1970 Quebec general election

Canadian provincial election September 2023 1970 Quebec general election Quebec parliamentary no no no 1966 Quebec general election 1966 28th Quebec Legislature 1973 Quebec general election 1973 29th Quebec Legislature 108 seats in the 29th National Assembly of Quebec 55 seats were needed for a majority April 29, 1970 130x150px QC Liberal nohash Robert Bourassa January 17, 1970 QC Liberal name Mercier 50 seats, 47.29% 72 22 1,304,341 45.40% 1.9% QC UN nohash Jean-Jacques Bertrand October 2, 1968 QC UN name Missisquoi 56 seats, 40.82% 17 39 564,544 19.65% 21.17% PC QC Parti créditiste nohash Camil Samson March 22, 1970 QC Parti créditiste name Rouyn-Noranda pre-creation 12 12 321,370 11.19% 11.19% 130x150px QC PQ nohash René Lévesque October 14, 1968 QC PQ name Laurier (lost re-election) pre-creation 7 7 662,404 23.06% 23.06 Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand QC UN name Robert Bourassa Premier after election QC Liberal name The 1970 Quebec general election was held on April 29, 1970, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec. The former Legislative Assembly had been renamed the "National Assembly" in 1968, with its members now known in English as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs). In the election, the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Robert Bourassa, defeated the incumbent Union Nationale, led by Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand. This election marked the first appearance by a new party, the sovereigntist Parti Québécois, led by former Liberal cabinet minister René Lévesque. The PQ won a modest seven seats and came second in the popular vote, although Lévesque was defeated in his own riding. Only a few months after the election, Quebec faced a severe test with the October Crisis, in which Liberal cabinet minister Pierre Laporte was kidnapped and assassinated by the Front de libération du Québec, a violent pro-independence group. The Union Nationale, which had governed Quebec through most of the 1940s and 1950s, would never come close to winning power again. This was partly because a significant number of the Union Nationale's younger supporters had embraced sovereigntism and shifted their support to the PQ. Campaign The Liberals, Unionists and péquistes all fielded full slates, and the créditistes also nominated 99 candidates, so most constituencies experienced at least four-way contests: + Riding contests, by number of candidates (1970) CandidatesLibUNPQRCIndNDPI-PQI-CrCommSoc-WTotal34 4 4 12476 76 76 74 2 304521 21 21 18 14 7 1 1 1 10564 4 4 4 6 2 2473 3 3 3 6 2 1 21Total108 108 108 99 26 13 1 1 1 1 466 Results Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (1970) https://www.donneesquebec.ca/recherche/dataset/atlas-des-elections-au-quebec/resource/4a328b39-ac4a-47ba-aa70-48c2d233c0a1 Élections québécoises de 1970 Drouilly Pierre November 7, 2017 donneesquebec.ca Atlas des élections au Québec |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MNAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1966 !1970 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) QC Liberal row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Robert Bourassa | 108 || 50 || 72 || 22 || 1,304,341 || 204,906 || 45.40% || 1.89 QC UN row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Jean-Jacques Bertrand | 108 || 56 || 17 || 39 || 564,544 || 384,384 || 19.65% || 21.17 QC Ralliement créditiste row-name |style="text-align:left;"|Camil Samson | 99 || – || 12 || 12 || 321,370 || 321,370 || 11.19% || New QC PQ row-name1970 results compared to 1966 combined RIN/RN total |style="text-align:left;"|René Lévesque | 108 || – || 7 || 7 || 662,404 || 458,689 || 23.06% || 14.30 QC Independent row-name | || 26 || 2 || – || 2 || 12,528 || 51,906 || 0.44% || 2.33 |- |rowspan="6" QC Other background|   |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- | style="text-align:left;" |QC NDP (1963) colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|Roland Morin | 13 || – || – || – || 4,374 || 4,374 || 0.15% || New |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent PQ colour&name | 1 || – || – || – || 2,998 || 2,998 || 0.10% || New |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |QC Independent Créditiste colour&name | 1 || – || – || – || 53 || 53 || – || New |- | style="text-align:left;" |QC Communist colour&name |style="text-align:left;"|Sam Walsh | 1 || – || – || – || 213 || 289 || 0.01% || 0.01 |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |QC Socialist Workers colour&name | 1 || – || – || – || 145 || 145 || 0.01% ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |466||108 ! " colspan="2"|108 ! " colspan="2"|2,872,970 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 57,029 | 11,348 | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 2,929,999 | 559,489 | 84.23 | 10.66 |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors | 3,478,578 | 256,276 | colspan="2"| |} a Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (1966-1970) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary QC1966.svg 1966 Ternary plot of 1966 results File:Ternary QC1970.svg 1970 Ternary plot of 1970 results + Seats and popular vote by party Party Seats Votes Change (pp)QC Liberal colour&name 72 108 QC Liberal 175 45.40 175 darkgrey -1.89 -5 1em background:redQC UN colour&name 17 108 QC UN 175 19.65 175 darkgrey -21.17 -5 1em background:redQC Ralliement créditiste colour&name 12 108 QC Ralliement créditiste 175 11.19 175 darkgrey 11.19 -5 1em background:greenQC PQ colour&name 7 108 QC PQ 175 23.06 175 darkgrey 14.30 -5 1em background:greenQC Independent colour&name 0 108 QC Independent 175 0.44 175 darkgrey -2.33 -5 1em background:redQC Other colour&name 0 108 QC Independent 175 0.36 175 darkgrey -0.10 -5 1em background:red Synopsis of results + Results by riding - 1970 Quebec general election https://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/patrimoine/depcir/index.html Les membres de l'Assemblée nationale par circonscription French National Assembly members by riding National Assembly of Quebec September 13, 2023 Riding Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots VotesName 1966Party Votes Share Margin#Margin% Lib PQ UN RC Ind Independent NDP Other Other minor affiliations Total   Abitibi-Est Lib RC 15,151 43.11% 4,320 12.29% 81.95% 10,831 4,937 4,224 15,151 – – – 35,143 Abitibi-Ouest Lib RC 6,285 46.52% 1,602 11.86% 87.66% 4,683 917 1,626 6,285 – – – 13,511 Ahuntsic Lib Lib 17,208 45.53% 972 2.57% 87.68% 17,208 16,236 3,760 588 – – – 37,792 Argenteuil Lib Lib 9,620 57.98% 5,656 34.09% 86.93% 9,620 1,563 3,964 1,345 99 – – 16,591 Arthabaska UN Lib 8,715 32.13% 263 0.97% 89.88% 8,715 3,852 5,983 8,452 119 – – 27,121 Bagot UN UN 4,591 37.74% 1,250 10.27% 89.29% 3,341 917 4,591 3,280 37 – – 12,166 Beauce UN RC 11,804 38.45% 2,444 7.96% 84.37% 8,139 1,393 9,360 11,804 – – – 30,696 Beauharnois Lib Lib 12,384 43.00% 2,937 10.20% 89.87% 12,384 9,447 5,515 1,453 – – – 28,799 Bellechasse UN UN 6,111 50.56% 3,043 25.18% 85.73% 3,068 311 6,111 2,596 – – – 12,086 Berthier UN UN 5,387 37.72% 164 1.15% 86.29% 5,223 2,866 5,387 807 – – – 14,283 Bonaventure Lib Lib 11,803 60.39% 6,729 34.43% 83.93% 11,803 2,155 5,074 513 – – – 19,545 Bourassa Lib Lib 22,197 45.59% 1,371 2.82% 80.48% 22,197 20,826 4,265 1,401 – – – 48,689 Bourget UN PQ 15,565 40.25% 500 1.29% 85.65% 15,065 15,565 6,689 1,246 – 108 – 38,673 Brome Lib Lib 4,666 63.21% 3,036 41.13% 85.54% 4,666 299 1,630 787 – – – 7,382 Chambly Lib Lib 25,641 56.74% 11,273 24.95% 87.41% 25,641 14,368 3,948 1,231 – – – 45,188 Champlain UN Lib 9,334 33.06% 2,534 8.98% 86.96% 9,334 5,403 6,800 6,696 – – – 28,233 Charlevoix Lib Lib 6,602 42.59% 2,439 15.73% 85.40% 6,602 1,680 4,163 3,058 – – – 15,503 Châteauguay Lib Lib 14,536 59.53% 10,013 41.00% 87.31% 14,536 4,493 4,523 867 – – – 24,419 Chauveau UN Lib 18,469 36.61% 5,121 10.15% 85.94% 18,469 9,399 9,235 13,348 – – – 50,451 Chicoutimi UN UN 8,614 36.74% 1,283 5.47% 87.80% 7,331 7,090 8,614 409 – – – 23,444 Compton UN Lib 3,613 32.09% 270 2.40% 86.94% 3,613 1,030 3,274 3,343 – – – 11,260 D'Arcy-McGee Lib Lib 36,543 90.41% 33,313 82.42% 85.06% 36,543 3,230 647 – – – – 40,420 Deux-Montagnes Lib Lib 12,106 54.21% 6,949 31.12% 87.86% 12,106 4,199 5,157 870 – – – 22,332 Dorchester UN RC 6,067 35.30% 1,684 9.80% 78.84% 4,383 2,490 4,245 6,067 – – – 17,185 Dorion Lib Lib 13,183 45.94% 3,525 12.28% 78.67% 13,183 9,658 4,851 859 – – 145 28,696 Drummond Lib Lib 13,269 40.16% 5,420 16.41% 87.87% 13,269 6,888 5,032 7,849 – – – 33,038 Dubuc UN UN 8,793 36.19% 440 1.81% 88.20% 8,353 6,505 8,793 647 – – – 24,298 Duplessis Lib Lib 7,839 45.86% 2,227 13.03% 80.70% 7,839 5,612 3,310 331 – – – 17,092 Fabre Lib Lib 20,158 41.71% 91 0.19% 87.17% 20,158 20,067 6,213 1,613 92 182 – 48,325 Frontenac UN RC 5,204 38.74% 483 3.60% 84.13% 2,604 840 4,721 5,204 65 – – 13,434 Gaspé-Nord UN UN 4,786 41.60% 194 1.69% 88.52% 4,592 1,990 4,786 136 – – – 11,504 Gaspé-Sud Lib Lib 8,455 49.96% 3,370 19.91% 84.06% 8,455 3,062 5,085 322 – – – 16,924 Gatineau Lib Lib 19,007 62.37% 13,886 45.56% 82.58% 19,007 3,360 5,121 2,989 – – – 30,477 Gouin Lib PQ 14,070 40.87% 12 0.03% 78.87% 14,058 14,070 5,053 1,242 – – – 34,423 Hull Lib Lib 14,478 56.97% 10,664 41.96% 75.63% 14,478 3,814 3,647 3,252 221 – – 25,412 Huntingdon Lib Lib 4,170 55.44% 1,742 23.16% 80.39% 4,170 611 2,428 312 – – – 7,521 Iberville UN UN 4,110 40.17% 768 7.51% 90.07% 3,342 2,036 4,110 743 – – – 10,231 Îles-de-la-Madeleine Lib Lib 3,560 56.68% 1,275 20.30% 89.57% 3,560 366 2,285 70 – – – 6,281 Jacques-Cartier Lib Lib 25,743 67.16% 19,427 50.68% 84.72% 25,743 6,316 3,027 922 2,322 – – 38,330 Jean-Talon Lib Lib 12,565 41.63% 6,068 20.10% 82.07% 12,565 6,497 6,381 4,625 114 – – 30,182 Jeanne-Mance Lib Lib 21,515 48.48% 4,649 10.48% 83.81% 21,515 16,866 4,797 1,197 – – – 44,375 Joliette UN Lib 10,929 40.32% 3,235 11.93% 88.66% 10,929 7,376 7,694 1,107 – – – 27,106 Jonquière Lib Lib 15,010 49.49% 3,656 12.05% 88.64% 15,010 11,354 3,108 856 – – – 30,328 Kamouraska UN Lib 4,889 37.73% 1,136 8.77% 80.89% 4,889 762 3,555 3,753 – – – 12,959 L'Assomption UN Lib 10,754 38.30% 1,382 4.92% 87.16% 10,754 9,372 7,955 – – – – 28,081 L'Islet UN Lib 4,000 35.99% 292 2.63% 82.20% 4,000 506 3,708 2,899 – – – 11,113 Labelle UN UN 6,263 46.41% 3,341 24.76% 84.83% 2,922 2,724 6,263 1,585 – – – 13,494 Lac-Saint-Jean UN Lib 9,339 39.76% 1,466 6.24% 89.23% 9,339 7,873 5,515 761 – – – 23,488 LaFontaine UN PQ 18,113 40.69% 2,611 5.87% 83.96% 15,502 18,113 8,948 1,731 89 128 – 44,511 Laurier Lib Lib 17,934 50.20% 4,331 12.12% 83.25% 17,934 13,603 3,073 1,113 – – – 35,723 Laval Lib Lib 27,262 57.64% 14,086 29.78% 84.28% 27,262 13,176 5,353 1,507 – – – 47,298 Laviolette UN Lib 6,974 28.57% 297 1.22% 85.20% 6,974 5,365 5,390 6,677 – – – 24,406 Lévis UN RC 10,268 31.14% 209 0.63% 87.54% 10,059 4,470 8,179 10,268 – – – 32,976 Limoilou UN Lib 12,582 32.78% 2,807 7.31% 84.07% 12,582 7,381 9,775 8,650 – – – 38,388 Lotbinière UN RC 4,823 35.83% 369 2.74% 87.19% 4,454 504 3,678 4,823 – – – 13,459 Louis-Hébert Lib Lib 25,026 54.09% 13,471 29.12% 87.49% 25,026 11,555 6,949 2,738 – – – 46,268 Maisonneuve UN PQ 16,012 45.16% 4,605 12.99% 77.18% 11,407 16,012 6,007 1,777 – 252 – 35,455 Marguerite-Bourgeoys Lib Lib 28,694 68.85% 20,787 49.88% 84.41% 28,694 7,907 3,584 850 262 378 – 41,675 Maskinongé UN UN 5,113 43.06% 1,299 10.94% 90.46% 3,814 757 5,113 2,190 – – – 11,874 Matane Lib Lib 8,800 41.67% 2,922 13.84% 84.93% 8,800 5,878 5,338 1,103 – – – 21,119 Matapédia Lib Lib 4,319 32.69% 514 3.89% 84.84% 4,319 3,805 2,564 871 1,655 – – 13,214 Mégantic UN RC 8,201 28.79% 501 1.76% 88.09% 6,954 5,626 7,700 8,201 – – – 28,481 Mercier Lib Lib 15,337 46.65% 3,061 9.31% 79.82% 15,337 12,276 4,145 1,011 106 – – 32,875 Missisquoi UN UN 6,789 40.22% 543 3.22% 84.60% 6,246 2,042 6,789 1,804 – – – 16,881 Montcalm UN UN 4,950 45.27% 338 3.09% 86.66% 4,612 1,372 4,950 – – – – 10,934 Montmagny UN UN 5,596 42.54% 1,932 14.69% 82.25% 3,664 634 5,596 3,261 – – – 13,155 Montmorency UN Lib 9,714 32.65% 41 0.14% 87.35% 9,714 3,729 6,337 9,673 300 – – 29,753 Napierville-Laprairie Lib Lib 14,408 48.71% 7,394 25.00% 80.74% 14,408 7,014 6,739 1,194 225 – – 29,580 Nicolet UN UN 7,380 45.53% 1,819 11.22% 88.21% 5,561 1,764 7,380 1,505 – – – 16,210 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Lib Lib 31,930 87.26% 29,147 79.65% 84.04% 31,930 2,783 680 357 – 843 – 36,593 Olier Lib Lib 22,649 50.38% 5,958 13.25% 81.52% 22,649 16,691 3,994 1,624 – – – 44,958 Outremont Lib Lib 25,955 74.21% 18,660 53.35% 86.42% 25,955 7,295 1,419 – – 307 – 34,976 Papineau UN Lib 12,651 43.23% 3,648 12.47% 84.92% 12,651 2,634 9,003 4,974 – – – 29,262 Pontiac UN Lib 5,152 53.46% 1,162 12.06% 81.00% 5,152 253 3,990 242 – – – 9,637 Portneuf UN RC 11,086 38.14% 3,105 10.68% 83.82% 7,981 3,681 6,315 11,086 – – – 29,063 Richelieu UN Lib 12,047 42.01% 2,228 7.77% 89.02% 12,047 5,866 9,819 947 – – – 28,679 Richmond Lib RC 7,485 36.02% 1,137 5.47% 86.70% 6,348 3,655 3,290 7,485 – – – 20,778 Rimouski Lib Lib 9,987 35.89% 1,560 5.61% 85.67% 9,987 8,427 5,247 4,168 – – – 27,829 Rivière-du-Loup UN Lib 8,586 41.40% 1,001 4.83% 86.03% 8,586 2,008 7,585 2,558 – – – 20,737 Robert-Baldwin Ind Lib 46,169 87.46% 41,316 78.26% 86.86% 46,169 4,853 1,769 – – – – 52,791 Roberval UN Lib 9,845 37.85% 2,609 10.03% 84.64% 9,845 5,977 7,236 2,956 – – – 26,014 Rouville UN Lib 6,564 40.90% 309 1.93% 88.93% 6,564 2,327 6,255 904 – – – 16,050 Rouyn-Noranda UN RC 9,573 51.91% 5,560 30.15% 88.37% 4,013 2,756 2,101 9,573 – – – 18,443 Saguenay Lib PQ 12,392 44.77% 2,248 8.12% 82.19% 10,144 12,392 4,007 1,138 – – – 27,681 Saint-Henri UN Lib 14,096 46.88% 2,701 8.98% 79.28% 14,096 11,395 4,036 – 244 295 – 30,066 Saint-Hyacinthe UN Lib 10,628 38.24% 2,044 7.36% 86.53% 10,628 5,696 8,584 2,801 81 – – 27,790 Saint-Jacques UN PQ 8,554 39.01% 1,490 6.80% 71.16% 7,064 8,554 5,377 848 84 – – 21,927 Saint-Jean UN Lib 8,993 38.55% 2,172 9.31% 89.43% 8,993 6,821 6,605 909 – – – 23,328 Saint-Laurent Lib Lib 33,109 72.03% 23,650 51.45% 84.81% 33,109 9,459 2,917 – – 483 – 45,968 Saint-Louis Lib Lib 12,303 64.71% 7,708 40.54% 70.20% 12,303 4,595 1,526 – – 376 213 19,013 Saint-Maurice UN UN 11,921 36.93% 4,045 12.53% 85.86% 7,857 7,876 11,921 4,625 – – – 32,279 Saint-Sauveur UN RC 9,217 31.22% 532 1.80% 82.07% 8,685 4,912 6,712 9,217 – – – 29,526 Saint-Anne Ind Lib 8,914 48.00% 4,039 21.75% 70.02% 8,914 3,809 804 – 5,045Frank Hanley (4,875 votes) was the incumbent – – 18,572 Sainte-Marie UN PQ 10,707 42.57% 2,513 9.99% 73.11% 8,194 10,707 5,165 1,088 – – – 25,154 Shefford UN UN 10,480 33.21% 1,636 5.18% 87.00% 8,844 4,113 10,480 8,124 – – – 31,561 Sherbrooke UN Lib 17,319 34.26% 5,603 11.08% 84.25% 17,319 10,783 10,421 11,716 – 307 – 50,546 Stanstead Lib Lib 8,897 49.10% 3,973 21.92% 84.04% 8,897 2,000 2,300 4,924 – – – 18,121 Taillon Lib Lib 16,501 42.63% 5,363 13.86% 80.56% 16,501 11,138 4,997 2,826 247 – 2,998 38,707 Témiscamingue Lib Lib 3,747 43.88% 902 10.56% 84.17% 3,747 499 1,448 2,845 – – – 8,539 Témiscouata UN UN 3,929 35.51% 573 5.18% 84.68% 3,356 877 3,929 2,901 – – – 11,063 Terrebonne UN Lib 30,452 45.54% 12,467 18.64% 85.42% 30,452 17,985 13,406 5,028 – – – 66,871 Trois-Rivières UN Lib 12,899 39.84% 4,193 12.95% 81.15% 12,899 6,995 8,706 3,778 – – – 32,378 Vaudreuil-Soulanges Lib Lib 11,841 50.12% 5,452 23.08% 84.88% 11,841 4,183 6,389 1,158 – – 53 23,624 Verchères Lib Lib 14,822 53.23% 6,796 24.41% 86.65% 14,822 8,026 3,995 1,001 – – – 27,844 Verdun Lib Lib 23,630 59.85% 14,332 36.30% 83.53% 23,630 9,298 4,129 1,117 1,121 186 – 39,481 Westmount Lib Lib 32,703 85.30% 29,056 75.78% 80.47% 32,703 3,647 1,126 336 – 529 – 38,341 Wolfe UN UN 3,712 44.40% 1,630 19.50% 88.76% 2,082 706 3,712 1,860 – – – 8,360 Yamaska UN Lib 3,826 46.88% 487 5.97% 86.90% 3,826 558 3,339 438 – – – 8,161 a #B9E5B9 silver = open seat #F5F5DC silver = turnout is above provincial average #DCDCDC silver = winning candidate was in previous Legislature #EABB94 silver = incumbent had switched allegiance #FFFF00 silver = previously incumbent in another riding #EEBBBB silver = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature #87CEFA silver = incumbency arose from byelection gain #DCD0FF silver = other incumbents renominated #FFA07A silver = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada #F0E68C silver = multiple candidates Analysis + Elections to the National Assembly of Quebec – seats won/lost by party, 1966-1970Party1966Gain from (loss to)1970LibUNRCPQIndQC Liberal row-name 50 25 (3) (2) 2 72QC UN row-name 56 (25) (9) (5) 17QC Ralliement créditiste row-name – 3 9 12QC PQ row-name – 2 5 7QC Independent row-name 2 (2) –Total 108 5 (27) 39 – – (12) – (7) 2 – 108 + Party candidates in 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalLib UN RC PQ IndQC Liberal row-name 24 10 37 1 72QC UN row-name 16 1 17QC Ralliement créditiste row-name 9 3 12QC PQ row-name 7 7 Total32 27 10 38 1 108 + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5thQC Liberal colour&name72 32 4 QC UN colour&name17 27 56 8 QC Ralliement créditiste colour&name12 10 14 58 5QC PQ colour&name7 38 33 30 QC Independent colour&name 1 2 14QC NDP (1963) colour&name 1 5 6QC Independent PQ colour&name 1 QC Independent Créditiste colour&name 1QC Communist colour&name 1QC Socialist Workers colour&name 1 + Resulting composition of the 28th Quebec Legislative Assembly Source PartyLibUNRCPQTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned 34 17 51Open seats held8 8Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance1 1Byelection loss reversed1 1Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated24 7 7 38Open seats gained3 5 8Incumbent changing allegiance1 Total72 17 12 7 108 See also List of Quebec premiers Politics of Quebec Timeline of Quebec history List of Quebec political parties 29th National Assembly of Quebec New Democratic Party of Quebec candidates, 1970 Quebec provincial election Further reading Saywell John John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1970 1971 978-0-8020-1818-2 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_d9a5 registration External links CBC TV video clip Quebec general election Category:Elections in Quebec General election Quebec general election