1994 Quebec general election

The 1994 Quebec general election was held on September 12, 1994, to elect members to the National Assembly of Quebec in the province of Quebec, Canada. The Parti Québécois, led by hard soverignist Jacques Parizeau, defeated the incumbent Liberal Party">Quebec Liberal Party">Liberal Party, led by Premier Daniel Johnson Jr.
Johnson had succeeded Robert Bourassa 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 movement|sovereignty] very narrowly defeated.
Mario Dumont, a former president of the Liberal party's youth wing, and then leader of the newly formed Action démocratique du Québec, won his own seat, but no other members of his party were elected.
In Saint-Jean, 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 Commission de la représentation électorale 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 Party for the [Commonwealth of Canada (Quebec)|Party for the Commonwealth of Canada] fielded eighteen candidates, none of whom were elected.

Mercier">Mercier (provincial electoral district)">Mercier

Julie Laliberté received 173 votes, finishing seventh against Parti Québécois candidate Robert Perreault.

Rosemont">Rosemont (provincial electoral district)">Rosemont

Normand Bélanger ran for the Commonwealth Party in two federal and two provincial elections. In addition to supporting Lyndon LaRouche's theories, he also called for classical music to be taught starting at the primary grades in the Quebec public school system.

Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
1988 federal	Papineau	Commonwealth	174	0.44	9/9	André Ouellet, Liberal
1989 provincial	Rosemont	Commonwealth	134	0.48	7/10	Guy Rivard, Liberal
1993 federal	Saint-Henri—Westmount	Commonwealth	131	0.31	8/12	David Berger, Liberal
1994 provincial	Rosemont	Commonwealth	149	0.50	6/6	Rita Dionne-Marsolais, Parti Québécois

Results

Analysis

Parties	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
	77	47	1
	47	76	2
	1		76	2
		2	9	14	8
			10	42	6
			8	22	9
			5	8	4
			4	4	1
			3	4	2
			1	1	4
				7	4
				2	1
				1	6
					6
					5
					1
					1