of 1867. The Liberal party of Quebec, directed by Robert Bourassa, demolishes the National union Prime Minister Jean-Jacques Bertrand and forms a majority Gouvernement.

Context

The party of the National union is with the capacity since the elections of 1966. Its chief, Daniel Johnson, dies suddenly on September 26th, 1968, and Jean-Jacques Bertrand becomes Prime Minister five days later. The National union undergoes a heavy defeat at the time of this election, and will succeed in never again seizing the power in Quebec.

A new political party takes part in this election: the Left Québécois, a party militant for the independence of Quebec. In October 1967, Rene Lévesque had resigned of the Liberal party and created, one month later, the Mouvement Sovereignty-Association, marking a new stage in the Histoire of the independence movement Québécois. The foundation of the Parti Québécois in 1968 comes to consolidate the various movements souverainists. The Québécois Party gains seven seats, even if Lévesque east demolishes in its district; the party will succeed in later attracting itself good number of the nationalist voters of the National union, contributing to the fast decline of this party.

August 28th, 1969, Jean Lesage resigns as chief of the Liberal party. The congress of nomination elects the next on January 17th Robert Bourassa as chief.

Also in January 1970, the Ralliement creditist of Quebec is founded like provincial wing of the Ralliement federal creditist. The Party makes good figure at the time of the election of 1970, but will be torn shortly after by the internal dissensions, and will decline quickly.

During all the year 1969, the linguistic question is in the middle of the political debate: the riots of Saint-Léonard and the popular dispute of law 63 make the cuffs.

A few months only after the election, Quebec must face a severely tested with the Crise of October, during which the liberal minister Pierre Laporte is kidnapped and assassinated by the Front of release of Quebec, a terrorist group which makes use of violence to promote the independence of Quebec.

Important dates

March 12th, 1970: emission of the brief of election.
April 29th, 1970: poll
June 9th, 1970: opening of the session.

Results

Note:

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

¹ Compared with the results “ autres ” including the Gathering for national independence and the national Rallying of the preceding election.

List deputies

Abitibi-Is : Ronald Tétrault (Rallying creditist)
Abitibi-West : Aurèle Audet (Rallying creditist)
Ahuntsic : François Nailsmith (Liberal party)
Argenteuil : Zoël Saindon (Liberal party)
Arthabaska : Jean-Gilles Massed (Liberal party)
Bagot : Cardinal Jean-Guy (National union)
Beauce : Fabien Roy (Rallying creditist)
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 : Camille Laurin (Left Québécois)
Bromine : Glendon Pettes Brown (Liberal party)
Chambly : Pierre Laporte (Liberal party)
Champlain : Norman Toupin (Liberal party)
Charlevoix : Raymond Mailloux (Liberal party)
Châteauguay : George Kennedy (Liberal party)
Chauveau : Andre Harvey (Liberal party)
Chicoutimi : Jean-Christmas Tremblay (National union)
Compton : Omer Dionne (Liberal party)
D' Arcy McGee : Victor Goldbloom (Liberal party)
Two-Mountains : Jean-Paul To combine It (Liberal party)
Dorchester : Florian Guay (Rallying credtist)
Dorion : Alfred Bossé (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 : Paul-Andre Latulippe (Rallying creditist)
Gaspé-North : François Gagnon (National union)
Gaspé-South : Guy Fortier (Liberal party)
Gatineau : Roy Baker (Liberal party)
Gouin : Guy Joron (Left Québécois)
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 : Raymond Garneau (Liberal party)
Jeanne-Mance : Aime Brisson (Liberal party)
Joliette : Robert Quenneville (Liberal party)
Jonquière : Gerald Harvey (Liberal party)
Kamouraska : Jean-Marie Furrier (Liberal party)
Labelle : Fernand Lafontaine (National union)
Lake Midsummer's Day : Roger Controls (Liberal party)
Lafontaine : Marcel Leger (Left Québécois)
the Assumption : Jean Perreault (Liberal party)
Bay-tree : Andre Marchand (Liberal party)
Laval : Jean-Christmas Lavoie (Liberal party))
Laviolette : Careful Carpentier (Liberal party)
Lévis : Aurélien Roy (Rallying creditist)
Limoilou : Fernand Houde (Liberal party)
Islet : Julien Giasson (Liberal party)
Lotbinière : Jean-Louis Béland (Rallying creditist)
Louis-Hébert : Claude Castonguay (Liberal party)
Maisonneuve : Robert Burns (Left Québécois)
Marguerite-Bourgeoys : Claire Kirkland-Casgrain (Liberal party)
Maskinongé : Remi Paul (National union)
Matane : Jean Welcome (Liberal party)
Matapédia : Bona Arseneault (Liberal party)
Mégantic : Bernard Dumont (Rallying creditist)
Draper : Robert Bourassa (Liberal party)
Missisquoi : Jean-Jacques Bertrand (National union)
Montcalm : Marcel Masses (National union)
Montmagny : Jean-Paul Nailsmith (National union)
Montmorency : Louis Vézina (Liberal party)
Napierville-Laprairie : Paul Berthiaume (Liberal party)
Nicolet : Clement Vincent (National union)
Our-Lady-of-Grace : William Tetley (Liberal party)
Olier : Picardy Fernand (Liberal party)
Outremont : Jerome Choquette (Liberal party)
Papineau : Mark Assad (Liberal party)
Pontiac : Jean-Guy Larivière (Liberal party)
Portneuf : Antoine Drolet (Rallying creditist)
Richelieu : Claude Simard (Liberal party)
Richmond : Yvon Brochu (Rallying creditist)
Rimouski : Maurice Tessier (Liberal party)
River-of-Wolf : Paul Lafrance (Liberal party)
Robert-Baldwin : Arthur Ewen Séguin (Liberal party)
Roberval : Robert Lamontage (Liberal party)
Rouville : Marcel Ostiguy (Liberal party)
Rouyn-Noranda : Camil Samson (Rallying creditist)
Saguenay : Lucien Lessard (Left Québécois)
Holy-Anne : George Springate (Liberal party)
Sainte-Marie : Charles Tremblay (Left Québécois)
Saint-Henri : Gerard Shanks (Liberal party)
Saint-Hyacinthe : Fernand Cornellier (Liberal party)
Saint-Jacob : Claude Charron (Left Québécois)
Midsummer's Day : Jacques Veilleux (Liberal party)
the St. Lawrence : Léo Pearson (Liberal party)
Saint-Louis : Harry Blank (Liberal party)
Saint-Maurice : Philippe Demers (National union)
Saint-Saver : Armand Bois (Rallying creditist)
Shefford : Armand Russell (National union)
Sherbrooke : Jean-Paul Pip (Liberal party)
Stanstead : Georges Vaillancourt (Liberal party)
Taillon : GuyLeduc (Liberal party)
Témiscamingue : Gilbert-Roland Théberge (Liberal party)
Témiscouata : Montcalm Simard (National union)
Terrebonne : Denis Hardy (Liberal party)
Three-Rivers : Guy Bacon (Liberal party)
Vaudreuil-Soulanges : Paul Phaneuf (Liberal party)
Verchères : Guy Saint-Pierre (Liberal party)
Verdun : Lucien Charon (Liberal party)
Westmount : Kevin Drummond (Liberal party)
Wolfe : Rene Lavoie (National union)
Yamaska : Benjamin Faucher (Liberal party)

Sources

historical Section of the site of the National Assembly of Quebec

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