The 1994 Quebec general election was held on September 12, 1994, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec. The Parti Québécois, led by Jacques Parizeau, 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 1995 Quebec referendum on independence for Quebec from Canada. The referendum would see the PQ government's proposals for sovereignty 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 Saint-Jean, there was a tie between incumbent Liberal candidate

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and PQ candidate

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. A new election was held on October 24 and was won by Paquin by a margin of 532 votes.

Results

The overall results were:

References

External links

CBC TV video clip

Results by party (total votes and seats won)

Results for all ridings

Results

See also

References

External links

Further reading