1970 Quebec general election
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1970 Quebec general election was held on April 29, 1970, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec. The former Legislative Assembly had been renamed the "National Assembly" in 1968, with its members now known in English as Members of the National Assembly (MNAs).
In the election, the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Robert Bourassa, defeated the incumbent Union Nationale, led by Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand.
This election marked the first appearance by a new party, the sovereigntist Parti Québécois, led by former Liberal cabinet minister René Lévesque. The PQ won a modest seven seats and came second in the popular vote, although Lévesque was defeated in his own riding.
Only a few months after the election, Quebec faced a severe test with the October Crisis, in which Liberal cabinet minister Pierre Laporte was kidnapped and assassinated by the Front de libération du Québec, a violent pro-independence group.
The Union Nationale, which had governed Quebec through most of the 1940s and 1950s, would never come close to winning power again. This was partly because a significant number of the Union Nationale's younger supporters had embraced sovereigntism and shifted their support to the PQ.
Campaign
The Liberals, Unionists and péquistes all fielded full slates, and the créditistes also nominated 99 candidates, so most constituencies experienced at least four-way contests:
| Candidates | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Lib | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |UN | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |PQ | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |RC | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Ind | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |NDP | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |I-PQ | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |I-Cr | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Comm | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Soc-W | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |||||||
| 4 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 74 | 2 | 304 | |||||
| 5 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 105 | |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |||
| Total | 108 | 108 | 108 | 99 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 466 |
Results
Template:Election table<ref name="EQdata">Template:Cite web</ref> |- ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 | Political party ! rowspan=2 | Party leader ! colspan=4 | MNAs ! colspan=4 | Votes |- ! Candidates !1966 !1970 !± !# ! ± !% ! ± (pp) Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Robert Bourassa | 108 || 50 || 72 || 22Template:Increase || 1,304,341 || 204,906Template:Increase || 45.40% || 1.89Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Jean-Jacques Bertrand | 108 || 56 || 17 || 39Template:Decrease || 564,544 || 384,384Template:Decrease || 19.65% || 21.17Template:Decrease Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Camil Samson | 99 || – || 12 || 12Template:Increase || 321,370 || 321,370Template:Increase || 11.19% || New Template:Canadian party colour<ref group=a>1970 results compared to 1966 combined RIN/RN total</ref> |style="text-align:left;"|René Lévesque | 108 || – || 7 || 7Template:Increase || 662,404 || 458,689Template:Increase || 23.06% || 14.30Template:Increase Template:Canadian party colour | || 26 || 2 || – || 2Template:Decrease || 12,528 || 51,906Template:Decrease || 0.44% || 2.33Template:Decrease |- |rowspan="6" Template:Canadian party colour| |style="text-align:left;" colspan="10"|Other candidates |- | style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Roland Morin | 13 || – || – || – || 4,374 || 4,374Template:Increase || 0.15% || New |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour | 1 || – || – || – || 2,998 || 2,998Template:Increase || 0.10% || New |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour | 1 || – || – || – || 53 || 53Template:Increase || – || New |- | style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour |style="text-align:left;"|Sam Walsh | 1 || – || – || – || 213 || 289Template:Decrease || 0.01% || 0.01Template:Decrease |- |colspan="2" style="text-align:left;" |Template:Canadian party colour | 1 || – || – || – || 145 || 145Template:Increase || 0.01% ||New |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;" | Total |466||108 ! " colspan="2"|108 ! " colspan="2"|2,872,970 ! " colspan="2"| 100.00% |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Rejected ballots | 57,029 | 11,348Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Voter turnout | 2,929,999 | 559,489Template:Increase | 84.23 | 10.66Template:Increase |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:left;" | Registered electors | 3,478,578 | 256,276Template:Increase | colspan="2"| |} Template:Reflist
Vote and seat summaries
Synopsis of results
| Riding | Winning party | Turnout <ref group=a>including spoilt ballots</ref> |
Votes | ||||||||||||||
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| Name | 1966 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Lib | PQ | UN | RC | Template:Abbr | NDP | Template:Abbr | Total | |||
| Abitibi-Est | Lib | RC | 15,151 | 43.11% | 4,320 | 12.29% | 81.95% | 10,831 | 4,937 | 4,224 | 15,151 | – | – | – | 35,143 | ||
| Abitibi-Ouest | Lib | RC | 6,285 | 46.52% | 1,602 | 11.86% | 87.66% | 4,683 | 917 | 1,626 | 6,285 | – | – | – | 13,511 | ||
| Ahuntsic | Lib | Lib | 17,208 | 45.53% | 972 | 2.57% | 87.68% | 17,208 | 16,236 | 3,760 | 588 | – | – | – | 37,792 | ||
| Argenteuil | Lib | Lib | 9,620 | 57.98% | 5,656 | 34.09% | 86.93% | 9,620 | 1,563 | 3,964 | 1,345 | 99 | – | – | 16,591 | ||
| Arthabaska | UN | Lib | 8,715 | 32.13% | 263 | 0.97% | 89.88% | 8,715 | 3,852 | 5,983 | 8,452 | 119 | – | – | 27,121 | ||
| Bagot | UN | UN | 4,591 | 37.74% | 1,250 | 10.27% | 89.29% | 3,341 | 917 | 4,591 | 3,280 | 37 | – | – | 12,166 | ||
| Beauce | UN | RC | 11,804 | 38.45% | 2,444 | 7.96% | 84.37% | 8,139 | 1,393 | 9,360 | 11,804 | – | – | – | 30,696 | ||
| Beauharnois | Lib | Lib | 12,384 | 43.00% | 2,937 | 10.20% | 89.87% | 12,384 | 9,447 | 5,515 | 1,453 | – | – | – | 28,799 | ||
| Bellechasse | UN | UN | 6,111 | 50.56% | 3,043 | 25.18% | 85.73% | 3,068 | 311 | 6,111 | 2,596 | – | – | – | 12,086 | ||
| Berthier | UN | UN | 5,387 | 37.72% | 164 | 1.15% | 86.29% | 5,223 | 2,866 | 5,387 | 807 | – | – | – | 14,283 | ||
| Bonaventure | Lib | Lib | 11,803 | 60.39% | 6,729 | 34.43% | 83.93% | 11,803 | 2,155 | 5,074 | 513 | – | – | – | 19,545 | ||
| Bourassa | Lib | Lib | 22,197 | 45.59% | 1,371 | 2.82% | 80.48% | 22,197 | 20,826 | 4,265 | 1,401 | – | – | – | 48,689 | ||
| Bourget | UN | PQ | 15,565 | 40.25% | 500 | 1.29% | 85.65% | 15,065 | 15,565 | 6,689 | 1,246 | – | 108 | – | 38,673 | ||
| Brome | Lib | Lib | 4,666 | 63.21% | 3,036 | 41.13% | 85.54% | 4,666 | 299 | 1,630 | 787 | – | – | – | 7,382 | ||
| Chambly | Lib | Lib | 25,641 | 56.74% | 11,273 | 24.95% | 87.41% | 25,641 | 14,368 | 3,948 | 1,231 | – | – | – | 45,188 | ||
| Champlain | UN | Lib | 9,334 | 33.06% | 2,534 | 8.98% | 86.96% | 9,334 | 5,403 | 6,800 | 6,696 | – | – | – | 28,233 | ||
| Charlevoix | Lib | Lib | 6,602 | 42.59% | 2,439 | 15.73% | 85.40% | 6,602 | 1,680 | 4,163 | 3,058 | – | – | – | 15,503 | ||
| Châteauguay | Lib | Lib | 14,536 | 59.53% | 10,013 | 41.00% | 87.31% | 14,536 | 4,493 | 4,523 | 867 | – | – | – | 24,419 | ||
| Chauveau | UN | Lib | 18,469 | 36.61% | 5,121 | 10.15% | 85.94% | 18,469 | 9,399 | 9,235 | 13,348 | – | – | – | 50,451 | ||
| Chicoutimi | UN | UN | 8,614 | 36.74% | 1,283 | 5.47% | 87.80% | 7,331 | 7,090 | 8,614 | 409 | – | – | – | 23,444 | ||
| Compton | UN | Lib | 3,613 | 32.09% | 270 | 2.40% | 86.94% | 3,613 | 1,030 | 3,274 | 3,343 | – | – | – | 11,260 | ||
| D'Arcy-McGee | Lib | Lib | 36,543 | 90.41% | 33,313 | 82.42% | 85.06% | 36,543 | 3,230 | 647 | – | – | – | – | 40,420 | ||
| Deux-Montagnes | Lib | Lib | 12,106 | 54.21% | 6,949 | 31.12% | 87.86% | 12,106 | 4,199 | 5,157 | 870 | – | – | – | 22,332 | ||
| Dorchester | UN | RC | 6,067 | 35.30% | 1,684 | 9.80% | 78.84% | 4,383 | 2,490 | 4,245 | 6,067 | – | – | – | 17,185 | ||
| Dorion | Lib | Lib | 13,183 | 45.94% | 3,525 | 12.28% | 78.67% | 13,183 | 9,658 | 4,851 | 859 | – | – | 145 | 28,696 | ||
| Drummond | Lib | Lib | 13,269 | 40.16% | 5,420 | 16.41% | 87.87% | 13,269 | 6,888 | 5,032 | 7,849 | – | – | – | 33,038 | ||
| Dubuc | UN | UN | 8,793 | 36.19% | 440 | 1.81% | 88.20% | 8,353 | 6,505 | 8,793 | 647 | – | – | – | 24,298 | ||
| Duplessis | Lib | Lib | 7,839 | 45.86% | 2,227 | 13.03% | 80.70% | 7,839 | 5,612 | 3,310 | 331 | – | – | – | 17,092 | ||
| Fabre | Lib | Lib | 20,158 | 41.71% | 91 | 0.19% | 87.17% | 20,158 | 20,067 | 6,213 | 1,613 | 92 | 182 | – | 48,325 | ||
| Frontenac | UN | RC | 5,204 | 38.74% | 483 | 3.60% | 84.13% | 2,604 | 840 | 4,721 | 5,204 | 65 | – | – | 13,434 | ||
| Gaspé-Nord | UN | UN | 4,786 | 41.60% | 194 | 1.69% | 88.52% | 4,592 | 1,990 | 4,786 | 136 | – | – | – | 11,504 | ||
| Gaspé-Sud | Lib | Lib | 8,455 | 49.96% | 3,370 | 19.91% | 84.06% | 8,455 | 3,062 | 5,085 | 322 | – | – | – | 16,924 | ||
| Gatineau | Lib | Lib | 19,007 | 62.37% | 13,886 | 45.56% | 82.58% | 19,007 | 3,360 | 5,121 | 2,989 | – | – | – | 30,477 | ||
| Gouin | Lib | PQ | 14,070 | 40.87% | 12 | 0.03% | 78.87% | 14,058 | 14,070 | 5,053 | 1,242 | – | – | – | 34,423 | ||
| Hull | Lib | Lib | 14,478 | 56.97% | 10,664 | 41.96% | 75.63% | 14,478 | 3,814 | 3,647 | 3,252 | 221 | – | – | 25,412 | ||
| Huntingdon | Lib | Lib | 4,170 | 55.44% | 1,742 | 23.16% | 80.39% | 4,170 | 611 | 2,428 | 312 | – | – | – | 7,521 | ||
| Iberville | UN | UN | 4,110 | 40.17% | 768 | 7.51% | 90.07% | 3,342 | 2,036 | 4,110 | 743 | – | – | – | 10,231 | ||
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Lib | Lib | 3,560 | 56.68% | 1,275 | 20.30% | 89.57% | 3,560 | 366 | 2,285 | 70 | – | – | – | 6,281 | ||
| Jacques-Cartier | Lib | Lib | 25,743 | 67.16% | 19,427 | 50.68% | 84.72% | 25,743 | 6,316 | 3,027 | 922 | 2,322 | – | – | 38,330 | ||
| Jean-Talon | Lib | Lib | 12,565 | 41.63% | 6,068 | 20.10% | 82.07% | 12,565 | 6,497 | 6,381 | 4,625 | 114 | – | – | 30,182 | ||
| Jeanne-Mance | Lib | Lib | 21,515 | 48.48% | 4,649 | 10.48% | 83.81% | 21,515 | 16,866 | 4,797 | 1,197 | – | – | – | 44,375 | ||
| Joliette | UN | Lib | 10,929 | 40.32% | 3,235 | 11.93% | 88.66% | 10,929 | 7,376 | 7,694 | 1,107 | – | – | – | 27,106 | ||
| Jonquière | Lib | Lib | 15,010 | 49.49% | 3,656 | 12.05% | 88.64% | 15,010 | 11,354 | 3,108 | 856 | – | – | – | 30,328 | ||
| Kamouraska | UN | Lib | 4,889 | 37.73% | 1,136 | 8.77% | 80.89% | 4,889 | 762 | 3,555 | 3,753 | – | – | – | 12,959 | ||
| L'Assomption | UN | Lib | 10,754 | 38.30% | 1,382 | 4.92% | 87.16% | 10,754 | 9,372 | 7,955 | – | – | – | – | 28,081 | ||
| L'Islet | UN | Lib | 4,000 | 35.99% | 292 | 2.63% | 82.20% | 4,000 | 506 | 3,708 | 2,899 | – | – | – | 11,113 | ||
| Labelle | UN | UN | 6,263 | 46.41% | 3,341 | 24.76% | 84.83% | 2,922 | 2,724 | 6,263 | 1,585 | – | – | – | 13,494 | ||
| Lac-Saint-Jean | UN | Lib | 9,339 | 39.76% | 1,466 | 6.24% | 89.23% | 9,339 | 7,873 | 5,515 | 761 | – | – | – | 23,488 | ||
| LaFontaine | UN | PQ | 18,113 | 40.69% | 2,611 | 5.87% | 83.96% | 15,502 | 18,113 | 8,948 | 1,731 | 89 | 128 | – | 44,511 | ||
| Laurier | Lib | Lib | 17,934 | 50.20% | 4,331 | 12.12% | 83.25% | 17,934 | 13,603 | 3,073 | 1,113 | – | – | – | 35,723 | ||
| Laval | Lib | Lib | 27,262 | 57.64% | 14,086 | 29.78% | 84.28% | 27,262 | 13,176 | 5,353 | 1,507 | – | – | – | 47,298 | ||
| Laviolette | UN | Lib | 6,974 | 28.57% | 297 | 1.22% | 85.20% | 6,974 | 5,365 | 5,390 | 6,677 | – | – | – | 24,406 | ||
| Lévis | UN | RC | 10,268 | 31.14% | 209 | 0.63% | 87.54% | 10,059 | 4,470 | 8,179 | 10,268 | – | – | – | 32,976 | ||
| Limoilou | UN | Lib | 12,582 | 32.78% | 2,807 | 7.31% | 84.07% | 12,582 | 7,381 | 9,775 | 8,650 | – | – | – | 38,388 | ||
| Lotbinière | UN | RC | 4,823 | 35.83% | 369 | 2.74% | 87.19% | 4,454 | 504 | 3,678 | 4,823 | – | – | – | 13,459 | ||
| Louis-Hébert | Lib | Lib | 25,026 | 54.09% | 13,471 | 29.12% | 87.49% | 25,026 | 11,555 | 6,949 | 2,738 | – | – | – | 46,268 | ||
| Maisonneuve | UN | PQ | 16,012 | 45.16% | 4,605 | 12.99% | 77.18% | 11,407 | 16,012 | 6,007 | 1,777 | – | 252 | – | 35,455 | ||
| Marguerite-Bourgeoys | Lib | Lib | 28,694 | 68.85% | 20,787 | 49.88% | 84.41% | 28,694 | 7,907 | 3,584 | 850 | 262 | 378 | – | 41,675 | ||
| Maskinongé | UN | UN | 5,113 | 43.06% | 1,299 | 10.94% | 90.46% | 3,814 | 757 | 5,113 | 2,190 | – | – | – | 11,874 | ||
| Matane | Lib | Lib | 8,800 | 41.67% | 2,922 | 13.84% | 84.93% | 8,800 | 5,878 | 5,338 | 1,103 | – | – | – | 21,119 | ||
| Matapédia | Lib | Lib | 4,319 | 32.69% | 514 | 3.89% | 84.84% | 4,319 | 3,805 | 2,564 | 871 | 1,655 | – | – | 13,214 | ||
| Mégantic | UN | RC | 8,201 | 28.79% | 501 | 1.76% | 88.09% | 6,954 | 5,626 | 7,700 | 8,201 | – | – | – | 28,481 | ||
| Mercier | Lib | Lib | 15,337 | 46.65% | 3,061 | 9.31% | 79.82% | 15,337 | 12,276 | 4,145 | 1,011 | 106 | – | – | 32,875 | ||
| Missisquoi | UN | UN | 6,789 | 40.22% | 543 | 3.22% | 84.60% | 6,246 | 2,042 | 6,789 | 1,804 | – | – | – | 16,881 | ||
| Montcalm | UN | UN | 4,950 | 45.27% | 338 | 3.09% | 86.66% | 4,612 | 1,372 | 4,950 | – | – | – | – | 10,934 | ||
| Montmagny | UN | UN | 5,596 | 42.54% | 1,932 | 14.69% | 82.25% | 3,664 | 634 | 5,596 | 3,261 | – | – | – | 13,155 | ||
| Montmorency | UN | Lib | 9,714 | 32.65% | 41 | 0.14% | 87.35% | 9,714 | 3,729 | 6,337 | 9,673 | 300 | – | – | 29,753 | ||
| Napierville-Laprairie | Lib | Lib | 14,408 | 48.71% | 7,394 | 25.00% | 80.74% | 14,408 | 7,014 | 6,739 | 1,194 | 225 | – | – | 29,580 | ||
| Nicolet | UN | UN | 7,380 | 45.53% | 1,819 | 11.22% | 88.21% | 5,561 | 1,764 | 7,380 | 1,505 | – | – | – | 16,210 | ||
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Lib | Lib | 31,930 | 87.26% | 29,147 | 79.65% | 84.04% | 31,930 | 2,783 | 680 | 357 | – | 843 | – | 36,593 | ||
| Olier | Lib | Lib | 22,649 | 50.38% | 5,958 | 13.25% | 81.52% | 22,649 | 16,691 | 3,994 | 1,624 | – | – | – | 44,958 | ||
| Outremont | Lib | Lib | 25,955 | 74.21% | 18,660 | 53.35% | 86.42% | 25,955 | 7,295 | 1,419 | – | – | 307 | – | 34,976 | ||
| Papineau | UN | Lib | 12,651 | 43.23% | 3,648 | 12.47% | 84.92% | 12,651 | 2,634 | 9,003 | 4,974 | – | – | – | 29,262 | ||
| Pontiac | UN | Lib | 5,152 | 53.46% | 1,162 | 12.06% | 81.00% | 5,152 | 253 | 3,990 | 242 | – | – | – | 9,637 | ||
| Portneuf | UN | RC | 11,086 | 38.14% | 3,105 | 10.68% | 83.82% | 7,981 | 3,681 | 6,315 | 11,086 | – | – | – | 29,063 | ||
| Richelieu | UN | Lib | 12,047 | 42.01% | 2,228 | 7.77% | 89.02% | 12,047 | 5,866 | 9,819 | 947 | – | – | – | 28,679 | ||
| Richmond | Lib | RC | 7,485 | 36.02% | 1,137 | 5.47% | 86.70% | 6,348 | 3,655 | 3,290 | 7,485 | – | – | – | 20,778 | ||
| Rimouski | Lib | Lib | 9,987 | 35.89% | 1,560 | 5.61% | 85.67% | 9,987 | 8,427 | 5,247 | 4,168 | – | – | – | 27,829 | ||
| Rivière-du-Loup | UN | Lib | 8,586 | 41.40% | 1,001 | 4.83% | 86.03% | 8,586 | 2,008 | 7,585 | 2,558 | – | – | – | 20,737 | ||
| Robert-Baldwin | Ind | Lib | 46,169 | 87.46% | 41,316 | 78.26% | 86.86% | 46,169 | 4,853 | 1,769 | – | – | – | – | 52,791 | ||
| Roberval | UN | Lib | 9,845 | 37.85% | 2,609 | 10.03% | 84.64% | 9,845 | 5,977 | 7,236 | 2,956 | – | – | – | 26,014 | ||
| Rouville | UN | Lib | 6,564 | 40.90% | 309 | 1.93% | 88.93% | 6,564 | 2,327 | 6,255 | 904 | – | – | – | 16,050 | ||
| Rouyn-Noranda | UN | RC | 9,573 | 51.91% | 5,560 | 30.15% | 88.37% | 4,013 | 2,756 | 2,101 | 9,573 | – | – | – | 18,443 | ||
| Saguenay | Lib | PQ | 12,392 | 44.77% | 2,248 | 8.12% | 82.19% | 10,144 | 12,392 | 4,007 | 1,138 | – | – | – | 27,681 | ||
| Saint-Henri | UN | Lib | 14,096 | 46.88% | 2,701 | 8.98% | 79.28% | 14,096 | 11,395 | 4,036 | – | 244 | 295 | – | 30,066 | ||
| Saint-Hyacinthe | UN | Lib | 10,628 | 38.24% | 2,044 | 7.36% | 86.53% | 10,628 | 5,696 | 8,584 | 2,801 | 81 | – | – | 27,790 | ||
| Saint-Jacques | UN | PQ | 8,554 | 39.01% | 1,490 | 6.80% | 71.16% | 7,064 | 8,554 | 5,377 | 848 | 84 | – | – | 21,927 | ||
| Saint-Jean | UN | Lib | 8,993 | 38.55% | 2,172 | 9.31% | 89.43% | 8,993 | 6,821 | 6,605 | 909 | – | – | – | 23,328 | ||
| Saint-Laurent | Lib | Lib | 33,109 | 72.03% | 23,650 | 51.45% | 84.81% | 33,109 | 9,459 | 2,917 | – | – | 483 | – | 45,968 | ||
| Saint-Louis | Lib | Lib | 12,303 | 64.71% | 7,708 | 40.54% | 70.20% | 12,303 | 4,595 | 1,526 | – | – | 376 | 213 | 19,013 | ||
| Saint-Maurice | UN | UN | 11,921 | 36.93% | 4,045 | 12.53% | 85.86% | 7,857 | 7,876 | 11,921 | 4,625 | – | – | – | 32,279 | ||
| Saint-Sauveur | UN | RC | 9,217 | 31.22% | 532 | 1.80% | 82.07% | 8,685 | 4,912 | 6,712 | 9,217 | – | – | – | 29,526 | ||
| Saint-Anne | Ind | Lib | 8,914 | 48.00% | 4,039 | 21.75% | 70.02% | 8,914 | 3,809 | 804 | – | 5,045<ref group=a>Frank Hanley (4,875 votes) was the incumbent</ref> | – | – | 18,572 | ||
| Sainte-Marie | UN | PQ | 10,707 | 42.57% | 2,513 | 9.99% | 73.11% | 8,194 | 10,707 | 5,165 | 1,088 | – | – | – | 25,154 | ||
| Shefford | UN | UN | 10,480 | 33.21% | 1,636 | 5.18% | 87.00% | 8,844 | 4,113 | 10,480 | 8,124 | – | – | – | 31,561 | ||
| Sherbrooke | UN | Lib | 17,319 | 34.26% | 5,603 | 11.08% | 84.25% | 17,319 | 10,783 | 10,421 | 11,716 | – | 307 | – | 50,546 | ||
| Stanstead | Lib | Lib | 8,897 | 49.10% | 3,973 | 21.92% | 84.04% | 8,897 | 2,000 | 2,300 | 4,924 | – | – | – | 18,121 | ||
| Taillon | Lib | Lib | 16,501 | 42.63% | 5,363 | 13.86% | 80.56% | 16,501 | 11,138 | 4,997 | 2,826 | 247 | – | 2,998 | 38,707 | ||
| Témiscamingue | Lib | Lib | 3,747 | 43.88% | 902 | 10.56% | 84.17% | 3,747 | 499 | 1,448 | 2,845 | – | – | – | 8,539 | ||
| Témiscouata | UN | UN | 3,929 | 35.51% | 573 | 5.18% | 84.68% | 3,356 | 877 | 3,929 | 2,901 | – | – | – | 11,063 | ||
| Terrebonne | UN | Lib | 30,452 | 45.54% | 12,467 | 18.64% | 85.42% | 30,452 | 17,985 | 13,406 | 5,028 | – | – | – | 66,871 | ||
| Trois-Rivières | UN | Lib | 12,899 | 39.84% | 4,193 | 12.95% | 81.15% | 12,899 | 6,995 | 8,706 | 3,778 | – | – | – | 32,378 | ||
| Vaudreuil-Soulanges | Lib | Lib | 11,841 | 50.12% | 5,452 | 23.08% | 84.88% | 11,841 | 4,183 | 6,389 | 1,158 | – | – | 53 | 23,624 | ||
| Verchères | Lib | Lib | 14,822 | 53.23% | 6,796 | 24.41% | 86.65% | 14,822 | 8,026 | 3,995 | 1,001 | – | – | – | 27,844 | ||
| Verdun | Lib | Lib | 23,630 | 59.85% | 14,332 | 36.30% | 83.53% | 23,630 | 9,298 | 4,129 | 1,117 | 1,121 | 186 | – | 39,481 | ||
| Westmount | Lib | Lib | 32,703 | 85.30% | 29,056 | 75.78% | 80.47% | 32,703 | 3,647 | 1,126 | 336 | – | 529 | – | 38,341 | ||
| Wolfe | UN | UN | 3,712 | 44.40% | 1,630 | 19.50% | 88.76% | 2,082 | 706 | 3,712 | 1,860 | – | – | – | 8,360 | ||
| Yamaska | UN | Lib | 3,826 | 46.88% | 487 | 5.97% | 86.90% | 3,826 | 558 | 3,339 | 438 | – | – | – | 8,161 | ||
- Template:Color box = open seat
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- Template:Color box = incumbent had switched allegiance
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- Template:Color box = not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
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Analysis
| Party | 1966 | Gain from (loss to) | 1970 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| colspan="2" Template:Canadian party colour align="center"|Lib | colspan="2" Template:Canadian party colour align="center"|UN | colspan="2" Template:Canadian party colour align="center"|RC | colspan="2" Template:Canadian party colour align="center"|PQ | colspan="2" Template:Canadian party colour align="center"|Ind | |||||||||
| 50 | 25 | (3) | (2) | 2 | 72 | ||||||||
| 56 | (25) | (9) | (5) | 17 | |||||||||
| – | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||
| – | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2 | (2) | – | |||||||||||
| Total | 108 | 5 | (27) | 39 | – | – | (12) | – | (7) | 2 | – | 108 | |
| Party in 1st place | Party in 2nd place | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lib | UN | RC | PQ | Ind | |||
| 24 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 72 | |||
| 16 | 1 | 17 | |||||
| 9 | 3 | 12 | |||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Total | 32 | 27 | 10 | 38 | 1 | 108 | |
| Parties | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Canadian party colour | 72 | 32 | 4 | ||
| Template:Canadian party colour | 17 | 27 | 56 | 8 | |
| Template:Canadian party colour | 12 | 10 | 14 | 58 | 5 |
| Template:Canadian party colour | 7 | 38 | 33 | 30 | |
| Template:Canadian party colour | 1 | 2 | 14 | ||
| Template:Canadian party colour | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
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| Source | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |Lib | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |UN | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |RC | Template:Canadian party colour align="center" |PQ | Total | ||
| Seats retained | Incumbents returned | 34 | 17 | 51 | ||
| Open seats held | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Ouster of incumbent changing allegiance | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Byelection loss reversed | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Seats changing hands | Incumbents defeated | 24 | 7 | 7 | 38 | |
| Open seats gained | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Incumbent changing allegiance | 1 | |||||
| Total | 72 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 108 | |
See also
- List of Quebec premiers
- Politics of Quebec
- Timeline of Quebec history
- List of Quebec political parties
- 29th National Assembly of Quebec
- New Democratic Party of Quebec candidates, 1970 Quebec provincial election