The governing Quebec Liberal Party fielded a full slate of 125 candidates in the 1994 Quebec general election and elected forty-seven candidates, falling to official opposition status in the National Assembly of Quebec.
Candidates
editLise Evoy received 16,570 votes (41.52%), finishing second against Parti Québécois candidate Joseph Facal.[1] She previously served on the Commission scolaire de Chomedey-Laval.[2]
Marcel Lafleur received 8,494 votes (31.68%), finishing second against Parti Québécois incumbent Jacques Léonard.[3]
Alda Viero was born in Italy and grew up in Montreal. A published poet, she was a travel agency operator in 1994 and campaigned in support of Canadian federalism.[4] She received 9,479 votes (30.55%), finishing second against Parti Québécois candidate Robert Perreault.[5]
References
edit- ^ Official Results (Fabre, 1994)[permanent dead link], Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
- ^ Mémoire sur l'éducation des adultes, La fédération des commissions scolaires catholiques du Québec, December 1980.
- ^ Official Results (Labelle, 1994)[permanent dead link], Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
- ^ Irwin Block, "Transit chief flatly refuses to drop bid for Mercier nod; PQ nomination set for Aug. 7," Montreal Gazette, 27 July 1994, A8; Hubert Bauch, "Courting the ethnics," Montreal Gazette, 30 July 1994, B1; Irwin Block, "Perreault aims to pick up Godin's mantel; But political cynicism is rife in Mercier, PQ stronghold since 1976," Montreal Gazette, 6 September 1994, A11. Viero has said that the Parti Québécois approached her to be a candidate, but she declined their offer.
- ^ Official Results (Mercier, 1994)[permanent dead link], Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.