- Quebec general election, 1966
The Quebec general election of 1966 was held on
June 5 ,1966 , to elect members of the Legislative Assembly ofQuebec ,Canada . The "Union Nationale" (UN), led byDaniel Johnson, Sr , defeated the incumbentQuebec Liberal Party , led byJean Lesage .In terms of the number of seats won, the election was one of the closest in recent history, with the UN winning 56 seats to the Liberals' 50. Generally, Quebec's
first past the post electoral system tends to produce strong disparities in the number of seats won even if the popular vote is fairly close. The Liberals won a greater share of the popular vote (6.5 percentage points more) but still won fewer seats.The victory of the UN over the popular Lesage government was a surprise to many observers. Johnson's campaign was likely helped by his position that Quebec should get a better deal within the Canadian confederation, or should separate if it is unable to do so. In this sense, the forces of
Quebec nationalism unleashed by theQuiet Revolution begun by Lesage may have contributed to his defeat.The pro-independence "
Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale " and "Ralliement national " obtained a combined total of just under 9% of the popular vote (but no seats).This was the last election for the "Legislative Assembly of Quebec". In 1968, legislation was passed to replace the bicameral system of Legislative Assembly and
Legislative Council of Quebec with a singleNational Assembly of Quebec .Daniel Johnson died in office in 1968, and was succeeded by
Jean-Jacques Bertrand . Johnson's sons, Pierre-Marc and Daniel Jr each later served asPremier of Quebec .Results
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* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.ee also
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List of Quebec premiers
*Politics of Quebec
*Timeline of Quebec history
* List of Quebec political parties
*28th National Assembly of Quebec External links
* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-651-3571/politics_economy/quebec_elections/clip3 CBC TV video clip]
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