Québécois general election of 1985

The Québécois general election of 1985 is held the December 2nd 1985 in order to elect with the National Assembly of Quebec the Député S of the 33 {{E}} legislature. It is about 33e general election in the province since the Canadian Confédération of 1867. The Liberal party of Quebec, directed by Robert Bourassa, demolishes the government pequist of Pierre Marc Johnson and seizes the power, forming a majority Gouvernement.

Context

The constitutional question dominates the political news during the period leading to the election of 1985. In November 1981 Quebec had been excluded from the agreement between nine provinces and the federal government concerning repatriation from the Canadian Constitution (famous the night of the Long Knives). The government of Lévesque refuses to grant its signature to the constitution.

In November 1984, Rene Lévesque causes a crisis in its party by proposing the setting out of night light of the independence option in favor of a new agreement with the remainder of Canada. The new chief of the Left progressist-conservative Canada, Brian Mulroney, had promised to allow Quebec to adhere to the Canadian constitution “ in the honor and the enthousiasme ”. This promise had led a very great number of nationalists Québécois, as well independence as federalistic, to grant their support to the Conservative party, traditonnellement rather weak in Quebec, contributing to a victory without precedent of the party of Mulroney at the time of the federal election of 1984. Lévesque, which had always preached the independence of Quebec together with an association with Canada, wishes to benefit from the opening of the new first federal minister, describing it as “ Beau risks ”. Several deputies and ministers of his cabinet, furious of the change of course, resign.

Rene Lévesque resigns like chair Québécois Party (but not like Prime Minister) on June 20th, 1985. September 29th, 1985, Pierre Marc Johnson is elected with the head of the Québécois Party and becomes Prime Minister the next on October 3rd. However, he does not manage to fair to revive the popularity of the Québécois Party which is tired after 9 years with the capacity.

This election marks the return of Robert Bourassa after several had believed its career finished after its defeat at the time of the general election of 1976 and its subsequent resignation of the direction of the Liberal party. Claude Ryan had resigned as chief of the liberals the August 10th 1982. It is once again Gerard D. Lévesque which takes over temporarily the duties until the election of Robert Bourassa the October 15th 1983.

The evening of the poll, the liberals of Bourassa gain a decisive victory, taking 99 seats out of 122; however, Bourassa does not succeed in being made elect in the district of Bertrand, and must be presented again at the time of a by-election in the district of the St. Lawrence, a assured seat for the liberals. It is by far the greatest parliamentary majority produced by an election in Canada (at the same time in terms of many seats and of percentage of the seats) where the chief of the victorious party does not gain his own seat.

Important dates

October 23rd, 1985: emission of the brief of election.
December 2nd, 1985: poll
December 16th, 1985: opening of the session.

Results

Note:

* did not introduce candidates at the time of the preceding election.

List deputies

Abitibi-Is : Raymond Savoy (Liberal party)
Abitibi-West : François Gendron (Left Québécois)
Acadie : Lavoie-Russet-red Therese (Liberal party)
Anjou : Pierre-Marc Johnson (Left Québécois)
Argenteuil : Claude Ryan (Liberal party)
Arthabaska : Bay-tree Gardner (Liberal party)
Beauce-North : Jean Audet (Liberal party)
Beauce-South : Robert Dutil (Liberal party)
Beauharnois : Serge Marcil (Liberal party)
Bellechasse : Louise Bégin (Liberal party)
Berthier : Albert Houde (Liberal party)
Bertrand : Jean-Guy Relative (Left Québécois)
Bonaventure : Gerard D. Lévesque (Liberal party)
Bourassa : Louise Robic (Liberal party)
Le Bourget : Claude Trudel (Liberal party)
Brominates-Missisquoi : Pierre Paradise (Liberal party)
Chambly : Gerard Latulippe (Liberal party)
Champlain : Pierre Brouillette (Liberal party)
Chapleau : John Kehoe (Liberal party)
Charlesbourg : Marc-Yvan Side (Liberal party)
Charlevoix : Daniel Bradet (Liberal party)
Châteauguay : Pebble Cardinal (Liberal party)
Chauveau : Rémy Poulin (Liberal party)
Chicoutimi : Jeanne Blackburn (Left Québécois)
Chomedey : Read Bacon (Liberal party)
Crémazie : Andre Vallerand (Liberal party)
D' Arcy McGee : Herbert Marx (Liberal party)
Two-Mountains : Yolande Legault (Liberal party)
Dorion : Violet Trépanier (Liberal party)
Drummond : Jean-Guy Saint-Roch (Liberal party)
Dubuc : Hubert Desbiens (Left Québécois)
Duplessis : Denis Perron (Left Québécois)
Fabre : Jean Jolly (Liberal party)
Frontenac : Roger Lefebvre (Liberal party)
Gaspé : Andre Beaudin (Liberal party)
Gatineau : Michel Gratton (Liberal party)
Gouin : Jacques Rochefort (Left Québécois)
Groulx : Madeleine Bleau (Liberal party)
Hull : Gilles Rocheleau (Liberal party)
Huntingdon : Claude Dubois (Liberal party)
Iberville : Jacques Tremblay (Liberal party)
Iles-de-la-Madeleine : Georges Farrah (Liberal party)
Jacques-Cartier : Joan Mason Dougherty (Liberal party)
Jean-Heel : Gil Rémillard (Liberal party)
Jeanne-Mance : Michel Bissonnet (Liberal party)
Johnson : Carmen Juneau (Left Québécois)
Joliette : Guy Chevrette (Left Québécois)
Jonquière : Francis Dufour (Left Québécois)
Kamouraska-Témiscouata : France Dionne (Liberal party)
Labelle : Damien Hétu (Liberal party)
Lake Midsummer's Day : Jacques Arm-band (Left Québécois)
Lafontaine : Jean-Claude Gobé (Liberal party)
Peltrie : Lawrence Canon (Liberal party)
Laporte : Andre Bourbeau (Liberal party)
Laprairie : Jean-Piere Saintonge (Liberal party)
the Assumption : Jean-Guy Gervais (Liberal party)
Bay-tree : Christos Sirros (Liberal party)
Laval-des-Rapides : Guy Bélanger (Liberal party)
Laviolette : Jean-Piere Jolivet (Left Québécois)
Lévis : Jean Garon (Left Québécois)
Limoilou : Michel Després (Liberal party)
Lotbinière : Lewis Camden (Liberal party)
Louis-Hébert : Réjean Doyon (Liberal party)
Maisonneuve : Louise Harel (Left Québécois)
Marguerite-Bourgeoys : Gilles Fort (Liberal party)
Marie-Victorin : Cécile Vermette (Left Québécois)
Inlays : Claude Dauphin (Liberal party)
Maskinongé : Yvon Picotte (Liberal party)
Matane : Claire-Helene Hovington (Liberal party)
Matapédia : Henri Paradin (Liberal party)
Mégantic-Compton : Madeleine Bélanger (Liberal party)
Draper : Gerald Godin (Left Québécois)
Thousand-Islands : Jean-Piere Bélisle (Liberal party)
Montmagny-L' Islet : Réal Gauvin (Liberal party)
Montmorency : Yves Séguin (Liberal party)
Mount-Royal : John Ciaccia (Liberal party)
Nelligan : Clifford Lincoln (Left lbéral)
Nicolet : Maurice Richard (Liberal party)
Our-Lady-of-Grace : Reed Scowen (Liberal party)
Orford : Georges Vaillancourt (Liberal party)
Outremont : Pierre Fortier Liberal party)
Papineau : Mark Assad (Liberal party)
Pontiac : Robert Middlemiss (Liberal party)
Portneuf : Michel Page (Liberal party)
Prévost : Paul-Andre Forget (Liberal party)
Richelieu : Albert Khelfa (Liberal party)
Richmond : Yvon Vallières (Liberal party)
Rimouski : Michel Tremblay (Liberal party)
River-of-Wolf : Albert Côté (Liberal party)
Robert-Baldwin : Pierre Macdonald (Liberal party)
Roberval : Michel Gauthier (Left Québécois)
Rosemont : Guy Rivard (Liberal party)
Rousseau : Robert Thérien Liberal party)
Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue : Gilles Barrel (Left Québécois)
Saguenay : Maltese Ghislain (Liberal party)
Holy-Anne : Maximilien Polack (Liberal party)
Sainte-Marie : Michel Laporte (Liberal party)
Saint-François : Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (Liberal party)
Saint-Henri : Roma Hains (Liberal party)
Saint-Hyacinthe : Charles Messier (Liberal party)
Saint-Jacob : Andre Boulerice (Liberal party)
Midsummer's Day : Lorraine Pierre (Liberal party)
the St. Lawrence : Germain Leduc (Liberal party)
Saint-Louis : Jacques Chagnon (Liberal party)
Saint-Maurice : Yvon Lemire (Liberal party)
Saved : Marcel Relative (Liberal party)
Shefford : Roger Avoided (Québécois Party)
Sherbrooke : Andre J. Hamel (Liberal party)
Taillon : Claude Filion (Left québcois)
Taschereau : Jean Leclerc (Liberal party)
Terrebonne : Yves Blais (Left Québécois)
Three-Rivers : Paul Philibert (Liberal party)
Ungava : Christine Claveau (Left Québécois)
Vachon : Christiane Pelchat (Liberal party)
Basket maker : Jean-Guy Lemieux (Liberal party)
Vaudreuil-Soulanges : Daniel Johnson (wire) (Liberal party)
Verchères : Jean-Pierre Charbonneau (Left Québécois)
Verdun : Paul Gobeil (Liberal party)
Viau : William Cusano (Liberal party)
Viger : Cosmo Maciocia (Liberal party)
Vimont : Jean-Paul Théorêt (Liberal party)
Westmount : Richard French Liberal party)

See too

Election with the direction of the Québécois Party of 1985

Sources

historical Section of the site of the National Assembly of Quebec

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