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The 1980 Quebec independence referendum was the first referendum in Quebec on the place of Quebec within Canada and whether Quebec should pursue a path toward sovereignty.The referendum was called by Quebec's Parti Québécois (PQ) government, which advocated secession from Canada.
1980 – Pierre Trudeau returns to power as Prime Minister of Canada in the 1980 Canadian election. 1980 – Premier Lévesque puts sovereignty-association before the Quebec voters in a referendum. 60% of the Quebec electorate votes against it. See the Referendum of 1980. 1981 – Quebec general election: Parti Québécois re-elected.
1995 referendum results by constituency. Parizeau promptly advised the Lieutenant Governor to call a new referendum. The 1995 referendum question differed from the 1980 question in that the negotiation of an association with Canada was now optional. The open-ended wording of the question resulted in significant confusion, particularly amongst ...
Sovereignty-Association was proposed to the population of Quebec in the 1980 Quebec referendum. The proposal was rejected by 60 per cent of the Quebec electorate. In September, the PQ created a national committee of anglophones and a liaison committee with ethnic minorities.
Quebec referendum may refer to one of the two referendums held solely in Quebec: 1980 Quebec referendum, the 1980 plebiscite to grant the Government of Quebec a mandate to negotiate sovereignty-association; 1995 Quebec referendum, the 1995 referendum to allow the Government of Quebec, after offering a partnership to Canada, to declare independence
Pursuant to Quebec's Referendum Act (enacted by the National Assembly prior to the referendum of 1980), the campaign would be conducted as a provincially governed election campaign, and all campaign spending had to be authorized and accounted for under "Yes" (Le Comité national du OUI) or "No" (Comité des Québécoises et des Québécois pour ...
Electoral results by parties and independent MNAs (as a percentage of total National Assembly seats) from 1927 to 2008. This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Quebec's unicameral legislative body, the National Assembly of Quebec (and its predecessor, the Legislative Assembly of Quebec).
The Parti Québécois initiated the 1980 Quebec referendum seeking a mandate to begin negotiation for sovereignty-association. [19] It was rejected by 60 per cent of voters. The party was re-elected in the 1981 election, but in November 1984 it experienced the most severe internal crisis of its existence. Lévesque wanted to focus on governing ...