The election was caused by the departure of founder René Lévesque, and was conducted while the party was in power. With Pierre-Marc Johnson elected, he would assume premiership from October to December 1985. Johnson afterwards played the role of Leader of the Opposition until 1987.
The election finds its historical importance in the fact that, in the first era of said "Post-Referendum Syndrome", the election of Pierre-Marc Johnson secured the party's past decision of putting the independence project, the first raison d'être of the PQ, on the back burner. This decision had caused a crisis within party ranks, which was influential in the departure of René Lévesque. This party stance of affirmation nationale (Johnson's approach of nationalism without actively pursuing the objective of sovereignty) would last until the ousting of Johnson and the arrival of Jacques Parizeau as leader in 1988.
It was the first attempt of Pauline Marois for the leadership, one that she would repeat at the leadership election of 2005. Bernard Landry, future leader from 2001 to 2005, also entered the race of 1985, only to drop out midway. During his campaign, Landry had presented himself as a "sovereigntist and progressive" candidate and, during his campaign, given signs that, if elected leader, he could rescind the party decision of putting sovereignty on hold. Guy Bertrand's campaign tended to represent the sovereigntist pur et dur stream of the party, clashing with his later ideological shift.
1985, parti, québécois, leadership, election, parti, québécois, leadership, election, 1985, held, elect, leader, parti, québécois, main, sovereigntist, social, democratic, political, party, quebec, canada, elected, pierre, marc, johnson, helm, party, conducted. The Parti Quebecois leadership election of 1985 was held to elect a new leader of the Parti Quebecois the main sovereigntist and social democratic political party in Quebec Canada It elected Pierre Marc Johnson at the helm of the party It was conducted under the one member one vote universal suffrage system making the Parti Quebecois the first political party to do so in Quebec history It was the first race of its kind in the history of the party created in 1968 and would be followed by the leadership election of 2005 1985 Parti Quebecois leadership election 1968 29 September 1985 1988 Candidate Pierre Marc Johnson Pauline Marois Jean GaronParty Parti Quebecois Parti Quebecois Parti QuebecoisPopular Vote 56 925 19 471 15 730Percentage 58 7 19 7 16 2 Candidate Guy Bertrand Francine Lalonde Luc GagnonParty Parti Quebecois Parti Quebecois Parti QuebecoisPopular Vote 2 733 1 484 1 046Percentage 2 8 1 5 1 1 Leader before electionRene Levesque Elected Leader Pierre Marc Johnson Contents 1 History 2 Candidates 3 Results 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe election was caused by the departure of founder Rene Levesque and was conducted while the party was in power With Pierre Marc Johnson elected he would assume premiership from October to December 1985 Johnson afterwards played the role of Leader of the Opposition until 1987 The election finds its historical importance in the fact that in the first era of said Post Referendum Syndrome the election of Pierre Marc Johnson secured the party s past decision of putting the independence project the first raison d etre of the PQ on the back burner This decision had caused a crisis within party ranks which was influential in the departure of Rene Levesque This party stance of affirmation nationale Johnson s approach of nationalism without actively pursuing the objective of sovereignty would last until the ousting of Johnson and the arrival of Jacques Parizeau as leader in 1988 It was the first attempt of Pauline Marois for the leadership one that she would repeat at the leadership election of 2005 Bernard Landry future leader from 2001 to 2005 also entered the race of 1985 only to drop out midway During his campaign Landry had presented himself as a sovereigntist and progressive candidate and during his campaign given signs that if elected leader he could rescind the party decision of putting sovereignty on hold Guy Bertrand s campaign tended to represent the sovereigntist pur et dur stream of the party clashing with his later ideological shift Candidates editGuy Bertrand Luc Gagnon Jean Garon Pierre Marc Johnson Francine Lalonde Bernard Landry withdrew Pauline MaroisResults editCandidate Votes PercentagePierre Marc Johnson 56 925 58 7 Pauline Marois 19 471 19 7 Jean Garon 15 730 16 2 Guy Bertrand 2 733 2 8 Francine Lalonde 1 484 1 5 Luc Gagnon 1 046 1 1 Totals 96 974 100 0 First ballotJohnson 58 70 Marois 19 66 Garon 16 22 Bertrand 2 81 Lalonde 1 53 Gagnon 1 08 See also edit2005 Parti Quebecois leadership election 2007 Parti Quebecois leadership election History of Quebec Politics of Quebec Quebec sovereignty movementReferences editPetite lecon d histoire from Le Devoir Election de Pierre Marc Johnson on the Bilan du siecle website of the Universite de SherbrookeExternal links editOfficial Parti Quebecois website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1985 Parti Quebecois leadership election amp oldid 1174389250, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
