1976 Quebec general election

The 1976 Quebec general election was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. It was one of the most significant elections in Quebec history, rivalled only by the 1960 general election, and caused major repercussions in the rest of Canada. The Parti Québécois, led by René Lévesque, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Premier Robert Bourassa.

1976 Quebec general election

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110 seats in the 31st National Assembly of Quebec 56 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	85.27%
First party Second party Third party   UN Leader René Lévesque Robert Bourassa Rodrigue Biron Party Parti Québécois Liberal Union Nationale Last election 6 seats, 30.22% 102 seats, 54.65% 0 seats, 4.92% Seats won 71 26 11 Seat change 65 76 11 Popular vote 1,390,351 1,135,056 611,666 Percentage 41.37% 33.78% 18.20% Swing 11.15% 20.87% 13.28%   Fourth party Fifth party   RC PNP Leader Camil Samson Jérôme Choquette Party Ralliement créditiste Parti national populaire Last election 2 seats, 9.92% pre-creation Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 155,451 31,043 Percentage 4.63% 0.92% Swing 5.29% 0.92%
Premier before election Robert Bourassa Quebec Liberal Party Premier after election René Lévesque Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois's campaign focused on providing good government, in contrast the many scandals that had plagued the Liberals since 1973, The PQ's stated goal of achieving independence for Quebec from Canada was portrayed as only secondary, but the election of a sovereigntist government in Quebec caused great upset in the rest of Canada and led to extensive discussions about reforming the Canadian Confederation and finding ways of accommodating Quebec.

The Parti Québécois used its term in office to introduce numerous bills to implement its agenda. The first bill introduced in the new session of the National Assembly was legislation to confirm French as the sole official language of Quebec, and to implement measures to make this a social reality. The legislative number of this bill, "Bill One," was intended to signify the importance of the bill for the new government. The bill was withdrawn and significantly altered, however, and was eventually re-introduced as "Bill 101" (or la Loi 101 in French), also known as the Charter of the French Language. With some modifications, the Charter of the French Language remains in effect today and has shaped modern Quebec society in far-reaching ways.

The 1976 election also set the stage for the 1980 Quebec referendum on the PQ's proposal for political independence in an economic union with the rest of Canada called sovereignty-association. The proposal was soundly defeated in the referendum.

Bourassa had called the election after only three years, well before the maximum possible term of five years. It is possible that he may have counted on a boost from his successful rescue of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal after cost overruns and construction delays by the Montreal municipal government of Mayor Jean Drapeau. If so, he badly miscalculated. He not only lost the election, but was resoundingly defeated in his own riding by a PQ challenger. Bourassa resigned as Liberal leader, and his political career appeared to be over. He left Quebec and took up teaching positions in the United States and Europe. However, he later made a remarkable comeback in the 1985 general election.

The once-powerful Union Nationale made a modest comeback after being evicted from the legislature three years earlier. It won 11 seats under Rodrigue Biron and, for the first time, won significant support from some anglophone voters. An anglophone UN member, William Shaw was elected to the National Assembly. However, this proved to be the party's last hurrah. Successive floor-crossings, retirements, and resignations reduced the UN to only five members during the term. The party lost all of those remaining seats five years later, never to return; it would continue to exist nominally until 1989.

Results

The overall results were:^[1]

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1973	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Parti Québécois	René Lévesque	110	6	71	+1083%	1,390,351	41.37%	+11.15%
	Liberal	Robert Bourassa	110	102	26	-74.5%	1,135,056	33.78%	-20.87%
	Union Nationale	Rodrigue Biron	108	-	11		611,666	18.20%	+13.28%
	Ralliement créditiste	Camil Samson	109	2	1	-50.0%	155,451	4.63%	-5.29%
	Parti national populaire	Jérôme Choquette	36	*	1	*	31,043	0.92%	*
	Democratic Alliance	Nick Auf der Maur	13	*	-	*	17,762	0.53%	*
	NDP - RMS coalition	Henri-François Gautrin	21	*	-	*	3,080	0.09%	*
	Communist	Sam Walsh	14	*	-	*	1,776	0.05%	*
	Workers		12	*	-	*	1,249	0.04%	*
	Independents and no affiliation		23	-	-	-	13,072	0.39%
Total			556	110	110	-	3,360,506	100%

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Popular vote PQ   41.37% PLQ   33.78% UN   18.20% RC   4.63% PNP   0.92% Others   1.10%

Seats summary PQ   64.55% PLQ   23.64% UN   10.00% RC   0.91% PNP   0.91%

Individual ridings

The results in each riding (electoral division) were:^[2]

Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Bas-Saint-Laurent

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP		Other
Bonaventure		Jean-Paul Audet 6,168 31%		Gérard D. Levesque 9,771 49%		Louis-Georges Roy 3,836 19%		Mariette Fortin 318 2%						Gérard D. Levesque
Gaspé		Jules Bélanger 7,630 32%		Guy Fortier 7,885 33%		Michel Le Moignan 8,305 35%		Mario Gagnon 233 1%						Guy Fortier
Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Denise Leblanc		Louis-Philippe Lacroix		Paul-Henri Tremblay		Jean Cotten						Louis-Philippe Lacroix
Kamouraska-Témiscouata		Léonard Lévesque		Jean-Marie Pelletier		Raynald Pelletier		Claude Dionne						Jean-Marie Pelletier
Matane		Yves Bérubé		Marc-Yvan Côté		Joseph-Marie Lévesque		Roger Simard		Léonard Boulay				Marc-Yvan Côté
Matapédia		Léopold Marquis		Bona Arsenault		Gérard Bélanger		Gérard Gagnon						Bona Arsenault
Rimouski		Alain Marcoux		Claude St-Hilaire		Raynald Voyer		Alain Martel				Yvar Tronstad (Ind)		Claude St-Hilaire
Rivière-du-Loup		Jules Boucher		Paul Lafrance		Réal Grondin		Gérard Roy						Paul Lafrance

Côte-Nord and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		Other
Chicoutimi		Marc-André Bédard		Roch Bergeron		Léopold Decoste		Richard Nareau				Marc-André Bédard
Dubuc		Hubert Desbiens		Ghislain Harvey		Julien Gauvin		Antonio Brisson				Ghislain Harvey
Duplessis		Denis Perron		Henri-Paul Boudreau		Roland Gauthier		Jacques-A. Quirion		Zebedee Nungak (No designation)		Donald Gallienne
Jonquière		Claude Vaillancourt		Gérald Harvey		Roselda Duguay Brassard		Serge Racine				Gérald Harvey
Lac-Saint-Jean		Jacques Brassard		Roger Pilote		Charles-Henri Larouche		Maurice Brodeur				Roger Pilote
Roberval		Paul Néron		Robert Lamontagne		Antonio Genest		Émilien Fradet				Robert Lamontagne
Saguenay		Lucien Lessard		Jean-Guy Tremblay		Réal St-Laurent		Camille Hélie				Lucien Lessard

Capitale-Nationale

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP		Other
Charlesbourg		Denis de Belleval		André Harvey		Henriot Gingras		Sandor Tarçali		Carmen Payne Lafleur				André Harvey
Charlevoix		Gérard Drouin		Raymond Mailloux		Gaston Dion		Angelo Emond						Raymond Mailloux
Chauveau		Louis O'Neill		Bernard Lachapelle		Madeleine Parent Barrette		Mathieu Tremblay						Bernard Lachapelle
Jean-Talon		Louise Beaudoin		Raymond Garneau		Charles Boucher		Vilmont Rodrigue						Raymond Garneau
Limoilou		Raymond Gravel		Fernand Houde		Maurice Trottier		J.-Noël Gravel		Louisette Ouzilleau Dulac		Julien Bilodeau (PCQ) Manon Demers (No designation)		Fernand Houde
Louis-Hébert		Claude Morin		Jean Marchand		Raymond Cantin		Jean-Paul Rhéaume						Gaston Desjardins
Montmorency		Clément Richard		Marcel Bédard		Denise Deslauriers		L.-P.-Antoine Bélanger						Marcel Bédard
Portneuf		Gilles Naud		Michel Pagé		Antoine-B. Dussault		Roland Godin		Pierre Castonguay				Michel Pagé
Taschereau		Richard Guay		Irénée Bonnier		Marcel Drouin		Simon Brouard		Jean-Marc Lemoine		Lorraine Morin (PTQ)		Irénée Bonnier
Vanier		Jean-François Bertrand		Fernand Dufour		Jean-Yves Lachance		Alexandre Bertrand						Fernand Dufour

Mauricie

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP		Other
Champlain		Marcel Gagnon		Normand Toupin		Gilles Gauthier		Robert Fournier						Normand Toupin
Laviolette		Jean-Pierre Jolivet		Prudent Carpentier		Gaston Fortin		Michel Mignault		Réjean Gélinas		Robert Deschamps (NPD-RMS)		Prudent Carpentier
Maskinongé		Jacques Charette		Yvon Picotte		Serge Gagnon		J.-Rodolphe Lemieux						Yvon Picotte
Saint-Maurice		Yves Duhaime		Marcel Bérard		Robert Leclerc		Roger Bélisle		Pierre-Paul Prud'homme				Marcel Bérard
Trois-Rivières		Denis Vaugeois		Guy Bacon		Jacques Trahan		Gaétan Laflèche						Guy Bacon

Chaudière-Appalaches and Centre-du-Québec

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP		Other
Arthabaska		Jacques Baril		Denis St-Pierre		Constant Roy		Rosaire Rainville						vacant
Beauce-Nord		Adrien Ouellette		Denis Sylvain		Gérard Gourde		Magella Brouard		Robert Trudel				Denis Sylvain
Beauce-Sud		Pierre Pelletier		Guy Lebel						Fabien Roy				Fabien Roy
Bellechasse		Jean-Roch Côté		Pierre Mercier		Bertrand Goulet		Sauveur Fradette		Pierre-E. Plante				Pierre Mercier
Drummond		Michel Clair		Paul Delisle		Roger Blais		André Bergeron		Armand Joyal				Robert Malouin
Frontenac		Gilles Grégoire		Henri Lecours		Marc Bergeron		Fernand Godin						Henri Lecours
Johnson		Robert Normand		Marcel Noël		Maurice Bellemare		Jules Degready						Maurice Bellemare
Lévis		Jean Garon		Vincent-F. Chagnon		Cyrille Dubé		Gilles Campagna						Vincent-F. Chagnon
Lotbinière		Ghyslain Théberge		Georges Massicotte		Rodrigue Biron		Gaston Judd						Georges Massicotte
Montmagny-L'Islet		Maurice Chouinard		Julien Giasson		André Rousseau		Clermont Avoine						Julien Giasson
Nicolet-Yamaska		Jean-Paul Touchette		Benjamin Faucher		Serge Fontaine		Gilbert Boisvert						Benjamin Faucher

Estrie

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP		Other
Mégantic-Compton		Serge Poulin		Omer Dionne		Fernand Grenier		Robert Leroux						Omer Dionne
Orford		Laurent Bertrand		Georges Vaillancourt		Kevin J. Danaher		Alexandre Basque		René Lavallée				Georges Vaillancourt
Richmond		Maurice Tremblay		Yvon Vallières		Yvon Brochu		Serge Lepage						Yvon Vallières
Saint-François		Réal Rancourt		Gérard Déziel		Michel Laflamme		Adélard Larose						Gérard Déziel
Sherbrooke		Gérard Gosselin		Jean-Paul Pépin		Guy Bureau		Rosario Lehoux				Jacques Boutin (Ind) Robert Tremblay (No designation)		Jean-Paul Pépin

Montérégie

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP		Other
Beauharnois		Laurent Lavigne 15,508 46%		Jean-H. Besner 11,572 35%		Jacques Cardinal 5,224 16%		Monique Groulx Lalonde 1,195 4%						Gérard Cadieux
Brome-Missisquoi		Gérard Comptois		Glendon Brown		Armand Russell		Normand Chouinard		Jean-Gilles Chagnon		Foster Wightman (Ind) Maurice Juteau (Ind)		Glendon Brown
Chambly		Denis Lazure		Guy St-Pierre		Camille Barré		Jerry Béland						Guy St-Pierre
Châteauguay		Roland Dussault		George Kennedy		Charles Ross Duggan		René Paré				Albert Benoît (Ind) Réjean Dumouchel (No designation)		George Kennedy
Huntingdon		Gérald Pinsonneault		Kenneth Fraser		Claude Dubois		Claude Grégoire						Kenneth Fraser
Iberville		Jacques Beauséjour		Jacques Tremblay		Urbain Morin		Clovis Ménard						Jacques Tremblay
Laporte		Pierre Marois		Jean-Jacques Lemieux		Marcel L'Ecuyer		Wilbrod Trépanier				Richard Lépine (PTQ)		André Déom
Laprairie		Gilles Michaud		Paul Berthiaume		Stephan Olynyk		André Mignault						Paul Berthiaume
Richelieu		Maurice Martel		Jean Cournoyer		Camille Vertefeuille		Guy Guilbault						Claude Simard
Saint-Hyacinthe		Charles Tremblay		Fernand Cornellier		Fabien Cordeau		Laurier Grenon		Claude Coupal				Fernand Cornellier
Saint-Jean		Jérôme Proulx		Jacques Veilleux		Jean-Pierre Paquin		Lucille-H. Pérusse						Jacques Veilleux
Shefford		Jean-R. Petit		Richard Verreault		Gilles Cadorette		Gabriel Lacasse		Léonce Boulanger				Richard Verreault
Taillon		René Lévesque		Fernand Blanchard		John E. de Souza		Henri Bourassa				Jacques Beaudoin (NPD-RMS)		Guy Leduc
Vaudreuil-Soulanges		Louise Sauvé Cuerrier		Paul Phaneuf		David G. M. Cape		Paul-Émile Trépanier				Lawrence Arthur Brown (NPD-RMS)		Paul Phaneuf
Verchères		Jean-Pierre Charbonneau		Marcel Ostiguy		Jean Costello		Gilberte Desruisseaux Labbé						Marcel Ostiguy

Montreal East

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP		Other
Anjou		Pierre-Marc Johnson 19,440 56%		Yves Tardif 11,116 32%		Albert Rossi 2,938 9%		Fernand Roy 744 2%		Réjean Pelletier 233 1%		John Penner (NPD-RMS) 151 0.4%		Yves Tardif
Bourassa		Patrice Laplante		Lise Bacon		Robert Brisson		Paulette Danis St-Onge		Carmine Ciccarelli		Vittorina Rizotto Bronzati (PCQ)		Lise Bacon
Bourget		Camille Laurin		Jean Boudreault		Armand Lagacé		Albertine Martel Bombardier				Micheline Ruelland (NPD-RMS) Maurice Gohier (PTQ)		Jean Boudreault
Crémazie		Guy Tardif		Jean Bienvenue		Maurice L'Écuyer		Léopold Mercier		Gilles Legault		Claire Da Sylva Demers (PCQ) André Lavallée (NPD-RMS)		Jean Bienvenue
Dorion		Lise Payette		Alfred Bossé		Luigi Grasso		Guy Lévesque		Raymond Beaudoin		Lorraine de Repentigny Vaillancourt (NPD-RMS)		Alfred Bossé
Gouin		Rodrigue Tremblay		Jean-M. Beauregard		Yves Roy		Alfred Levesque				Céline Lenoir Boulanger (PTQ) Wilbray Thiffault (NPD-RMS)		Jean-M. Beauregard
Jeanne-Mance		Henri-E. Laberge		Aimé Brisson		Pierre Grégoire		Nicolino Ciarla		Raymond O'Connor		Bernadette Desrosiers Le Brun (PCQ) Paul Kouri (No designation)		Aimé Brisson
Lafontaine		Marcel Léger		Bernard Benoît		Lucien Grenier		Brunel Dion		Fernand Plourde		Claude Leblanc (Ind)		Marcel Léger
Laurier		John Kambites		André Marchand		Georges Savoidakis		Denise Chartrand Marion				Christos Syros (AD) Joseph Mallaroni (PCQ) Pierre Bastien (NPD-RMS)		André Marchand
Maisonneuve		Robert Burns		Gilles Houle		Arthur Goyette		Michel Parret		Jean-Guy Forget		Louis Cauchy (NPD-RMS) Samuel Walsh (PCQ) Jeannine Warren (PTQ) André Frappier (No designation)		Robert Burns
Mercier		Gérald Godin		Robert Bourassa		Giuseppe Anzini		Robert Roy				Henri-François Gautrin (NPD-RMS) Guy Desautels (PCQ) Gaston Morin (PTQ) Louise Ouimet (No designation)		Robert Bourassa
Rosemont		Gilbert Paquette		Gilles Bellemare		Suzanne Charbonneau Touchette		Octave Grosariu		Lorenzo Marullo		Luc Bégin (NPD-RMS) René Boulanger (PTQ)		Gilles Bellemare
Saint-Jacques		Claude Charron		Micheline Lachapelle Brisebois		Jacques Poirier		Gaston Pleau				Michel Bourdouxhe (NPD-RMS) Gérard Lachance (PTQ) Hervé Fuyet (PCQ)		Claude Charron
Sainte-Marie		Guy Bisaillon		Jean-Claude Malépart		André Roy		Roger Hébert				André Rousseau (PTQ) René Denis (NPD-RMS)		Jean-Claude Malépart
Sauvé		Jacques-Yvan Morin		Jean-Claude Legault		Marcel Hotte		Gérard Ledoux				Mario de Brentani (PCQ) Joseph-Léopold Gagner (Ind)		Jacques-Yvan Morin
Viau		Charles-A. Lefebvre		Fernand Sauvé		Antonio Marciano		Joseph Ouellet		Luigino Mariano				Fernard Picard

Montreal West

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP		Other
L'Acadie		Hélène Savard Jacob		Thérèse Lavoie-Roux		Jean-Guy Leboeuf		Madeleine Piquette Bédard				Diane Poirier (AD) Pierre Lemaire (NPD-RMS)		vacant
D'Arcy-McGee		Jacques Mackay		Victor Charles Goldbloom		Barry Fridhandler		Gaëtan Gauthier				Elie Chalouh (AD) Max Wollach (Ind)		Victor Charles Golbloom
Jacques-Cartier		Paul Olsen		Noël Saint-Germain		Donavan James Carter		Huguette Zakrzewski Bergeron				Graham Weeks (AD)		Noël Saint-Germain
Marguerite-Bourgeoys		Gérard Kentzinger		Fernand Lalonde		Domenico Izzi		Raymond Jacques				Thomas Rufh (NPD-RMS)		Fernand Lalonde
Mont-Royal		André Normandeau		John Ciaccia		Victor Podd		Étienne Lupien				Sarazin Watts (AD) Monroe Dolman (NPD-RMS) Richard Ducharme (PCQ)		John Ciaccia
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce		Pierre Mailloux		Bryce Mackasey		Francis Donaldson		Auguste Gagné		Carl O'Malley		Robert Keaton (AD) John Raudsepp (Ind) Cyril Durocher (NPD-RMS)		William Tetley
Outremont		Pierre Harvey		André Raynauld				Archélas Turgeon		Jérôme Choquette		Régis Parent (Ind) Denis Gervais (PCQ)		Jérôme Choquette
Pointe-Claire		Paul-Émile Faucher		Roy Amaron		William Shaw		Gérard-Philippe Allaire		Renaud Binette		Jeannette Tremblay Burley (Ind) Reginald Edwards (AD)		Arthur-E. Séguin
Robert-Baldwin		Gilles Corbeil		John O'Gallagher		Thea Bryan Barker		Louis Lefebvre				Robert Beale (Ind) George Donald Boutilier (AD) Leo Rotgaus (Ind)		Jean Cournoyer
Sainte-Anne		Jean-Marc Lacoste		Bruno Fortin		Fernand Brais		Lucette Bourque Foster		Noël Parenteau		Colin Hanley (Ind) Paul Baatz (AD) David Johnston (PCQ)		George Springate
Saint-Henri		Jacques Couture		Donat Taddeo		Roland Meloche		René Raymond				Denis Poulin (NPD-RMS) Angela Boulianne Gagnon (PTQ)		Gérard Shanks
Saint-Laurent		Paul Unterberg		Claude Forget		Stanley Knox		Normand Laroche		Jean-Pierre Dorais		Ghislain Cayouette (AD)		Claude Forget
Saint-Louis		Line Lescarbeau Bourgeois		Harry Blank		Bernard Talisman		Guy Taillon				Mair Williams Verthuy (AD) Jean-Pierre Bourdouxhe (NPD-RMS) Jeannette Pratte Walsh (PCQ)		Harry Blank
Verdun		Yvan Fortin		Lucien Caron		Mark A. Wainberg		Joseph alias Rivard Delarosbil				Seymour Small (AD) Robin Gagnon (PTQ)		Lucien Caron
Westmount		Gaston Laurion		George Springate		Harold Fairhead		Gaétan Pelletier		Berthe Guertin Ouellet		Nick Auf der Maur (AD)		Kevin Drummond

Laval

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP		Other
Fabre		Bernard Landry		Gilles Houde		Julien Laurier		Conrad Gauthier		Maurice Arbour				Gilles Houde
Laval		Michel Leduc		Jean-Noël Lavoie		Charles Chaput		Jean-Rock Gauthier		Saad Marcos Bishara				Jean-Noël Lavoie
Mille-Îles		Guy Joron		Bernard Lachance		Thérèse Bourque Clermont		Émilien Martel		Pierre Guillemette		Claude Demers (PCQ) Ghislain Hallé (NPD-RMS)		Bernard Lachance

Laurentides

Electoral district	Candidates										Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP
Argenteuil		Paul-André David		Zoël Saindon		Alphonse Bélec		Claude Guay				Zoël Saindon
Deux-Montagnes		Pierre de Bellefeuille		Jean-Paul L'Allier		Normand Robidoux		Fernand Houle		François-de-Salles Robert		Jean-Paul L'Allier
Laurentides-Labelle		Jacques Léonard		Roger Lapointe		Laurent Jetté		Antonio Lemire				Roger Lapointe
Prévost		Jean-Guy Cardinal		Bernard Parent		Oscar Gonthier		Albert Pouliot				Bernard Parent

Lanaudière

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP		Other
Berthier		Jean-Guy Mercier		Michel Denis		Joseph Ouimet		Rosaire Trudel						Michel Denis
Joliette-Montcalm		Guy Chevrette		Robert Quenneville		André Asselin		Jean-Pierre Gagné				Jacques Trudeau (PTQ) Isabelle Geoffroy (No designation)		Robert Quenneville
L'Assomption		Jacques Parizeau		Roland Comtois		Michel Duval		Louis Comtois		Henri Kélada				Jean Perreault
Terrebonne		Élie Fallu		Denis Hardy		Marcel Ayotte		Guy Meunier						Denis Hardy

Outaouais

Electoral district	Candidates												Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste		PNP		Other
Gatineau		Marc-André Tardif		Michel Gratton		Jacques-H. Crépeau		Gérard Ouellet						Michel Gratton
Hull		Jocelyne Ouellette		Oswald Parent		Dan Brunet		Yvon Larocque						Oswald Parent
Papineau		Jean Alfred		Normand Racicot		Sylvio Huneault		Herbert Carriere		Gilbert Dupuis				Mark Assad
Pontiac-Témiscamingue		Jean-Robert Seguier		Jean-Guy Larivière		Jean-Rock Bernard		Emmanuel Pétrin				Richard Bowie (Ind)		Jean-Guy Larivière

Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec

Electoral district	Candidates								Incumbent
	PQ		Liberal		UN		Ralliement créditiste
Abitibi-Est		Jean-Paul Bordeleau		Paul-Étienne Violette		Médéric Barrette		Pierre Dallaire		Roger Houde
Abitibi-Ouest		François Gendron		Jean-Hugues Boutin		Kenneth Kenny		Roger Bureau		Jean-Hugues Boutin
Rouyn-Noranda		Réal Roy		Henri Miljours		Jean-Claude Chevalier		Camil Samson		Camil Samson

See also

• List of Quebec premiers
• Politics of Quebec
• Timeline of Quebec history
• List of Quebec political parties
• 31st National Assembly of Quebec

External links

• CBC TV video clip

References

1. . Directeur général des élections du Québec. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
2. . Directeur général des élections du Québec. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2012-01-31.